Deadline, although it's been picked up by other outlets: https://deadline.com/2021/12/jeff-garlin-exit-the-goldbergs-hr-investigations-season-9-1234892030/
The story goes that he'd make some off-color jokes on set and that got some people upset enough to go to HR. He addresses this in his Netflix special, "Our Man in Chicago" (I'm cribbing from a Decider article): Case in point. Garlin almost got fired from The Goldberg last season due to his crude on-set humor between takes. He weirdly sets up this story (18 minutes into the hour) with a joke that minimizes and reinforces the difficulties for women in show business. Here’s how Garlin tells it: “A lot of days on The Goldbergs, I sit in a Barcalounger in tighty whities for the whole day, and I think to myself, ‘Who did I blow to get this job?'” He laughs maniacally. “It’s true! I can’t believe it. Then I’ll go, ‘Can someone get me an iced tea?'” *When Garlin gets out of that Barcalounger, he says he always says the same dumb joke: “‘Ah, my vagina. Ah, achy vagina. Ah, my vagina’s killing me.’ This particular day, I don’t know who it was, but one of the crew members was offended. And they contacted Sony HR. *And I get called in, and they go, ‘Look, you can’t do this,’ and I go, ‘Oh yes, I can.’ They go, ‘You might get fired.’ I go, ‘I’d love to be fired and have it hit the papers. Cover of TMZ: ‘Jeff Garlin Fired Because His Vagina Hurts.'” He continues: “Hold on. I gave empathy to the HR department. I go, ‘Look, I get it. If I was working at an insurance company, and there’s a bunch of desks, and every time I stood up I went, ‘Ah, my vagina!’ That’s wildly inappropriate. But I’m on a comedy. I’m a comedian. Let’s get over. I don’t have a vagina. I think everyone knows that.” To put a cap on his story, Garlin adds that women should co-opt his joke as an excuse to get out of stuff because no man would ever dare question them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/53fd1053-b759-4250-96bd-1324a6f21bdcn%40googlegroups.com.
