Editing Liam Neeson (section)

==Personal life==
=== Marriage and relationships ===
Neeson lived with actress [[Helen Mirren]] during the early 1980s. They met while working on ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]'' (1981). Interviewed by [[James Lipton]] for ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', Neeson said Mirren was instrumental in him getting an agent. 
He dated [[Barbra Streisand]] for about nine months between 1991 and 1992.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelist.com/484221/the-truth-about-barbra-streisand-and-liam-neesons-relationship|title=The Truth About Barbra Streisand And Liam Neeson's Relationship|work=The List|date=2021-08-10|first=Hope|last=Campbell|access-date=28 August 2023|archive-date=28 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828094021/https://www.thelist.com/484221/the-truth-about-barbra-streisand-and-liam-neesons-relationship/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Neeson then met actress [[Natasha Richardson]] while performing in a revival of the play ''[[Anna Christie]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/natasha-richardson-liam-neeson-magical-marriage-takes-tragic-turn-article-1.368101 |title=Magical marriage takes a tragic turn |first=Patrick |last=Huguenin |newspaper=Daily News |place=New York|date=17 March 2009 |access-date=8 April 2016 |archive-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411215140/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/natasha-richardson-liam-neeson-magical-marriage-takes-tragic-turn-article-1.368101 |url-status=live }}</ref> They were married on 3 July 1994<ref name="filmref">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/Actors-and-Actresses-Mo-No/Neeson-Liam.html |website=Film Reference |title=Neeson, Liam |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-date=1 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801055939/http://www.filmreference.com/Actors-and-Actresses-Mo-No/Neeson-Liam.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and had two sons together, [[Micheál Richardson|Micheál]] (b. 1995) and Daniel (b. 1996).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Passages |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20101048,00.html |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |first=Allison |last=Lynn |date=10 July 1995 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132622/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20101048,00.html |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20142193,00.html |title=Passages |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |first=Jeremy |last=Helligar |date=9 September 1996 |access-date=16 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627164335/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20142193,00.html |archive-date=27 June 2015}}</ref> In October 1998, they won £50,000 ($85,370) in libel damages after the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' wrongly claimed that their marriage was suffering. They donated the money to victims of the August 1998 [[Omagh bombing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/185144.stm |title=Film stars give libel win to Omagh |website=BBC News |access-date=10 January 2018 |archive-date=9 April 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030409165834/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/185144.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2004, they purchased an estate in [[Millbrook, New York]].<ref name="IndependentSept2014">{{cite news|last1=Pringle|first1=Gill|title=Liam Neeson interview: Hard man actor on Bono, Ralph Fiennes and his fear of guns|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/liam-neeson-interview-hard-man-actor-on-bono-ralph-fiennes-and-his-fear-of-guns-9728838.html|access-date=14 January 2018|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 September 2014|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412080454/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/liam-neeson-interview-hard-man-actor-on-bono-ralph-fiennes-and-his-fear-of-guns-9728838.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NeesonHome">{{cite web |last=Blaney |first=Retta |title=Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson house profile |website=Celebrity Detective |url=http://www.celebritydetective.com/Celebrity_Homes_Natasha-Richardson-Liam-Neeson-New-York.html |access-date=10 July 2009 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305062202/http://www.celebritydetective.com/Celebrity_Homes_Natasha-Richardson-Liam-Neeson-New-York.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.esquire.com/features/liam-neeson-0311 |first=Tom |last=Chiatella |magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |pages=106–13 |title=The hard luck and beautiful life of Liam Neeson |date=15 February 2011 |access-date=15 April 2011 |archive-date=22 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222011329/http://www.esquire.com/features/liam-neeson-0311 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 18 March 2009, Richardson died when she suffered a [[traumatic brain injury]] in a skiing accident at the [[Mont Tremblant Resort]], northwest of [[Montreal]]. Neeson donated her organs following her death.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/liam-neeson-reveals-how-his-late-wife-natasha-richardsons-organs-have-kept-three-people-alive |website=evoke.ie |title=Liam Neeson has spoken openly about donating his late wife Natasha Richardson's organs following her death in a skiing accident five years ago. |date=21 February 2014 |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326002729/http://evoke.ie/showbiz/liam-neeson-reveals-how-his-late-wife-natasha-richardsons-organs-have-kept-three-people-alive |archive-date=26 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Citizenship ===
