Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons.Photo:Jesse Tyler Ferguson/instagram
Jesse Tyler Ferguson/instagram
Jesse Tyler Fergusonwill always cheer for hisModern Familycastmates.
The actor, 48, recently attendedAubrey Anderson-Emmons’s school production ofThe Burnand shared photos of the sweet reunion onInstagram.
“It’s crazy to think Aubrey was just a few months older than Beckett when I met her! Look at her now!!! Congrats, Aubrey! You were SO great! Love you! You make a pretend papa proud ❤️,” Ferguson wrote in the caption.
Ferguson’s post also included a snap of Anderson-Emmons, 16, on stage, the show’s playbill and a heartwarming photo of the two posing for the camera.
Apart from thanking Ferguson for coming to her play in the comment section, Anderson-Emmons shared the photo on her ownInstagram account. “Guess who came to the school play👀,” she wrote.
Ferguson starred in the ABC sitcom when it debuted in 2009, while Anderson-Emmons joined the series during its third season. She was four years old at the time and played Mitchell Pritchett (Ferguson) and Cameron Tucker’s (Eric Stonestreet) adopted daughter Lily Tucker-Pritchett untilits 11th and final seasonin 2020.
Walt Disney Television via Getty Images’s “Modern Family” stars Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily Tucker-Pritchett, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett, and Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker.Robert Ashcroft/getty
Robert Ashcroft/getty
Since the show’s end, Ferguson and Anderson-Emmons have maintained a close relationship. Back in January 2022, the pair took in a performance ofEverybody’s Talking About Jamieat the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
The ‘Modern Family’ cast during part one of the series finale.Eric McCandless via Getty
Eric McCandless via Getty
In 2015, Ferguson told PEOPLE that working with Anderson-Emmons and his youngerco-starsmade himwant to have childrenwith his husbandJustin Mikita.
“Working with kids on set and having been with them now for six years and watching them go through their formative years has been really eye-opening. It’s great. It definitely has fed my desire to be a dad," he said at the time.
The couple then welcomed their first child,Beckett Mercer, in 2020 and their second son,Sullivan Louis, in 2022.
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In honor oftheir 10-year anniversary in July, Ferguson dedicated anInstagram postto Mikita, 38, that read, “Happy 10th Anniversary @justinmikita. I love you so very very much & am so happy I get to call you my huzzzzzzbin.”
source: people.com
