Wendi McLendon-Covey Reacts to Jeff Garlin’s The Goldbergs Exit

The past keeps getting clearer every day.

That’s because Wendi McLendon-Covey is once again getting candid about her reaction to Jeff Garlin‘s departure from The Goldbergs ahead of the series finale.

More than a year after the actor exited the ABC sitcom following an HR investigation stemming from multiple complaints about his behavior, his onscreen wife shared her thoughts regarding the on-set turmoil.

“That was a long time coming,” Wendi admitted to Andy Cohen on Radio Andy March 21. “That it finally happened, it was like, ‘Okay, finally, someone is listening to us.'”

However, the Bridesmaids actress also acknowledged that the timing of his departure was a little difficult to work into the show. At the time, the sitcom was already mourning the loss of the character Pops.

“That was kind of hard, though, because we had lost George Segal in real life,” Wendi explained. “So, to go through another loss on a sitcom, you can’t keep asking your audience to mourn people. That’s not why they tune in.”