‘The Goldbergs’ Star Jeff Garlin Reveals Bipolar Disorder: ‘I’m Doing The Best I Can’

Jeff Garlin has recovered tremendous occurrence arsenic Murray Goldberg, the antheral astatine the caput of the household other Wendy McLendon-Covey’s Beverly successful the fashionable ABC sitcom The Goldbergs. But the immensely recognizable  histrion conscionable revealed that his likable persona onscreen belies a information helium lives with successful existent life. “Bipolar is simply a motherf*****,” helium wrote via Instagram connected September 20. “Sometimes it’s conscionable excessively overmuch to woody with. I’m doing the champion I can. This the archetypal clip that I’ve opened up astir this.” Jeff completed the station with the hashtag “#bipolar.” The Curb Your Enthusiasm histrion posted the sentiment alongside a vintage photograph of a amazed antheral successful suspenders speechmaking an contented of Mad magazine, with Batman and Robin connected the cover. Jeff disabled comments, truthful the connection stood connected its ain — but among his 213K followers, the station had respective thousands likes astatine the clip this was published. 

Jeff Garlin is seen successful a candid moment. (Bauer Griffin LLC / SplashNews.com)

Jeff’s comments were timed to coincide astir precisely with the play 10 premiere of the sitcom connected September 21 — but the actor, who starred successful the bid since its 2013 debut, won’t beryllium connected it. His character was killed off pursuing allegations of “misconduct” connected acceptable that broke backmost successful December, per Deadline. While his caller revelation mightiness supply discourse successful narration to his exit from the show, that doesn’t mean changes to the amusement won’t beryllium cataclysmic.

Jeff Garlin arsenic Murray Goldberg successful a country from the fashionable sitcom. (Everett Collection)

“[Murray] volition person passed, and we are benignant of starting from a spot of aggregate months removed from his death,” showrunner Alex Barnow told Entertainment Weekly successful precocious August. “The household has already grieved, dissimilar Pops [George Segal] and the premiere of play 9 wherever they’re dealing with it benignant of precise freshly. This is going to beryllium a household that has not reconciled the information that their father’s gone but has benignant of moved connected and has dealt with a batch of that. So we’re starting with optimism astir a babe coming and looking guardant to the future. It’s an accidental for this absorbing affectional ground for the mode radical are behaving.”