has opened up about how online bullying has affected him.
The 33-year-old star appeared on SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up on Friday, where he reflected on the 'nasty side' of social media.
'I think I removed myself from online, but I’m still a curious human being that wants to go on and, if I attend an event or if I go somewhere, you want to see how it was received. And it’s not nice,' he explained in an audio clip.
'There’s a lot of hate online. It’s a lot of abuse of how I look,' Keoghan added.
The Irish actor said he's shied away from the public eye due to vitriolic comments from trolls.
'I say this being absolute pure and honest to you: It’s becoming a problem,' he went on. 'So yeah, I don’t have to hide away because I am hiding away. I don’t have to go to places because I actually don’t go to places because of these things. But when that starts leaking into your art, it becomes a problem because then you don’t even want to be on screen anymore.'
Barry Keoghan, 33, has opened up about how online bullying has affected him and caused him to reconsider his movie star career; pictured on March 14
The father-of-one is also upset that his three-year-old son Brando will read harsh comments about him when he’s older.
'It is disappointing for the fans, but it’s also disappointing that my little boy has to read all of this stuff when he gets older,' Keoghan stated.
The Peaky Blinders star appeared on SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up, where he reflected on the 'nasty side' of social media; pictured March 15
'There’s a lot of hate online. It’s a lot of abuse of how I look,' Keoghan said; Pictured March 17
'I say this being absolute pure and honest to you: It’s becoming a problem,' he said; pictured March 10
In 2024 Keoghan deactivated his Instagram account in the wake of speculation, accusations, and criticism about his split from Sabrina Carpenter; pictured in May 2024
The Saltburn actor lamented that people on the internet had been 'dragging my character and everything I worked extremely hard for and stand for.'
The message continued: 'Talking about how I was a heroine baby and how I grew up and dragging my dear mother into it also. Knocking on my granny's door.'
A protective parent, Keoghan shared that he is focused on fatherhood, and added that he wants his son, from his prior relationship with Alyson Sandro Kierans, to be able to look up to him.
'Sitting outside my baby boy's house intimidating them. That's crossing a line. Each and every day I work harder to push myself on every level to be the healthiest and strongest person for that boy,' he declared.
'I want to provide opportunities for him to learn, fail and grow. I want him to be able to look up to his daddy, to have full trust in me and know I will have his back no matter what,' he said.
He wrote in conclusion, 'I need you to remember he has to read ALL of this about his father when he is older. Please be respectful to all. Thank u x.'
