Shaun Cassidy is blasting his late father, Jack Cassidy.

In a new interview with People, Shaun, 66, called the Tony Award-winning actor — who died in an apartment fire in 1976 at age 49 — a “phony.”

“My dad was so complicated,” the actor and singer said about Jack. “He basically invented this public persona with an accent that didn’t exist in any country ever.” 9

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Shaun recalled that when Jack got famous and began appearing on talk shows, he’d speak with a borderline-British accent — which confused Shaun and his younger brothers, Patrick, 63, and Ryan, 59.

“Patrick and Ryan and I would be like, ‘What is up with this dude?'” shared. “I mean, it seemed so phony to us, and that wasn’t like who he was. I’m not sure he ever really figured out who he was.” 9

Shaun went on to

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