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Comedian T.J. Miller disses Harvard: ‘That Crimson trash’

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If you were thinking T.J. Miller’s departure from the HBO comedy “Silicon Valley” might be temporary, think again.

Even if Miller wanted to come back to the show — and he clearly doesn’t — he’s unlikely to be asked back after giving an interview to The Hollywood Reporter in which he dissed castmate Thomas Middleditch, executive producer Alec Berg, and all the writers in Hollywood who graduated from Harvard.

“I don’t know how smart [Berg] is. He went to Harvard, and we all know those kids are [expletive] idiots,” Miller said. “That Crimson trash. Those comedy writers in Hollywood are [expletive] Harvard graduates and that’s why they’re smug as a bug.”

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HBO had confirmed in May that Miller wouldn’t be back for the upcoming fifth season of the show. But it wasn’t clear why. Talking to THR, Miller, who plays Erlich Bachman on “Silicon Valley,” made it sound like the break-up was inevitable. He’s no fan of Berg — “I didn’t talk to Alec because I don’t like Alec” — and Miller takes a gratuitous shot at Middleditch.

“I’m not an actor; I’m a comedian. And I don’t know how the [expletive] I hoodwinked Hollywood into giving me a career in this,” he said. “But I’m not sitting here saying, ‘I need more lines. I’m not funny enough.’ I’m not Thomas Middleditch.”

Ouch.