Patricia Richardson is calling out her former network for killing “Home Improvement”… claiming she wasn’t treated the same as Tim Allen — and her request for equal pay ended the show.
The actress – who played doting TV mom Jill Taylor in all eight seasons of the series – sat down with the Los Angeles Times to discuss the hit ’90s show… and she says she’s decided to give Disney the middle finger with her latest contract demand.
The way Patricia tells it… she made it clear during season eight that she had no intention of doing a ninth season – saying the whole experience had turned into a fight and claiming that she and Allen knew it was time to end the series.
Then, with a few months to go, the network tried to make an offer the stars couldn’t refuse – a 25-episode ninth season in which TA would earn $2 million per episode and PR would earn $1 million per. Allen took the chance… but Patricia didn’t take it.
As a dig at her employer, Patricia says she decided to ask for the same salary as Allen, which she knew they would never agree to… apparently her way of pointing out that they never treated their two stars the same.
Producers decided to end the show – which Richardson says created tension between her and Tim… with whom she admits she has a complicated relationship.
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Patricia is convinced that Allen’s politics damaged the show’s legacy in the eyes of Hollywood. That said, she also defends him when it comes to Pamela Anderson, claiming he showed it to her… adding that that’s not the Tim she knows.
Still…$25 million left on the table – could have used the money to do a ton of home improvements!!!