The popular unscripted reality series Impractical Jokers lost one of its biggest names earlier this month with the departure of cast member Joseph "Joe" Gatt. And now several episodes of the show have disappeared from TruTV.

The series follows the Tenderloins comedy troupe (Gatto, James "Ma" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn, and Sal Vulcano) as they conduct a series of hidden camera experiments in which one member is on site and the rest talk to him through earphones . And those who fail to complete the task as well as the other members are forced to face humiliating punishment.

Gatto posted a farewell letter to the Tenderloins Comedy Troupe on his Instagram page. The post (embedded below) offers little explanation for the reason for his demotion, attributing it to "some issues in my personal life."

The post stated that Gallo "wants to focus on being the best father and co-parent of our two wonderful children," and anyone who read this as Gallo getting a divorce had their suspicions confirmed by an Instagram post from his wife, Bessie Gatt.

As CinemaBlend reported, the "Impractical Jokers" network TruTV subsequently removed references to Gatto on many of its web pages. However, Gatto's departure has apparently poked a hole not only on the set, but also in the series. Fans have also raised questions.

Our own rechecking on HBO Max has confirmed that the missing Impractical Jokers episodes are:

and r/ImpracticalJokers sub Reddit poster SamuelGold As 502 discovered, these episodes have one thing in common: Gatto was placed in a sexually inappropriate situation:

And Reddit contributor sonofodin25, in a post titled "Is Joe about to be terminated?", tied up all the loose threads I tried to tie them together. I won't go into that user's thoughts here, but he stated, "Whatever this is, it's more than a divorce."

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