Liam Neeson interview on GMA about his hate crime revenge admission

Taken To Task: Liam Neeson Curiously Explains To GMA How Power-Walking Assuaged His Hate Crime Heart

Posted on February 5, 2019 - By Bossip Staff

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Liam Neeson On GMA Explaining Previous Desire For Revenge Hate Crime

Liam Neeson set his career on fire yesterday when he recounted a time in his life 40 years ago that he wanted to kill a random “Black bastard” to avenge the rape of his friend.

Today, he sat down with Robin Roberts on GMA to further discuss the incident.

"I'm not a racist." Actor Liam Neeson addresses past racist revenge plot in one-on-one with @RobinRoberts this morning on @GMA.

Watch the FULL interview HERE: https://t.co/MPgIRwhnhF pic.twitter.com/jWRTDwys9j

— Good Morning America (@GMA) February 5, 2019

Somehow there is a huge “debate” happening on social media where some folks are actually praising Liam Neeson for his “bravery” and “honesty”. Folks like former British “football” player John Barnes:

liam neeson: i walked the streets with a cosh hoping i’d be approached by a black bastard so that i could kill him

black women: this is representative of the real danger black men face everyday

black men: give liam neeson a medalpic.twitter.com/VdB09SCxsn

— Mrs GIFLord DanielléDASH (@DanielleDASH) February 5, 2019

Wow, that’s some cape.

Below, you can watch the full GMA interview.

Flip the page to see how people are reacting.

First off, Liam Neeson is like 70 years old and these ain’t the movies. I’ll whoop his ass

— Kazeem Famuyide (@RealLifeKaz) February 4, 2019

#LiamNeeson you can thank whatever gods there may be that I’m on book leave and not writing a column right now. I would clear all this up. You are no hero for your admission. You are a representative of racial terror.

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) February 5, 2019

Aye man you don't get points for being "honest" and saying you relate to Liam Neeson's racism bubbling over and manifesting itself in the desire to kill innocent ppl what the fuck is wrong with y'all

— Beyonce has an uncle named Larry Beyince. Bruh…. (@DragonflyJonez) February 5, 2019

I’m wondering if folks comprehend that Liam Neeson is doing what I have dubbed “racist virtue signaling”. He wants racists to see themselves in him so they support his movie but he’s telling the story as if it’s all behind him.

— LeslieMac 🖤 (@LeslieMac) February 5, 2019

White men have been raping, pillaging, enslaving, jailing, attacking my community for hundreds of years.

But no, I don’t walk around with a crow bar waiting for a white person to be rude so I can kill him, as Liam Neeson did. @PeterAllen1969 pic.twitter.com/pEC5uKVCVJ

— Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) February 5, 2019