St. Patrick’s Day Message: Liam Neeson Combats Harmful Irish Stereotypes

St. Patrick’s Day Message: Liam Neeson Combats Harmful Irish Stereotypes

Dramatic Irishman Liam Neeson implores you not to fall prey to lazy Irish stereotypes when pronouncing famous Irish names like Saoirse Ronan and Domhnall Gleeson.

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48 Comments

  1. Michael McAssey on March 15, 2023 at 9:44 pm

    Liam omits the most common mispronunciation of Irish surnames,: the ones that begin with Mc. Most non-Irish people often mispronounce the Mc as "mick", whereas every true Irish person knows that the only correct pronunciation is "mack".



  2. Dougal Portree on March 15, 2023 at 9:45 pm

    He had to say all that and you didn’t give the man a Guinness?!



  3. Jyt on March 15, 2023 at 9:46 pm

    Clearly Liam Neeson was a setup. Any true Irishman knows that you pour Guiness over your Lucky Charms before eating them for breakfast. Or Baileys for the gals



  4. Ben Bergin on March 15, 2023 at 9:46 pm

    So far, Paul Rudd has been able to pronounce Barry Keoghan’s name correctly



  5. hurdygurdyguy1 on March 15, 2023 at 9:47 pm

    That was great! But Ice T still did the best one!!



  6. Alan Duncan on March 15, 2023 at 9:47 pm

    What’s Liam Nissan up to these days??



  7. JJ Hofstra on March 15, 2023 at 9:50 pm

    Stop Anti-Irish HATE!!!



  8. Dean on March 15, 2023 at 9:50 pm

    Liam Neeson on negative stereotypes…🤣🤣🤣
    Oh how quick we are to forget…



  9. K Smith on March 15, 2023 at 9:51 pm

    What about your harmful stereotypes about old people and whites?



  10. Romulus C on March 15, 2023 at 9:54 pm

    I don’t like Colbert is because he has an opinion about too many things. And also takes things very seriously. It’s like comedy, but frustrated comedy.
    A late night show host should be impartial and when asked, have a staple of mock answers just like Johnny Carson did



  11. Sir Tain Lee on March 15, 2023 at 9:54 pm

    Say my name, say my name (correctly)!



  12. Robert Lee on March 15, 2023 at 9:55 pm

    "i want every available plane on this ship in the air. Now." 🙂



  13. Elsie Bartlett on March 15, 2023 at 9:56 pm

    Saying Seamus instead of Jim was cute stephen



  14. Jaren Nadong on March 15, 2023 at 9:58 pm

    "It’s pronounced Killian Murphy not silly man…"

    Me: Omg I’ve been saying his name wrong the entire time. I thought it was pronounced like Silli-an.



  15. carmgc on March 15, 2023 at 9:58 pm

    O.o



  16. A I Gaming on March 15, 2023 at 9:59 pm

    What about the stereotype of an Irish guy walking around new york city looking for people of colour
    to attack and kill ? I guess he did not dispel that stereo type.



  17. Rampage7 on March 15, 2023 at 9:59 pm

    Great, so now I need to always have a box of Trix *and* Lucky Charms just in case I have a chance run-in with Liam Neeson…



  18. Future Commentary on March 15, 2023 at 10:01 pm

    We know him from his butt in The Bridgertons.



  19. Sonomacats on March 15, 2023 at 10:01 pm

    What a great sport. A true Irishman. Makes me proud of my Irish heritage, as well.



  20. Susan Higgs on March 15, 2023 at 10:01 pm

    I’m Irish and it’s wonderful to see Liam just getting better with age!! Love him ❤️



  21. cmdraftbrn on March 15, 2023 at 10:02 pm

    theres no pint! you dare call yourself an irishman?! lol



  22. Jacova Wernett on March 15, 2023 at 10:02 pm

    I’m picking up the dog and bone aka phone.



  23. David Perry on March 15, 2023 at 10:03 pm

    Yo camera director, if Steven is talking to Lewis, then Lewis needs a camera shot, or it just looks ridiculous, like he’s talking to nobody. No to mention it’s disrespectful not to help your host carry on a conversation with his band, if Steven is speaking to the band you should be shooting the band! Nuff said!



  24. Abby Cross on March 15, 2023 at 10:09 pm

    Still not as funny as him having full-blown AIDS.



