{"id":59025,"date":"2018-02-16T12:23:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T12:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59025"},"modified":"2018-02-16T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T12:23:08","slug":"jeffrey-tambor-out-of-amazons-transparent-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/entertainment\/jeffrey-tambor-out-of-amazons-transparent-tv-series.html","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Tambor out of Amazon&#8217;s &#8216;Transparent&#8217; TV series"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Jeffrey Tambor out of Amazon&#8217;s &#8216;Transparent&#8217; TV series<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Jeffrey Tambor, the award-winning star of Amazon Studios television series \u201cTransparent,\u201d is exiting the show, the company said on Thursday, following accusations of sexual misconduct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Tambor, 73, said in an emailed statement he was \u201cprofoundly disappointed in Amazon\u2019s handling of these false accusations against me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Tambor played the lead role of Maura Pfefferman, a divorced father who transitions to a woman late in life. He will not be returning for the upcoming fifth season of the groundbreaking series, Amazon said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">He is the latest celebrity to lose his job in the sexual misconduct scandal that has roiled Hollywood and beyond for the past five months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The decision comes after an investigation started by Amazon in November into accusations against Tambor by two people on the show. The said Tambor had sexually harassed them and engaged in inappropriate behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">In his statement, Tambor said the discussions were never discussed with him directly and that he regretted if any of his actions were misinterpreted. He also called the investigation \u201cdeeply flawed and biased toward the toxic politicized atmosphere that afflicted our set.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Tambor won two Emmys, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award for his performance on the show, which was the first Amazon TV original series to garner such critical acclaim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">It was not clear on Thursday how the series, which was groundbreaking for its use of transgender actors and its portrayal of the transgender community, would proceed without him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cTransparent\u201d creator Jill Soloway said on Thursday she admired the courage of the two people who had spoken out, calling it \u201can example of the leadership this moment in our culture requires.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201dWe are grateful to the many trans people who have supported our vision for \u2018Transparent\u2019 since its inception and remain heartbroken about the pain and mistrust their experience has generated in our community,\u201d Soloway said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cWe are taking definitive action to ensure our workplace respects the safety and dignity of every individual, and are taking steps to heal as a family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-people-jeffreytambor\/jeffrey-tambor-out-of-amazons-transparent-tv-series-idUSKCN1FZ2V4<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/entertainment\/jeffrey-tambor-out-of-amazons-transparent-tv-series.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffrey Tambor out of Amazon&#8217;s &#8216;Transparent&#8217; TV series Jeffrey Tambor, the award-winning star of Amazon Studios television series \u201cTransparent,\u201d is exiting the show, the company said on Thursday, following accusations of sexual misconduct. 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