Alan Cumming Shares a Grim Fact About Cruise Ships

[@brandenstangle320]

His 'Twink' comment was overlooked! hahaha, I had a few drinks with him when he was here at one of my towns gay bars a few years ago. He and his boyfriend were so nice and down to earth! Love him!

[@allys744]

Aww who else felt their heart melt when they showed the picture with his mom? ☺️❤️

[@bwalker77]

This is the first time I hear him talk with his own accent. It's a testament to his hard work and talent that I never suspected he was Scottish (I thought he was English).

[@fe5018]

I had no idea either. This is bizarre. I feel like he's faking almost...

[@scotland638]

English ? God forbid.

[@1224dlc]

Alan Cumming is so darn cute! I love how he tells his stories! Such a great person! I want to be his friend!

[@billmorris2337]

He's utterly gorgeous!!!.... being Scottish helps. Incredibly talented and versatile.....love him ❤❤❤❤

[@NitaKerns]

I have been a fan of Alan for decades now!!! I love him!!

[@Steve27775]

They should've talked about how Club Cumming in NY is basically every club Stefon ever described.

[@warlockofwordsreturnsrb4358]

Haven't heard news of him in ages it seems, as charming as ever, glad to see he's doing well!

[@tomsoares281]

Love him! Cant believe this is the same guy who was on X-Men and The Good Wife, such a great actor!

[@patrickcronin6829]

I worked on a cruise ship and dated the nurse who ordered the body bags. We also had a passenger who was terminal who kept booking the same room and stayed on all summer until she passed. Morbid, but true...

[@liibaanyusuf3245]

That's kind of lovely

[@MarquitaHerald]

Love Alan Cummings! And just FYI, my background is in hotel sales and people die all the time in hotels - they just don't tell you about it for obvious reasons.

[@dafttool]

Marquita Herald Just like Disney World.

[@Brandon-os3qr]

I’m a crisis response social worker + I respond to (among other things) every unexpected/unnatural death in my large city. I will confirm this, but I will clarify that the numbers are very much not the same at different tiers of hotels, if you know what I mean

[@Clay3613]

@@dafttool Not really. Most deaths at DW have been thoroughly documented.

[@dafttool]

Clay3613 I lived in this area all of my life. The news is buried. Also buried, suicides at colleges. They will report on both, but (maybe} give them very little airtime on tv & little blurbs buried deep in the papers.

[@ebonyhagans-greene6358]

Nice to see Mr. Floop’s doing well.

[@meowkels]

Ebony Hagans-Greene lmaooooo

[@MehOMy]

It would be impossible to be depressed around him. What a bright light!! 💡❤️

[@rebeccapresti9650]

Ikr?

[@barking-in-the-dark]

Having met him and hung out with him during one of his after show VIP things, I can say with is 100% true. He's an absolute sweetheart too.

[@KLJohnnes]

I did not seen him in a while and oh boy, he is the gorgeous he's ever been. So fucking beautiful.

[@corey-bird3489]

MrJorgeeduardo09 Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

[@EmilyHaysisabutterfly]

I used to think Alan was my pops. I just really miss my dad. I love you.❤

[@wisdomfromgeorge1704]

Alan Cumming one of the most Charming men that ever walk the earth I love him so much

[@annedennett7974]

Love the beard an he always has such funny stories,

[@SherryEReson]

He’s aging very well. Sweet!

[@chokinonashes61]

He is gorgeous!

[@barking-in-the-dark]

Like fine wine

[@wikedwhich1]

He is not that old...a lot younger than me!!...Ha ha...and Im still young!!!

[@edwardshields6691]

When I worked in travel for several major travel companies, we would always have an office pool regarding the world cruises that we sold. They ranged anywhere from 85 days to 120 days. Most travelers regard this type of cruise has a "last hurrah". The office pool consisted of how many of our passengers would embark the cruise, and how many would survive to debark the cruise. The mortality rate averaged between six and eight.

[@turtlemama888]

Out of how many?

