Jeff Garlin Was Allegedly 'Harassing, Disparaging or Physically Problematic' on 'The Goldbergs'

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Jeff Garlin had a very abrupt 2021 exit from The Goldbergs. The 61-year-old comedian and actor was investigated by HR multiple times for unprofessional behavior and subsequently exited The Goldbergs.

A new book Burn It Down details some of the inappropriate behavior he displayed on set. “It was a big boys club of men who were probably always kind of the dorks in high school that got picked on, then all of a sudden, they had this power,” a source said. Keep reading to find out more…Jeff used “power and status to intimidate and demean everyone on this crew,” according to another insider.

His behavior was, “harassing, disparaging or physically problematic.” While on the set of Curb Your Enthusiasm, another source said Jeff used “demeaning, graphic, sexual language.” Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood is written by veteran reporter and Vanity Fair contributing editor Maureen Ryan.

The book “blows the lid on patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and the labor and activist revolutions that recent scandals have ignited,” and was released today (June 6). Wendi McLendon-Covey who played family matriarch Beverly Goldberg on The Goldbergs, recently spoke out and said Jeff‘s exit from the show was long overdue.