Here are some photos of Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon and the cast of The Gilded Age from Sunday. They were previewing the new season at the Paley Center. If you watched The Gilded Age’s first season, you KNOW Morgan Spector is a hot piece. He’s tall, dark and smoldering. He has insane chemistry with literally every single one of his costars. It’s a unique energy – I’m halfway expecting his character to bang every one in his path, but so far, he’s loyal to his wife Bertha, played by Carrie Coon. In real life, Morgan is married to Rebecca Hall, that lucky B. In real life, Morgan is Jewish. At the Paley Center, he was asked about Kanye West’s anti-Semitic blitz on social media:
Morgan Spector was shocked to hear of Kanye West’s unhinged anti-Semitic rant, in which he promised “to go death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE.”
“What the f–k is he talking about,” “The Gilded Age” actor, 42, exclaimed to Page Six when told of the now-deleted tweet from Saturday night.
“Defcon on the Jews? What does that mean?” Spector, who is Jewish, asked Page Six, at a PaleyFest NY event on Sunday afternoon. After being filled in on the details, “The Plot Against America” star simply said, “Dude.”
“I think, anti-Semitism in this country is both real and violent and an ever-present part of, like, a neo-nazi, white supremacist ideology, it never goes away,” he added.
Spector also noted that the “Gold Digger” rapper has a “cunning” and “instinct for bulls–t drama.
“You will pay attention to me. We’ll talk about nothing but me for two days” he said. “You know he’s got that gift. I don’t even know, who knows what he actually believes in? I don’t know him personally at all, but, I do think that a lot of what he’s doing is just about, like, ‘Look at me. Don’t ever stop looking at me,’ and I think, you know, the best thing we can do is, just like, tune it out.”
The “Homeland” alum noted that the important question is whether the tweet was “immediately reviled” or applauded.
“You see these mass killings and these various manifestos … it’s insane,” Spector continued. “It’s always been insane and it’s always been stupid and just because it’s insane and stupid doesn’t mean one can’t kill you. It’s unfortunate.”
Yeah, during the Trump administration, the Southern Poverty Law Center studied the steep rise in hate crimes targeting Jewish people, synagogues and Jewish cemeteries. Trumpism didn’t just unleash racist hatred and violence against Black communities, Muslim communities and Asian communities, it also led to a significant and vocal rise in anti-Semitism. The neo-Nazis who marched in Charlottesville in 2017 were literally squealing and chanting about Jewish people. So yeah… Kanye’s specific anti-Semitism didn’t come out of nowhere. This is all part of his MAGA ideology of white supremacist Christofascism. I agree with Morgan that most people, just regular people, should simply refuse to engage with Kanye specifically. Don’t give him air.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
Morgan Spector attends the Paley Center for Media 10th anniversary of PaleyFest’s NY screening of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” on October 9, 2022 in New York, New York, USA.,Image: 729385295, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Morgan Spector, Credit line: Robin Platzer / Twin Images / Avalon 
Morgan Spector attends the Paley Center for Media 10th anniversary of PaleyFest’s NY screening of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” on October 9, 2022 in New York, New York, USA.,Image: 729385300, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Morgan Spector, Credit line: Robin Platzer / Twin Images / Avalon 
Morgan Spector attends the Paley Center for Media 10th anniversary of PaleyFest’s NY screening of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” on October 9, 2022 in New York, New York, USA.,Image: 729385307, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Morgan Spector, Credit line: Robin Platzer / Twin Images / Avalon
Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon attend the Paley Center for Media 10th anniversary of PaleyFest’s NY screening of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” on October 9, 2022 in New York, New York, USA.,Image: 729385325, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon, Credit line: Robin Platzer / Twin Images / Avalon 
Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, Denee Benton, Louisa Jacobson & Cynthia Nixon attend the Paley Center for Media 10th anniversary of PaleyFest’s NY screening of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” on October 9, 2022 in New York, New York, USA.,Image: 729385404, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, Denee Benton, Louisa Jacobson & Cyn, Credit line: Robin Platzer / Twin Images / AvalonncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pLHLnpmirJOdxm%2BvzqZmcHBnbn90e8yoqaCZnpTAsbHCraarl5Gjwap50p6koqyZqLqgtc2Yq6Gho5SwsMHNramyl5morLOxwKWWoqyPo7K3sdGYnqido5SuuK3YaA%3D%3D