Liam Neeson in racism storm after admitting he wanted to kill a black man

Actor Liam Neeson is facing a major racism storm after admitting he once set out to kill an innocent black man.

He said he walked the streets with a weapon for a week years ago, hoping to take out his anger after someone close to him was raped by a black man.

The Hollywood star said he was ashamed of his actions, but his remarks have sparked widespread outrage.

Neeson hasn't commented further since the interview was published by The Independent on Monday.

He was speaking to promote his new film Cold Pursuit, a thriller about a man who seeks retribution after his son is murdered.

'I'm not racist,' says Liam Neeson
Asked how his character turns to anger, the actor replied that "something primal" kicks in when a someone close to you is the victim of violence.

He said: "God forbid you've ever had a member of your family hurt under criminal conditions. I'll tell you a story. This is true."

Neeson said the alleged rape took place a long time ago and he found out about it when he came back from a trip abroad. The actor went on to use racially offensive language about the attacker.

He said: "She handled the situation of the rape in the most extraordinary way.

"But my immediate reaction was... I asked, 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'd be approached by somebody - I'm ashamed to say that - and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some [uses air quotes with fingers] 'black bastard' would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him."

Neeson has been subject to huge criticism for the comments.

The journalist who did the interview, Clémence Michallon, told BBC News: "Anyone hearing the thoughts that he's reporting here would be shocked and appalled in many ways, and he himself says he is ashamed to think of the way he used to think and says it's awful, so of course that shock set in really quickly."

In an accompanying article in The Independent , columnist Kuba Shand-Baptiste wrote: "What immediately struck me when reading about his revelation was how deeply the white supremacist trope of the 'black brute' versus the 'helpless woman' appears to have permeated society."

Los Angeles Times columnist Carla Hall wrote that his conduct was "despicable", adding that she now wants him to talk about whether he has dealt with "whatever racism he still harbours".

She wrote: "Was he a racist or just a tightly wound man capable of vindictive violence? Or was he both? Of course, he was a racist. He was roaming the streets trying to find a random black man to kill.

"And he gave every indication of being capable of violence. That's a pretty explosive combination. And his revelation about himself is deeply disturbing. The question is, how much has he changed since then?"

On Twitter, Frederick Joseph, who works for better representation in the media, wrote that Neeson's story "just shows how meaningless and inconsequential black lives are to some".

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Don't expect Neeson to starring in any future Spike Lee movies....

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I agree with Barnes.

Former footballer John Barnes has said Liam Neeson should be “applauded” for revealing he went out looking for a black man to kill in revenge for the rape of a friend.

The former Liverpool and England midfielder praised the Irish star for confronting an uncomfortable truth about his past in and exclusive interview with The Independent.

“Liam Neeson was talking about revenge, it doesn’t do anyone any good,” Barnes told Sky News.

“What he went onto say is that he was ashamed and horrified by what he felt. He’s not ashamed at wanting to commit the act of revenge. He’s ashamed and horrified because that is what he thought about all black people. After a week he realised he was wrong. That is what he said.”

The 55-year-old - who infamously faced continued racist taunts from opposition supporters during his career - suggested the context of Neeson's interview had been “spun”, and blamed the media for racist stereotyping.

He said: “You cannot blame him [Neeson] for thinking that [all black people are criminals]… because of the influence the media has.

"You cannot blame people for thinking that Muslims – because of Muslim grooming gangs, Jamaican yardie gangs – then people look at Jamaicans and Muslims in a negative light, and he is admitting that this is the way he viewed it.

“So for this one black person who raped this woman, he then looked at it as all black people are rapists.

"Now, what he’s actually saying is, ‘This is what I thought, this is what I saw, and I am ashamed and I am horrified, and after a week I thought to myself what am I doing?’

“And that is the reality of it. As much as people are now jumping on this bandwagon of how terrible it is, what he’s done is he’s come out and told the truth.

"He [Neeson] should be applauded for saying, 'Yes, I was an unconscious racist and after a week I realised I was'. And people are going to be afraid of admitting it now because of what's happened to Liam Neeson."

In the interview, Neeson said his immediate reaction to being told a friend had been assaulted was to ask “did she know who it was? No. What colour were they? She said it was a black person.”

The 66-year-old added: “"I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I'd be approached by somebody - I'm ashamed to say that - and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some [uses air quotes with fingers] 'black bastard' would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him."

The admission prompted anger on social media, where Neeson – who was promoting his new film Cold Pursuit – was widely condemned.

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You know what so many times I start typing out long ass posts on here and then just think "fuck it" I can't be arsed.

Does anyone have the power to resurrect Denilson just for this thread though, that'd be funny.

Neeson was asked and simply said how he felt at that moment in time , based on events which had happened, I don't see what all the fuss is about.

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40 years ago? He volunteered it and was honest about being a racist asinine young man prone to violence. More importantly admits the errors of his ways, regrets and pulled his head outta his arse now. If a man cant admit fault and change, we're in a bad spot. Plenty of current day clowns walking around who deserve the scrutiny.

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He's a funny guy.

Romesh ..that is. :p

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Yes but doesn't Neeson have a Very Special Set of Skills , which can be a nightmare for someone like him or you ?

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Yes but doesn't Neeson have a Very Special Set of Skills , which can be a nightmare for someone like him or you ?

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Like him or me? Does he have a meat samosa masquerading as a savoury in a vegan buffet or a wheel clamp that can lock down caravans while he inserts pork scratching into bagels?


