Kevin Bacon offered an apology to fans on his Twitter page and website for retweeting a comment that gave away a 'Following' plot twist. 'I just wasn't thinking,' Kevin Bacon wrote in his apology, 'Won't happen again.' 
 
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 Kevin Bacon offered an apology to fans for retweeting a key plot point from 'The Following.' 
 
 Kevin Bacon, star of “The Following,” apologized to fans after he revealed a crucial plot point for his show before international audiences would have seen the episode. 
 
 Bacon retweeted a comment from a fan that revealed the spoiler. A user named @jodigomes had tweeted approval of a recent plot development, which was a major twist for the show. 
 
 The actor apologized for retweeting the spoiler. 
 
 “To all the fans abroad and late watchers I'm truly sorry I retweeted a spoiler,” the actor tweeted on April 9. “I just wasn't thinking. Won't happen again.” 
 
 Bacon also posted a similar apology on his website, with the website version ending in “(My bad).” 
 
 Bacon plays a former FBI agent named Ryan Hardy who is brought back on the job after a serial killer he helped catch escapes from prison. The killer, Joe Carroll (James Purefoy), has amassed a group of fanatical followers who will do anything to help Carroll succeed in his plot against Ryan. Further complicating matters is the fact that Ryan became involved in a relationship with Joe’s ex-wife. 
 
 Williamson told Entertainment Weekly that he mentioned to his agent, “I want to get someone like Kevin Bacon” when discussing the part of Hardy. His agent replied, “What about Kevin Bacon?” 
 
 The show is quickly approaching the end of its first season, with the last episode set to air April 29, but the “Following” network, Fox, has already renewed the show for a second season. 
 
 Bacon broke out with his lead role in the 1984 film “Footloose” and has since appeared in films such as “Apollo 13,” “Mystic River” and “Crazy, Stupid, Love” as well as guest-starring on the TV show “Bored to Death.” Purefoy starred as Mark Antony on the HBO series “Rome” and recently appeared in the Showtime comedy “Episodes.” ||||| Tweet with a location 
 
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 Beware, those of you who are still behind on the twisty-turny serial killer drama: Spoilers lurk below. 
 
 After the airing of the most recent episode, "The Curse," a TV producer and director, Jodi Gomes, tweeted a compliment to Bacon and show creator Kevin Williamson. "@kevinbacon is a murderer too! Nice twist." 
 
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 Proud of the compliment, Bacon retweeted it to his more than 234,000 followers, some of whom live overseas and hadn't had a chance to see the most recent episode in their home countries. 
 
 One can only imagine the torrent of anguished cries that were unleashed from his fans after that seemingly innocent retweet, but Bacon was quickly in damage control mode, posting a video of himself repeating over and over, "My bad." Then following it up with another tweet, "To all the fans abroad and late watchers I'm truly sorry I retweeted a spoiler. I just wasn't thinking. Won't happen again. #MyBad." 
 
 The series was picked up for a second season last month, so Bacon will have plenty more time to make things up to his fans. If only he can figure out the right things to say. 
 
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– Kevin Bacon has inadvertently given his Fox TV show The Following a big dose of publicity, but not in the way diehard fans will appreciate. We won't give it away here, but Bacon served up a major plot twist on Twitter before deleting the tweet and apologizing, reports the Christian Science Monitor. “To all the fans abroad and late watchers I'm truly sorry I retweeted a spoiler,” he tweeted. “I just wasn't thinking. Won't happen again.” In the show, Bacon plays an FBI agent chasing a serial killer with a cult-like following. If you just can't live without knowing the plot twist, see the LA Times coverage.