Barry Keoghan responds to parents’ criticism: ‘It makes me sick’

The Irish actor shares two-year-old son Brando with ex-partner Alison Kierans.

Barry Keoghan There’s already enough talk about baby backs.

Irish actor responds to online criticism over his parenting in candid interview “Louis Theroux Podcast” released Tuesday. Keoghan has a two-year-old son, Brando. ex-partner Alison Kierans.

“People like to use my son as ammunition or whatever,” Keoghan told host Louis Theroux. “And it kind of makes me stop: the more attention I get lately and the more public I get, the less I post about my baby because I don’t think it’s fair to put my baby online.”

But “Saltburn” The star said his decision not to post about his son on social media led to negative perceptions of his fatherhood among some commentators.

“Because I’ve ruled it, people paint history and say, ‘Absent father… deadbeat father,’ and nastier things that I wouldn’t even repeat,” Keoghan said. “Just the cockiness of some people, man. It makes me sick, it makes me furious.”

Brando was reportedly born in August 2022. People magazine. In a January interview with the magazine GQKeoghan said the baby was born during the filming of the film. “Saltburn” which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.

“Honestly, it was probably the best time of my life,” Keoghan said at the time. “I had a baby boy and I’m directing a movie.”

Barry Keoghan had ‘no plan’ for raising his children after a tumultuous childhood

In his nearly 90-minute interview with The Louis Theroux Podcast, Keoghan talked about how his childhood and relationship with his parents shaped his journey as a parent.

Keoghan’s mother, who struggled with heroin addiction, died when he was 12 years old. The actor had no relationship with his father and was placed in 14 foster families.

“She just couldn’t take care of us,” Keoghan reflected. “My father wasn’t there, so we were taken into care without anyone knowing about it. I think she was too embarrassed to tell my grandmother and so no one knew that’s when we went through all this. All houses are different.”

He added: “Of course (it) will affect me becoming a father, although I didn’t have any plan to take anything from. People just read this as laziness and say, “Oh, that’s no excuse for being an absentee dad.” I’m not an absentee father.”

Regarding criticism of his paternity on social media, Keoghan said he went so far as to “block” searches related to his son.

“People don’t deserve to put it in one sentence,” Keoghan said. “I’m just trying to make a living, trying to get a good job and keep my child safe.”