  25. Carla Bolton on March 15, 2023 at 10:10 pm

    Love it!



  26. Viro ViranVictus on March 15, 2023 at 10:12 pm

    Liam is not even a real name. Its just William that some irish dude slurred around while drunk and accidentally lopped off the front end Wil . So pipe down there, Willy.



  27. HeleniqueToday on March 15, 2023 at 10:13 pm

    wow!! seriously?? mr. colbert?? i am so shocked! i always thought of you as my favourite substitue canadian uncle. but to share air time with a violent racist!!!! 💔🖤 why would you let that bum on your show?? you worked long and hard to be where you are. that ding-dong was stupid enough to throw it all away by revealing his genuinely racist feelings. how do you make room for that in your world? i have to re-think my love for your show. your guest didn’t mind losing me as a fan (thus the hubris of openly discussing it & fully expecting to continue as a millionaire entertainer). but what are you doing here, mr colbert?? you are breaking my heart. that’s what you are doing. please enjoy your racist. selective outrage, indeed. 🖤



  28. VieenRennes on March 15, 2023 at 10:14 pm

    I hope Liam got made a LOT of money for that.



  29. Mikey Kliss on March 15, 2023 at 10:15 pm

    3:07 hahaha glad someone said it



  30. portka on March 15, 2023 at 10:17 pm

    Do the Irish use child labor like the manufacturer of lucky charms or is it just a coincidence?



  31. Alex W on March 15, 2023 at 10:17 pm

    Lyle Nelson is such a great sport for doing this, amazingly talented actor.



  32. bobbybigboyyes on March 15, 2023 at 10:18 pm

    What Liam SHOULD have said at the end was, "If you dumb Americans don’t pronounce our names properly, I will hunt you down, I will find you, and I will kill you!" 😱🤪



  33. Chukoocharlie on March 15, 2023 at 10:18 pm

    I tell you what’s not a stereotype if you’re an Irish woman and you drink alcohol regularly by the time you’re in your late twenties you’re going to look like complete crap. That’s a guarantee



  34. RoyalT on March 15, 2023 at 10:21 pm

    The Irish have a very particular set of skills.



  35. Ryan Bauer on March 15, 2023 at 10:21 pm

    Wait so its Kel-e-am Murphy. God don’t I feel like a joke ass now. I’ve been calling him Sell-Ian Murphy. I swear I haven’t been this embarrassed since since I screwed up translating Arnold Schwarzenegger last name to group of my sadly former African American friends. For the record, I got the first part right.



  36. Tom Ace on March 15, 2023 at 10:22 pm

    "All this violence, looting, destruction of property. Is this really what we think of when we think of the Irish?"

    – Kent O’Brockman



  37. Burny Izland on March 15, 2023 at 10:22 pm

    That wasn’t Ralph Fiennes?



  38. JorgeZermeno11 on March 15, 2023 at 10:27 pm

    Melanin. Responsible for pigment. Without collagen, parts of your body fall off



  39. Christina DTLA on March 15, 2023 at 10:27 pm

    Liam Neeson propagated degrading stereotypes about Filipina women years ago



  40. mcgurkryans on March 15, 2023 at 10:28 pm

    Ralph Fiennes?!? Schindler and Amon Goeth back together



  41. Sozomi17 on March 15, 2023 at 10:29 pm

    🤣🤣🤣 Ah, so good.



  42. Silver_Pixel on March 15, 2023 at 10:29 pm

    Kenneth Branaghanamanaghergehgen man🤣😂



  43. Norma Baker on March 15, 2023 at 10:29 pm

    Stephen you DO make collagen. Melanin maybe not so much. 😄



  44. - Beeman on March 15, 2023 at 10:33 pm

    3:18 Another thing you could do is listen to some U2.

    One thing he forgot about is how a lot of Irish last names start with O’, even though he mentioned a name with that.



  45. puppet23ca on March 15, 2023 at 10:34 pm

    now I want Liam Neeson to kill a man with a potato spoon in his next action movie



  46. Mark Woldin on March 15, 2023 at 10:35 pm

    N.F.



  47. DystopianUtopia8 on March 15, 2023 at 10:38 pm

    Ralph Feines looking old these days.



  48. nay jay on March 15, 2023 at 10:41 pm

    Melanin. Not collagen.