Sit-com star Tim Allen reminded everyone this week that he’s an asshole in an appearance on the WTF With Marc Maron podcast.
During the hour-long interview, Allen talked about the delight he took in watching Donald Trump destroy the country.
“Once I realized that the last president pissed people off, I kind of liked that,” Allen said. “So it was fun to just not say anything. Didn’t join in the lynching crowd.”
That’s right, folx. Tim Allen “liked” all the horrible things Trump did as president–the division he created, the chaos, and the hate–and thought it was “fun” to sit back and watch from a far.
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
Related: Conservative snowflakes are freaking out over the cancelation of that Tim Allen sit-com
Asked whether he views himself as an “old school conservative” as opposed to the “right-wing whack job,” Allen, who once compared being a Republican in Hollywood to 1930s Germany, said he’s always been a “fiscal, conservative person” and that he’s less concerned about telling people how they should live their lives.
“What I’ve done is just not joined into, as I call it, the ‘we culture.’ I’m not telling anybody else how to live. I don’t like that, ‘we should do this’ or, ‘we should do that.'”
Except for all those times he spouted his political beliefs in interviews, or the time he lent his star power to Trump’s inauguration, or the time he urged people to vote for GOP Senate candidate John James in a campaign video.
After the interview, Allen’s name briefly trended on Twitter. Here’s what folx had to say about him…
Very busy at the moment but didn’t want the day to pass without saying that Tim Allen is an asshole.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) March 4, 2021
Tim Allen is right.
Donald Trump does piss people off.– We don't like 500k of our countrymen dying
– We don't like Presidents who incite insurrection.
– We don't like people who try to ruin our democracy.
– We don't like people who never, ever take responsibility..— Brian O'Sullivan (@osullivanauthor) March 3, 2021
When Tim Allen says he like that 45 pisses people off he means he likes 45 can make fun of minorities and get away with it. He can degrade women, black, Hispanic, lgbtq, etc and Tim wants to talk like that but can’t so he likes 45 for doing so.
— Jr_Vazquez (@B_Money_Dadddy) March 3, 2021
Tim Allen is an asshole.
That's the tweet.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) March 3, 2021
Fuck Tim Allen, the Kevin Sorbo of Scott Baios.
— Ace Hanna is now George Kaplan (@GeorgeK80919736) March 3, 2021
Tim Allen is admitting what all the MAGA people should admit.
Not only did they not mind that Trump was an ignorant a-hole, that is what they found to be Trump's most attractive feature.
— Rocky Mountain Views (@RockyMountViews) March 3, 2021
Tim Allen likes Trump for the fact he pisses people off.
I could get behind logic like that if it weren't for the fact his buffoonery led to the deaths of half a million people and counting.
Hilarious.
— ?DeathMetalViking? (@DeathMetalV) March 3, 2021
Tim Allen is to comedy what a vending machine ham sandwich is to the culinary arts.
— Christopher Curtis (@titocurtis) March 3, 2021
At least Tim Allen is saying the quiet part out loud, that scumbags like him enjoyed the orange fascist’s path of destruction, crime and racism to own the libs. He really has always been an asshole tool.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 3, 2021
What if we just never talked about Tim Allen again?
— Crystal House (@abbytoir) March 3, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Cam
A White guy who wet to jail but is still allowed to do whatever he wants and the part of Law and Order LOVES him. Meanwhile if he was a woman who wasn’t white Republicans would be screaming that he once tweeted something.
Jim
Is’t Allen pretty much a has been?
jcool
has been to prison? yes. enjoyed seeing trump pissing people off/being pissed on? yes. federally convicted drug dealer/born again douche/now i’m better than you still a criminal? yes.
Heywood Jablowme
His birth name was Timothy D!ck which is appropriate!
Although I hope he was no relation to the sci-fi writer Philip K. D!ck who wrote the great anti-fascist novel “The Man In the High Castle.”
