I've been watching some Silicon Valley again so I looked up some of the actors to see what else they've been in since then. I remember TJ Miller wasn't on the last season or two of the show. For some reason I feel like he got an HBO special or started to feel bigger than the show when he clearly wasn't. Which would totally be an Erlich Bachman thing to do.

So apparently he has other behavior like this.

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Uber assault incident
On December 9, 2016, Miller was arrested and jailed in Los Angeles for allegedly assaulting a driver of the Uber car service company following a debate he had with the driver over Donald Trump, of whom Miller is a critic. He was released on his own recognizance after bail was set at $20,000. Miller reached a settlement with the driver in March 2018.

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Transphobic email allegations
On December 19, 2017, it was reported that Miller had sent a transphobic email to film critic Danielle Solzman. Solzman posted a screenshot of the email months prior on Twitter, with Miller's name removed. She feared that Miller would take harsh legal action against her. Miller, in the email, continuously referred to Solzman by her dead name, and also called her multiple slurs and called her male. It was reported that Miller's tirade was in response to Solzman criticizing the use of the term "Tranny Dumpster Sex" on his website.[50]

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Amtrak bomb threat incident
Miller was arrested on the night of April 9, 2018, at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York on federal charges related to a fake bomb threat made while aboard an Amtrak train. According to a Department of Justice press release, he placed an emergency call on March 18, 2018, and reported that a female passenger had "a bomb in her bag" while traveling on Amtrak Train 2256 from Washington, D.C., toward Penn Station in New York City. After authorities evacuated passengers and searched Amtrak Train 2256, it turned out that Miller was actually on Amtrak Train 2258, which was also evacuated of passengers and searched.[51] No evidence of any explosive device or materials was detected after officials stopped and inspected both trains. According to witnesses interviewed by Amtrak investigators, he appeared to be heavily intoxicated and involved, "in hostile exchanges with a woman who was sitting in a different row from him in the first-class car", and that he had been removed from the train prior to his intended stop due to his intoxication.

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Work misconduct accusations
On July 18, 2018, actress Alice Wetterlund, who played a recurring character on Silicon Valley, a show in which Miller starred, took to Twitter to accuse Miller of inappropriate, unprofessional behavior on set, writing, "I hope to not ruin it for you, but TJ Miller was a bully and petulant brat."[60] In response to her post, HBO, the network that produces the series, released a statement declaring that, "While this is the first time we have heard Alice Wetterlund comment on her experiences on 'Silicon Valley', we are disappointed to learn of her concerns. HBO and the producers have always taken very seriously our responsibility to create a welcoming and congenial environment for everyone who works on the show."[60]

I just feel like reading each of these incidences I can imagine Erlich Bachman doing the exact same thing. Maybe that's why he nailed that character. He was just playing himself