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Modern Family is getting a lesbian couple! Well, as guest stars that is. Funny ladies Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids) and Michaela Watkins (Saturday Night Live, Enlightened) will play a lesbian couple on Modern Family’s third episode of the season.
Modern Family is getting a lesbian couple! Well, as guest stars that is. Funny ladies Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids) and Michaela Watkins (Saturday Night Live, Enlightened) will play a lesbian couple on Modern Family’s third episode of the season, according to Entertainment Weekly.
The episode revolves around their son getting into a fight with Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell’s (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) daughter Lily.
Regarding the role on Modern Family McLendon-Covey told EW that she’s excited to play a loving mother for a change.
“I usually play someone who hates her kids — this time I love my child,” she said.
Watkins is slated for the upcoming feature film Thanks for Sharing, about a 12-step sex addiction group that stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Joely Richardson, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins and P!nk.
The Modern Family episode that features McLendon-Covey and Watkins will appear on Sept. 26.
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
