Barry Keoghan
Steve Granitz/Film MagicBarry Keoghan He revealed how fatherhood changed him forever.
During a Campaign video For proposed childcare reforms within the UK, which includes the UK Secretary of State David Lammyposted via Facebook on Friday, January 17, Keoghan, 32, made rare comments about being a father to son Brando, 2, whom he shares with his ex-girlfriend. Allison Sandro.
the Saltburn The star told Lammy, 52, that becoming a father has led to deep reflection on his parents. “When I got older and had my son, I realized it was hard work for her (Keogan’s mother) and my father. Fortunately there was a good care system, which is very important,” Keoghan said. (Keogan’s mother died of a heroin overdose when the actor He is 12 years old Irish Post.)
Keoghan added: “You can use your platform and your profile to highlight things, anything to do with children and care, I always want to help and highlight it, bring attention to it.”
Barry Keoghan has been honest about life as a father since welcoming son Brando with ex-girlfriend Alyson Sandro in August 2022. The actor became a father while filming the 2023 hit film Saltburn. During a January 2024 interview with GQ, Keoghan recalled taking a “day off” for Brando's birth. “Good for them! A day off and (…)
Keoghan became a father while filming the 2023 film SaltburnHe says GQ In an interview in January 2024 he said he had a “day off” for the birth of the little boy. “Good for them! Day off, straight into night shoots and night meals – boom!” Keoghan told the outlet at the time. “You see I'm tired. Yes. Brando. Good, Brando.”
Keoghan's latest comments come after the star defended himself in the face of… Online accusations For being a “dead father”. During an interview with “The Louis Theroux Podcast” in September 2024, Keoghan acknowledged insensitive comments recently posted by online trolls.
“There's a lot on the Internet. If I didn't have tough skin or strength, I wouldn't be sitting here,” Keoghan told the host. Louis Theroux. “Of course, (his childhood) would influence my being a father when I didn't have a blueprint to learn from. People read that (as) laziness and say, 'Oh, that's no excuse for being an absent father.' I'm not an absent father.”
These accusations are believed to have been raised by her interview Keoghan gave to Entertainment Weekly Earlier that month, he opened up about his relationship with Brando. “I'll just say this — I didn't have a father figure growing up, so even my relationship with my son isn't exactly a normal father-son relationship because I don't have that figure that I can draw experience from and I don't have a father figure,” Keoghan told the outlet at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12. “We must build on it.”
Benjamin Krimmel/AFP Barry Keoghan addresses accusations of being a 'dead father'. The 32-year-old Saltburn actor spoke out about online trolls who criticized him as a father to his 2-year-old son, Brando, during a September appearance on “The Louis Theroux Podcast.” “There's a lot on the Internet. If I didn't have tough skin or (…)
During Keoghan's conversation with Theroux, 54, he said, “People like to use my son as ammunition or whatever. And that kind of brings me to a halt. The more attention I've gotten recently and the more I've been in the public, the less I'm going to post about my kid, because I don't think It's only fair that I put my child on the internet. And because I took control of it, people paint a story and say, “Absent father, defeated father,” and more disgusting things that I won't even repeat. It's just the audacity of some people “It bothers me, it makes me angry.”
Keoghan and Sandro, a dental nurse and orthodontist, met in early 2021 before ending their relationship in summer 2023.
