Barry Keoghan asks fans to respect boundaries following harassment of his family

Irish actor Barry Keoghan, known for his roles in The Banshees of Inisherin and Saltburn, has pushed back against what he describes as “inhumane” harassment targeting him and his family following his reported split from pop star Sabrina Carpenter.

Via an X (formerly Twitter) post, Mr. Keoghan disclosed some of the harassment, citing incidents involving his two-year-old son and grandmother. “I can only sit and take so much,” he wrote. “There are too many lines being crossed. I can no longer let this stuff distract from my family and my work.”

The actor said he has been the recipient of "absolute lies, hatred" and "disgusting commentary" on his personal life, his parenting and "every other inhumane thing you can imagine". He also said that people have been knocking on his grandmother's door and sitting outside his "baby boy's house intimidating them."

Please be respectful

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— Barry Keoghan (@BarryKeoghan) December 7, 2024

Keoghan, who has been vocal about protecting his son from public scrutiny, previously spoke to Louis Theroux about his decision to keep his child off social media, after the actor was accused by internet trolls of being an "absent father".

“The more in the public I’ve become, the less I’ve posted about my child, because I don’t think it’s fair to put my child online, there’s sick people out there,” he said. “And because I’ve reined that in, people draw a narrative and go ‘absent father, shit deadbeat dad’ and more disgusting things that I wouldn’t even repeat. Just the audacity of some people, man, it sickens me and makes me furious.”