Liam Neeson says he felt 'uncomfortable' being a guest on The View
Topics: Celebrity
Emma Guinness
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Topics: Celebrity
Liam Neeson has opened up about this recent appearance on The View, and admitted that the whole thing left him feeling uncomfortable.
The actor, 70, appeared on the talk show last week to promote his 100th film Marlowe, but said that the way he was treated was ultimately 'embarrassing'.
It all went down when the segment turned to the candle that co-host Joy Behar, 80, holds for the actor.
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This included a reflection on comments she has made on-air such as her declaration: "I would just like to have my ashes sprinkled over Liam Neeson."
"Joy wants to get taken by you," added one of the co-hosts, prompting her to quote Neeson's famous line: "I will find you and I will kill you."
But while the audience laughed, Neeson himself did not see the funny side to the comment.
Following the interview, the Taken star told Rolling Stone: "I was in the dressing room drinking a cup of tea, turned the TV up, and I thought, oh, this will be great. They're talking about gun violence in America, and I agree that it's an American problem.
"I go onstage and join the ladies during the break, and I was congratulating them on this discussion.
"And then our segment starts, and it's just all this BS with Joy and Liam Neeson and having a crush, and I've known Whoopi for years and Joy a little bit, but I just wasn't impressed.
"I'm uncomfortable in those situations, you know?"
But it wasn't necessarily all bad for the actor, who said he did mercifully have a 'good, intelligent conversation' with cohost Sunny Hostin, 54, after the 'embarrassing' interaction.
Elsewhere in his interview with Rolling Stone, the actor reflected on his long, successful film career, including his fear that one of his biggest hits, Taken, would be a flop.
It turns out that one of his most famous lines also left him feeling red-faced at one point.
"If I had a penny for every time somebody mentioned 'a certain set of skills,'" he said. "I remember when we were shooting that scene, I begged Pierre Morel, 'Please, can we cut this back? This is so corny. I feel I've seen this and heard this in so many movies'.
"I've always thought this was a straight-to-video film, but was very surprised when Fox cleverly cut a trailer, showed it at big sporting events, and it became successful when it was released," he continued.
"Again, I was a little embarrassed."