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Barry Keoghan hits back at ‘inhumane’ abuse and harassment of his family: ‘I can only take so much’

Irish actor says people have been ‘sitting outside’ the homes of his grandmother and two-year-old son after his reported split from Sabrina Carpenter

Barry Keoghan has deactivated his Instagram in response to the harassment of himself and his family after his reported break-up with the pop star Sabrina Carpenter, accusing fans of “crossing a line” and knocking on his grandmother’s door. The Saltburn star, who has a two-year-old son with a former partner, said he had deactivated his Instagram account after receiving messages containing “absolute lies, hatred, disgusting commentary about my appearance, character, how I am as a parent and every other inhumane thing you can imagine … Talking about how I was a heroin baby and how I grew up and dragging my dear mother into it also.” Keoghan, who has been candid about his difficult childhood in foster care and the death of his mother after struggling with drug addiction, said the harassment extended to his son and grandmother, accusing people of “knocking on my grannies door” and “sitting outside my baby boy’s house intimidating them.

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