Neeson holds Irish<ref name="alt ulsters">{{cite book | last1 = Carruthers | first1 = Mark | title = Alternative Ulsters: Conversations on Identity | location = Dublin | publisher = [[Liberties Press]] | date = April 2014 | isbn = 978-1909718494 }}</ref> and American citizenship, having been [[Naturalization|naturalised]] as an American citizen in 2009.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{Cite web |title=Actor Neeson becomes US citizen |website=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8223680.stm |date=26 August 2009 |access-date=5 January 2010 |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510191042/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8223680.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He primarily identifies as Irish.<ref name="Wired">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/r5OKskTIEU8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180110004152/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5OKskTIEU8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |title=Is Liam Neeson British? I am Irish |website=Youtube/Wired |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5OKskTIEU8 |date=9 January 2018|access-date=16 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Independent">{{Cite web |title=I am very proud to be Irish |website=independent.ie |url=https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/i-am-very-proud-to-be-irish-liam-neeson-honoured-for-contribution-to-ireland-and-humanity-36482237.html |date=12 January 2018 |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=19 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119031245/https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/i-am-very-proud-to-be-irish-liam-neeson-honoured-for-contribution-to-ireland-and-humanity-36482237.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After taking up American citizenship, he was adamant he was not turning his back on his Irish roots.<ref name="Independent2">{{Cite web|title=I'm still a proud Irishman|website=independent.ie|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/entertainment/around-town/liam-neeson-takes-up-us-citizenship-but-actor-insists-im-still-a-proud-irishman-27922715.html|date=27 August 2009|access-date=16 July 2021|archive-date=15 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115203723/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/entertainment/around-town/liam-neeson-takes-up-us-citizenship-but-actor-insists-im-still-a-proud-irishman-27922715.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, nearly four decades after he was an undergraduate in physics and computer science at [[Queen's University, Belfast]], the university awarded him an honorary doctorate which was presented to him in New York by Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Gregson.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8037845.stm|title=Liam Neeson graduates 40 years on|date=7 May 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=1 November 2012|archive-date=11 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511121231/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8037845.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2011, he was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for [[UNICEF]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unicef.org/people/people_58133.html |title=Liam Neeson becomes UNICEF's newest Goodwill Ambassador |first=Chris |last=Niles |website=UNICEF |date=29 March 2011 |access-date=30 June 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063943/http://www.unicef.org/people/people_58133.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a patron of [[Belfast]]-based charity and film festival [[CineMagic (film festival)|CineMagic]], which helps young people get involved in the movie industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemagic.org.uk/about-us/festival-patrons |title=Festival Patrons |website=CineMagic |access-date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165154/http://www.cinemagic.org.uk/about-us/festival-patrons |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A heavy smoker earlier in his career, Neeson quit smoking in 2003 while working on ''[[Love Actually]]''. When he took the role of [[John "Hannibal" Smith|Hannibal]] for the [[The A-Team (film)|2010 film adaptation of ''The A-Team'']], he had reservations about smoking cigars (a signature trait of the character), but agreed to do it for the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ptcchallenge.com/article-viewer.aspx?id=257 |title=The A Team |website=PTC Challenge |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=1 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316211124/http://www.ptcchallenge.com/article-viewer.aspx?id=257 |archive-date=16 March 2012 }}</ref>

In June 2012, Neeson's publicist denied reports that Neeson was converting to [[Islam]]. Neeson has expressed an affection for the ''[[adhan]]'', the Islamic call to prayer, that he grew accustomed to while filming ''[[Taken 2]]'' in [[Istanbul]]: "By the third week, it was like I couldn't live without it. It really became hypnotic and very moving for me in a very special way. Very beautiful."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ukscreen.com/articles/interviews/is-liam-neeson-converting-to-islam |title=Is Liam Neeson converting to Islam? |website=UK Screen |date=1 October 2012 |access-date=30 June 2013 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424172413/http://ukscreen.com/articles/interviews/is-liam-neeson-converting-to-islam/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also expressed admiration for the ''[[Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola|Spiritual Exercises]]'' of [[Ignatius of Loyola|Saint Ignatius of Loyola]].<ref name="Neesonreligion">{{cite web |last=Blaney |first=Retta |title=Acting Is a Form of Prayer |website=BeliefNet |url=http://www.beliefnet.com/story/133/story_13350_1.html |access-date=16 July 2007 |archive-date=29 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529015954/http://www.beliefnet.com/story/133/story_13350_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Neeson's mother, Kitty, died in June 2020. He was unable to return to his hometown for her funeral due to [[Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic|travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/funeral-of-liam-neesons-mother-kitty-held-in-ballymena-39271444.html|title=Funeral of Liam Neeson's mother Kitty held in Ballymena|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph|via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|access-date=5 September 2020|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824144800/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/funeral-of-liam-neesons-mother-kitty-held-in-ballymena-39271444.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Social views===
