A cream puff was involved.
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Jesse Tyler Fergusondid a lot of promotion as aModern Familyin 11 seasons as a cast member.
“I actually got my picture changed,” Ferguson said before describing the photo.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson on ‘Modern Family’ in 2019.Credit:Gilles Mingasson/ABC
Haley had her cell phone that she was busy on.Sarah [Hyland] was putting on lipstick.
And me andEric [Stonestreet], because we had a line about cream puffs in the pilot.
So it was us holding a cream puff."
Ty Burrell and Jesse Tyler Ferguson on ‘Modern Family’.Tony Rivetti via Getty
Burrell deadpanned, “Well, they’re gay.”
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“They’re gay,” Ferguson said.
“And we had a line about cream puffs in the pilot.”
“Oh, god,” Burrell replied.
I’m a wacky gay man.'
Ferguson disliked the choice.
“But then I actually was successful in getting them to change it,” he explained.
“I said, ‘Can we findanyphoto anywhere?
It could be of me in seventh grade … where my face is just calm.
Just a nice, like, loose smile.”
The reason was about much more than vanity.
“What I leaned into, I was like, ‘Listen.
I’m playing a gay character on data pipe television.
I’m really proud of this relationship that they have.
It’s a committed couple.
It was also recognized twice as Outstanding Comedy Series by GLAAD.
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