Pierce Brosnan declares coronavirus a ‘war’ as he reveals two of his lifelong friends have died after battling the disease
- The former James Bond actor, 67, branded the disease ‘a war’ and described COVID-19 as an ‘awful threat to life looming’
- He said: ‘I lost two friends to COVID-19. They were friends of 45 years, and I am godfather to his son’
- The actor added that he hopes a silver lining of the pandemic may be that people are kinder and more aware of the ‘fragility of our planet’
- Pierce has been isolating with his wife Keely Shaye Smith in their family cottage on the island of Kauai in Hawaii
- Pierce and Keely, who married in 2001 at Ballintubber Abbey in County Mayo, Ireland, are parents to sons Dylan, 23, and Paris, 19
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Pierce Brosnan has revealed two of his lifelong friends have died after battling coronavirus.
The former James Bond actor, 67, branded the disease ‘a war’ and described COVID-19 as an ‘awful threat to life looming’ during a cover feature with the latest issue of Parade magazine.
He said: ‘I lost two friends to COVID-19. They were friends of 45 years, and I am godfather to his son.
Devastating: Pierce Brosnan, 67, has sadly revealed that he’s lost two lifelong friends to coronavirus, asserting: ‘We are at war… People are dying!
‘No matter where you are and how beautiful it may be, you still have this awful threat to life looming.
‘You have to keep pushing the rock uphill, and you have to keep involved in life. We are at war. People are dying.
The actor added that he hopes a silver lining of the pandemic may be that people are kinder and more aware of the ‘fragility of our planet.’
Pierce has been isolating with his wife Keely Shaye Smith in their family cottage on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.
Everyone is in danger: The James Bond star also insisted that, regardless of your location there is still an ongoing ‘threat to life looming’
Pierce also explained how following the shutdown of his current project, Disney’s Cinderella, ahead of the lockdown, he flew to be with his family straight away.
He said: ‘I was on a plane the next day. I was told I might not get out, and I wanted to be with my family.’
Pierce and Keely, who married in 2001 at Ballintubber Abbey in County Mayo, Ireland, are parents to sons Dylan, 23, and Paris, 19.
On April 10, the Mamma Mia actor shared a touching tribute to Keely on their wedding anniversary.
Pierce wrote: ‘My darling angel heart Keely, thank you for bringing such love and beauty into my life, for making these past twenty six years the greatest joy of my life…Happy anniversary my brown eyed girl.’
He was previously married to Australian actress Cassandra Harris, herself a Bond girl to Roger Moore in For Your Eyes Only, from 1980 until her death after a battle with ovarian cancer in 1991.
Along with Dylan and Paris, Pierce is also father to son Sean, 36, by Cassandra.
He is also the adoptive father of Charlotte and Christopher Brosnan, Cassandra’s two children by her first husband Dermot Harris, whose brother was Richard Harris of Harry Potter fame.
Charlotte, who like Christopher took Pierce’s surname when she was adopted, died at the age of 42 in 2013 of the same illness that claimed her mother’s life.
He has often been vocal about how Keely saved him from depression following his personal tragedies, describing her as a ‘strength I wouldn’t be able to live without.’
Pierce is now a proud grandfather of three – Charlotte’s children Isabella, 21, and Lucas, 14, as well as Sean’s daughter Marley May, four.
Sweet: Pierce and Keely shared heartfelt tributes to one another as they celebrated their 26th anniversary on April 10 (pictured together in (pictured in January 2020)