An actress on this very popular sitcom went from series regular to recurring for multiple seasons, just so she wouldn’t have to be in the same room with this recently fired actor.

He always wanted to touch her.

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Jeff Garlin

Jeff Garlin leaving ‘The Goldbergs’ after investigation into ‘abusive’ misconduct

Jeff Garlin is abruptly departing hit sitcom “The Goldbergs” following a series of misconduct allegations and a network investigation into the actor’s allegedly “abusive” behavior on set.

The bombshell exit comes several weeks after the comedian, 59, publicly revealed that he had not been fired from the long-running ABC sitcom.

According to sources close to the show, it was a mutual decision for Garlin not to return to the series, Deadline reported. Meanwhile, the comedian’s termination is effective immediately — and he will not complete his work on the remainder of the ninth season of “The Goldbergs.”

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Garlin, who played curmudgeonly patriarch Murray Christian Goldberg, admitted to Vanity Fair that he had been the subject of a human resources department probe over the last three years due to his on-set conduct.

“He is extremely verbally and emotionally abusive,” an anonymous “Goldbergs” employee told Deadline. – Source

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