With Shifting Gears, Tim Allen opted in on playing a sitcom widower for the first time in his career, and that distinction has of course led to his character Matt Parker entering the dating pool for the first time in years. His most obvious chemistry has been with Jenna Elfman’s Eve, with the Season 2 finale leaving the door open for a bigger romance in Season 3. (Despite Elfman’s other series-leading role.) Their age gap has been addressed on the show, but how does Allen feel?
As it turns out, the actor is of two minds about it. On the one hand, it’s something he’s dealt with in part due to the 14-year difference between him and his wife Jane Hajduk, to whom he’s been married since 2006. But on the other hand, he gets that it’s the kind of thing that can come off as…less-than-wonderful, particularly when it comes to how he and Elfman look together. Speaking with US Weekly, he shared:
