Liam Neeson Shows Up On The TV Series Atlanta To Beg For Forgiveness For Wanting To Beat Up Black People 40 Years Ago After His Friend Was Raped

Actor Liam Neeson made a surprise cameo on “Atlanta” and apologized for “hurting people” with a racist comment he made in 2019.

The 69-year-old actor showed up on the eighth episode of the show’s fourth season, titled “New Jazz,” playing a fictional version of himself while sitting in a bar talking to one of the main characters Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles (played Brian Tyree Henry) about comments he made during an interview he gave in 2019 to The Independent, reported Variety in a piece published Friday.

Neeson talked about what happened 40 years ago when a friend of his was raped and he “went up and down areas with a cosh” for “maybe a week” hoping “some Black b****** would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something … so that I could kill him.” He admitted at the time he was “ashamed to say that.”

“You might’ve heard or read about my transgression,” Neeson’s character tells Paper Boi in the show this week. “You know, what I said about what I wanted to do to a black guy, any black guy, when I was a younger man in London. A friend of mine had been raped and I acted out of anger.”

“I look back now and it honestly frightens me,” he adds. “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.”

“It’s good to know that you don’t hate black people now,” Miles responds.