Patricia Richardson says ‘HI’ was canceled due to her requesting equal pay...

[TMC]

...to Tim Allen

https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/25/home-...tmzlikeshop-ig

5/25/2024 11:18 AM PT

Patricia Richardson's 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 loving TV mother Jill Taylor in all eight seasons of the show -- sat down with the Los Angeles Times to discuss the hit '90s sitcom ... and, she says she decided to give Disney the middle finger with her last contract demand.

The way Patricia tells it ... she made it clear during season eight that she didn't intend to do a ninth season -- saying the whole experience had become a fight and claiming she and Allen knew it was time to end the show.

Then, with a couple months left to go, the network tried to make an offer the stars couldn't refuse -- a 25-episode ninth season where TA would make $2 million per episode and PR would make $1M per. Allen jumped at the chance ... but Patricia wouldn't take it.

As a dig at her employer, Patricia says she decided to ask for the same pay as Allen which she knew they'd never agree to ... seemingly her way of pointing out they had never treated their two stars the same.

Producers decided to close the show instead -- which Richardson says created tension between her and Tim ... with whom she admits she has a complicated relationship.

Patricia's convinced Allen's politics have hurt the show's legacy in the eyes of Hollywood. That said, she also stands up for him when it comes to Pamela Anderson claiming he flashed her ... adding that's not the Tim she knows.

Still ... $25 million left on the table -- could've used the money to make a ton of home improvements!!!

[Charles Knox]

Originally Posted by TMC

...to Tim Allen

https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/25/home-...tmzlikeshop-ig

Can't see common people sympathizing with any television star silly enough to leave 25 million on the table over politics, especially when steady acting gigs that pay really well are hard to come by.

If she had a good negotiating agent, she might could have even made a deal, were she would have received a bigger piece of the royalty pie to come back for that one last season.

[Johnny be good!]

It was time though. And at least the show left on a high note.

[JO Sweet Heart]

Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but isn't the subject of money the reason that Suzanne Somers was booted from the Three's Company show?

God bless you always!!!

Holly (a girl who still can't believe that she is gone)