Jeffrey Tambor's former Transparent assistant on his firing: "He has done this to himself"

The Hollywood Reporter

"For Mr. Tambor to now characterize this investigation as 'biased' and 'politicized' is an insult to the numerous people he has worked with through the years who were forced to participate in an investigation created by his own actions," Van Barnes, who worked for Tambor for two years and was the first to accuse him of sexual harassment, said in a statement. "Mr. Tambor’s lengthy abuse and harassment of me continues to haunt me and is a clear indication of how we got to this point. I take no celebration in the firing of Mr. Tambor from Transparent, because this man's actions have jeopardized many people's jobs, especially many transgender people struggling to find work in Hollywood."