Ty Burrell Was Supposed to Officiate Sarah Hyland’s Wedding to Wells Adams: Why Jesse Tyler Ferguson Stepped In

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Putting family first. Jesse Tyler Ferguson revealed that he stepped in to officiate Sarah Hyland‘s wedding at the last minute after their Modern Family costar Ty Burrell wasn’t able to attend.“I don’t know if people know this, but Ty Burrell was meant to do it, and there was a family emergency,” the Broadway vet, 46, told Entertainment Tonight on Monday, August 29, about helping his on-screen niece, 31, marry Wells Adams earlier this month. “So, I got a phone call 12 days before the wedding, and that’s why Ty wasn’t there, he had stuff going on.”Ferguson continued: “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.”In addition to asking Burrell, 55, for advice on how to make the ceremony as perfect as possible for the newlyweds, the Take Me Out star was inspired by his own July 2013 wedding to Justin Mikita. “I knew that Sarah and Wells wanted it to be a funny, lighthearted ceremony.

They’re not serious people, but you also don’t want to lean too heavily into the jokes because it’s a big day,” Ferguson explained. “My husband and I had … this really lovely, beautiful ceremony for us, and it meant so much to me.

I actually looked at that ceremony again before writing one for Sarah and Wells, so you know, heart is important.”While Burrell’s presence was missed on the big day, the Ivy + Bean actor told ET that the Modern Family cast — including Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Nolan Gould and Ariel Winter — had a wonderful time celebrating their former costar’s