Tim “Ripper” Owens opened up about Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer saying he had a ” bad falling out” with him at the end of his tenure with the band.
Owens was asked if he contacted Schaffer the months he was arrested back in January, replying:
“I’ve stayed clear of it, because for me… I got kicked out of the band about 15 years ago, and we’ve seen each other maybe twice [since then]. It was a bad falling out; it wasn’t a good circumstance.
“People keep saying what do I say, what am I thinking… Well, I haven’t reached out to him in 15 years. And he fired me a week before Christmas. I’m not saying I hate the guy or anything like that. But it wasn’t a good circumstance.
”So it’s not like we had a relationship and I even really know him. He definitely wasn’t the same person that I even knew then. I mean, his political stance and beliefs were different than it was when I was around him. Not that it wasn’t kooky back then. But he was different.
“Listen, he made a mistake. He’s gonna regret it for the rest of his life. And I have my own life. I haven’t dealt with him for 15 years, I don’t really have to now.”