Participants of the ABC sitcom Goldberg It addressed the fate of Jeff Garlin’s character next season, following allegations of misconduct on the set of the actor.
Garlin, who played the family’s patriarch, Murray Goldberg, He left the show in 2021 Following an internal investigation into allegations of the 60-year-old actor’s physical and verbal behavior that were said to have made his co-workers uncomfortable.
Talking to Entertainment Weekly In a new interview, Alex Barno has clarified that Garlin’s character will indeed meet his death when the show returns for its tenth season.
“This is going to be a family that hasn’t reconciled the fact of her father’s death but has moved on at some point and has dealt with a lot of that,” he said.
“So we start to be optimistic about the coming of a child and look to the future. It is an opportunity for this interesting emotional foundation for the way people behave.”
Show co-host Chris Bishop added: “It honestly feels like a huge reboot for us. So we have a lot of momentum in this new season.”
Shortly after the 2021 news, Garlin denied allegations that he had been fired, admitting that he had faced annual investigations by Human Resources for the last three years on the show, which he attributed to “missed” jokes.
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“I’ve had a conversation with Jeff and he knows he’s not going to be replaced,” Barno said. “The truth is, I don’t know if he knows what his fate is, but I suppose he does.”
Meanwhile, Garlin is set to continue his role in the upcoming twelfth season of HBO’s Larry David led by Larry David. Curb your enthusiasm.
Season 10 of Goldberg It premieres on ABC on September 21 in the United States.