In Jeff Garlin's case, he upset many more of his co-workers on the set of the ABC sitcom 'The Goldbergs,' on which he played the patriarch, Murray. Garlin had allegedly engaged in a pattern of verbal and physical conduct that included behaving in a demeaning and unprofessional manner, touching or hugging people without their consent, and using language that was degrading to women, Vanity Fair reported in December 2021. All of this led to an HR investigation, which Garlin chalked up to a "difference of opinion" between him and Sony Pictures Television, but soon after it was announced that he would be exiting the show.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunners Chris Bishop and Alex Barnow explained that for the 10th season of the sitcom, Murray will be dead. "[Murray] will have passed, and we are sort of starting from a place of multiple months removed from his death. The family has already grieved," they said. "It’s an opportunity for this interesting emotional basis for the way people are behaving. But Jeff won’t be in the series this year, and so far the stories have been largely about looking forward rather than looking back.”

Reasons for character exits in tv shows: impact of actor behavior

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