The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has addressed the “incredibly upsetting” comments that axed drummer Zak Starkey made after exiting the band. 

Earlier this year, Starkey, the son of Beatles icon Ringo Starr, was fired from the rock band twice in rapid succession. Accounts of what led to his departure differ, with Daltrey and Pete Townshend pointing to a mistake by Starkey during their April concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, while Starkey argues that the blunder was Daltrey’s.

The band later stated the drummer stepped away voluntarily to focus on other commitments. Starkey, however, said he was pressured to go along with that account and maintained that he never wanted to quit the group.

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