Barry Keoghan revealed how fatherhood changed him forever.

time a Promotional video For proposed childcare reform within the UK, featuring the UK Foreign Secretary David LammyPosting via Facebook on Friday, January 17, Keoghan, 32, made a rare comment about fathering son Brando, 2, whom he shares with an ex-girlfriend. Allison Sandro.

D Saltburn The star told Lammy, 52, that becoming a father has made him think deeply about his own parents. “As I got older and had my own son, I realized that it was so much hard work for her (Keogan's mother) and my father. And luckily there was a good care system, which is hugely important," Keoghan said. (Keoghan's mother died of a heroin overdose when the actor was 12. Irish Post.)

"You can use your platform and profile to shine a light on things, and anything to do with kids and care, I always want to help and shine a light on that, and bring attention to that," Keohane added.

Keoghan became a father during the filming of 2023 Saltburnto say GQ In a January 2024 interview that she had a "day off" for the birth of the youngster. "Good on them! Day off, and straight to night shoots and night feedings - BOOM! Dr. Keoghan Outlet at this time. "You look tired to me. Yes. Brando. Good Brando."

Keoghan's latest comments come after the star defended herself Complain online Being a "deadbeat dad". During an interview for "The Louis Theroux Podcast" in September 2024, Keohane acknowledged that online trolls had recently posted insensitive comments.

"There's a lot online. If I didn't have tough skin or strength, I wouldn't be sitting here," Keoghan told the host. Louis Theroux. “Obviously, (his childhood) would affect me being a father when I had no blueprint to take from. People just read it (as) laziness and go, 'Oh, that's not an excuse to be an absentee father.' I'm not an absent father."

The complaint is believed to have started an interview Keogan gave Entertainment Weekly Earlier that month, she opened up about her relationship with Brando. “I'll just say this — I didn't have a father figure growing up, so even my relationship with my son isn't like a normal father-son relationship because I don't have that figure to experience and base it on,” Keoghan 12 Sep 2024 told the outlet at the Toronto International Film Festival.

During Keoghan's conversation with Theroux, 54, he said, “People like to use my son as ammunition or whatever. And that leads me to stop, lately the more attention I've (gained) and the more public I've been, the less I've posted about my child, because I don't think it's right to have my child online. And since I've reigned, people paint a narrative and go, 'absent father, s—, deadbeat father,' and more damning things that I won't repeat. Just some human audacity, man. It makes me sick, it makes me angry."

Keoghan and Sandro, a dental nurse and orthodontic therapist, met in early 2021 before calling off their relationship in the summer of 2023.