The Who's Roger Daltrey clarified Zak Starkey's firing in an interview with 'The Times.' The rock star also called the drummer's comments "character assassination."

Four months on from the shows that sparked Zak Starkey's departure from The Who, Roger Daltrey has attempted to set the record straight. Starkey and The Who have been in and out of the spotlight since April following the back-and-forth that Starkey had been fired from the group,

The saga of Zak Starkey’s sacking/‘retirement’ drags on with Roger Daltrey now accusing the Who’s erstwhile drummer of “character assassination”. Daltrey’s comments came in a new interview with The Times,

Roger Daltrey isn’t letting Zak Starkey get the last word about his dismissal from the Who, with the front man telling London’s The Times that it didn’t matter if Starkey served with the band for nearly three decades.

Zak Starkey, drummer for the Who for 29 years and son of Ringo Starr, has been the only person in the mess who has remained consistent in what happened. He said he got a call that he was fired, something completely unexpected,

The singer offered a slightly different version of the events that led to the band's longtime drummer being fired (then re-hired and fired again) earlier this year