Barry Keoghan Responds to Accusations He's a 'Deadbeat Dad' to 2-Year-Old Son Brando
Barry Keoghan Responds to Accusations He's a 'Deadbeat Dad' to 2-Year-Old Son Brando: 'It Sickens Me' https://t.co/J51VIqEEbB
- People (@people) November 5, 2024
On the Tuesday, Nov. 5 episode of The Louis Theroux Podcast, Barry Keoghan, 32, opened up about the criticism he's received online for being an alleged "deadbeat dad" to son Brando, 2, whom he shares with ex Alyson Sandro.
“People kind of have a judgment on me as a parent and I’m like, ‘Well until you’ve walked a day in my shoes growing up as a kid… then you can comment.’ There’s a lot online. If I didn’t have tough skin or the strength, I wouldn’t be sitting here. Of course, it’s going to affect me being a father when I had no blueprint to take from. People just read that as laziness and go, ‘Oh, that’s no excuse to be an absent father.’ But I am not an absent father. The more attention I’ve gotten lately and the more in the public I’ve become, the less I’ve posted about my child, because I don’t think it’s fair to put my child online. There are sick people out there. Because I reined that in, people draw a narrative and go, ‘Absent father, shit, deadbeat dad,’ and more disgusting things I wouldn’t even repeat. Just the audacity of some people, man, it sickens me. It makes me furious.”
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Louis Theroux asked, "Are we talking about Sabrina or not? Are you in a relationship with Sabrina Carpenter?" one hour into the episode.
"Oh, I knew you'd do this," Keoghan said with a laugh, to which the host responded: "We don't have to. That's why I asked permission first. I'm like a vampire, I have to be asked in. Can I come in?"
"Listen, all I'm going to say is I'm incredibly blessed," Keoghan said. "Such a strong, independent lady who's massively talented and yeah. Pretty special. Louis, you got me. You're not a vampire."
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