"Keep in mind, this made it through the editing process and to the final product," country singer John Rich noted.

Allen described a phone call to Jay Leno at a hospital where he was treated after his face and hands were severely burned in a fire.

“Tim Allen definitely wrote that joke, it’s a joke that only a wrinkly old conservative could write.”

“They do not want free speech.”

“Pucker up coke head.”

Overall, Fox News picked up about 1.9 million viewers on average during the day Thursday, almost 25 percent more than CNN and MSNBC combined.

“You’ve really fallen off, bro. Go back to monkey noises. You nailed that.”

“How about that?”

Allen obviously believes - or at least hopes - that a Musk-controlled Twitter will remove censorship and restore free speech.

Plenty of celebrities have used their social media platforms to decry Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tim Allen has joined their ranks.