Liam Neeson "entered black areas" to unleash violence

Taken star Liam Neeson sparked major controversy with his recent remarks about the African-American community. In a recent interview of The Independent where Neeson was speaking to promote his new film, Cold Pursuit a revenge thriller, the actor spoke of an alleged rape that had occurred to a friend. a long time ago and how he discovered it on his return from a trip abroad.

He says about the rape victim: "She handled the rape situation in the most extraordinary way." But my immediate reaction was … I asked, did she know who it was? No, what color were they? She said that it was a black person. "

" I went from one corner to the other with a cosh, hoping that someone would approach me – I'm ashamed to say it – and I'm going to I did for maybe a week. , hoping that some (use air quotes with fingers) "black bastard" would come out of a pub and attack me for something, you know? So that I can kill him. "
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Neeson, however, denied being racist. On ABC Good Morning America he stated that he had tried "to honor his dear friend" after being brutally raped 40 years ago. "I'm not racist," said the 66-year-old. "I was raised in Northern Ireland. The problems. The 60's, 70's and 80's. There was a war in the north of Ireland. I had knowledge involved in unrest, fanaticism. A Catholic would be killed the next day a Protestant would be killed … I grew up surrounded by this.
On GMA he stated that he had learned about the rape of his friend about 40 years ago, who has since died: "I had never felt this feeling before, which was a primary need for Take it to someone. to take from his experience, he said to the host: "To speak.So open.We all claim that we are all politically correct in this country … in mine too.Sometimes you do not just touch the surface and you discover this racism and fanaticism, and it's there. "

The former anti-racist and English footballer and activist, John Barnes, defended Neeson in a "BBC Radio 5 Live interview." week in. He understood that he was wrong to think about what he had done, and we must have this conversation, "Barnes said.

Following a public outcry sparked by his speech, a film about the opening act in New York of the film of the actor Taken Cold Pursuit was canceled. for the Cold Pursuit was removed two hours before the scheduled time, reported the BBC, according to the organizers.The organizers of the event have announced that it will not be possible. There would be no photographs or interviews at the screening in New York City.

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