Michelle Rodriguezis defending herWidowscostarLiam Neesonover his controversial confession that he oncewanted to “kill” a black man.
“It’s all f— b—. Liam Neeson is not a racist,” she toldVanity Fairon the red carpet at the amFAR Gala in New York City on Wednesday.
The 40-year-old actress contended that given his passionate scenes withViola DavisinWidows, Neeson couldn’t be racist.
“Dude, have you watchedWidows? His tongue was so far down Viola Davis’s throat. You can’t call him a racist ever. Racists don’t make out with the race that they hate, especially in the way he does with his tongue — so deep down her throat. I don’t care how good of an actor you are,” she remarked of the film, in which Davis and Neeson play spouses.
“It’s all b—. Ignore it. He’s not a racist. He’s a loving man. It’s all lies,” she added.
Liam Neeson and Viola Davis.Twentieth/REX/Shutterstock
Neeson has faced an intense backlash for revealing that after a female friend of his was allegedly raped, he wanted to “kill” someone who was the same race as her attacker — a black man.
Thealarming admissioncame while the Irish actor, 66, was promoting his new filmCold Pursuit, in which he plays a father seeking vengeance for the death of his son, during an interview withThe Independent.
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The actor went on to explain that the incident in question happened “nearly 40 years ago” and also claimed that he “definitely” would have searched for a white man with the same anger if his friend said her attacker had fit that description.
Neeson said he agreed but insisted “I didn’t think about that.”
“All those things surprised me,” he added. “But it was this primal hatred, I guess, that really, really shocked me when I eventually came down to earth and I saw what I was doing. Going out and looking for a fight? Violence breeds violence, bigotry breeds bigotry.”
source: people.com
