Source:
Paras
Griffin
/
Getty
All
The
Queen’s
Men
star
Christian
Keyes
is
apparently
reluctant
to
reveal
the
identity
of
the
powerful
“billionaire”
at
the
center
of
his
sexual
harassment
claims
because
it
will
“break
hearts.”
He
did
however
like
a
tweet
that
seemingly
cleared
the
name
of
a
billionaire
bigwig
that
people
are
speculating
is
the
culprit.
On
Dec.
19,
the
48-year-old
actor
hopped
into
the
comments
section
of
The
Neighborhood
Talk
after
the
outlet
reposted
the
emotional
Instagram
video
in
which
he
accused
a
powerful
Hollywood
“billionaire”
of
being
“shady
and
predatory.”
He
also
claimed
that
the
unidentified
Tinseltown
giant
offered
him
$100,000
to
strip
and
tried
to
climb
in
bed
with
him.
“If
I
say
who
it
is,
it
would
break
y’all
hearts,”
Keyes
penned
alongside
a
glaring
eye
emoji.
While
some
fans
sympathized
with
the
actor’s
reluctance,
a
few
social
media
users
pondered
whether
Keyes
was
intentionally
withholding
the
name
of
his
alleged
harasser
to
gain
clout
and
attention.
“He’s
treating
this
like
a
game…
SMDH.
People
deal
with
abuse
on
the
REGULAR.
Speak
out
and
let
it
go
or
just
say
it,”
one
user
wrote
in
the
comments
section.
Another
person
penned,
“I
still
don’t
understand
the
point
of
saying
something
and
not
saying
it
all.
People
are
saying
it
was
brave.
Brave
is
putting
everything
out
there
and
whatever
happens
happens.
Let
the
Cassie
&
Diddy
situation
be
your
guide.”
A
third
netizen
wrote,
“It’s
giving….
I’m
waiting
for
someone
to
pay
me
for
my
story
to
be
honest.
Not
saying
it
ain’t
happen
but
why
you
in
the
comments
with
emojis…or
am
I
trippin.’”
Keyes’
harassment
claims
however
are
no
laughing
matter.
Source:
Leon
Bennett
/
Getty
On
Dec.
15,
Keyes
—
who
made
his
acting
debut
in
Tyler
Perry’s
Diary
of
a
Mad
Black
Woman
—
told
fans
that
his
acting
career
was
impacted
after
he
refused
to
take
off
his
clothes
for
someone
famous
in
Hollywood.
“I
wasn’t
working
for
him
the
month
and
the
year
that
he
showed
up
to
my
apartment
and
offered
me
$100,000
to
take
my
clothes
off.
‘I
don’t
even
need
to
touch
you.
I
just
want
to
see
you
naked.’
I
declined,”
Keyes
said.
“I
recorded
it
because
I
didn’t
trust
him.
I
told
him
no
over
and
over,
but
he
would
still
always
try
s**t.
So,
if
people
don’t
believe
me,
they
can
hear
him
in
his
voice.
I
have
always
kept
something
on
me.”
In another
alleged
incident,
Keyes
claimed
that
the
mysterious
“billionaire”
tried
to
climb
in
bed
with
him
after
he
got
too
drunk
during
an
event
at
the
Hollywood
big
wig’s
home.
The
actor’s
alleged
harasser
attempted
to
blame
his
behavior
on
drinking
too
much
alcohol.
After
trying
to
forgive
and
leave
with
a
handshake,
Keyes
alleged
that
the
man
grabbed
his
penis
instead
of
his
hand.
“I’m
not
blaming
myself
for
saying
no.
I’m
not
blaming
myself
for
almost
quitting
acting.
I’m
mad
at
myself
for
not
being
brave
enough
to
say
something
sooner.
That’s
the
only
thing
I
regret,”
Keyes
added.
Christian
Keyes
Likes
A
Tweet
Saying
“I
Don’t
Believe
It
Was
TP
[Tyler
Perry]”
A
few
days
after
the
star
went
live,
Keyes
liked
an
X
post
about
Perry
not
being
his
harasser.
Watching
Christian
Keyes
&
can
tell
he
is
clearly
a
victim…only
$3
grand
to
his
name
&
violated
by
a
gay
billionaire
🥺
&
no
I
don’t
believe
it
was
TP…I
wish
Christian
would
have
taken
action…that
man
will
still
have
his
money
&
good
name
&
Christian
will
remain
broken
pic.twitter.com/FLLpxfIX1l
—
It
Tis
What
it
Tis
(@DaGoddess100)
December
16,
2023
In
addition
to
the
tweet,
Christian
Keyes
also
recently
recalled
an
interview
he
did
where
he
spoke
on
how
his
childhood
made
him
“easy
prey”
for
his
harasser.
