Modern Family star comes out as bisexual five years after end of hit sitcom
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, 18, portrayed the character Lily Tucker-Pritchett on Modern Family for the entire 11-season run.
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Lily was the adopted daughter of the comedy's beloved gay couple Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet).
Aubrey began the series in 2009 at the young age of four.
Now, in a new video shared on TikTok, actress Aubrey has come out as bisexual.
And she does so in a playful manner, by using some audio from a season four episode.
In the episode, called The Future Dunphys, a young Lily claims she's gay.
And Aubrey wrote over the top of the video: 'People keep joking so much abt me being being gay when I literally am (I'm bi).'
In the clip, the star lip syncs to: 'No I'm not, I'm gay! I'm gay!'
Aubrey added to the video: ''hehe happy pride month and to all a good night #modernfamily #lily #pridemonth #pride #fyp #bi.'
Since Modern Family went off-air in 2020, the 18-year-old former TV star took a break from acting to pursue her rock music career.
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Aubrey - who is the daughter of Korean-born Lucifer actress Amy Anderson - often shares videos of the group performing on social media.
And she's remained close with the Modern Family cast since the season finale.
Last year, Jesse attended Aubrey's school production of The Burn and shared photos of the sweet reunion on Instagram.
The star hasn't shied away from acting altogether though since Modern Family, and appeared in a short film named Tallwinds last year.
Last month, Aubrey opened up about her fame at a young age in a TikTok video.
The Cast of Modern Family
Modern Family had an 11-year run on ABC before the sitcom's end in 2020. Here's a list of the iconic cast.
Julie Bowen
Ty Burrell
Eric Stonestreet
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Sarah Hyland
Nolan Gould
Sofia Vergara
Ariel Winter
Ed O'Neill
Rico Rodriguez
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons
Jeremy Maguire
She said to her 2.4million TikTok followers: 'People ask things like, how did you know you wanted to do that when you were four? How do you know you love something when you're so young?' And the truth is, you don't.
'My mom wasn't like, 'you're going to do this,' it was not like that.
'I was not abused on set or anything like that, but you don't know what you're getting yourself into at four years old when you sign a contract to be on a show.'
Aubrey continued: 'Also, being on a TV show from a young age, people really took digs at my acting choices or they would say I'm a bad actor.
'I don't feel like I need to prove myself to other people... but it was really hard for me to grow up with so many people's opinions around me.'
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