Jeff Garlin's New Netflix Special Will Take Us Through His Love Life
By Pippa RagaNov. 15 2019, Updated 2:26 p.m. ET
Comedian Jeff Garlin is celebrating 37 years within the business with his first-ever Netflix stand-up special, Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago. 57-year-old Jeff has been part of the comedy world since 1984 and got his get started with The Second City, the illustrious improvisational comedy troupe.
But now that his comedy special promises to take on subjects like love and loss, many are wondering who Jeff Garlin is married to. Keep reading for the entirety we all know.
Who is Jeff Garlin married to? Does he have kids?
Since his time on Second City, Jeff has appeared as a stand-up comedian on more than one stages across the nation. He's labored with famous comedians like Conan O'Brien and Jon Stewart, and has had parts on television displays like Arrested Development, The Goldbergs and perhaps most hilariously (to this creator, at least), Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Jeff now returns to his native land of Chicago to talk concerning the classes he's realized in lifestyles about "love, loss, success, and food addiction." Filmed at the actual date of his thirty seventh anniversary of running in comedy, Jeff's special takes a walk down memory lane, and within the procedure, offers us an perception into his decades-long profession as a comic, as well as his existence as a husband and father.
The announcement for Jeff's special came on the heels of the scoop that he and his longtime spouse have been splitting up, so we're guessing the special will likely be sure to touch on their relationship and the next loss he is endured following their breakup.
Jeff and Marla Garlin (née Cahan) married in 1994, a few months after Jeff proposed at a Neil Diamond live performance, whilst Neil crooned to "Hava Nagila." The couple had two sons: James and Duke.
But Jeff and Marla's tale dates lengthy prior to that.
The two firstly met in a professional capacity, when Jeff used to be a stand-up comic and Marla was his agent! She joked in a 2007 interview with The New York Times that she "got a lot more than 10 percent" of Jeff's profits as his agent.
Marla later went on to paintings as a casting director and has been very a success in her box. She served as the casting director on the hit comedy The 40-Year Old Virgin, as well as on Steve Carell's a hit sitcom, The Office. Marla also gained a 2003 Emmy for her casting paintings on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Jeff Garlin's weight loss had so much to do with his stroke at 37.
Early of their marriage, proper before Jeff started filming Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2000, the comedian suffered a stroke on the younger age of 37.
The stroke, at the side of the truth that he was residing with Type 2 diabetes used to be a wake-up-call for Jeff. Marla was once pregnant with their 2d son, and Jeff knew he had to get his weight beneath keep an eye on and face his meals dependancy head-first. "The enjoyment of food is minimal," he informed ABC, "but you're doing it to push down feelings. That's really the reason why, so you can never have enough, it's just never enough."
After over 20 years together as a couple, Jeff and Marla referred to as it quits in 2018. While the official divorce papers were filed that 12 months, court paperwork state that the two have been separated since 2017. Luckily, their youngsters James and Duke are full-grown adults, so there won't be any messy Garlin custody battles.
Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago premieres Tuesday, Nov. eleven on Netflix.
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