Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon.Photo: Amanda Edwards/WireImage
Kevin Baconis opening up about losing “most” of his fortune in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
The 64-year-old actor admitted there’s likely something to be learned in hindsight.
“There’s obvious life lessons there –– if something is too good to be true, it’s too good to be true,” he said.
Madoff’s scheme is considered to be the largest Ponzi scheme in history, worth about $64.8 billion.
Bacon told the hosting trio thatSedgwick, 57, and he had a “portion” of their losses returned, but not all. In the wake of the scheme blowing up, theMadoff Victim Fundhas been working to restore losses to those affected. So far, 40,454 victims have received assistance and payouts now exceed $4.078 billion.
Bernie Madoff.Mario Tama/Getty
“Certainly, you get angry and stuff, but I have to say, there were a lot of people who were much worse off than we were – old people, people whose retirement funds were completely decimated,” theA Few Good Menactor said.
“So there’s always going to be somebody that’s going to have it a lot worse than you.”
As they dealt with the fallout, Bacon and Sedgwickfocused on what they have as a family— not what they lost. “When something like that happens, you look at each other and you go, ‘Well, that sucks, and let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work,'” theTremorsstar shared. "
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We’ve made it this far, our kids are healthy, we’re healthy, you know? Let’s look at what we have that’s good. We can still both work.“The actor then got real with the hosts. “I think people will be not happy to hear me whining about money,” Bacon said.
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Madoff was arrested in December 2008on allegations that his company, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, had swindled billions of dollars from individuals, businesses and charities.
The disgraced financier died in April 2021 at the age of 82 while serving his 150-year sentence.
source: people.com
