When we opened up Twitter this morning, we saw that actor Tim Allen was trending and, of course, we immediately thought he was either dead or it was his birthday.
Nope. It’s dumber than that. . .
Here was one of the first tweets that came up:
Tim Allen is openly racist now and I love seeing him squirm here. https://t.co/yxeZXY0ozT
— jeremy bearimy (@crissles) June 11, 2019
Wait, he’s racist because he doesn’t know how to play spades?
Tom Hanks is so cool I tested his knowledge of black culture. pic.twitter.com/aGrJdD1Qjh
— The All-Mighty Xilla Valentine (@BlogXilla) June 11, 2019
A little more digging revealed what’s going on. Allen, who is a comedian, gave an interview about the “n-word” and that’s what everyone is angry about:
if anyone is wondering why @crissles is calling Tim Allen racist, this may be why: https://t.co/N93nxJOGsI pic.twitter.com/zUAlx6OTbY
— Joel Leon. (@JoelakaMaG) June 12, 2019
Others agreed:
Not only is Tim Allen definitely racist, but also Buzz Lightyear is the worst character in Toy Story.
These are the facts, take ‘em or leave ‘em.
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) June 12, 2019
I love that Disney gave James Gunn shit for some gross jokes when they keep backing the money truck up to racist bigot coke mule Tim Allen's house.
— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) June 12, 2019
Now for the kicker: THE INTERVIEW HAPPENED 6 YEARS AGO! The original link is dead at the Tampa Bay Times, but The Daily Mail wrote it up as well. How many people had this 6-year-old screenshot just ready to go?
FYI – Tim Allen's "Intent" is always to be a boring, mediocre, cokehead, ex-con with an undeserved career and a victim complex. pic.twitter.com/y82lAh17rs
— Ken Reid (@KennethWReid) June 12, 2019
In other news, here’s the “racist” meeting with kids at an Orlando hospital ahead of the premiere of “Toy Story 4”:
This weekend, actors Tim Allen and Tom Hanks helped The Walt Disney Company kick off its annual Disney Toy Delivery—a part of the Disney Team of Heroes philanthropic initiative—at AdventHealth for Children in Orlando, Florida: https://t.co/mZRXHzqGXg pic.twitter.com/CK8wXK8qjS
— Walt Disney Company (@WaltDisneyCo) June 10, 2019
Oh, well, if you say he’s classy now, we should buy it?
Obviously I'm not a Tim Allen fan, but fair is fair. Here he's visiting kids in a hospital, and that's classy. https://t.co/fEe6CXYsHz
— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) June 12, 2019
And as for where all this started, it’s our fault for reading her tweet wrong, or something:
normally I try not to call y'all stupid but the number of people here who think I'm calling Allen racist because of *this* video is truly alarming. America really gotta work on teaching reading comprehension.
— jeremy bearimy (@crissles) June 12, 2019
Yep. Totally. The reader’s. Fault:
tim allen at the thought of having a black card. pic.twitter.com/dLKbPguuIc
— jeremy bearimy (@crissles) June 11, 2019
Whatever.
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