He grew up in a highly religious and secluded environment in terms of having to deal with traditional judgment. His wife in real life divorced him because she did not want to be his surrogate mom. He had serious mom issues that exist until right now which is an age older than he is on the show.

This definitely is rooted in how he has described his real relationship with his mom. So much so the thought of his real mom seeing that episode is more cringing than the character mom watching davidov and Pete do stand up

This feels like saying Friends should have been about two cousins, a dog and a motorcycle.