Disgraced former House of Cards star Kevin Spacey was last night admitted to A&E near his Santa Monica home following what responders described as a “failed Nike burning incident”.
The 59 year old actor was allowed to return home after treatment for what a hospital spokesman described as a badly burned character and serious smoke damage to what had once been, if not a spotless reputation, certainly a high professional standing.
Spacey himself claimed he did not remember the incident but said that if it did happen it was likely “deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour” for which he offered a sincere apology.
There was no information on the model or condition of the Nike shoes involved in the incident.
Speaking to LCD Views Sid Hudgens, long time editor of Hollywood scandal mag “Hush Hush” commented that it was no secret in tinsel town that Mr Spacey had long lived his life according to the Nike slogan of “Just Do It”.
“You could say that’s where all his problems started,” he said.
Spacey has kept an extremely low public profile since allegations of sexual impropriety led to his sacking from Netflix and the hiring of long forgotten 70s TV star Fozzy Bear to re-shoot his starring role in the Ridley Scott movie ‘All the Money in the World’.
However following the decision by the Los Angeles district Attorney’s office not to prosecute Spacey for an accusation of a sexual assault dating to 1992, he is believed to have been offering to audition for new roles.
A spokesman for Adidas denied that Spacey had approached the company offering to be the face of a new advertising campaign for the re-launch of its Lawsuit II model of outdoor sports shoe.
“That’s complete bollocks,” he said.
“But if you’d like to go on spreading it so we can continue to issue high profile denials and benefit from the extensive free publicity, we certainly won’t complain,” he added.