Tim Allen: Stunned, Irate Over Last Man Standing Cancelation

Tim Allen has broken his silence over the cancelation of Last Man Standing.

And he isn’t very happy about it.

Earlier this week, ABC announced that it was giving the axe to the long-running sitcom, which has helped anchor its Friday night block of comedic programming for years.

For six years, to be exact. Last Man Standing was canceled after six seasons.

This is far more time on the air than most programs get to enjoy, yet a controversy has broken out over the reasons why ABC decided not to bring the series back.

Some believe the choice was made due to Allen being one of the few outspoken Republicans in Hollywood.

In March, remember, the actor told Jimmy Kimmel that being conservative in Hollywood was akin to living in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

“You’ve gotta be real careful around here,” he said as a guest on the talk show, explaining why as follows:

“You get beat up if you don’t believe what everybody believes. This is like ’30s Germany.

“I don’t know what happened. If you’re not part of the group, you know, ‘What we believe is right!’ I go, ‘Well I might have a problem with that.’ I’m a comedian, I like going on both sides.”

This reference did NOT go over well.

In response to the cancelation of the sitcom, meanwhile, a Change.org petition, which calls for a boycott of ABC, has garnered more than 170,000 signatures.

“Last Man Standing is one of the only shows on broadcast television, and the only sitcom, that is not constantly shoving liberal ideals down the throats of the viewers,” the petition reads.

“And sadly, that is likely the real reason the show has been cancelled.”

Is Allen discouraging this mindset?

Not really.

On Tuesday afternoon, he reacted as follows on Twitter:

Stunned and blindsided by the network I called home for the last six years. #lastmanstanding

Allen, of course, doesn’t directly mention any sort of political agenda in that Tweet.

But he’s clearly aware of the controversy and is not-so-subtly doing his best to stoke the angry flames.

Earlier on Tuesday, during a conference call with reporters, ABC entertainment president Channing Dungey defended her decision to cancel the show.

She acknowledged the ratings have been decent, but said the network simply chose to go in a dramatic direction Fridays this fall.

“A large part of these jobs are managing failure and we’ve made the tough calls and canceled shows that we’d otherwise love to stay on the air,” Dungey said, adding:

“That’s the job. I canceled Last Man Standing for the same business and scheduling reasons that I canceled Dr. Ken, The Real O’Neals, The Catch and American Crime.

“And Last Man Standing was a challenging one for me because it was a steady performer in the ratings, but once we made the decision not to continue with comedies on Fridays, that was where we landed.”

Will this explanation satisfy those threatening to boycott ABC?

We don’t know.

Do people out there truly believe that a network would employ an actor for six seasons on a series that brought in a lot of money… and then suddenly think of non-business, political partisan reasons to fire that actor?

Yes, evidently they do.

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Miss USA Kára McCullough: Just Kidding About Those Health Care Comments!

On Sunday night, Kára McCullough was crowned Miss USA.

It was a pretty neat win, considering that Kára is a nuclear scientist beauty queen, but when comments that she’d made during the competition began circulating widely …

Well, it got a little less neat.

During the question-and-answer segment, Kára was asked if health care in America is a privilege or a right, and her answer shocked many.

“I’m definitely going to say it’s a privilege,” she said, going on to explain that “As a government employee, I’m granted health care.”

“And I see firsthand that for one, to have health care, you need to have jobs, so therefore we need to continue to cultivate this environment so that we’re given the opportunities to have health care as well as jobs for all Americans worldwide.”

It’s a questionable stance — just check out Jimmy Kimmel’s story about his newborn son that required heart surgery soon after birth if you’re having trouble understanding why.

Of course it would be wonderful if everyone could have jobs and afford health care, but that’s not the reality, and people shouldn’t have to suffer or die because of that.

In addition to the health care statement, Kára also had some strange words when asked about feminism.

