Jeffrey Tambor confirmed for ‘Arrested Development’ Season 5

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Jeffrey Tambor will reprise his role as George Bluth in Season 5 of Netflix’s Arrested Development. Tambor was fired from Amazon’s Transparent earlier this year after allegations of sexual harassment on set.

A Netflix spokesperson confirmed Tambor’s return to Entertainment Weekly. The latest season of Arrested Development finished filming around when allegations against Tambor first came up.

A few of Tambor’s costars commented on the matter, ranging from David Cross’s “We stand behind Jeffrey” to Jason Bateman’s “I will always love that man” to Alia Shawkat saying, “It’s not about sharing my personal opinion of him. What those victims said needs to be heard just as much.” Read more…

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