Liam Neeson's colleagues defend him for controversial comments

His friends and co -stars came to Liam Neeson's defense after his admission Once he set out to kill a black man to avenge a friend who had been raped. Actress Michelle Rodriguez, who co-starred with Neeson in last year's film Widows criticized the harsh criticism of her colleague at the amfAR gala in New York late Wednesday, claiming that he was not racist. 19659004] "Everything is baded up," she told Vanity Fair. "Dude, did you look Widows ?" His tongue was so far down the throat of Viola Davis. "

"You can not call him a racist," she added. "Racists do not discern with the race what they hate, especially what it does with its tongue – so deep in its throat – I do not care about the quality of the actor that you are … it's all bull **** Ignore it.This is not a racist, it's a loving man.These are just lies. "

Whoopi Goldberg has also spoke at a roundtable on television, claiming that she did not believe in the age of 66 years. Taken star is a racist.

"People sometimes roam with rage – that's what happens." Is he a bigot? No. I've known him for quite a long time, I think I would have recognized him. J & # "You can not be surprised that someone whose attache is attacked is angry and wants to attack," she said.

"So I can tell this man is not one. "

Actor Terry Crews also commented on the controversy in a tweet:" I believe that every person on earth is capable of the greatest good, or the worst that is. Liam only describes his fork in the road. "

I believe that every person on earth is capable of the greatest good, even indescribable evil.

Liam just described his fork on the road. Https://t.co/CT5HurMADE

– terry crews (@terrycrews) February 5, 2019

Neeson's controversial comments were held in an interview to promote his new thriller Cold Pursuit about a father seeking revenge for the Murder of his son by a drug gang

The event on the New York red carpet Tuesday for the film was canceled following the interview. Neeson's appearance on Friday The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – one of the main televised debates in the United States – would also have been canceled.

In the bombing interview, Neeson announced that he would have been killed. he "hoped that a black bastard would emerge from So, I can … kill him. "

In an attempt to limit the damage, he spoke to ABC Good Morning America explaining that he knew his behavior was bad and that he had solicited it. help from a Catholic priest and friends to cope with his behavior.

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