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Beanz you Dunderhead , its a quote from the film TAKEN , Neeson says it to the Kidnapper.

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Beanz you Dunderhead , its a quote from the film TAKEN , Neeson says it to the Kidnapper.

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Never seen it. The Romash tweet was very funny.

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Nothing wrong with sharing his thoughts and feelings but I do not believe him when he claims he would have acted in the same way if his friend's assailant had been white.

I do not see him trying to go out and kill "an Irish, Scot, Brit or a Lithuanian".

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Nothing wrong with sharing his thoughts and feelings but I do not believe him when he claims he would have acted in the same way if his friend's assailant had been white.

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Nothing wrong with sharing his thoughts and feelings but I do not believe him when he claims he would have acted in the same way if his friend's assailant had been white.

I do not see him trying to go out and kill "an Irish, Scot, Brit or a Lithuanian".

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Nothing for me to get over. He should carry on being truthful and not try and cover up what he thought.

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Nothing wrong with sharing his thoughts and feelings but I do not believe him when he claims he would have acted in the same way if his friend's assailant had been white.

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After the rape of a best friend or relative? Dunno bud might be hard to rule anything out if your minds already on beating someone to a pulp.

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Totally agree. Unfortunately and in hindsight, his mistake was sharing the story at all. By now it should be clear to him as well as to the rest of humanity that any story involving race... regardless of time, circumstances, or other elements.... is basically a call to arms of the different and opposing knee-jerk, extremist fanatics to RUN to their respective battle stations and begin lobbing the usual missiles at each other. BOTH f*cking sides... the victims and the deniers.

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I think what Master meant is that Neeson just wanted a ruckus there are plenty of white people in Northern Ireland but he would not have been quick to label all white people as deserivng of vengance just because one white bloke was a rapist. Even now in 2019 there is only about 1000 black people in the whole of Northern Ireland so Neeson volunteering that he went into 'black areas of the city so that i could be set upon' sounds a bit like he bought into the all black guys are thugs trope back then. Good on him if he is honest enough to admit he was a dick and has changed, unlike ...many ;D


and I don't want to call shenanigans on the 'Black areas' but thinking he could dish out vengance as a lone white guy in those 'areas' sounds like him believing his own hype.


Phil Lynott, even a smacked out Lynott would have kicked his pasty arse anyhow ;D:play:O0:beatdeadhorse:

I don't think this story would have gone anywhere if he said "British Soldier, Protestant, Gypsey, etc," it would have just been taken as an admission to behaving in a terrible way as a young man which he now finds shocking.

Everyone wanting him drawn and quartered is definitely a closet racist, regardless of race.

Storm in a teacup.

I actually know two dads - White and Asian/Pakistani - who said similar things after their kids had been mugged by black gangs. They went out and felt like running over every group of black bods they saw, that's how much a rage they were in after seeing their boys harmed.

Like Neeson they didn't do anything and didn't "openly" hate black people.

Its a normal reaction , its isnt right however it is normal in the heat of the moment.

40 years ago ffs....

Can anyone honestly say they didn't do or feel things they are now ashamed of in their youth ?

As said above his only mistake is admitting this now - fair play for him to doing so I say.

If it ends his career then it's a sad state of affairs but that's the fucked up PC times we live in

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He is a pampered, cosseted Hollywood film star who has spent so long being indulged and acting in films that he has lost his sense of reality.

These people do tend to spout some shit, almost as if they have started to believe they really are the film characters they pretend to be.

This is exactly like when that prick Mark Wahlberg said that the 'plane that Al Quaedo crashed into the Pentagon would have been single handedly prevented had he been on board ..... because he is a trained counter terrorist soldier really, not some shitty fucking actor ........

https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-wahlberg-says-he-could-have-stopped-911-2012-1?r=US&IR=T

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I think he sexed up the story to go with his image too. It would have been a bog standard (for these times) "systemic racism" story without him playing on his superhero hardman image by going on the revenge hunt.

He never said where he was either.

If he was living in LA how could he not find a black dude to attack him?

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I think he sexed up the story to go with his image too. It would have been a bog standard (for these times) "systemic racism" story without him playing on his superhero hardman image by going on the revenge hunt.

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Did he say Ballymena? I missed that, he's been in Hollywood/American films since his 20s, so wasn't sure. I heard a former British soldier (black) say they were the only black people in NI during the troubles, so he would have needed more than a cosh as he would have shot him.

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Did he say Ballymena? I missed that, he's been in Hollywood/American films since his 20s, so wasn't sure. I heard a former British soldier (black) say they were the only black people in NI during the troubles, so he would have needed more than a cosh as he would have shot him.

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He started knocking off Mirren in 1980 about 40 years ago and was in 'The Bounty' with Gibson which i vaguely remember. Then in 'The mission' which I remember for DeNiro and the score which was great but not till 1986.

Well that does it. I’m going to dress up as a black man and visit every pub I can possibly find in hopes that I will come across Liam Neeson and rape him.

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I still want to go watch Cold Pursuit. Is that bad?


(P.S. - Neeson wearing hoop earrings would look like shit. Random thought there... don't know how that came up).

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No whatever he said wont make a crap of difference. Watch what the fuck you like.

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I was being sarcastic Rey I know you are in the Neeson fanclub ;)

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I was being sarcastic Rey I know you are in the Neeson fanclub ;)

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Been a fan ever since he took down half the Albanian population in Paris in order to get his daughter back. ;D ;D

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Been a fan ever since he took down half the Albanian population in Paris in order to get his daughter back. ;D ;D

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