‘Modern Family’ star Eric Stonestreet slams the ‘douchebaggery’ in Hollywood
nypost.comEric Stonestreet is reflecting on midwestern life.In Friday’s episode of “In Depth With Graham Bensinger,” the 53-year-old shed light on “living in Kansas City since ‘Modern Family’ ended basically.”Stonestreet shared that leaving his home in K.C.
for Los Angeles gigs has illuminated some Hollywood highs and lows.“What I realized it does is it highlights everything great about our business, the entertainment business,” the actor reflected. “And it highlights all the douchebaggery of our business.
It amplifies it. Because I’m here, I’m dealing with people from here, and I’m going into the store and having all these authentic, real moments, and then I go to Hollywood, and you’re reminded of some of the types of people that you deal with.”Stonestreet, who podcaster Taylor Strecker recently called out for being the “worst guest” she ever had on her podcast, adds that there are some positives in the mix.“But then you’re also offered fruit on a big board,” he said. “‘Would you like some lychee and kiwi, sir?’ It’s like, oh, yeah, this is what’s great about Hollywood… So, it’s really fun.
It just amplifies it. It’s like, leaving [Kansas City] and going back and doing something is almost more fun than it was living there, doing it.”And Stonestreet has no qualms about returning to The City of Angels for jobs here and there, like his WhatsApp commercial alongside “Modern Family” costars Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.“It was fun,” he dished. “It was great to be back with everybody.
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