Liam Neeson clarifies previous remarks in ‘GMA’ interview: ‘I’m not a racist’. Liam Neeson wants to set the record straight: He’s not a “racist.” The actor has come under fire after he revealed in an interview with The Independent earlier this week that he wanted to “unleash physical violence” against a black man after a close friend revealed she had been brutally raped decades ago. “I’m not a racist,” Neeson told “Good Morning America” on Tuesday. But he did feel a “primal urge to lash out” after learning about the decades-old incident. “I went out deliberately into black areas in the city, looking to be set upon,” he said. “It shocked me and it hurt me … I did seek help, I went to a priest.” “Luckily no violence occurred,” he said, adding that he likely would have attacked and possibly killed a man if confronted. Neeson said he asked his friend for more details about the attacker. If the woman had said the attacker was white, Neeson said he would have searched for someone who fit that description. Neeson’s revelation was part of an interview about his new movie, “Cold Pursuit.” He admitted in The Independent interview that went viral Monday that his reaction to his friend’s rape was just “awful.”
