Liam Neeson has recently attracted renewed media attention due to his reported romantic involvement with Pamela Anderson, his co-star from Naked Gun. At the same time, the Irish actor’s 2019 remarks about racism have resurfaced, igniting renewed controversy online as users react to the unlikely couple. The focus is on Neeson’s admission of having harbored violent thoughts toward a Black man in retaliation for a personal tragedy.
Details of the Incident Neeson Revealed in 2019 Interview
The controversy traces back to a 2019 interview with The Independent, where Neeson described a distressing episode in his past. He recounted how, after learning that a close acquaintance had been raped, his immediate response was driven by anger toward the assailant, whom he was told was Black. Neeson shared that the victim had
handled the situation in the most extraordinary way.
He admitted that upon returning from overseas and discovering the crime, he sought out violent confrontation as a form of personal vigilante justice.
The actor explained how he spent a week walking
up and down areas with a cosh
, hoping to encounter a Black b—— coming out of a pub. Neeson hoped this would lead to an altercation to channel his rage. Describing this time, he said,
It took me a week, maybe a week and a half, to go through that. She would say, ‘Where are you going?’ and I would say, ‘I’m just going out for a walk.’ You know? ‘What
