‘Goldbergs’ Star Wendi McLendon-Covey Says Jeff Garlin Exit Was a ‘Long Time Coming’ (Video)
thewrap.comformer costar Jeff Garlin was “a long time coming.”When Cohen asked her how she felt about Garlin leaving after several complaints had been made about his on-set behavior, she said, “That was a long time coming.
And that it finally happened it was like, ‘OK, OK. Finally, someone is listening to us.'”When the show returned for its 10th and final season in September, Garlin’s character Murray was revealed to have died after the events of Season 9.
She admitted that losing another core cast member was “hard” following the death of George Segal, who played her character’s father. “To have go to through another loss on a sitcom, you can’t keep asking your audience to mourn people.
That’s not why they tune in.”McLendon-Covey said she didn’t want to go into more details. “I’m exhausted by that topic and the PTSD of it all,” she laughed.
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