{"id":2195876,"date":"2025-12-12T03:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T03:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2195876"},"modified":"2025-12-12T03:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T03:54:05","slug":"liam-neeson-faces-intense-scrutiny-over-role-in-new-anti-vax-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/liam-neeson-faces-intense-scrutiny-over-role-in-new-anti-vax-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Neeson Faces Intense Scrutiny Over Role In New Anti-Vax Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cNaked Gun<\/a>\u201d actor Liam Neeson<\/a> has come under fire for his involvement in a new anti-vaccine<\/a> documentary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Neeson, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2011 who praised vaccines as one of the \u201cbiggest collective achievements in human history\u201d just three years ago,<\/a> provides narration for \u201cPlague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical Corruption Exposed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The documentary bills itself as an examination of \u201chow pharmaceutical giants systematically captured governments and deceived families and communities worldwide.\u201d It features interviews with anti-vaxxers, such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>, whose HHS leadership has been condemned by medical experts and critics over the past year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cPlague of Corruption\u201d is based on a book co-authored by a pair<\/a> of anti-vaxxers<\/a> and published by Children\u2019s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group that Kennedy founded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Neeson\u2019s role in the film, first reported<\/a> by the Important Context newsletter on Thursday, involves him calling mRNA COVID-19 vaccines \u201cdangerous experiments,\u201d painting mainstream scientists as \u201cfanatics\u201d and maligning emergency COVID-19 lockdowns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThousands of lives were lost, not to the virus, but to the mental anguish brought on by these harsh restrictions,\u201d Neeson reportedly said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.\u2019s rise to power.In the film, Neeson\u2014a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador\u2014calls the COVID-19 vaccines \u201cdangerous experiments.\u201dwww.importantcontext.news\/p\/liam-neeso…<\/p>\n

\u2014 Walker Bragman (@walkerbragman.bsky.social)<\/a> 2025-12-11T17:52:43.831Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a 2022 video for UNICEF<\/a>, Neeson showed love to scientists and health workers, including Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karik\u00f3, whose research led to the development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement to multiple<\/a> media<\/a> outlets<\/a>, Neeson\u2019s representatives stressed that the actor \u201cnever has been, and is not, anti-vaccination.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe all recognize that corruption can exist within the pharmaceutical industry, but that should never be conflated with opposition to vaccines,\u201d the statement read. \u2033…[Neeson\u2019s] extensive work with UNICEF underscores his long-held support for global immunization and public-health initiatives. He did not shape the film\u2019s editorial content, and any questions about its claims or messaging should be directed to the producers.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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celebrity.land has reached out to Amigo Film Studios, the documentary\u2019s production company, for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Critics on social media slammed Neeson for the \u201cunconscionable\u201d move, with several bringing up the actor\u2019s controversial comments on other subjects in recent years:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Honestly hope it ends his career, and I\u2019ve always like Liam Neeson. But children are dying and becoming disabled. Public health is gone. The healthcare system is on its knees. It\u2019s unconscionable to glorify RFK Jr or peddle anti vaccine rhetoric.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kelly (@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social)<\/a> 2025-12-11T21:39:35.063Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This Liam Neeson thing breaks my heart. Every day somebody disappoints you. Pretty tired of it. Before you get into the other thing he got canceled for, you should read that interview. He showed remorse for it and it was a clarifying moment for him. Being antivax though – no coming back for that.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Alan Cerny (@alancerny.bsky.social)<\/a> 2025-12-11T23:01:08.341Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n