In the latest episode of “Atlanta” Liam Neeson deals with his past—sort of. In a cameo appearance as himself, the “Taken” star has a conversation with Brian Tyree Henry’s Paper Boi at a bar called the Cancel Club, and addresses his racism controversy. READ MORE: Liam Neeson Is Still Single, Was Joking About Being ‘Taken’ With A Mystery Woman Speaking with the Independent in 2019, Neeson recounted a story from when he was younger, when a friend of his was raped, and he went out searching for a random Black person to kill in retaliation. “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’ would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know?
So that I could kill him,” he said at the time. “You might have read about my transgression,” Neeson says in the clip from the “Atlanta” episode. “You know, what I said about what I wanted to do to a Black guy, any Black guy, when I was a younger man.
A friend of mine had been raped, and I acted out of anger.” He continues, “It honestly frightens me. I thought people knowing who I once was would make clear who I am, who I’ve become.
But, with all that being said, I am sorry. I apologize if I hurt people.” Paper Boi then tells him, “Between you and me, I still f**k with ‘Taken’.
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