Liam Neeson Takes in a Rangers Game With an Assist From His Handsome Sons
Liam Neeson, right, with sons Daniel, far left, and Micheál on Wednesday night. (Photo: Getty Images)
Three cheers for the Neeson men.
Liam Neeson and his sons — Micheál, 20, and Daniel, 19 — were spotted rooting for the home team on Wednesday as the New York Rangers defeated the Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden, inching the NHL team closer to the playoffs. It was a rare night in the public eye for the three men, and they appeared to enjoy themselves, cheering wildly for the Rangers and laughing among themselves.
Micheál is the spitting image of his father — down to their matching black blazers and cheering poses — while Daniel is more of a mix between the Taken star and his late wife, Natasha Richardson.
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Last Friday marked the seventh anniversary of Richardson’s death in a skiing accident. Liam has spoken about the challenges of raising his sons as a single parent after her death.
“It’s just still a day-to-day thing, you know?” he told GQ in 2014. “My boys are teenagers. They’re experimenting. They’re flexing muscles and sometimes dangerous avenues, and you think, ‘F***. If Tasha was here, someone could share this.’ But, yeah, we’re doing all right, you know?” As for his biggest parental worry? “F***ing drugs,” he said, calling them “a virus” and a “constant worry.”
A year later, Micheál gave his first-ever interview and talked about hitting “rock bottom” after his mother died, drinking heavily and smoking marijuana.
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“Everybody said, ‘This kid has lost his mum, that’s where the problem comes from,’” he told the Sunday Times. “And I was like, ‘No, it isn’t. I just like to party.’ But looking back, I realize it was a delayed reaction.”
Micheál is now following his parents into the family business. He’s making his movie debut in The Rising, playing Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the role his father made famous two decades ago. And although he co-starred with his dad in a Super Bowl commercial, Micheál told the London Evening Standard last year that his pops advised him to pursue a different line of business, saying, “Please become a carpenter or something.”
But business didn’t seem to be on their minds last night. They were just spending time together — and doing some goofy cheering.
