Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet, renowned for his role as Cameron Tucker in the series, revealed that one of his co-stars from the show inspired him to find love. Stonestreet married pediatric nurse Lindsay Schweitzer in an intimate ceremony in 2025. But the inspiration came from witnessing another couple.
Eric Stonestreet explains how Ty Burrell inspired his search for love
During his latest appearance on co-star and on-screen husband Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Dinner’s On Me podcast, Eric Stonestreet detailed how he was inspired to find love by fellow co-star Ty Burrell.
Ty Burrell played Phil Dunphy on Modern Family, and remains one of the most beloved sitcom characters of all time. But it was one moment outside the show that opened Stonestreet to more possibilities in life.
“I had this really vivid moment at a CAA Emmy party,” Stonestreet said, “Ty Burrell and [his wife Holly Burrell], Rich Sommer and his wife were over there sitting down. I’m bebopping around the room, talking to people and meeting people and doing what you do. And I have this very distinct memory of looking over and being like, ‘I want to be those people.’”
Stonestreet added, “I know you relate to this, which is I just didn’t want somebody that wanted to be at the party more than me.” Ferguson said he understood the sentiment.
Stonestreet continued, “That’s what I want to do,…I’ve told Ty, I told him that when I called to tell him that we’re getting married. I said, you don’t know it, but you and Holly… are very prominent in me getting on the direction of what I wanted to do.”
Stonestreet ultimately met Lindsay Schweitzer at a charity event in their hometown of Kansas City. The couple were engaged in 2020 and tied the knot in 2025.
Modern Family remains one of the most acclaimed sitcoms of all time.