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."

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

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.