Liam Neeson Lynches Himself 👎
Liam Neeson’s on a press junket for his new film, Cold Pursuit, and told a reporter that many years ago after hearing a friend tell him she was raped by a black man, he wandered the streets with a ‘Cosh’ (a weapon commonly called a nightstick or baton) searching for “..a black bastard who would come out of a pub and have a go at me so that I could kill him.”
Liam Neeson: ‘I walked the streets with a cosh, hoping I’d be approached by a “black b******” so that I could kill him’ – Listen to his full comments in our exclusive interview https://t.co/jdWzfip1rI pic.twitter.com/Ma14TG8pNj
— The Independent (@Independent) February 4, 2019
Well, I've seen it all now. Liam Neeson admitted to going around trying to find a black person to kill because someone he was close to got raped by a black person, and the journalist spoke to a psychologist to help contextualise his racism and included it in the article? WILD.
— Elizabeth Pears (@BizPears) February 4, 2019
Now, more backstory on the story above. It went through a rigorous editing process, with a lot – a lot! – of back and forth between me, my editors and our legal advisers.
— Clémence Michallon (@Clemence_Mcl) February 4, 2019
Other things: Neeson was eating dark chocolate. I said something about it, and it triggered a few minutes of witty banter between Neeson and Bateman. That's how the interview started – with jokes about chocolate.
— Clémence Michallon (@Clemence_Mcl) February 4, 2019
That Liam Neeson interview is just so saddening (and yes, still racist). It reinforces the idea that people of colour, and especially black men, are collectively responsible for the misdeeds of one. And that when a woman is sexually violated, it's a man who is left truly wounded.
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) February 4, 2019
Liam Neeson being ready to take any Black life over what one person allegedly did just shows how meaningless and inconsequential black lives are to some.
Even him telling the story demonstrates a level of privilege and understating that there may not be repercussions.
— Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) February 4, 2019
‘I contacted Liam Neeson’s publicist to ask if they would discuss this story further. They declined.’
Oh I’d imagine so.
— Emma Kelly (@TooManyEmmas) February 4, 2019
Neeson should wander the streets with a cosh in search of the plastic surgeon who destroyed his face.