Denzel Washington revealed to Esquire magazine as part of a new cover story that he got bitter after losing the best actor Oscar to Kevin Spacey in 2000. Washington was already a three-time Oscar nominee and one-time winner when his performance as Rubin Carter in “The Hurriance” landed him in the Oscar for best actor

Denzel Washington wasn't too pleased to lose the Best Actor Oscar to "American Beauty" star Kevin Spacey — so much so, in fact, that he felt bitterness over his "Hurricane" loss for years to come. The actor (who later won the top Oscar for "Training Day") revealed in an interview with Esquire published Tuesday that the resentment of the situation lasted "for about 15 years.

Washington was candid about how the loss fueled a alcohol-fueled "pity party" before he eventually got sober in 2014.