Jeff Garlin Reveals Bipolar Diagnosis 9 Months After Leaving ‘The Goldbergs’ Amid Allegations of Inappropriate Behavior on Set

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Speaking out. Jeff Garlin got candid about his mental health nine months after he left The Goldbergs amid an on-set investigation into his behavior.The 60-year-old comedian revealed that he is bipolar and is struggling with the disorder, which is characterized by periods of depression and mania, per Mayo Clinic.“Bipolar is a motherf—ker.

Sometimes it’s just too much to deal with,” Garlin shared via Instagram on Tuesday, September 21. “I’m doing the best I can.

This is the first time that I’ve opened up about this. #bipolar.”The actor shared his diagnosis one day before the season 10 premiere of The Goldbergs — where it will be revealed that his character, the Goldberg family patriarch Murray, has died.“[Murray] will have passed, and we are sort of starting from a place of multiple months removed from his death,” co-showrunner Alex Barnow told Entertainment Weekly last month about the fate of Garlin’s character, whom he portrayed for nine seasons prior to his controversial exit.“The family has already grieved. … This is going to be a family that has not reconciled the fact that their father’s gone but has sort of moved on and has dealt with a lot of that,” Barnow added.The decision to kill off Murray comes several months after an HR investigation was conducted in regard to Garlin’s on-set behavior.“It’s always the same thing.

It’s about me and my silliness on set. They don’t think it’s appropriate. I do,” the Curb Your Enthusiasm alum told Vanity Fair in December 2021, claiming that HR had discussed the behavior with him multiple times over three years. “That’s where we’re at.