Liam Neeson was, apparently, stunned by his current look on TheView.
The 70-year-old actor spoke out in opposition to a Feb. 15 interview phase from the ABC speak present, throughout which he appeared to advertise his new movie, Marlowe.
“I used to be within the dressing room ingesting a cup of tea, turned the TV up, and I assumed, oh, this will probably be nice. They’re speaking about gun violence in America, and I agree that it is an American downside. I’m going onstage and be part of the women through the break, and I used to be congratulating them on this dialogue,” Neeson instructed Rolling Stone. “After which our phase begins and it is simply all this BS with Pleasure [Behar] and Liam Neeson and having a crush, and I’ve recognized Whoopi [Goldberg] for years and Pleasure a little bit bit, however I simply wasn’t impressed.”
After the interview started, cohost Ana Navarro jabbed Behar about her crush on Neeson, whereas Alyssa Farah Griffin joked that the longtime panelist “desires to get taken” by the performer.
The present then performed a supercut of Behar’s quite a few Neeson mentions over time, together with a time she mentioned she wished to have her ashes sprinkled over him and one other bit the place she admitted to being “aroused” when she noticed him.
“Pleasure, you obtained the checks?” he joked on the air, whereas Behar mentioned he was “speechless” over the compilation and appeared to lightheartedly jab producer Brian Teta for “embarrassing” him and her visitor.
Neeson instructed Rolling Stone that he obtained “uncomfortable in these conditions,” and that he finally had an “clever dialog” with Sunny Hostin, a former federal prosecutor, after the present, however he nonetheless took subject with what was aired.
A B C Liam Neeson criticized his look ‘The View’ as ’embarrassing.’
“The phase’s all about this — oof — 13, 14-year-old crush,” he mentioned of Behar joking about her affections for the actor. “It is only a bit embarrassing.”
EW has reached out to a consultant for TheView for feedback.
Despite the fact that Neeson’s look was a rocky one, the present was welcomed by a a lot happier group of friends the next day, when Goldberg — in character as Guinan — hosted a Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology solid reunion with Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, and Michael Dorn.
TheView continues weekdays at 11 am on ABC. Watch a portion of Neeson’s look above.
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