Neeson is a long-term supporter of the need for more [[integrated education in Northern Ireland]]; that is, educating Catholics and Protestants together. In 2017 he said,  "As Northern Ireland moves forward from division, who do we look to for a future we can share? Our children - so why do we continue to educate them apart? Different religions, different backgrounds, different schools. There is another way. Protestants and Catholics, other beliefs and none, learning and working together every day."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor Liam Neeson calls for Catholic and Protestant school integration in Northern Ireland |url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/6707/actor-liam-neeson-calls-for-catholic-and-protestant-school-integration-in-northern-ireland |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=The Tablet |language=en |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115090317/https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/6707/actor-liam-neeson-calls-for-catholic-and-protestant-school-integration-in-northern-ireland |url-status=live }}</ref> He has praised schools where parents have voted to transform segregated schools into integrated schools, and fronted television adverts to encourage more parents to integrate their children's schools.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-03-30 |title=Liam Neeson 'proud' of new integrated school Seaview Primary |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-56577857 |access-date=2023-11-15 |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115090321/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-56577857 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-24 |title=Watch: Liam Neeson fronts new integrated education advert |language=en-GB |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/watch-liam-neeson-fronts-new-integrated-education-advert/a1640530065.html |access-date=2023-11-15 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115090320/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/watch-liam-neeson-fronts-new-integrated-education-advert/a1640530065.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Neeson was criticised for his comments on Ireland's ''[[The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)|Late Late Show]]'' in January 2018, during which he described the [[Me Too movement]] as a "witch hunt"<ref>{{cite web|title=Liam Neeson on sexual harassment in Hollywood|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGriKA7i8Oc|work=[[YouTube]]|date=12 January 2018|access-date=18 October 2018|archive-date=28 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728232601/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGriKA7i8Oc|url-status=live}}</ref> and cited [[Garrison Keillor]]'s dismissal from [[Minnesota Public Radio]] as an example.<ref>{{cite news|last=Midkiff|first=Sarah|title=Liam Neeson Called The Me Too Movement A "Witch Hunt"|url=https://www.refinery29.com/2018/01/187805/liam-neeson-me-too-movement-witch-hunt-reactions|work=[[Refinery29]]|date=14 January 2018|access-date=18 October 2018|archive-date=18 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018201510/https://www.refinery29.com/2018/01/187805/liam-neeson-me-too-movement-witch-hunt-reactions|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2019, Neeson gained public and media controversy after a [[press junket]] interview he conducted with ''[[The Independent]]'' while promoting ''[[Cold Pursuit]]'', a film about a father seeking revenge for his son's murder.<ref>{{cite news |title= Liam Neeson sparks race row over rape comments |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47117177 |work= [[BBC News]] |access-date= 5 February 2019 |archive-date= 4 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190204192321/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47117177 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Rodrigo |first= Chris |title= Liam Neeson faces accusations of racism after rape comments |url= https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/428400-liam-neeson-faces-accusations-of-racism-after-rape-comments |work= [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date= 4 February 2019 |access-date= 5 February 2019 |archive-date= 7 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015239/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/428400-liam-neeson-faces-accusations-of-racism-after-rape-comments |url-status= live }}</ref> He said that he generated his character's "primal" anger by recounting an experience he had 40 years ago, in which a female friend of his had been raped by a stranger. After learning the attacker was a [[Black people|black man]], Neeson said that he spent a week going "up and down areas with a [[Club (weapon)|cosh]], hoping some 'black bastard' would come out of a pub and have a go" so that he "could kill him". In the interview, he also said he was ashamed of the experience and that the things he did and said were "horrible". He said, "It's awful [...] but I did learn a lesson from it, when I eventually thought, 'What the fuck are you doing?'"<ref>{{cite news |last= Michallon |first= Clémence |date= 4 February 2019 |title= Liam Neeson: 'I walked the streets with a cosh, hoping I'd be approached by a "black bastard" so that I could kill him' |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/liam-neeson-rape-black-man-attack-cosh-cold-pursuit-sexual-assault-interview-a8760866.html |work= [[The Independent]] |access-date= 4 February 2019 |archive-date= 4 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190204144622/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/liam-neeson-rape-black-man-attack-cosh-cold-pursuit-sexual-assault-interview-a8760866.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Michallon |first= Clémence |title= Liam Neeson interview: Rape, race and how I learnt revenge doesn't work |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/liam-neeson-interview-rape-race-black-man-revenge-taken-cold-pursuit-a8760896.html |work= [[The Independent]] |date= 4 February 2019 |access-date= 5 February 2019 |archive-date= 4 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190204210538/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/liam-neeson-interview-rape-race-black-man-revenge-taken-cold-pursuit-a8760896.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

