Barry Keoghan addresses ‘absent father’ claim and ‘distinct’ look comment

Barry Keoghan has recently shared his two cents on absent father allegations.

Speaking on season three of Spotify’s The Louis Theroux Podcast, Barry said, “I don’t search or seek out roles that have a demeanour of being evil, I just want to show range and get to play different parts with the directors I love.”

The Banshees of Inisherin actor shared, “I do want to get away from the weird parts. I’ve started to understand that less is best, you know, people can get really tired of seeing your face.”

“And when you look at the actors like Daniel Day Lewis and Christian Bale, they don’t show up for everything, and they picked up parts quite cautiously so I’m trying to learn from that,” she continued.

Elsewhere in the interview, Barry discussed about his “distinct” appearance on social media.

“The comments about my looks are absolutely disgusting. It’s sad to kind of pick someone’s appearance apart. Especially on this TikTok as well,” stated the Saltburn actor.

Barry explained, “People can sit there and make videos and be like, ‘I don’t like his face,’ ‘He looks weird’ or ‘He looks evil’ and just pick you apart.”

“It’s lucky I have tough skin to be honest. A movie comes out and people can just really judge you and pick you apart online sometimes it’s just sad to see people like that,” stated the actor.

Addressing deadbeat father, Barry mentioned, “If I didn’t have tough skin or the strength to have, I wouldn’t be sitting here.”

“Of course, his childhood is going to affect me being a father when I had no blueprint to take from. People just read that as laziness and go, ‘Oh, that’s no excuse to be an absent father,’” pointed out the actor.

Barry added, “I’m not an absent father. But it’s just, again, people love to use my son as ammunition or whatever.”

“I don’t think it’s fair to put my child online,” he concluded.