Barry Keoghan responds to accusations that he is a ‘loser dad’ to his 2-year-old son

Barry Keoghan responds to accusations that he is a “loser father.”

On Tuesday, November 5, in the issue Louis Theroux Podcast, Saltburn The 32-year-old actor spoke about the criticism he received online as the father of a son. Brando2 years, which he shares with ex Alison Sandro. Although the proud father used to enjoy sharing his son online, he decided to stop when his life became more public and accusations began about his parenting.

“There’s a lot of stuff on the Internet. If I didn’t have tough skin or strength, I wouldn’t be sitting here,” Keoghan explained. “Of course it affected me becoming a father when I didn’t have a plan to take with me. People just read this as laziness and say, “Oh, that’s no excuse for being an absentee dad.”

“I’m not an absent father,” he insisted.

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He continued, “People like to use my son as ammunition or whatever and it kind of makes me stop posting his messages. The more attention I get lately and the more public I become, the less I’ve written about my child because I don’t think it’s fair to post my child on the Internet.”

“Since I put it in order, people are painting the story and saying, ‘Absent father, crap, deadbeat dad’ and nastier things that I wouldn’t even repeat. Just the arrogance of some people, man, it makes me sick. .. This makes me furious.”

He added that “these people have no idea” what kind of father he is and “I’m not going to give them more material… they don’t deserve it.”

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Although Keoghan does not often post about his son shared a sweet selfie with Brando in August. The father-of-one posed next to the two-year-old boy as he played with toys on the table.

Although Brando has strawberry blond hair, lighter than his father’s, he is a mini version of the Irish actor. The pair have identical bright blue eyes and rosy cheeks.

In the caption, Keoghan gave a glimpse into his son’s personality, and it seems like the duo has some compelling traits in common.

“He is even more charming than me. Our baby Brando football_football_football_football_football_,” said Bird the actor captioned the photo.