Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson says the show protected him from homophobia

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Image: ABC/Disney)

Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson has shared how he feels being in the show protected him from homophobia.

The actor, 48, who is gay starred as Mitchell Pritchett in the long-running sitcom. His on-screen partner, Cameron Tucker, was played by Eric Stonestreet.

Joined on a recent episode of his Dinner’s On Me podcast by comedian Nicole Byer Ferguson the pair discussed working in different parts of the US where audiences have different views.

The actor opened up about an experience he had in Las Vegas pre-Modern Family. “I sort of got gay bashed a little bit,” he said. “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

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