Mister P
I can’t imagine how he thinks that pissing off over half the country is a good quality in a president.
Vince
Never understood his appeal. Him saying this proves he’s more of a has been now. Even he knows it.
zealot
Here’s a guy who basically rose to some limited fame by making a noise that I can only compare to a constipated wildebeest. I think that pretty much wraps up his personality.
Donston
Around 50% of adamant Trump supporters liked him just for being a rich white man and an unabashed villain who actively pissed off “SJW”. They didn’t genuinely care about Trump or his politics. They used him as a proxy for their own resentments. So, this type of confession is no surprise.
butchqueen
Go smoke some more meth, ignorant asshole.
PrinceofPrussia
Don’t like him. Never have. Don’t find him funny.
Ginger Tom
Yes. it was really funny, especially for all those kids separated from their parents at the border, probably for ever. After all, that isn’t going to cause any lasting psychological damage is it. Calling this guy an Asshole is a compliment.
Michael1500
It doesn’t surprise me that this ASSHOLE has shown his true colors. I never liked him, never thought he was even remotely funny, and it was always obvious that Allen (even in his “acting”) had a huge ego. What a DUD.
amanwithanedge
tim allen has always been an asshole.
Bellerophon69
Well, good for him…but I hope when AOC pisses off the right he sees the irony in his statements.
Fahd
Now, he’s ruining the History Channel too.
RandomGuy
So we’re supposed to care about the opinions of a right-wing drug dealing snitch?… Don’t think so.
PoetDaddy
TIM ALLEN is a chronic asshole. He has a along history of anti-LGBTQ and neocon foot-in-mouthing. I’ve been boycotting this unpopped pimple since he came on the radar, cutesy Santa movies included.
JromeGervais09
Well you weren’t the last man standing while you were in prison I’m sure. Heels in the air? So why should you be the last man standing on the outside? How did pissing Americans off work for the orange head?
blackhook
Black coke dealers are spending their lives in prison. Tim Allen got a slap on the wrist for his drug dealing. What an asshole! No surprise he’s a dumber-than-dirt, arrogant, hateful Trumpanzee. Sad!
Openminded
Why is it that celebrities always think they have more profound wisdom than the average citizen?
Max
his earnings made him think he has that so-called “knowledge”
Me2
The liberal media liked it too, until he won the general election. Which they helped him do.
trell
I’m probably going to be labelled as a troll for this post, but I feel the need for a bit of Devil’s Advocate here….
…firstly, I’m left-leaning myself. I hail from the UK, so I don’t have the misfortune of having to live under the Trump regime (We’ve got out own over-privileged white haired clown in power). I haven’t seen much of Tim Allen other than some crappy Christmas movie, and I’m not that bothered about either.
..but I get where he’s coming from with regard to Trump being ‘fun to watch’
I’m not talking about the recent insurrections, the complete mishandling of the COVID pandemic and the cost of thousands of lives at his ineptitude. But the orange twat was in power for 4 years, and in that time, he gave us all goof after goof after goof. He gave us ‘bigly’ and ‘Covefe’. He bragged about the size of his hands, and acted like a 5 year old in the most powerful office in the land! He fumbled drinking a glass of water and walking down a ramp. He squirmed through public scrutiny with Stormy Daniels and 101 other inquests. He threw tantrums at the slightest bit of shade thrown at him, and there’s no denying, whether your young, old, gay, straight, black white and all people in between, including Tim Allen,…watching this Grade A Idiot screw up again and again, and act like the stupid man-child, was fun to watch! Even our satirical puppet show “Spitting Image” couldn’t match up to the lunacy of the stuff happening IRL!!
….and whether you like it or not, you, the voting American public, allowed this Chump to ascend into public office, are responsible for him being there. You all knew what he was going to be like, and while I appreciate that the majority of the LGBTQ+ community voted for Hilary, as a whole, the American public decided to give this guy a chance based on his ‘tell it like it is’ attitude and putting the ‘forgotten masses of your average working Joe’ before marginalised communities. I’m not referring to You as the LGBTQ community, I’m referring to You as the US as a whole! You let him get there in the first place!!
