A teary Jessica Walter discusses Jeffrey Tambor's verbal harassment on Arrested Development set

The New York Times

Tambor admitted earlier this month that he'd had a "blowup" with Walters for which he later "profusely apologized." Today, in a New York Times sitdown with the Netflix series cast, including Tambor, Walter addressed Tambor's verbal abuse. "Let me just say one thing that I just realized in this conversation," she said. "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." She then turned to Tambor and said, "And I have to give you a chance to, you know, for us to be friends again." For which Tambor responded: "Absolutely." Walter added: "But it’s hard because honestly — Jason (Bateman) says this happens all the time. In like 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. I just let it go right here, for The New York Times." Meanwhile, Jason Bateman has been slammed on Twitter for saying in the interview that Walter's experience wasn't that unusual, that there was a lot of yelling on set. "Again, not to belittle it or excuse it or anything, but in the entertainment industry it is incredibly common to have people who are, in quotes, ‘difficult,’” he said. ALSO: Jason Bateman tells Tambor he won't do another Arrested season without him.