Author: Julius Young / Source: Page Six
Tim Allen is speaking out about embattled television star Roseanne Barr.
When asked about the cancellation of her namesake show by ABC following a racist tweet Barr posted about a former Obama administration official in May, Allen expressed multiple times that that’s not the same person he knows.
“You know, I go way back with Rosie and that’s not the Roseanne I know,” “The Last Man Standing” star told reporters at the 2018 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday.
“My mother and I went through this,” Allen, 65, recalled.
“And she goes, ‘What did she mean by all that?’ and I said, ‘I don’t know,’ ” Allen admitted.
“She was the most diverse and tolerant woman I’ve ever known for a long time,” he continued. “So, whatever got in her head isn’t the Roseanne I know.”
The actor, who went on to say that “it’s a very icy time,” added that in his 38 years…
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