Neeson sparked a race row following comments he made being published this week
Singer Lily Allen dedicated her song ‘Fuck You’ to actor Liam Neeson at a gig on Tuesday, following the actor admitting to wanting to indiscriminately kill a black man in the aftermath of a loved one being raped.
Allen addressed his comments on stage during her No Shame Tour in Sydney, introducing the song by saying: “Normally, I dedicate this song to Donald Trump, but tonight I’m dedicating it to Liam Neeson.”
The song – which comes from her second album It’s Not Me, It’s You – includes the lyrics: “You’re just some racist who can’t tie my laces. Your point of view is medieval.”
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It comes after the 66-year-old actor told a journalist during a press junket for his upcoming film Cold Pursuit that he “went up and down areas with a cosh” hoping to kill a “black bastard”, after being told that unnamed loved one had been sexually assaulted by a person of colour.
However, writing on Instagram about Neeson’s comments, Allen wrote: “I don’t believe Liam Neeson’s racist anecdote, which makes it even more disgusting.
“I don’t know a woman who hasn’t been harassed and I have never heard of an instance where a man has actually gone out to defend her honour. It just doesn’t happen.”
The red carpet opening of the 66-year-old’s new film – which sees his character take violent revenge against drug dealers who he believes killed his son – has already been cancelled in the wake of the interview being published on Monday.
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