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Alexandra Billings says she still has love forJeffrey Tambordespite his alleged behavior on the set ofTransparent.
Billings, 59, expressed mixed emotions about her former costar, 77,in an interview withPage Six, which was published Thursday. Billings also called Tambor’s alleged on-set misconduct “abominable.”
“The horrifying thing is — and horrifying because it’s so painful — is that I still love him very much,” she explained to the outlet. “I don’t love his behavior, but that’s true of a lot of people.”
Billings also toldPage Sixthat she thinks Tambor “still hasn’t totally admitted to everything that he’s done,” and isn’t sure he ever will.
“But that’s up to him,” she continued. “That’s between him and his god, not me.”
In her new memoir,This Time for Me, Billings discusses her time portraying her character Davina onTransparent, and reveals that she nearly quit the show shortly before Tambor was fired, according toPage Six.
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At the time, Tambor denied the claims. Nearly three months later, he did admit to being “difficult” and “mean” at times on setin an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter.
“I drove myself and my castmates crazy. Lines got blurred,” he toldTHRbefore listing off a number of women he had previously “yelled at,” including series creator Jill Soloway and executive producer Bridget Bedard.
Tambor said Soloway previously told him that “she was afraid of me.”
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Also in theTHRinterview, he recalled being mean to former assistant Barnes and some ofTransparent’s assistant directors. “I was moody,” he said. “Sometimes I didn’t talk at all.”
Transparentconcluded in 2019with a musical episode titledTransparent: Musicale Finalefollowing Tambor’s departure from the series.
source: people.com
