Liam Neeson reveals he felt ‘uncomfortable’ during an interview on The View

Liam Neeson has revealed that he felt ‘uncomfortable’ during his recent interview on The View.

The 70-year-old actor appeared on the talk show last week to promote his starring role in Marlowe, but things took an awkward turn.

The segment focused primarily on presenter Joy Behar’s love for Neeson and included a montage of clips showing her making on-air comments such as, “I wish my ashes were scattered on Liam Neeson.”

Referencing her famous movie Taken, one of her co-hosts even quipped, “Joy wants you to take her,” prompting her to quote Neeson’s famous line from the movie, “I’ll find you and I’ll kill you.”

But while the audience laughed, Neeson didn’t seem to see the funny side of the comment and seemed rather stony.

Not happy: The actor, 70, appeared on the talk show last week to promote his starring role in Marlowe, but things took an awkward turn

Reacting to the interview, he now told Rolling Stone: “I was in the dressing room having a cup of tea, and I turned on the TV and I was like, oh, this is going to be great.” They are talking about gun violence in America and I agree that it is an American problem.

“I go up on stage and join the ladies during the break, and congratulate them on this discussion.

“And then our segment starts, and it’s all this BS with Joy and Liam Neeson and being in love, and I’ve known Whoopi for years and Joy a little bit, but I wasn’t impressed.

I feel uncomfortable in those situations, you know?

However, he added that he managed to have a “good, intelligent conversation” with co-host Sunny Hostin, 54, after the embarrassing interaction.

It comes after it was revealed that Liam will star in the new thriller The Riker’s Ghost, directed by The Crying Game mastermind Neil Jordan.

The iconic actor will play a convict set to be released who is then forced to break a terrorist out of prison, reports Deadline.

The movie will begin filming in September 2023 and is written by Sean O’Keefe and Brian Rudnick.

That? The segment focused primarily on presenter Joy Behar’s love for Neeson and included a montage of clips showing her making on-air comments such as, “I wish my ashes were scattered on Liam Neeson.”

Tension: But while the audience laughed, Neeson didn’t seem to see the funny side of the comment and seemed rather stony.

The project will see Neeson meet Jordan and Parallel Film producer Alan Moloney after the trio worked on the thriller Marlowe.

Jordan said: ‘This is a unique version of the prison break. A bare-knuckle journey from incarceration to freedom, by someone who just wants to finish his term.

Liam Neeson will play the reluctant fugitive, and I can’t wait to explore this character with him.

Added Moloney: “I’m delighted to join forces again with Neil and Liam. We’ve assembled an elite team to support Neil’s vision of the script and direction. This one will have you on the edge of your seat.

Moloney, Endurance Media’s Steve Richards and Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt will produce, with Jake Katofsky and Susan Mullen serving as co-producers.

Neese and Richards memorably worked together on the action film Non-Stop, which was a box office hit in 2014.

Joke: Referencing her famous movie Taken, one of her co-hosts even joked, “Joy wants you to take her,” prompting her to quote Neeson’s famous line from the movie, “I’ll find you and I’ll kill you.”

This came days after Neeson he went on a bizarre rant directed at Conor McGregor while giving his opinion on UFC fights.

Although the actor is believed to have never met the MMA fighter, the 34-year-old revealed that he had some very strong opinions about his fellow Irishman.

He went as far as to claim that Conor ‘gave Ireland a bad name’, derisively referring to the 5’9″ athlete as a ‘little leprechaun’.

Action-Packed: Role: Comes after it was revealed that Liam will star in the new thriller The Riker’s Ghost, directed by The Crying Game mastermind Neil Jordan (pictured from 2019)

asked by men’s health For his thoughts on Ultimate Fighting Championship, Liam replied: ‘UFC, I can’t take it. That to me is like a bar fight. I know practitioners say, ‘no, you’re wrong, the months of training we do…’

‘Why don’t you take a bottle of beer and hit the other guy over the head? That is the next stage of the UFC. I hate it.’

Calling Conor directly, he continued: ‘That little leprechaun Conor McGregor, he gives Ireland a bad name. I know he’s in shape and I admire him for it. But I can’t stand it.

MailOnline contacted Conor’s representatives for comment at the time.