Liam Neeson slams his appearance on ‘The View’ as embarrassing

Because of the emphasis placed on his co-host Joy Behar’s obsession on him, Liam Neeson has criticised his appearance on “The View” as “embarrassing” and “BS.”

The ‘Taken’ actor, 70, was promoting his upcoming 100th movie, ‘Marlowe,’ in which he plays detective Philip Marlowe, on the ABC programme last week when a montage of clips featuring comedian Joy, 80, confessing her love for the Oscar nominee, was played.

They included the married mum-of-one saying: “I would just like to have my ashes sprinkled over Liam Neeson,”, and one of her co-hosts joking: “Joy wants to get ‘taken’ by you”.

Liam, whose wife Natasha Richardson died aged 45 in 2009 after sustaining a head injury as a result of a skiing accident in Canada, told the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine about how he thought he was going on the show for a serious debate: “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?”

The social media account for ‘The View’ messaged about his appearance: “Liam Neeson – our Joy Behar’s favorite actor – tells us about his new movie #Marlowe and we look back on Joy’s well-documented admiration for him!”

Liam did acknowledge that after they finished filming his part, he and co-host Sunny Hostin, 54, had a “nice, cerebral talk.”

The actor additionally revealed to Rolling Stone that his late wife Natasha had warned him that she would not consent to his marriage if he played James Bond.

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He said he was not given the character of 007 in the 1995 film GoldenEye, although he admitted he had been “interested” in it up until the actress advised him against accepting it.

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