Liam Neeson recently shared his thoughts about his appearance on The View, revealing that the experience left him feeling uneasy.
The 70-year-old actor had visited the talk show last week to promote his milestone 100th film, Marlowe. However, he found the way he was treated ultimately ’embarrassing’.
The discomfort began when the segment shifted focus to Joy Behar, 80, and her longstanding admiration for Neeson.
This included revisiting past remarks she has made, such as her statement: “I would just like to have my ashes sprinkled over Liam Neeson.”
“Joy wants to get taken by you,” one of the co-hosts chimed in, echoing Neeson’s iconic line: “I will find you and I will kill you.”
While the audience found the moment amusing, Neeson did not share their sentiment.
After the interview, the Taken actor confided in Rolling Stone, saying: “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?”
Despite this awkward interaction, Neeson did mention having a ‘good, intelligent conversation’ with co-host Sunny Hostin, 54, which he found redeeming.
In his interview with Rolling Stone, the actor also reflected on his extensive and successful film career, including his initial concerns that one of his biggest hits, Taken, would not perform well.
He also shared an anecdote about one of his most famous lines from the film that made him feel somewhat embarrassed.
“If I had a penny for every time somebody mentioned ‘a certain set of skills,'” he remarked. “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.”