Tim Allen\u00a0is getting real about his initial thoughts on fatherhood, the regrets he carries today and how his 30-year sobriety plays a role.<\/p>\n
During an interview with\u00a0US Weekly,<\/a>\u00a0Allen opened up about how he \u201cnever really wanted\u201d to be a father and how his fatherhood journey has been a \u201cwork in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI never really wanted to be a dad. I joke about it on stage; I\u2019ve just never been a real fan of children. As people have said many times about\u00a0parenting, you go through all this [stuff] to get a driver\u2019s license or a passport, but there\u2019s nothing about [raising] children,\u201d he began. \u201cIt was a work in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n Allen has two children, both daughters: Katherine Allen and Elizabeth Allen-Dick. Allen shares Katherine with his first wife, Laura Deibel. Allen and his current wife, Jane Hajduk, share Elizabeth.<\/p>\n Tim Allen attends the \u201cToy Story 5\u201d Los Angeles world premiere at Dolby Theatre on June 9, 2026. Getty Images for Disney<\/p>\n During the interview, Allen said that Jane wished they had five children \u201cbecause you learn on the first two.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWith Kate, I was gone a lot, so her mom did most of the raising. I come from [a family of] seven boys and two girls, and it\u2019s a very different world to me with girls. I have a different view of what will make a strong woman.<\/p>\n \u201cThe girl stuff I have little interest in \u2014 clothing, looks, gossip, and all that \u2014 [I focused on] learning finances, learning how to take care of yourself, and that works for boys and girls,\u201d Allen said.<\/p>\n Elizabeth Allen-Dick, dad Tim Allen and mom Jane Hajduk at Cirque du Soleil\u2019s \u2018KOOZA\u2019 premiere, October 24, 2024. Image Press Agency\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Throughout the years, Allen shared that he\u2019s seen the depth of a father-daughter bond. \u201cWe communicate on a different level. I didn\u2019t realize how much I got through to my older one [but] now and then she\u2019ll say, \u2018You used to say this all the time,\u2019 and I go, \u2018You actually listened,’\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Allen has been outspoken in the past about his sobriety<\/a> and during his interview with US Weekly, he explained that he wasn\u2019t sober during some of his oldest daughter\u2019s formative years.<\/p>\n \u201cI made amends to her. With the younger one, I see how much different it is when I\u2019ve been sober almost 30 years,\u201d he said. \u201cShe never knew any of that guy. I\u2019ve thought about it many times, and I\u2019ve talked to Kate, and she doesn\u2019t hold it against me.\u201d<\/p>\n Tim Allen with his family at the \u201cToy Story 4\u201d premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, June 11, 2019. Jim Ruymen\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n With \u201cToy Story 5\u201d gearing up for release<\/a> on June 19, Allen took a trip down memory lane and recalled getting started on the wrong foot during his early years.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d lost focus after\u00a0college, where I got into criminal stuff,\u201d he said, referencing the two years he spent in prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n