Jeff Garlin Reacts to Co-Star’s ‘PTSD’ From Working With Him

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters Jeff Garlin, 64, is speaking out about his controversial exit from his sitcom The Goldbergs .

Garlin left the long-running ABC series in 2021 following a series of human resources investigations into his behavior on set.

After he departed the show, his co-star Wendi McLendon-Covey, 56, told Bravo’s Andy Cohen the departure was “a long time coming” and that she was “exhausted” from the “PTSD of it all.” “I actually empathize with her because, at the time, I was undiagnosed bipolar,” the Curb Your Enthusiasm star told Obsessed: The Podcast .

“I was miserable on the show, and I was miserable with my performance.

And she was always trying to tell me, ‘Hey, you’re really great on the show.’ I didn’t believe her.

I just got to the point where I had to quit, and she was very resentful.” Bridesmaids star McLendon-Covey played Beverly Goldberg, wife of Garlin’s Murray Goldberg, on The Goldbergs , which ran for 10 seasons, from 2013 to 2023.

Garlin left in 2021 after reaching a mutual agreement with Sony Pictures Television to exit.

Garlin was accused of sending an inappropriate text to a colleague suggesting they attend a table read in scant clothing, hugging and touching people on set in ways that made them uncomfortable, and repeatedly making jokes about female body parts.

The actor defended himself against these complaints and denied sending the offending text message.

He also said he knows he could “be a lot,” especially with his untreated bipolar disorder, which was not diagnosed until he was 59.

“When I left, she was very resentful and angry at me,” Garlin added of McLendon-Covey.

“And if she wanted to continue the resentment, that’s her.

I don’t have resentment towards her, even saying things about me.

I actually love her.