Finally, Queerty….a criticism:
Of late, there seems to be a lot of stories that follow a similar pattern, namely: Washed-up-right-leaning-celeb/politician says/does something shocking/stupid/inconsiquential-but-taken-out-of-context about ex-president/ex-president’s crony/BLM-movement/LGBTQ+ community. – Don’t get me wrong, that is the foundation of a headline on any news webpage, and as a bit of shadenfraude, it’s all fine. It’s when the bias sneaks into the bulk of the reporting, where the allusions of said Washed-up-right-leaning-celeb/politician, and some obscure tidbit of info that turns the report on them from being mildly unpleasant, to a closet nazi, requiring the ire and disgust of the LGBTQ community.
The comments towards Tim Allen, are unneccessarily harsh. He didn’t fumble COVID and kill thousands. Just because he is a republican and supported Trump’s inauguration, does not mean he is a raging QAnon Trumpist. I don’t care if he is homophobic or not. He is irrelevant! He shouldn’t matter! I’d imagine, like most Republicans (and there is nothing wrong with being a Republican), and all Democrats, Allen was just embarrassed and entertained by Trump. Leave the guy alone!
Heywood Jablowme
He’s not exactly “washed up.” He’s still the star of a long-running sitcom. Still doing movies. (He starred in 3 or 4 of the most popular Xmas movies ever made.) Still voicing cartoons. Still doing car commercials. Still doing travel commercials for the state of Michigan – which I doubt is unpaid volunteer work.
“there is nothing wrong with being a Republican” – um, at least since Jan. 6, 2021 that requires MUCH more explanation than a bland “Trump was funny and entertaining,” etc.
Cam
Hi Troll,
You have LITTERALLY tried this same tactic “I’m from the UK and I don’t really get American politics, but let me now drill down into the minutia of American politics before I try to subtly defend Republicans”, under multiple screenames.
I’ve said this to you under your multiple screenames, but, you aren’t subtle, you aren’t clever, and your troll game is old and tired.
Terrycloth
Tim. Meet Mike lindell.. I think you both have a lot in common..drug addicts and avid trumpers…I always liked Tim Allen , somehow he lost his mind. .Mike has been brainwashed into the cult of trump..careful Tim. As a hard republican it might ruin your career.
rbernard
The fact is Tim Allen is worth $80M and doesn’t give a crap what we think.
We can put a fork in him, he is done.
Tim opened his mouth too much and there is a reason this guy isn’t featured in new movies or television shows anymore.
Cozmo2
Never liked this ex coke head he’s not funny at all what a moron.
Kevan1
Never liked him, never thought it was funny. Although he has a joke
garybw
Drug dealer ex con to republican. Not that far of a leap
trell
@Cam
Sorry mate. Not a troll. Genuinely from the UK, and this is the only screen name I have. I never said I didn’t understand American politics.
What’s really odd is that there is nothing wrong with your average Republican. I usually vote Labour/Lib Dems, but I do see sense in some of the Conservative outlook. – I would think that most sensible Democrats are exactly the same. You NEED the opposition to have a Democracy that actually works.
Even the average Republicans seem to be distancing themselves from the whole Trump/MAGA/QAnon business.
As for your post in reply to me, Cam, by jumping down the throats of anyone who disagrees with your opinion, you are effectively just as bad as those red hat wearing goons. You don’t help your cause with the unfounded accusations and name calling……similar tactics to the orange skinned freak! I enjoy a bit of healthy debate, which is why I come to this site and comment. I don’t have to agree with every Queerty article, and I’ve got no problem with people disagreeing with me, but bitch, please! Calling me a Troll for expressing an opinion that is not pandering to a biased news article? That’s just like Trump!