Barry Keoghan says the online “abuse” about his appearance has gotten so bad that he no longer wants to “go outside”:
“There’s a lot of abuse of how I look, and it’s kind of past the point of — you know, everyone goes through that… but it’s made me shy away. It’s made me really… pic.twitter.com/bM7JenSehO
— Variety (@Variety) March 21, 2026
Speaking to SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up, Barry Keoghan opened up about the toll it’s taken on him in regards to people being cruel when discussing this appearance online.
“There’s a lot of abuse of how I look, and it’s kind of past the point of ‘everyone goes through that’ and everyone does, but it’s made me shy away,” he admitted. “It’s made me go inside myself and not want to attend places. Not want to go outside.”
“I think I remove myself from online, but I’m still a curious human being that wants to go on,” he explained. “If I attend an event or if I go somewhere, you want to see how it was received. It’s not nice, you know, there’s a lot of hate online.”
He continued: “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.”
“It’s disappointing to the fans, but it’s also disappointing that my little boy has to read all of this stuff when he gets older,” he added.
