The speculation is at an end: Liam Neeson was joking when he said he was dating an "incredibly famous" woman.
In an interview with the Sunday Independent, Neeson said he would only embarrass the woman if he decided to reveal her name.
"I'll have to do my best for her. It's amazing how far a simple bunch of freshly picked flowers will go in a lady's life, I find," he said.
However, in a statement issued to US celebrity magazine People, a representative for Neeson said: "He was joking with an Irish journalist while conducting an interview promoting a documentary [1916 on RTÉ One], and the humorous tone of that statement did not translate in the printed version of the interview."
Among the stars who had been linked to Neeson following the interview were Kristen Stewart, Madonna, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon and Sharon Stone.
1916 continues on RTÉ One on Wednesday at 9:35pm.
The three-part series began on RTÉ One on February 10, with 63-year-old Neeson narrating. The actor, who famous played Michael Collins in the Neil Jordan-directed biopic of the same name, has said that some of the images, photos and videos uncovered by the 1916 production team took his breath away.
Speaking to Marian Finucane on RTÉ Radio 1 last Saturday, the Ballymena man discussed how he had educated himself about the Easter Rising.
"We did not learn about our Irish history [at school]," he said. "It was only when I was at Queen's University at 19, and the old internment was introduced and the horrors that were happening then were coming to a head, that I started to educate myself about the history of my country."
Directed by Pat Collins and written by Professor of Irish Studies at Notre Dame Bríona Nic Dhiarmada, 1916 will tour international film festivals and will be broadcast in Irish embassies across the world to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising.
