Hollywood actor Liam Neeson has come out hard against people who have called him racist over the past 24 hours.
The Ballymena man came under immense pressure after he announced during a press junket that he roamed the streets looking to beat a “black bastard” to death.
The attempted violent act was in revenge for a woman he knew who was raped by black man.
Neeson asked his friend who raped her, he asked what race was he – to which the woman replied he was black. Neeson then said he went on the rampage going to Black Communities looking to find black men that he hoped would get into a fight with and hopefully kill.
But speaking on Good Morning America today, Neeson said that he’s not racist and that this was 40 years ago but it is how he felt and he would have killed a black man if he could have in revenge for what happened to his friend.
It appears that not everyone is happy with Neeson’s explanation, specifically the Democrats and left wing elements of America with black lives matter demanding that Neeson doesn’t attend this year’s Oscar ceremony in Los Angeles.
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