Barry Keoghan reportedly stated on SiriusXM’s “The Morning Mash Up” (via EW) that he no longer wants to “go outside” due to the “abuse” he has received online regarding his looks.
“There’s a lot of hate online,” Keoghan added. “There’s a lot of abuse of how I look, and it’s kind of past the point of — you know, everyone goes through that… but it’s made me shy away. It’s made me really go inside myself, not want to attend places, not want to go outside.”
Stating, “I say this being absolute pure and honest to you. It’s becoming a problem.” Keoghan said that although he no longer uses social media, he periodically checks it to see “how it’s received” following a premiere or occasion. Regretfully, he stated that the response is “not nice” most of the time.
“I don’t have to hide away ’cause I am hiding away… I actually don’t go to places because of these things,” the actor stated in response to a query on finding serenity in his personal life.
Keoghan also expressed concern that his profession may be impacted by his appearance-related worries. Adding, “When that starts leaking into your art, it becomes a problem, because then you don’t want to even be on screen anymore.”
