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Video: Liam Neeson Would Live in NYC's Horse Stables
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 23, 2009
Modified Jan 23, 2009
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Last night Liam Neeson appeared on the Daily Show and he swears carriage horses are treated like kings in New York, in fact, he'd even live in their stables himself! After some back and forth about the topic, Jon Stewart compromised with the actor, saying that if they could build a horse-friendly space in a meadow in Central Park it might be okay. Neeson says horses don't like the freedom of running in fields, however, and declared: "Everyone thinks cows in the fields would rather be running wild—that's bullsh**, horses don't either."
In the above clip you'll hear Stewart tell him: "I don't think living on 52nd and 11th is a holiday for a horse." PETA responded to Neeson as well, saying the comments on the show has them "wondering if one of his horses might have kicked him in the head."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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