{"id":898249,"date":"2026-10-29T02:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898249\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T02:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:42:09","slug":"modern-family-star-ariel-winter-details-why-she-fled-los-angeles-after-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898249\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Modern Family&#8217; star Ariel Winter details why she fled Los Angeles after 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ariel Winter is over the Los Angeles lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would prefer to not live in LA,\u201d the \u201cModern Family\u201d alum told Page Six while discussing <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/show\/the-sisters-grimm\/umc.cmc.2hc9ggvxaqddv779k4zupmrw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Season 2 of \u201cThe Sisters Grimm.\u201d<\/a> \u201cI don\u2019t really love LA, but I have all of my people there, which I think is what makes it really tough to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Southern California native splits time between her stomping grounds and Nashville, Tennessee, after purchasing a home in nearby College Grove for $2.9 million in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Ariel Winter (seen above) wanted a \u201cchange of pace\u201d when she moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Instagram\/Ariel Winter<\/p>\n<p>Winter (seen above promoting \u201cSofia The First: Royal Magic\u201d) said the lack of paparazzi in Nashville was a factor in her decision.  Instagram\/Ariel Winter<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up in LA and just really wanted a change of pace,\u201d Winter, 28, said of the cross-country move. \u201cLA is busy, and I was hoping to just get away a little and see what that change does for me. I wanted seasons and snow!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also wanted to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/tag\/paparazzi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">get away from paparazzi<\/a>, and just live a normal life and it gave me that!\u201d the actress added.<\/p>\n<p>Although she enjoys a much quieter life in the South, being away from her loved ones has been difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll my family, my friends, everyone\u2019s [in LA]. I think that is <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">what I love so much about LA<\/a> \u2013 just that, not LA [itself].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress told Page Six that she still has plenty of loved ones in LA, which makes it hard to completely move on from the city. Instagram\/Ariel Winter<\/p>\n<p>Winter (seen above at the LA screening of \u201cBurden\u201d in 2020) lives with her television brother, Nolan Gould, while in Los Angeles. Getty Images for 101 Studios<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just so peaceful and calm, and normal in a way that LA isn\u2019t,\u201d Winter said of Nashville. \u201cI really would prefer to live there, probably. I don\u2019t have my people there so much. I have some people, but my family\u2019s not there, and that\u2019s tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/tag\/nashville\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">now calling Nashville home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/10\/26\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-recalls-brad-paisleys-tour-prank-gone-too-far\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">, <\/a>she hasn\u2019t left her roots behind completely.<\/p>\n<p>When Winter returns to LA, she still keeps it in the family by sharing a space with her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/02\/27\/nolan-gould-aka-luke-from-modern-family-shows-off-his-abs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former television brother, Nolan Gould<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is my brother,\u201d Winter said of Gould, who starred alongside her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/02\/05\/modern-family-renewed-for-11th-and-final-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">for 11 seasons of \u201cModern Family\u201d<\/a> from 2009 to 2020. \u201cBest friends since the beginning. We are family without a doubt. I love him so much. He\u2019s the best, and living together is so fun. It\u2019s just been the best experience ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Winter, shown above with her \u201cModern Family\u201d co-star Nolan Gould, said living together is \u201cso fun.\u201d ABC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Winter referred to Gould as her \u201cbrother.\u201d They are shown above at the Fourth Annual Legacy Ball in Beverly Hills in 2024. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Splitting her time has fit in perfectly with her lifestyle for her latest role, which requires just her voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s totally different,\u201d Winter said of the six-episode Apple TV+ project that dropped on Oct. 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re getting a little character to bring to life, and it\u2019s really, really cool. But also, I just think I\u2019ve been really lucky to have some really incredible animated projects put in front of me and some amazing characters that I think are really positively influential for young people, and so I\u2019ve been really excited about that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ariel Winter is over the Los Angeles lifestyle. \u201cI would prefer to not live in LA,\u201d the \u201cModern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[5896,639,236,91,88,186,10021,640,13691],"class_list":["post-898249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-apple-tv","tag-ariel-winter","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-luxury-real-estate","tag-modern-family","tag-nashville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}