Jeff Garlin’s abrupt exit from The Goldbergs could have come as a shock to us — however to not certainly one of his former co-stars.
Wendi McLendon-Covey, who stars on the ABC sitcom as mother Beverly, now says of Garlin’s departure: “That was a very long time coming.” She addressed the controversy in a Sirius XM interview with Andy Cohen on Tuesday, including that when Garlin did depart the present, “it was like, ‘OK, OK, somebody’s lastly listening to us.’”
McLendon-Covey later nodded and agreed when Cohen speculated that Garlin’s exit was a fruits of many complaints in opposition to him, however she then requested if they may not speak about it any additional, noting that she’s “exhausted by that matter and the PTSD of all of it… I simply really feel just like the much less folks find out about that, the higher. Nobody advantages from realizing something.”
Garlin, who performed Beverly’s husband Murray Goldberg, left the present in December 2021 following a human sources investigation stemming from a number of complaints concerning the comic’s on-set habits. In subsequent Season 9 episodes, pre-recorded dialogue and a physique double had been employed for Murray, with Garlin’s face superimposed in post-production. In September’s Season 10 premiere, it was revealed that Murray had handed away, though it was not specified how he had died.
First premiering again in 2013, The Goldbergs will wrap up its run with a collection finale on Wednesday, Might 3. Loosely primarily based on the lifetime of creator Adam F. Goldberg, the collection presently stars McLendon-Covey (as Beverly), Sean Giambrone (as Adam), Troy Gentile (as Barry), Hayley Orrantia (as Erica) and Sam Lerner (as Erica’s husband Geoff).
