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Jesse Tyler Ferguson Felt “Protected” By ‘Modern Family’ Role After He Was “Gay-Bashed”

After the show ended its 11-season run in 2020, Jesse Tyler Ferguson revealed the personal impact of his gay Modern Family character Mitchell.

“It wasn’t anything violent, but it was definitely like, there was negative energy coming at me from a couple that felt uncomfortable around me and my then-boyfriend,” he explained to Nicole Byer on his Dinner’s on Me podcast this week. Ferguson’s Modern Family character Mitchell raised an adopted daughter named Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) with his partner Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) on the series, (Peter ‘Hopper’ Stone/ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection) Ferguson’s character Mitchell raised an adopted daughter named Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) with his partner Cameron ( Eric Stonestreet) on the series, and the pair tied the knot in the Season 5 two-part finale in 2014.

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