Jesse Tyler Ferguson officiated Sarah Hyland’s wedding — but he’s just revealed that he was actually not the original choice for it!
At the premiere of Netflix’s Ivy and Bean on Monday (August 29), the 46-year-old actor opened up about his longtime friend and Modern Family co-star’s nuptials. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, he said that it was another Modern Family co-star who was supposed to officiate: Ty Burrell, who was Sarah’s TV dad on the show! Jesse shared:
“I don’t know if people know this, but Ty Burrell was meant to do it, and there was a family emergency. So, I got a phone call 12 days before the wedding, and that’s why Ty wasn’t there, he had stuff going on.”
Jesse went on to say about the wedding and his gig as officiant:
“Everyone was invited and not everyone could make it, but I had 12 days, and I was like, ‘Well, no pressure this is my first time, and then it’s going to be a wedding, and it’s going to be in Vogue magazine, and there’s also going to be paparazzi shots of me from a helicopter, officiating, no pressure.’”
And he sweetly stated that he was honored to be the stand-in for Ty:
“But I did call Ty, ‘Like what are some of your bullet points that you were going to talk about, because I need to fast track this.’ He hadn’t written anything up, but he had some ideas, and I was like, ‘Oh, this is all really good. This is a jumping-off place.’
I was honored to do it. Very happy to understudy Ty Burrell.”
