<p>Actor Liam Neeson made a surprise cameo on &#8220;Atlanta&#8221; and apologized for &#8220;hurting people&#8221; with a racist comment he made in 2019.</p>
<p>The 69-year-old actor showed up on the eighth episode of the show&#8217;s fourth season, titled &#8220;New Jazz,&#8221; playing a fictional version of himself while sitting in a bar talking to one of the main characters Alfred &#8220;Paper Boi&#8221; Miles (played Brian Tyree Henry) about comments he made during an interview he gave in 2019 to <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2019/02/liam-neeson-responds-racist-revenge-black-man-rape-1202041303/">The Independent</a>, <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/liam-neeson-atlanta-racism-backlash-1235260511/">reported</a> Variety in a piece published Friday.</p>
<p>At the time, the &#8220;Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace&#8221; star talked about what happened 40 years ago when a friend of his was raped and he &#8220;went up and down areas with a cosh&#8221; for &#8220;maybe a week&#8221; hoping &#8220;some Black b****** would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something &#8230; so that I could kill him.&#8221; He admitted at the time he was &#8220;ashamed to say that.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You might&#8217;ve heard or read about my transgression,&#8221; Neeson&#8217;s character tells Paper Boi in the show this week. &#8220;You know, what I said about what I wanted to do to a black guy, any black guy, when I was a younger man in London. A friend of mine had been raped and I acted out of anger.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I look back now and it honestly frightens me,&#8221; he adds. &#8220;I thought people knowing who I once was would make clear who I am, who I&#8217;ve become. But with all that being said, I am sorry. I apologize if I hurt people.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good to know that you don&#8217;t hate black people now,&#8221; Miles responds.</p>
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<p>&#8220;No, no I can&#8217;t stand the lot of you,&#8221; Neeson&#8217;s character replies. &#8220;Well, now I feel that way because you tried to ruin my career. Didn&#8217;t succeed, mind you. However, I&#8217;m sure one day I will get over it, but until then, we are mortal enemies.”</p>
<p>Paper Boi then asks Neeson if he had learned &#8220;you shouldn&#8217;t say s*** like that?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Aye,&#8221; the &#8220;Taken&#8221; star&#8217;s character replies. &#8220;But I also learned that the best and worst part about being white is, we don&#8217;t have to learn anything if we don&#8217;t want to. Take it easy, Paper Boi.&#8221;</p>
<p>After the Independent interview surfaced, the &#8220;Blacklight&#8221; star clarified his remarks in 2019 during his appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/liam-neeson-clarifies-controversial-revenge-remarks-im-racist-60849164">Good Morning America</a>.&#8221; He explained at the time that he&#8217;s not a &#8220;racist&#8221; and &#8220;definitely&#8221; would&#8217;ve had the same reaction if the person was white.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was trying to show honor, to stand up for my dear friend in this terrible medieval fashion,&#8221; Neeson said at the time. &#8220;I am a fairly intelligent guy. That&#8217;s why it kind of shocked me when I came down to earth after having these terrible feelings. Luckily, no violence occurred. I did want to lash out because my friend was brutally raped and I was defending her honor. It was a learning curve.&#8221;</p>

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