For the first time since Arrested Development aired in 2003, actress Jessica Walter has publicly revealed that her onscreen husband, actor Jeffrey Tambor “verbally harassed” her on set.
During a candid cast interview with the New York Times, Walter, 77, and Tambor, 73, – who portray George Oscar Bluth, Sr. and Lucille Bluth – discussed the past incident in person as she forgave him in front of costars Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Alia Shawkat and David Cross.
“I have to let go of being angry at him,” Walter tearfully told Tambor, who was sitting only a few feet away from her. “[In] almost 60 years of working, I’ve never had anybody yell at me like that on a set and it’s hard to deal with, but I’m over it now.”
Walter added, “I have to let go of being angry at him. He never crossed the line on our show, with any, you know, sexual whatever. Verbally, yes, he harassed me, but he did apologize. I have to let it go. I have to give you a chance to, you know, for us to be friends again.”
Tambor first mentioned the “one blowup” with Walter on Arrested Development in an interview earlier this month with The Hollywood Reporter, telling the publication that he has “profusely apologized.”
During the NYT interview, Tambor also brought up the apology when asked if he had reckoned with the incident…
