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Ellen Page has called Liam Neeson “just so f***ing racist” after he admitted to once roaming the streets with a cosh, looking for a “black bastard” to kill after the rape of a close friend.
“If you wanna own up to that, yeah, but you’re acknowledging that that’s f***ing... so f***ing, beyond f***ing... it’s just so f***ing racist,” the Oscar-nominated actor said.
“You can say it, and own up to it, but then you have to prepare for the response people are gonna give you. We can own up to things and say sorry – we can’t just assume we’ll be forgiven. And you can’t be doing it with that expectation, because then that’s not really a true apology.
“It’s hard to know how to have f***ing words for that conversation to be honest. I’ll be honest. That’s so f***ed.”
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Neeson has previoulsy insisted he is not racist, saying his behaviour was a result of wanting to show “honour” after someone close to him had been assaulted.
“Do you need to be responsible for what you make other people feel because you’re expressing what you feel? Absolutely,” she said.
“So don’t be surprised when someone doesn’t want to work with you… or when you’re not getting a job because they can’t hire any other actors who want to stand beside you. That was a choice that you made.”
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