Pete Townshend has weighed in on the acrimonious split between the Who and drummer Zak Starkey, admitting of the situation, "It’s been a mess."

Zak Starkey hasn't shied away from how he felt when The Who fired him, re-hired him, then "retired" him, and in a new interview with The i Paper, Pete Townshend shared his own confusion with the decision that was supposedly made after a recent performance at Albert Hall.

Ringo Starr defended his son Zak Starkey against The Who's Roger Daltrey amid drama surrounding The Who and Starkey's parting of ways after almost 30 years