The Goldbergs Killed Off Jeff Garlin's Character Between Seasons Amid Misconduct Scandal!
perezhilton.comWell, The Goldbergs is giving fans what they want! Or, well, at least it’s giving them the lesser of two evils? The long-running semi-autobiographical sitcom is coming up on its 10th season, and it marks a HUGE sea change in the family.
As fans are all too aware, star Jeff Garlin faced some apparently serious complaints about his on-set behavior.
Whatever these alleged transgressions were, the TV dad didn’t wait around for Sony Pictures Television‘s internal investigation to conclude — he quit the show midway through the season, apparently mid-scene! Related: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Was Only Sarah Hyland’s Officiant Because THIS Modern Family Star Was Busy! After their patriarch walked, the show’s creators had to get even more creative, using body doubles and facial replacement to finish the episode he was already filming and moments he absolutely had to be in.
Fans complained, including one who flat-out wrote: Garlin’s TV wife Wendi McLendon-Covey later gave some insight into just how difficult the actor had left things for them, replying: But with the benefit of a hiatus, the showrunners have indeed decided to employ the time-honored TV trope of throwing that man under a bus.
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