Jesse Tyler Ferguson recalls “Modern Family” costar Eric Stonestreet eating blocks of Parisian butter thinking it was cheese
"He ate like four blocks of it before he realized."
Mon Dieu!
Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson is looking back on the time one of his castmates scarfed down several hunks of fine French butter under the assumption that it was some delicious fromage.
On the latest episode of his Dinner's on Me podcast with guest and Emily in Paris star Ashley Park, Ferguson recounted the culinary mixup that occurred when he, Eric Stonestreet, and their Modern Family costars were filming a season 11 episode in Paris.
"Eric had ordered a lunch in Paris with me, and there was this cheese that he loved so much," Ferguson said. "And he's like, 'Oh my God, this cheese is so great.' He was just eating blocks of it. He's like, 'Can I have some more of this?' He was chowing down on this cheese, and he's like, 'I gotta find the name of this. Can you bring me one that's still in the package?' Like, 'I'm gonna get this in the States.' It was butter.”
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet on 'Modern Family'"Stop!" Park protested.
"It was butter," Ferguson reiterated. "The butter was so good there, he thought it was cheese. And he ate like four blocks of it before he realized."
"They do have good butter there," Park acknowledged.
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In the Paris-set episode of Modern Family, the Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan travels to the picturesque City of Light so patriarch Jay (Ed O'Neill) can accept an award. There, Stonestreet's Cam also gets the chance to fulfill his dream of performing as Fizbo on the streets of Paris.
Also starring Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Sofia Vergara, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Rico Rodriguez, and Nolan Gould, the Emmy-winning sitcom ran for 11 seasons between 2009 and 2020 on ABC. Nickelodeon announced Tuesday that the show will be added to Nick at Nite's comedy lineup on Sept. 9, joining a roster of comedy favorites including Friends, Young Sheldon, and The Neighborhood.
Related: Jesse Tyler Ferguson says Modern Family role 'protected' him from homophobes once he was recognized
Ferguson's anecdote came after Park shared her own faux pas involving oysters while working in the French capital. Once at a posh restaurant with some "really fancy people," Park recalled, "They brought out this whole thing of oysters, and sometimes they have lemon water that you can dip your hands in. I thought it was lemon to pour over all the oysters. So I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm going to be such a G,' and I took the lemon and I poured it all over the oysters."
The move elicited horrified gasps from the table, Park said. "Isn't that awful?"
Listen to Ferguson and Park on Dinner's on Me above.
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