When asked about his friend he said: 'She passed away by the way five years ago'.īig screen star: He has won widespread acclaim for his role in violent thrillers such as the Taken franchise It shocked me and it hurt me. Luckily no violence occurred'. 'I did it for say, maybe four or five times until I caught myself and it really shocked me, this primal urge. 'I thought ok and after that there were some nights I went out deliberately into black areas in the city, looking to be set upon so that I could unleash physical violence. I asked her did she know the person, and his race. 'I had never felt this feeling before, which was a primal urge to lash out. Bigotry breeds bigotry'.ĭescribing what motivated him to try to attack a black man he told GMA: 'Nearly 40 years ago when a very dear friend of mine was brutally raped and I was out of the country and when I came back she told me about it. He explained that this is why he chose to speak out about prowling the streets with a weapon and said: 'Violence breeds violence. Liam Neeson later appeared on Live with Kelly and Ryan where he was mobbed and hugged by the audience before he defended his decision to speak out More than 1,000 people died in 30 years of conflict between mostly Protestants, who fought for Northern Ireland to remain part of the UK against mostly Catholics who wanted it to be part of the Republic of Ireland. Neeson, whose critics have said he should be banned from the Oscars and making movies, said his anger came during the Troubles in Northern Ireland where murder was all around him. I know I would have had the same reaction'. When asked how he would feel if his unnamed friend's attacker was white he said: 'If he was Irish, a Scot or Brit or a Lithuanian. It was this primal hatred, I guess, that really shocked me, when I eventually came down to earth and saw what I was doing, looking for a fight'. And at the time, even though this was nearly 40 years ago, I didn't think about that. He replied: 'Absolutely, you're absolutely right. GMA host Robins Roberts asked him if he 'understood the pain of a black person' hearing his words. I went to a priest, who heard my confession' and also later confided in two friends and would go out powerwalking for 'two hours a day to get this out of me'. New role: During an interview with the Independent to promote his new film Cold Pursuit (pictured), the actor, 66, described how he walked the streets looking for a 'black b*****d' to kill The star, who was later hugged and kissed by black audience members on the Live with Kelly and Ryan show, said he had gone to church when he became 'scared' and realised he had wanted to 'unleash' murder on a stranger for his friend, who he said died five years ago. I was trying to show honor for a friend I dearly loved, in a medieval fashion'. Neeson said he 'understood' the hurt his words had caused but insisted: 'I'm not racist, this was 40 years ago. The actor, 66, appeared on Good Morning America in New York Tuesday and revealed he had sought help from a Catholic priest after spending a week prowling the streets with a cosh to murder a 'black b*****d'.
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The movie is out in the US on Friday and will be released into UK cinemas on February 22, but it is not yet known if he will attend the UK premiere. He made the astonishing admission as he discussed his latest film, Cold Pursuit – about a father's quest for revenge against a drug baron after his son is killed. Liam Neeson earlier denied he was a racist but failed to apologize as he faced the world for the first time since admitting he wanted to kill a random black man after a friend was raped.
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