Apparently it wasn’t safe for church, either.

“It was a great event when you had a missionary visiting from Africa.

And he’d be there for a week and you’d go to Mass every night.

Liam Neeson arrives at the UK premiere of “Marlowe” at Vue West End on March 16, 2023 in London, England.

Liam Neeson.Karwai Tang/WireImage

I had looked up the appropriate word.

I remember that… ‘Masturbate’?

That seems harmless enough,” he recalls.

According to Neeson’s reenactment, the priest at this point starts shouting at him.

“‘You what?!’

Stop that evil practice!'”

As O’Brien laughingly puts it: “I think that’ll do it.”

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