Liam Neeson thinks sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood actors is a Witch Hunt

Actor Liam Neeson is the latest male actor to be quizzed about the the wave of high-profile sexual harassment allegations sweeping Hollywood and the media, calling it “a bit of a witch hunt” in an interview on Irish television Friday night.

The actor from Taken and Non Stop was interviewed on RTE’s The Late Late Show.

“There’s some people, famous people, being suddenly accused of touching some girl’s knee or something and suddenly they’re being dropped from their program,” said Neeson.

He then specifically mentioned Garrison Keillor, the longtime radio host of A Prairie Home Companion, who was fired from Minnesota Public Radio in November.

Neeson called Keillor an “extraordinary writer, radio star” before recounting the story that Keillor told publicly about an incident involving a colleague that was supposedly why the radio host was fired. “He put her hand to his back, like this … and she had a blouse on and it was her bare back. I don’t know what the blouse was like. And he immediately took his hand away and apologized,” said Neeson.
a statement given to the Star Tribune in November, Keillor explained his take on the incident:

“I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized,” he said. “I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called.”

Neither Minnesota Public Radio nor the woman involved have come forward with any information about the inappropriate behavior that resulted in Keillor’s dismissal.

When Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy tried to shift the conversation with Neeson by saying “and yet there’s the other side of things,” the actor replied, “Weinstein,” but did not elaborate further. “Kevin Spacey? Dustin Hoffman?” asked Tubridy.

Regarding the accusations of sexual misconducts by eight women against Hoffman, Neeson stated he was on the fence about that and brushed it off as “childhood stuff”.
Neeson added: “But there is a movement happening.”

“It’s got to be healthy,” Tubridy replied.

“It’s healthy, and it’s across every industry,” Nee

son responded. “The focus seems to be on Hollywood at the minute, but its across every industry,” he added, noting reports of female farm laborers being sexual harassed.