[@CineSoar]

I worked aboard CCL for a few years. I recall one cruise where there were reportedly "No Vacancies" in the morgue. The word around the ship was that a beer cooler (walk in refrigerator) served the overflow crowd.

[@vamanosninja4143]

He looked so good in that gangster suit.

[@Hair8Metal8Karen]

I love the cheeky Satan look.

[@johnclhugyugihjbvgbkj9729]

Hair8Metal8Karen Thought it was an aging RDJ. Faster than I would have thought for Downy JR.

[@shiningstar2903]

So sweet he took the trip with his mom!

[@pothospathic]

If anyone can blow their nose in a sexy way it would be Alan Cumming, I'm just going to ignore the rest of this story and believe.

[@sim33009]

Love, love, love Alan Cumming.

[@JPMJPM]

He’s the most adorable human on Earth!

[@NewMessage]

Should have told the lady he passed out with excitement at the thought of meeting her.

[@chocolatecharley99]

😂😂😂💖💖💖

[@Biboche23]

A gem this man is ❤️

[@turtlemama888]

My great aunt died on a cruise. She was buried at sea. My father had to collect his shattered uncle from the next port.

[@yesucansell2]

That is very sad

[@lb8141]

I love him so much. Funny and talented.

[@Nzie]

my gosh I don't think I've ever heard him in his natural accent before! it's so much nicer than the poncey accent I remember (most recently from Doctor Who).

[@heliotropezzz333]

He was playing King James in Doctor Who.

[@Nzie]

Yes, I know. I understand it was a poncey character... although since I think he was James I, who was also James VI of Scotland, it would've been a neat chance to hear him as a Scot.

[@Scottish_Rose]

Watch the movie Black Beauty. He was the voice of Black Beauty.

[@elboyd5809]

Lovely guy and so talented.

[@SpiralBreeze]

I wanna go on the QM2 so badly especially if Alan is on board!

[@mikalathompson8746]

Watching this knowing 2020 was not a good year for cruise ships.

[@stewie3126]

Cruise ships have morgues! I was just on a Royal Caribbean when someone died, they said they had room in the morgue for 3 bodies.

[@jimsvideos7201]

If "Hang on To Southampton" isn't a Mark Knopfler song, it should be.

[@samph3315]

Well almost anyone who cruises would know about this. When I went on my first cruise in 1988 someone died in the captain's receiving line. I pissed off a purser when I asked if he was buried at sea.

[@Shelleybean3315]

Oh my frikking Lawd! I absolutely LOVE this man!! He was the primary reason I binge-watched "The Good Wife!" Fk me, he's the Bomb-diggity....no matter what he's in!! Sidebar....his real accent turns me on, lol!! 😋😍

[@shayminmilo6937]

he can talk to me all day

[@maggotemma]

he's so cute!

[@kendama99]

Mary Darling -- his mom's name. I highly recommend his memoir, Not My Father's Son.

[@MissHMSilk]

I Love Alan Cumming’s character in ‘Plunkett & Macleane’ *Macleane* : Still swinging both ways, Rochester? *Lord Rochester* :Jamie... I swing *every* *way* . 😉 And also in the film ‘Titus’ kzbin.info/www/bejne/hae9g6mBm5xrr7s

[@lmj7638]

MissHMSilk “Titus” was SO good- he was very memorable and I have been a fan ever since... so good in interviews.

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

Dear Mr Cumming, MARRY ME!!

[@mingbroadway]

ive never been on a cruiseship i had no idea about morgues on board but sure that makes sense/ i love this actor but he gave me the creeps in circle of friends

[@Kaaybrat]

Was anyone else surprised when he started to talk and he had an accent?

[@blupunk01]

I've honestly rarely seen Alan Cumming in a role where he didn't use his regular accent or affect another non-American accent like German (in X2) or British (in a recent Dr. Who where he played King James).

[@RedHair651]

Everyone has an accent.

[@etcetraetcetra3173]

No

[@escalisation3967]

I only knew him from the good wife and battle of the sexes. I am amazed! I‘d have never thought he might have an accent 😆

[@heliotropezzz333]

No. He's Scottish and has a Scottish accent. I thought everyone knew. Everyone has an accent though.

