After Sexual Assault Controversy, Jeffrey Tambor Issues 'Transparent' Apology

Back when #MeToo was at its peak and one after the other celebrities or public figures were being called out, one name that shocked just like many others was that of actor Jeffrey Tambor.

Tambor is a legend in the acting field and was the prominent face f the series, Transparent only to exiting it owing to the controversy. After all this while, Tambor has come forward to issue an apology on the same. "I have profoundly apologized and I apologize," the actor says in a new interview with Gilbert Gottfried and Frank Santopadre for Gilbert Gottfried’s Colossal Show on SiriusXM, noting the rarity of him opening up about the unceremonious exit, "if I made anyone, anyone feel vulnerable, and I'm sorry."

In a 2018 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Tambor had denied the claims but admitted he was "difficult" on set. "I drove myself and my castmates crazy. Lines got blurred," he said at the time. When speaking about the sendoff to the series — which paid tribute to Tambor's character, Maura Pfefferman, without his involvement — creator Soloway told THR that, more than a year later, what happened was "still painful, what we went through as a family. We went through so much pain, but to be able to express a journey this directly and have the kind of space that Amazon has given me. … I often look at my career and think I am so lucky."

"Regarding how I left the show," Tambor now says, "I just want to say, I never, ever, ever, ever intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable, ever. My wife is here and, you know, I have character defects — and she has the list of that where you're going to distribute. But this, we loved each other. We were irreverent. We were honest. We were vulnerable. We had stories that were very, very personal. We trusted one another. It was a set like no other. And there had to be, of course, instances where my interaction would be with these lovely people, could have been mistaken way other, way other, than how I intended."

He continued, "I'm sorry it ended the way it did, but I have to say it, I'm so proud of playing Maura and part of the LGBT community and getting that important message out, and it's a highlight of my life and I just can't let the day go short and I can't leave this studio without saying something."