Hit
the
flip
for
his
words.
Christian
Keyes
Recently
Opened
Up
About
His
Traumatic
Childhood,
Said
It
Made
Him
“Easy
Prey”
On
Dec.
20,
the
Detroit
native
took
to
Instagram
with
an
emotional
clip
from
a
November
interview
he
conducted
with
Atlanta
Black
Star,
in
which
he
discussed
his
difficult
childhood
growing
up
in
the
foster
care
system.
Keyes
spoke
about
the
abuse
he
endured
at
the
hands
of
his
first
adoptive
mother,
Mrs.
Keyes,
and
the
emotional
wounds
he
developed
as
a
result.
Source:
Variety
/
Getty
“Mrs.
Keyes
was
incredibly
abusive.
I
mean,
bat,
hammer,
broomstick,
saucepan,
bottle.
When
the
belt
didn’t
…
when
it
wasn’t
as
effective
as
she
wanted—when
it
didn’t
make
us
scream
loud
enough
she
would
hold
the
leather
side
and
beat
us
with
the
belt
buckle.
It
gets
worse,”
the
playwright
and
screenwriter
recalled
of
his
rough
upbringing.
“But
it
was
that
kind
of
environment
between
8
and
12.
So
by
9,
I
started
running
away.
By
10,
I
was
pretty
good.
By
11,
I
was
a
professional
runaway.
While
out
on
the
street,
Keyes
would
resort
to
stealing
food
from
the
supermarket
or
eating
out
of
garbage
cans
to
survive.
The
multi-hyphenate
said
he
slept
behind
the
bleachers
of
his
school
for
refuge.
Keyes
ran
away
for
years
until
“Child
Protective
Services”
finally
“believed”
him.
“Child
Protective
Services,
man,
they
dropped
the
ball
probably
a
dozen
times.
Neighbors
complained
because
she
would
have,
as
a
punishment,
she
made
me
walk
down
the
street
naked
in
the
rain
at
9
years
old
to
ask
a
neighbor
for
a
magazine
—
The
Watchtower
and
Awake
—
Ask
another
Jehovah’s
Witness
family,”
the
actor
added
to Atlanta
Black
Star.
“It
took
a
couple
of
decades
to
build
my
self-esteem
back
up
and
to
heal
from
all
that.
And
it
was
heavy
and
painful.
But
I
was
so
happy
to
get
out
of
there.”
In
the
caption,
Keyes
claimed
that
“powerful
people”
like
his
alleged
Hollywood
harasser
often
prey
on
people
with
“traumatic
childhoods.”
Source:
Prince
Williams
/
Getty
“Maybe
it’ll
be
a
little
easier
to
understand
why
it
was
difficult
to
speak
up
about
it,
difficult
to
find
the
courage.
These
powerful
people
target
people
with
traumatic
childhoods,
and
use
that
to
bond
with
them
and
earn
their
trust,
then
they
try
their
“attempts,”
the
actor
penned
on
Instagram.
“Once
you
go
through
anything
like
I
went
through,
for
years
as
a
kid.
This
new
trauma
can
almost
make
you
shut
down
again.
And
even
though
in
the
moment,
you
find
the
strength
to
say
NO
to
the
attempt,
you
still
may
not
be
strong
enough
to
speak
up,
or
brave
enough.”
Keyes
continued:
“Worrying
about
if
this
person
was
going
to
take
away,
my
livelihood,
worrying
about
how
many
other
people
are
out
there
that
weren’t
strong
enough
to
say
no
and
they
actually
said
yes.
Is
this
person
still
doing
it…
still
pressuring
people
to
walk
away
from
their
integrity,
and
their
morals,
for
an
opportunity…
you
pray
and
gather
the
strength
to
speak
up,
and
most
people
are
in
your
corner
and
believe
you.”
The
actor
said
he
wasn’t
going
to
respond
to
“ignorant
or
negative”
comments
about
his
harassment
story.
“I
just
pray
that
those
people
never
have
to
experience
themself
or
never
have
any
family
members
that
go
through
anything
this
traumatic,
and
then
they
have
people,
talking
ish
about
them,
who
don’t
even
know
them,”
he
added.
