Are mitchell and cameron gay in real life

Jessica is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly, where she covers TV, movies, and pop culture. She lives in California with her dog. Jesse Tyler Ferguson is looking back at the gay representation on his hit sitcom Modern Family. On the inaugural episode of his Dinner's on Me podcast, Ferguson reunited with costar Julie Bowenwho portrayed his onscreen sister, and reflected on the relationship between his character, Mitch, and Cam, played by Eric Stonestreet.

Though Ferguson is gay, Stonestreet is not — and when asked by Bowen if he believed Stonestreet would be cast as a gay character in the current landscape, Ferguson said, "I think if you ask Eric, he would say no. In fact, I know he would say no because we've had this conversation. I don't think anyone could imagine Mitch and Cam without him as Cam.

The actor praised his former costar for delivering "a really hilarious, nuanced performance. Whether or not all that nuance made it to the final edit is another thing. Ferguson also shared that Stonestreet made it a point to check in with him about portraying a gay man, which he had to tell his TV husband to stop doing.

Ferguson and Stonestreet played the married couple throughout all 11 seasons of the Emmy-winning ABC sitcom, which aired between and Stonestreet reflected on portraying Cam on a radio show back insharing that viewers have mostly reached out in gratitude. That's all we want to do, is make people laugh, and if that opens people's hearts and minds with the idea that people are people no matter their race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, then we're successful in another area.

That's a positive. Listen to Ferguson's inaugural Dinner's on Me episode with Bowen above. New episodes drop every Tuesday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast outlets. Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.

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