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Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet recently spoke in an extensive interview about the hurt he felt when a spin-off show about husbands Cam Tucker and Mitch Pritchett was rejected by executives.聽

After Modern Family wrapped up its final episode, a number of the writers (including co-creator Christopher Lloyd) wrote the pilot for a spin-off about Cam, Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferugson) and their daughter Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) that was pitched to ABC; however, it was inevitably rejected by ABC and never came to fruition.

Eric Stonestreet recently spoke to journalist Graham Bensinger in an extensive , and confirmed that the series was extremely unlikely to happen at this stage.聽

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 potential anymore,鈥� Stonestreet admitted. 鈥淚 think it hurt Jesse and I鈥檚 feelings, I think it hurt Chris Lloyd鈥檚 feelings鈥� I love my character, I love the show, I love Jesse. We had a great working relationship, we had amazing chemistry. We weren鈥檛 really done. I would鈥檝e kept going, I think everyone would鈥檝e kept going.

鈥淛esse and I maybe felt like they thought of us as the old guys that didn鈥檛 seem worthy of keeping those characters going鈥� it felt a little hurtful, but people make business decisions and we can鈥檛 get involved in that.鈥澛�

Modern Family聽spin-off “would’ve been a slam dunk”

However, that hasn鈥檛 stopped Stonestreet from continuing to vouch for the series: 鈥淚 think it would鈥檝e been a slam dunk. I don鈥檛 think it would have not been successful, because you had one of the creators willing to do it.鈥�

Stonestreet played the Emmy-winning role of Cam alongside Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitch for all 11 seasons of the long-running sitcom. The couple鈥檚 presence on a major TV sitcom since 2009 undoubtedly left a huge impact on the way LGBTQI+ families are depicted in mainstream television.聽

Though a hypothetical spinoff seems more and more unlikely, it doesn鈥檛 take away from the legacy of Cam and Mitch. Hopefully a wider Modern Family reunion is on the cards; one that鈥檚 not just for a 鈥