{"id":41694,"date":"2025-08-04T01:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/41694\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:32:10","slug":"modern-family-star-doesnt-have-any-regrets-after-leaving-la-to-raise-his-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/41694\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Family star doesn’t have ‘any regrets’ after leaving LA to raise his children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Modern Family<\/a> star Ty Burrell says he has “no regrets” about leaving LA after the hit TV show wrapped.<\/p>\n

Burrell, 57<\/a>, and his wife Holly relocated to Salt Lake City shortly after with their daughters Frances and Greta, who are both now teenagers.<\/p>\n

He said the move has “just been spectacular”.<\/p>\n

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\"tyBurrell, 57, and his wife Holly relocated to Salt Lake City with their daughters after the show wrapped. (WireImage)<\/p>\n

“We moved here right after [Modern Family] ended, and I don’t have any regrets. It’s been lovely and a great place to raise the kids,” he told PEOPLE<\/a>, but admitted it took some time to embrace the outdoors life.\ufeff<\/p>\n

“My parents weren’t really those kinds of people.”<\/p>\n

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\"tyBurrell with his Modern Family co-stars. (Disney General Entertainment Con)<\/p>\n

“So at first, when we moved here, it almost felt like cosplay, like we were pretending to be people who were outdoorsy, and now we really truly love it.”<\/p>\n

It was Holly who grew up in Utah that inspired their family’s move. Burrell and Holly tied the knot in August 2000 before adopting their daughters.<\/p>\n

While he is thoroughly enjoying family life, Burrell says he isn’t done with acting just yet and is keen to continue working.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Burrell is starring in the scripted podcast series The Good Life which is loosely based on his own childhood in Oregon.<\/p>\n

His mother Sheri was a teacher and his father Gary was a family therapist. He also has a younger brother named Duncan.<\/p>\n

“We moved here right after [Modern Family] ended, and I don’t have any regrets.”<\/p>\n

\ufeffBurrell played football in high school before discovering acting. \ufeffHe starred as Phil Dunphy on Modern Family from 2009 until 2020.<\/p>\n

\"tyBurrell and Holly tied the knot in August 2000 before adopting their daughters. (Getty)\"tyHe starred on Modern Family from 2009 until 2020. (Getty)<\/p>\n

He has also starred in hit movies such as Morning Glory and Rough Night.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Earlier this year Burrell addressed false rumours he had died after he wasn’t able to joined the Modern Family cast for a reunion event in November 2023.<\/p>\n

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The rumours began when a photo of a cast reunion was posted to social media.<\/p>\n

As Burrell couldn’t make it, the cast held a framed photo of the actor to include him.<\/p>\n

Fans instantly panicked, thinking it meant Burrell had passed away, and the rumour took on a life of its own.<\/p>\n

The rumours began when a photo of a cast reunion was posted to social media. (Instagram)<\/p>\n

Burrell addressed the rumours on his Modern Family co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s podcast Dinner’s On Me.<\/p>\n

“We had that one big reunion,” Ferguson recalled before Burrell cut in, saying, “that I couldn’t make it to.”<\/p>\n

“Well, I died,” Burrell added matter-of-factly. <\/p>\n

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Burrell assured fans he was alive and well. (Modern Family ABC)\"tyHe had missed the event due to surgery. (ABC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“Remember how I died? Do you remember when I died?”<\/p>\n

Ferguson continuing to correct him, sharing that the “internet had decided” that he died.<\/p>\n

Instead, Burrell had been undergoing surgery, which prevented his attendance.<\/p>\n

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