In an appearance on ''[[Good Morning America]]'', Neeson elaborated on his comments while denying being a racist, stating that he asked for physical attributes of the rapist other than his race and that he would have done the same if the rapist was "a Scot or a Brit or a Lithuanian".<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Blistein |first= Jon |title= Liam Neeson Talks Racist Revenge Fantasy on 'Good Morning America' |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/liam-neeson-good-morning-america-interview-790095/ |magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= 5 February 2019 |access-date= 6 February 2019 |archive-date= 6 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190206021002/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/liam-neeson-good-morning-america-interview-790095/ |url-status= live }}</ref> He also said that he had purposely gone into "black areas of the city" but that he "did seek help" and counselling from his friends and a priest after coming to his senses. He said that the lesson of his experience was "to open up [and] to talk about these things", including [[toxic masculinity]] and the underlying "racism and bigotry" in both the U.S. and Northern Ireland. The controversy following his comments led to cancellation of the red carpet event for the premiere of ''Cold Pursuit''.<ref>{{cite web |last= Sherpard |first= Jack |title= Liam Neeson interview: Actor denies being racist after admitting wanting to kill a black man |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/liam-neeson-interview-gma-apology-racism-black-man-cosh-attack-good-morning-america-a8763826.html |work= [[The Independent]] |access-date= 6 February 2019 |archive-date= 5 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190205235230/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/liam-neeson-interview-gma-apology-racism-black-man-cosh-attack-good-morning-america-a8763826.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Red carpet nixed after Liam Neeson reveals racist thoughts |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/celebrities/red-carpet-nixed-after-liam-neeson-reveals-racist-thoughts/2019/02/05/e48d2428-29af-11e9-906e-9d55b6451eb4_story.html |publisher= [[Associated Press]] |access-date= 6 February 2019 |archive-date= 6 February 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190206112625/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/celebrities/red-carpet-nixed-after-liam-neeson-reveals-racist-thoughts/2019/02/05/e48d2428-29af-11e9-906e-9d55b6451eb4_story.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> Neeson was publicly defended by [[Michelle Rodriguez]],<ref name=rodriguezPeople>{{Cite web|last=Pasquini|first=Maria|date=7 February 2019|url=https://people.com/movies/michelle-rodriguez-defends-liam-neeson-shocking-comments-wanting-kill-black-man/|title=Michelle Rodriguez Defends Liam Neeson: 'He's Not a Racist. He's a Loving Man'|website=People|access-date=19 July 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114015739/https://people.com/movies/michelle-rodriguez-defends-liam-neeson-shocking-comments-wanting-kill-black-man/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Whoopi Goldberg]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/06/whoopi-goldberg-defends-friend-liam-neeson-insists-not-bigot/|title=Whoopi Goldberg insists friend Liam Neeson is 'not a bigot'|first=Helena|last=Horton|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=6 February 2019|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|access-date=7 March 2019|archive-date=8 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308081016/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/06/whoopi-goldberg-defends-friend-liam-neeson-insists-not-bigot/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[John Barnes]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peplow |first=Gemma |date=February 12, 2019 |title=John Barnes: Liam Neeson deserves a medal for race admission |url=https://news.sky.com/story/john-barnes-liam-neeson-deserves-a-medal-for-race-admission-11628709 |access-date=April 13, 2021 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413235528/https://news.sky.com/story/john-barnes-liam-neeson-deserves-a-medal-for-race-admission-11628709 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Trevor Noah]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-09 |title=Trevor Noah says Liam Neeson deserves credit for 'powerful admission' on racism |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/trevor-noah-liam-neeson-racism-daily-show-cold-pursuit-a8771016.html |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> and [[Ralph Fiennes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishpost.com/news/ralph-fiennes-defends-liam-neeson-164957|title='Certainly not a racist' – Ralph Fiennes comes to the defence of Liam Neeson|first=Jack|last=Beresford|website=The Irish Post|date=4 March 2019|access-date=7 March 2019|archive-date=8 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308081440/https://www.irishpost.com/news/ralph-fiennes-defends-liam-neeson-164957|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Donald Glover]] later convinced him to appear in his [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] series [[Atlanta (TV series)|''Atlanta'']] episode "[[New Jazz (Atlanta)|New Jazz]]" as a fictionalised version of himself, to examine the controversy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/liam-neeson-atlanta-racism-backlash-1235260511/|title=Liam Neeson Joined 'Atlanta' to Poke Fun at His 2019 Racism Controversy and Say He's Sorry|last=Sharf|first=Zack|access-date=May 6, 2022|date=May 6, 2022|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-date=8 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508004016/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/liam-neeson-atlanta-racism-backlash-1235260511/|url-status=live}}</ref>