Liam’s honesty shouldn’t mean the end his career
In recent times, men have been encouraged to open up and share their feelings.
Try telling that to actor Liam Neeson who, having spoken of an experience about which he felt ashamed, has been shot down in flames.
The backlash was over an interview in which he said he could relate to characters he’s played who are seeking revenge as he did the same thing after a friend told him she’d been raped by a man who was black.
“It shocked me,” he admitted and, although he was naïve in daring to share his true feelings in an age where instant judgment will be cast on you with such force that it could be careerending, the incident he was referring to happened a hell of a long time ago.
He didn’t have to talk about it, but he chose to be honest and admitted being disgusted with himself.
He was explaining a primal urge for revenge.
I bet you the bulk of the people calling for his blood weren’t even born at the time it happened, though they may well be among those now backing campaigns encouraging people to open up about their feelings.
Maybe that experience had been preying on his mind for years and it helped him to get it off his chest.
He has faced some terrible times in his life, including the death of his wife, Natasha Richardson, in a freak accident 10 years ago.
And after all he has come through and achieved, it would be terribly sad if this controversy is the thing people remember him by.