Liam Neeson claimed in a recent interview that he wanted to kill black people after a friend of his was raped. According to his interview\u2026<\/b>
\nLiam Neeson claimed in a recent interview that he wanted to kill black people after a friend of his was raped.
According to his interview with the Independent, the legendary actor was informed upon returning from an overseas trip several years ago that a woman he knew had been raped. His reaction was a bit jarring.
Neeson told the Independent the following in part in an interview shared Monday:
She handled the situation of the rape in the most extraordinary way, but my immediate reaction was\u2026 did she know who it was? No. What colour were they? She said it was a black person.
I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I\u2019d be approached by somebody. I\u2019m ashamed to say that, and I did it for maybe a week \u2013 hoping some [Neeson gestures air quotes with his fingers] \u2018black bastard\u2019 would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him.
It was horrible, when I think back, that I did that. And I\u2019ve never admitted that, and I\u2019m saying it to a journalist. God forbid.
Ladies and gentlemen, do you hear that sound off in the distance? That\u2019s the sound of his PR team rushing to try and spin this so it\u2019s not as bad as it sounds.
How bad does it sound? Well, it sounds like one of the most famous men on the planet was motivated to commit racial crimes and armed himself to do so. (RELATED: Liam Neeson\u2019s New Movie Looks Sick. Check Out The Awesome Trailer)
Why did Neeson feel this was a smart story to tell? What point did he think he was proving? He just admitted on an international stage that he actually took steps to murder a member of a different race.
Some things are simply just better left in the past and not talked about. Claiming that you carried around a club in hopes that a black person would try to fight you is a perfect example of something that should remain in the past.
How did nobody with Neeson at the time he was giving this interview tackle him in order to get him to shut the hell up?
This is catching traction on social media, and it probably won\u2019t slow down any time soon. What a wildly stupid story to tell from Neeson.
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