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'Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet & Jesse Tyler Ferguson Share Pics Of Sweet Reunion

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By Favour Adegoke on March 9, 2022 at 8:00 PM EST

"Modern Family" is one of the most popular ABC dramas with millions in viewership after having aired for 11 seasons. The season finale was released in 2020 and had over 7 million viewers. The show earned several awards and nominations for Primetime Emmys and Screen Actors Guilds.

One of the most loved couples on the show is Mitchell Pritchett, played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Cameron Tucker, played by Eric Stonestreet. The duo played a gay couple with two children in the comedy series.

After two years since the last show, the on-screen couple reunited and posted pictures of their meeting online. There were videos of the duo hugging and one particularly affectionate one where Ferguson gave Stonestreet a peck on the cheek.

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Eric Stonestreet And Jesse Tyler Ferguson Met In New York

"Modern Family" former co-stars Stonestreet and Ferguson recently reunited in New York City. They posted pictures and videos of the reunion on their different Instagram accounts. Stonestreet captioned his post, "A meet cute two years in the making. Missed this guy a lot. Love you @tyler."

The first video showed Stonestreet walking up to his former co-actor and embracing him. Ferguson said, "Oh My God, Hi!" and hugged the 50-year-old back then; Stonestreet wailed, "It's been two years." There were also several other pictures where the actors struck a pose on a New York City street.

In one picture, Ferguson leaned in to give his previous on-screen husband, Stonestreet, a peck on the cheek. The last video showed the actors displaying their popular on-screen hilarity. In the clip,

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Stonestreet was in his car, and while he drove away from Ferguson, he yelled through the car window, saying, "Hey! That's the red-headed guy from 'Modern Family.'" The 46-year-old who was going down the sidewalk turned and laughed. The joke dates back to 2013 when Stonestreet yelled something similar to Ferguson in a car.

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Fans' Reactions To The 'Modern Family' Stars Posts

Ferguson's Instagram post of the pair was a picture where he pecked his former co-star while they stood side by side on the street. The post was sweetly captioned "Huzzzbin." Fans of the comedy series wasted no time in trooping into the comment section and gushing over the photos. He also shared the video of them hugging on his Instagram story.

One wrote, "This is so sweet!!!! I'm glad you're friends in real life." Another wrote, "All time favorite screen couple." A follower commented, "Cam and Mitchy-Pritchy. Somethings take up so much room in our hearts."

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Another follower commented, "You are hilarious and I love you both with the intensity of a thousand suns." One wrote, "That literally gave me tears, you guys are awesome." Several other comments described the actors as their "favorite tv couple."

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'Modern Family' Ended In 2020

The famous ABC drama premiered in September 2009 and ran for eleven seasons till April 2020. Besides Stonestreet and Ferguson, the series had actors like Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Ty Burrell, Sarah Hyland, Julie Bowen, Ariel Winter, Nolan's Gould, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Rico Rodriguez.

Ferguson acted as Mitchell Pritchett in the show. He was the husband of Stonestreet's character, Cameron Tucker. The couple had a daughter named Lily, played by Anderson-Emmons, and later had a baby named Redford.

The on-screen couple still have fun with each other even after the show came to a close. Ferguson posted an old picture of himself in the early 2000s in January. Stonestreet responded by posting an edited version of the picture where the 46-year-old looked much older with aged skin, a grey beard, and grey hair.

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Stonestreet And Ferguson's Real-Life Relationships

While the actors played a gay couple in the popular ABC drama, they had slightly different romantic relationships in real life. Stonestreet is currently engaged to his long-term girlfriend, Lindsay Schweitzer. The two met in 2016 and got engaged a year later.

Ferguson, on the other hand, is married to Justin Mikita. The two met in a locker room when Mikita stopped the actor to talk about the released pilot episode of "Modern Family." Mikita was a law student at that time.

The two started dating in 2010 and launched a nonprofit called Tie The Knot to lobby for gay marriage in 2012. They eventually got married in a New York wedding officiated by Tony Kushner in 2013.

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