Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jeff Garlin still aren't cool over his Goldbergs exit

Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jeff Garlin remain unsatisfied with the way Jeff Garlin left his role on ABC's The Goldbergs back in 2021. The actor's exit was initially presented as a mutual decision, but his return to the series' ninth season was complicated by multiple HR investigations into his behavior, which some co-workers found uncomfortable.

Garlin's character, Allan Schwartz, was killed off at the beginning of the tenth and final season in 2022. Recently, Garlin gave an interview that reignited the debate between him and McLendon-Covey, a fellow co-star and vocal critic. During the interview, Garlin expressed empathy for McLendon-Covey, who had claimed on her own podcast in 2023 that his departure had been "a long time coming."

Garlin said he was dealing with undiagnosed bipolar disorder and was unhappy with his performance on the show when he made the decision to leave. McLendon-Covey, however, seemed unimpressed with Garlin's response, commenting on Instagram that she remembers things differently. She added that the other actors, writers, and executives also have differing perspectives on the situation.

For Goldbergs fans hoping for a reconciliation between the two stars in the future, the possibility seems unlikely as they both appear still bitter over the circumstances of Garlin's exit from the series.