Barry Keoghan slams harassment after Sabrina Carpenter report

Barry Keoghan has deactivated his Instagram account due to the “disgusting” behavior of people who have allegedly harassed him and his family.

The Oscar-nominated “Banshees of Inisherin” actor, 32, said in a statement on Speak Out because “too many lines are being crossed.”

The statement comes after reports from People and Us Weekly that Keoghan and pop star Sabrina Carpenter have split after about a year together.

Without mentioning the reports, Keoghan wrote: “No one should ever have to read the messages I received. Absolute lies, hate, vile comments about my appearance, my character, how I parent and every other inhumane thing you can imagine.”

The Saltburn star wrote that people were “knocking on my grandma’s door” and “sitting outside my little boy’s house intimidating her.”

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He also said people “drag” his mother into the situation by “talking about how I was a (heroin) baby.” Keoghan’s mother died of a heroin overdose when he was 12.

Keoghan and his former partner Alyson Kierans share two-year-old son Brando. He said in his statement that he is striving to be “the healthiest, strongest person” for Brando, reminding fans, “He needs to read EVERYTHING about his dad when he’s older.”

“Please be respectful to everyone,” he concluded.

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Neither Keoghan nor Carpenter have confirmed reports of their split.

The actor previously condemned online claims about his relationship with his son on the “Louis Theroux Podcast” in November.

“People love to use my son as ammunition or whatever,” he said. “The more attention I’ve gotten lately and the more I’ve been in the public eye, the less I’ve posted about my child because I don’t think it’s fair to put my child online.”

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“Because I’ve kept that in check, people are painting a narrative and saying ‘absent father…dead father’ and more disgusting things that I wouldn’t even repeat. Just the audacity of some people, man. It makes me sick, makes me angry.”

He also shared on the podcast that his mother was “unable to take care of us” and his “father wasn’t there” when he was growing up, which is why he was placed in 14 foster homes.

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