Although Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is fun to play, Bernie Madoff, the man who controls Bacon’s finances, holds the top of the pyramid. Madoff’s Ponzi scheme cost Bacon millions. It is not clear what the official sum Bacon was scammed of, but Madoff had amassed an incredible $65 billion through deceiving his victims. Reuters.
Interview conducted in 2011 “Piers Morgan Tonight,”Bacon was asked what he had lost. “It was most of our money. I mean, it was most of our savings, you know, our retirement,”He said, “Personalize!” CNN. He stated that he was awarded partial compensation for the losses and would likely be paid more in the future. “And there’s a lot of people both in that situation and in other situations who are a hell of a lot worse off than we are. So, I’d say, if anything else, it’s, you know, it’s gratitude,”He reflected.
Interview with The GuardianThe “Footloose”Star said that star learned from the experience what was most important in his life. “It was a bad day. But pretty quickly we were able to see all the things we had as opposed to whatever we lost … I don’t think about Madoff, like, at all,”He stated.
Bacon has appeared in British TV commercials for the Cell Phone Network since he lost his millions. EETo help him recover some of the losses, he may need extra cash.