The first action of ‘punishing’ Liam Neeson was to cancel the red carpet premiere of the movie ‘Cold Pursuit’ – starring Neeson, because the producers were afraid of audience outrage.
The surprising thing is that Liam Neeson spilled his words during the promotional trip for his new movie Cold Pursuit and now, the movie is suffering because of that scandal.
Specifically, in an interview with The Independent, Liam Neeson revealed about his past 40 years ago of “wanting to kill black people”.
The reason was because his close friend was brutally sexually assaulted by a man.
After Neeson’s sharing, public opinion almost did not care about the story that led to the actor’s attitude and only focused on racial disparagement.
The reaction is increasingly fierce with a series of shares demanding to kill and boycott Neeson because they believe he is not worthy of the trust and love of his fans.
Liam Neeson mouthed off during a new movie promotion trip.
In response to public opinion, yesterday morning, February 5 (US time), Liam Neeson appeared on Good Morning America to apologize to the audience.
However, the actor believes that his statement was taken out of context and he unintentionally became a racist
“I’m not racist. I never thought about that,” Neeson said.
On the show, he said that in a previous interview, when talking about the case of his friend who was raped, the reporter asked if the perpetrator was black, and the actor said “yes” without control. .
He added that 40 years ago, when he heard the story from his close friend, he thought about killing someone 4-5 times.
It wasn’t until he sought help from the priest that the actor got rid of that thought.
Liam Neeson did not expect his statement taken out of context to receive such a reaction.
Even though he apologized, Liam Neeson still did not receive forgiveness from public opinion.
A series of attacks are still directed at him.
Last night, February 5, (US time), the premiere of the movie Cold Pursuit in New York could not take place because the representative of producer Lionsgate was afraid that the audience would be too excited.
Regarding Liam Neeson’s statement in the interview, the producer’s representative did not have any comment.
As expected, Cold Pursuit will be launched at 2,500 locations in North America this Friday.
Liam Neeson revealed that the film is a father’s journey to seek revenge and seek justice when his son is mysteriously murdered.
The film is a remake of the 2014 Norwegian original. The actor recounted that, because the film is a journey of revenge, his story of “revenge for a friend” was also accidentally shared and now, He is being criticized for gossiping.