[@mir1246]

We need more people like alan cumming, who doesnt make his sexuality to his main topic, but also doesnt denies that its part of his life. Just like every hetero would do it. Why cant most gay people do that to? Just living life and have fun without pretending anything.

[@adirago]

Alan is not gay. He is bisexual.

[@doriscarrie]

Work that Scottish zaddy look, Mr. Cumming.

[@murieltainter5936]

Great facial hair going on there.

[@mariaparicida9734]

joao lokiiiiiiiiiii

[@christinaladevig9773]

Alan is beautiful

[@Maria-rp6lt]

He makes me proud of being bi too

[@Appachoppa112]

Rollin 20s? Damn cuh

[@SheisB515]

😂😂😂😂

[@macswanton9622]

Sean Connery's long lost nephew

[@FatNorthernBigot]

You know that a famous gay guy's 54th birthday party is gonna be off the charts. (Who knows... booze, coke, and possibly GHB?). I'm impressed he's out-and-about the next day.

[@irenemax8692]

Andrew Barratt He prolly in a fellowship now, substance abuse days behind him...

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@irenemax8692 That's a good point, I'm doing him a disservice. I wonder how you celebrate when you're sober? :-)

[@Appleboy78165]

Alan is bi, not gay

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@Appleboy78165 As long as he's happy.

[@JPMJPM]

What’s GHB?

[@garrys8314]

Beds? I think you mean bags

[@robind.phillips2129]

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@poptart6662012]

the larger cruise ships all have small morgues.

[@Skyfuu]

I'm completely thrown off. He sounds sooooooo different here than he did in like son of the mask

[@heliotropezzz333]

He was acting then.

[@gailalbers1430]

Alan gained done weight and it looks really phantastic !!!

[@csmith63]

It's funny to see Seth so freaked out at the notion of 7 hypothetical passings making QEII the "ship of death," as if he's not talking to a man from the nation where the Anglican Church had people singing "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" as the staple for a century of average Sundays just to put an extra bit of flea in God's ear on behalf of all "those in peril on the sea"!!! Yeah, it sucks when a plane goes down, no doubt about it, but it's also a pretty quick deal. Poor design/maintenance, running into nasty squalls, notorious icebergs, and (depending on the particular era) Germany's u-boats sending ships dropping out from under you wherever you happened to be on the Atlantic's many dangerous spots often gave you time to think about the cold death ahead for you or those others you were going to see die even if you managed to be a lucky survivor!!! From the Anarchy triggered by the White Ship tragedy to the Andrea Doria, so dangerous and cold were Atlantic waters that you could (and thousands did) die even if the ship's distress occurred with shore in sight. The best bit about the QEII is that you get to play pretend you're enjoying the Atlantic crossing of old WITHOUT all that death from disaster business intruding!!!

[@nat78980]

I forget that he has a craziest accent

[@heliotropezzz333]

Not crazy. Just a Scottish accent.

[@noelleli4187]

Was he staring in The L word?

[@chowder8802]

His surname kills me

[@defiantaichi]

floop

[@peterwelsh1932]

For those of you playing the Home Game: "Nasal Cleanse" is Hollywood for "Coke Binge". Now it all makes sense...

[@MBM1117727]

No, he's talking about a netty pot, it's not a drug, it's literally just used to clean the sinuses out (tho it can be very risky if the water in the pot isn't clean)

[@MBM1117727]

And if you mean he did it after using cocaine then no, wrong again, Broadway performers have to make sure they're not nasally congested to improve vocal performance (tho granted he has admitted to cocaine use, but I doubt he'd ever do it before a show)

[@TomRauhe]

I don't understand a word of this.

[@heliotropezzz333]

He's speaking English with a Scottish accent - just tune in.

[@antonio962]

He was cleaning all that coke from his nose 👃🏼

[@anthonywelch4934]

Alan who?

[@brianwalendy3735]

Sean Connery.

[@narabdela]

Get a life Anthony.