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‘The Goldbergs’ Star Wendi McLendon-Covey Responds to Backlash Over Bizarre Jeff Garlin Footage

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Zack Sharf ‘”The Goldbergs” series regular Wendi McLendon-Covey said on social media that the long-running ABC comedy series is simply trying its best to work around Jeff Garlin’s departure.

The show has been heavily criticized for using previously shot footage of Garlin and CGI to insert the actor’s character into episodes, and the results have been bizarre for viewers.

One takedown of the show posted by film critic Noel Murray drew a response from McLendon-Covey.“They should either cancel ‘The Goldbergs’ or kill off Jeff Garlin’s character because the workarounds they’ve been using this season ain’t working,” Murray wrote on Twitter.

The critic’s post included video from a recent episode in which Garlin’s character is awkwardly edited into a wedding episode. “Thanks for the great suggestion Noel!” McLendon-Covey replied. “This season threw us for a loop because it’s hard to incorporate someone who doesn’t want to be there and wants to leave mid-scene, and we weren’t about to rewrite the second half of the season.

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