Michelle Rodriguez Under Fire For Questionable Comments On Liam Neeson Controversy
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The backlash against Liam began on Monday when the Independent’s interview was first published, in which he said: “My immediate reaction [to learning his friend was raped] 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 ‘black bastard’ [two words which the newspaper refers to him as using air quotes as he said] would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could… kill him.”
Following this, Liam appeared on Good Morning America in an attempt to clear up the controversy, in which he insisted that he is “not racist”, adding: “If she’d have said an Irishman or a Scot or a Brit or a Lithuanian, I know it’d have had the same effect. I was trying to show honour and stand up for my dear friend in this terrible medieval fashion.
“I’m an intelligent guy and that’s why it shocked me when I came down to earth. Luckily, no violence occurred, ever. Thanks be to god.”
The red carpet premiere for his new film Cold Pursuit was subsequently cancelled just hours before it was scheduled to go ahead, due to the controversy.
The Taken actor later pulled out of a planned TV appearance on Stephen Colbert’s US talk show.