YIKES

Liam Neeson: My ‘Black Bastard’ Revenge Fantasy Remarks Were ‘Hurtful and Divisive’

The actor “profoundly” apologized for saying he wanted to kill “some black bastard” after he learned his friend had been raped.

Weeks after sparking outrage by describing how he once wanted to kill a “black bastard”in response to the rape of a friend, actor Liam Neeson has apologized for his “impulsive” remarks. “Over the last several weeks, I have reflected on and spoken to a variety of people who were hurt by my impulsive recounting of a brutal rape of a dear female friend nearly 40 years ago and my unacceptable thoughts and actions at that time in response to this crime,” he said in a statement cited by Variety. “In trying to explain those feelings today, I missed the point and hurt many people at a time when language is so often weaponized and an entire community of innocent people are targeted in acts of rage... the comments I made do not reflect, in any way, my true feelings nor me, they were hurtful and divisive. I profoundly apologize.”

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