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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Hannah Verdier

‘We’re hunky in our own way’: Modern Family’s Mitch and Cam on their hilarious and groundbreaking love

Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell and Eric Stonestreet as Cameron in Modern Family
‘They’re two imperfect people who’ve found the perfectness in each other’ … Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell (left) and Eric Stonestreet as Cameron. Photograph: FoxFast/Sky TV

Opposites attract. And spend most of their time arguing. But the love between Cameron and Mitchell Tucker-Pritchett remained strong throughout the 11 years of Modern Family.

The two met at a games night when Mitch rolled his eyes every time Cam “got a little boisterous”. They married in two of the most romantic and near-disastrous TV episodes in living memory and raised two adopted children, Lily and Rexford. Being a groundbreaking gay TV couple came at a price: critics wanted more PDAs and less fighting, but Cam and Mitch’s love shone bright.

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