Jeff Garlin Gets Emotional Speaking About FilmingCurb Your Enthusiasm's Final Scene: 'I Began Bawling'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jeff Garlindoesn’t want to be emotional about the end ofCurb Your Enthusiasm, but the actor can’t seem to help himself.

In a recent appearance on The Roku Channel’sThe Rich Eisen Show, Garlin, 61, teased the hit HBO series' upcoming series finale and paid tribute to his costarRichard Lewis who diedlast month. He also fought back tears as he discussed filming the show’s final scene.

However, as Garlin continued to discuss the filming of the final season alongside his longtime friend and scene partnerLarry David, his resolve about his lack of sentimentality weakened.

Jeff Garlin is pictured arriving at the Los Angeles Premiere Of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Season 12 at Directors Guild Of America on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

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As he continued to reflect on the moment, Garlin became visibly emotional all over again. “We’re doing the scene, I’m inconsolable … everybody comes up and puts their hands on my shoulder, Richard [Lewis], and Larry didn’t know about it,” he said.

Garlin added, “I’m all a mess and I’m walking back to my trailer and I see [Larry] coming back to just pat me on the back, saying, you know, ‘I know, pal’ … now I’m getting sentimental on here!”

(L-R) Larry David and Jeff Garlin on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’.John P. Johnson/HBO

John P. Johnson/HBO

“It’s a bunch of crap,” a teary-eyed Garlin joked. “Point being, as I told you, from the very first second I’m there with him till now. It’s f—ed up!”

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Season 12 ofCurb Your Enthusiasmis made all the more emotional due to thedeath of Lewis from a heart attack. The late actor had Parkinson’s disease, which Garlin noted the comedian had a sense of humor about.

“By the way, losing Richard… you know, it wasn’t a surprise because he was very ill,” Garlin also shared on the podcast, recalling how the actor appeared to be slowing down on set. “It wasn’t surprise, but it tore the crap out of me.”

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He went to tell Eisen “something funny” that his costar did whenever someone would come up and tell him he “looked good.”

“He would do this,” Eisen said as he jokingly coughed into his hand and said, “Parkinson’s. Any compliment he would get, he would cough ‘Parkinson’s.'”

Curb Your Enthusiasm’s series finale will air on April 7 on HBO and Max.The Rich Eisen Showcan be streamed on the Roku Channel or Sirius XM Radio.

source: people.com