“As a woman scientist in the government,” she said, “I’d like to lately transpose the word feminism to equalism. I don’t really consider myself — try not to consider myself like this die-hard, you know, like ‘Oh, I don’t really care about men."”

That’s not what feminism is anyway, but OK, honey, sure.

Kára went on to add that “One thing I’m gonna say, though, is women, we are just as equal as men when it comes to opportunity in the workplace …”

“And I say firsthand: I have witnessed the impact that women have in leadership in the medical sciences, as well as just in the office environment.”

“So as Miss USA, I would hope to promote that type of leadership responsibility globally to so many women worldwide.”

Yes, so as you can imagine, these statements didn’t go over so well.

And so now our brand new Miss USA is trying to spin that mess into some positivity in the form of a new interview with E! News.

About the backlash, Kára said “That’s what life is about. You have to roll with the punches. When challenges are thrown your way, you have to understand how to maneuver around them.”

“I think having that mindset comes with loving science so much.”

When asked about those controversial questions during the pageant, she said that “They were about social issues going on in our nation and I think it’s wonderful that we’re able to answer them as well as start conversations about these types of issues.”

“Of course, no one wants backlash,” she added. “No one wants to be talked about badly. That’s the beauty of life.”

“We’re given that opportunity to share our opinions and as long as we can continue to keep this open dialogue and have people integrating and sharing ideas, everyone’s minds are really going to expand.”

And then, naturally, she took the chance to “clarify” her statements about health care.

“As a woman,” she began, “I will own up to what I said. I would love to clarify the points on that answer.”

“Essentially, yes. I am privileged to have health care and I’m extremely thankful for it. I do believe affordable health care should be a right to all.”

“I know as Miss USA, promoting a healthy lifestyle is a message I want to get across as well.”

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So is she claiming that instead of saying that health care is a privilege, she meant to say that she’s privileged to have health care?

It’s a little confusing, but at least she’s saying now that affordable health care is important.

We want to love you, Miss USA. Please just let us love you.

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Ex-Baylor Volleyball Player Claims She Was Gang Raped By Football Players

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Kylie Jenner & Travis Scott: Already LIVING Together?!

It’s only been a few weeks since we learned that Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are dating, but it looks like the young couple is wasting no time in getting serious.

Just months removed from her ugly breakup with Tyga, Kylie is apparently ready to jump right back into a serious, monogamous relationship.

Fortunately for her, it seems Travis is also on board. 

“Kylie and Trav have been discussing moving into her new pad together. It’s temporary,” a source sloce to Kylie tells Hollywood Life.

“They’re really into one another and she’s the one who suggested that they play house and see how living under one roof would be. She doesn’t want him to pitch in financially, she just wants his presence!”

Wait … they want to live together temporarily?

Someone should tell Kylie that’s just called spending the night.

Kylie bought her mansion back in 2015, and at the time, she was cautioned that it was too big of a place for one person.

Of course, she was also 17, which means cautioning her about anything was a total waste of time.

And in those days, she was also getting serious with Tyga in those days, so she probably thought she wouldn’t be alone in Kylie Manor for long.

Unfortunately, the Kylizzle-T-Raww relationship didn’t work out.

Fortunately, Kylie was able to find herself a replacement rapper with remarkable ease:

“It’s a big ass house and Kylie honestly doesn’t want to be there alone with her dogs,” says one insiser.

“She would be too scared. She wants to feel protected and secure and Travis provides that. Besides, she wants someone to keep her warm at night and to tell her how beautiful she is in the morning.”

The source adds:

“The only man she wants to make her feel that way and tell her that is Travis!”

Sorry, millions of Instagram followers who tell Kylie she’s beautiful on a daily basis!

It looks like you’re just not getting the job done!

These days, of course, the selfie queen is gearing up for the debut of her new reality series Life of Kylie.

The show wrapped filming several months ago, which means we may get some scenes of Kylie canoodling with Tyga.

Could make for a night of awkward viewing in the Jenner-Scott household.

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