When you’re an actor it can be hard to let your characters go, which is why Dan Ackroyd still drives around in a hearse trying to taser dust at weekends.
And it’s also why actress Rose McGowan has just told the world’s media that she would definitely join the IRA if she had the chance – partly due to the political beliefs of the IRA and partly due to the way that camouflage military wear compliments her skintone.
Now, you might be thinking that it’s extraordinarily boneheaded for an actress like Rose McGowan to declare her admiration for an organisation responsible for countless deaths, but she’s not completely irresponsible – McGowan sort of implied that she’d only join the IRA if there wasn’t so much killing and stuff. And also, what’s with those balaclavas? They’d, like, totally give you gross hat-hair and whatever.
In these times of international Islamic terrorism, it’s easy to look back on the days of the IRA with a sort of fond nostalgia, isn’t it? Like, for instance, they’d always ring you up beforehand to let you know they were going to blow up your Wimpy, not to mention the fact that Brad Pitt couldn’t play a marginally sympathetic Muslim terrorist in a terrible Harrison Ford movie without it being exceptionally racist.
So no wonder that, in retrospect, Rose McGowan wishes she was born in Belfast so that she could have joined the IRA. Rose McGowan – most famous for either being in that film where she had a machine gun for a leg or her kooky supernatural TV show Charmed – has bewilderingly decided to use a press conference at the Toronto Film Festival to declare her outright love for the IRA for no tangible reason whatsoever. Here’s what she said:
“My heart just broke for the cause. I imagine, had I grown up in Belfast, I would 100 per cent have been in the IRA. Violence is not to be played out daily and provide an answer to problems, but I understand it.”
Now, that might seem like a spectacularly ill-judged thing for anyone to say at a press conference, but don’t forget that Rose McGowan recently gained a doctorate in late 20th century Ireland-specific paramilitary unres… oh, wait, no she didn’t. Our mistake. Rose McGowan’s that ginger girl with a machine gun for a leg, isn’t she? Oh well, close enough.
In fact, Rose McGowan’s weird hard-on for the IRA comes from the fact that she stars in the forthcoming movie adaptation of Fifty Dead Men Walking, the autobiography of former IRA informer Martin McGartland, who now lives in hiding under an assumed identity. Luckily, though, Matin McGartland completely sees Rose McGowan’s point, and is a hundred percent behind her:
“It’s easy to say this sort of thing when you live in LA. Rose McGowan’s comments were insulting to victims of IRA terrorism and she should apologise. She must have taken leave of her senses. Can’t she see that such remarks are incredibly insensitive to the families of victims of the IRA? She clearly doesn’t know anything about Northern Ireland.”
OK, so maybe not a hundred percent. But, really, we should be congratulating Rose McGowan for speaking her mind in such a refreshingly forthright way. And, just for that, we’re going to let Rose McGowan join the still-active Real IRA if she likes. Not because we want to see her committing any crimes as such, but more because she’ll have to disguise her annoying whiny voice every time she goes on TV.
john says
Ha Ha. Guys you hit the nail on the head. Can i stick a bomb under her and see how she likes it, moron
gir says
Ha Ha. Yes, a bomb under her. R. O. T. F. L. Ha Ha.
Keiran says
At least we’ll know if she ever manages to talk her way into the terrorists. They’ll give her a special dayglo uniform with a huge target on the back.
vhk says
And Catholics in Northern Ireland loved those Protestant terrorist groups! The U.V.F, the U.D.A, and who could forget the charming B-Specials? Gusty Spence! A gentleman! And Ian Paisley! He only incited Protestants to murder Catholics! Lovely bloke!
Julian Mentat says
>> “had I grown up in Belfast, I would 100
>> per cent have been in the IRA”
Is that so. Really.
Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that you grew up a PROTESTANT in Belfast…?
Joe says
I wonder if McGowan gave money to the IRA and if that money was spent buying arms from Arab states, money then used to train individuals to do things like for example fly into towers.
gir says
I WONDER IF MAYBE I COULD ACT LIKE A SPECTACULAR TWAT 9/11 9/11 9/11
Rosie says
Rose McGowan is not the bonehead. The media, like the owner of this post are the morons.
Once again, Darth Media struck! They took Rose McGowan’s words and made it look as if she not only was pro-IRA, but that she advocated the violence they had committed in the past. Mind you, the timing for Rose’s comments was a little off. But the media had no business misinterpreting her words. The media today is not only sloppy, but moronic.
And whoever bought the media’s interpretation of her words are even bigger morons.
J Bollocks says
Rosie “And whoever bought the media’s interpretation of her words are even bigger morons.”
Not necessarily, they might just be richer morons.
Conchobbhar says
I think all the people who would and are bleeting on about the IRA being terrorists, take a look at the UDA, UVF and RUC, and UDR, and British Army, and finally the SAS.. all of these people worked in conjunction to murder innocent Irish catholic people, many children were killed by plastic bullets in non-riot situations by British soldiers, the RUC and UDR colluded and so did the Brits to give evidence of adresses, telephone numbers, even names and safe-house adresses, so that the UDA and UVF could go on Killing-Rampages, and all this talk of IRA terrorists, every time?? Look at the other fucking side of the coin, or come voice your opinion to me in west belfast, having lost two members of my family and having one interned wrongfully, i find this whole thing DISGUSTING.
Peace.
Mala says
Joe where do you think that the arab states got the guns in the first place? That’s right, from America dumbass