Liam Neeson wanted to take revenge on black man after friend's rape
Liam Neeson 'hoped to be approached by a black man to kill him' after hearing someone close to him had been raped https://t.co/KCStmBhu6V
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After someone close to him was raped many years ago, Liam Neeson has revealed that he once walked the streets with a cosh (a thick, heavy stick) for days looking to kill a "black bastard".
He says he is now “ashamed” of his past “awful” behaviour.
Neeson had just come back from overseas when he found out about the rape. He said in an interview with the Independent, "She handled the situation of the rape in the most extraordinary way,” [...] “But my immediate reaction was I asked, did she know who it was? No. What colour were they? She said it was a black person.
“I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I’d be… approached by somebody. I’m ashamed to say that, and I did it for maybe a week - hoping some [Neeson gestures air quotes with his fingers] ‘black bastard’ would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him.”
The full interview can be read here.
EDIT: You can listen to the audio under the cut:
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
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