Colin Farrell Beat Up Bullies Picked On His Gay Brother

Story Courtesy Of Adrian Garci
Colin Farrell beat up bullies who verbally and physically attacked his gay brother, his sibling has revealed to the Irish Independent.
Eamon, the brother of the Hollywood star, revealed the extent of the bullying he received as a gay teenager in school and said his brother acted as his ‘protector’ in the face of homophobia.
When Eamon was 14, his head was violently forced into a toilet bowl by his bullies as they shouted out words like “fucking faggot”, “fucking queer”, “fudge-packer”, “pansy”, “nancy boy”, among others.
“Oh my God,” he says, literally breathing in at the thought. “If I drive past Synge Street now going up to Camden Street . . .I can remember the days. There is a fire exit at the side of the building and I used to hide in there all the time. I was 11 in junior school when I had my head flushed down the jacks.”
Eamon remembers the countless times he would have blood on his school shirt from being punched in the face and called abusive names. He remembers having his school-bag thrown out top windows, or holding in his stomach in pain, as he would be kicked up the backside or in the balls by the bullies.
“The wedgies were the worst. I used to go home with my balls black and blue. I was beaten up and I had black eyes.”
“The bullying started so early but I never let it get to me. It was always a struggle. So in the struggle and in the fight I found the strength to be who I was. I remember Boy George doing an interview [about receiving homophobic abuse] saying that the most important thing was to keep walking but to keep your head held high. And that the minute you drop your head or your shoulders, it is all over. I was very witty and sharp-tongued. Oh – I would rip them apart.”
“Colin,” he says, “protected me. Now he is eight years younger than me, but he acted the part of the big brother. Because I’m not aggressive at all, or violent at all – I hate fighting. But he would do that for me. Colin would protect me. If someone called me names on our road he would go out and kick the shit out of them.”
Eamon also told the Irish Independent how his brother first learned he was gay:
“And Colin burst into tears, because he was only about 8 or 9. ‘Why didn’t you tell me!’”
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