#LiamNeeson has denied he is racist, after admitting he once set out to kill any black man who provoked him. The actor has been facing a major racism storm since he made the comments in an interview, published by The Independent on Monday. He had said he walked the streets with a weapon around 40 years ago, hoping to take out his anger after someone close to him was raped by a black man. But speaking on #ABC's Good Morning America, Neeson said: "I'm not racist." Neeson added that he wanted his original comments to start a wider conversation about racism. Asked what he wanted people to learn from his experience, he told the host: "To talk. To open up. "We all pretend we're all politically correct in this country...in mine, too. You sometimes just scratch the surface and you discover this racism and bigotry and it's there. " The Hollywood star told ABC's Robin Roberts on Tuesday that around 40 years ago, one of his close female friends - who had since died - told him she had been raped. #bbc #racist @bbcnews