"It's also disappointing that my little boy has to read all of this stuff when he gets older," the actor said, referring to his 3-year-old son
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- Barry Keoghan opened up about how he deals with online hate, specifically that centered around how he looks, in a new interview
- “It’s made me shy away, it’s made me really go inside myself and not want to attend places, not want to go outside,” the actor said
- Keoghan also expressed his disappointment knowing that his 3-year-old son will one day have to see all the hurtful comments sent his way
Barry Keoghan has a message for the haters.
While appearing on SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up, the actor, 33, opened up about how he deals with criticism, specifically that centered around how he looks.
"There's a lot of hate online. It's a lot of abuse of how I look," Keoghan told host Ben Harlum on Friday, March 20.
Highlighting that he does have "an incredible fanbase, and people are so lovely out there," the Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man star admitted, however, that there "is also a nasty side."
"It's also disappointing that my little boy has to read all of this stuff when he gets older," Keoghan added, referring to his 3-year-old son Brando, whom he welcomed with former girlfriend Alyson Sandro.
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According to Keoghan, he has heavily "removed" himself from being online. "But I'm still a curious human being that wants to go on," he said.
"If I attend an event, or if I go somewhere, [I] want to see how it was received, and it's not nice," Keoghan continued. "It's made me shy away, it's made me really go inside myself and not want to attend places, not want to go outside."
"And I say this, being absolutely pure and honest to you. It's becoming a problem," the actor — currently shooting The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, in which he stars as Ringo Starr — added. "I actually don't go to places because of these things."
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Keoghan further explained that the criticism sent his way is especially frustrating for him as an actor.
"When that starts leaking into your art, it becomes a problem, because then you don't even want to be on screen anymore," he said.
