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"A Lot Of People Are Surprised He's Straight": Eric Stonestreet Stuns Fans By Tying The Knot
Celebrities cheered on as Eric Stonestreet married his longtime love Lindsay Schweitzer at their dream home in Missouri.
The Modern Family star shared the big news on social media, along with photos of him looking sharp in his fitted navy blazer while his bride stunned in a satin gown.
Octavia Spencer, Adam Devine, and Eric’s Modern Family co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson congratulated the newlyweds.
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- Eric Stonestreet married his longtime love Lindsay Schweitzer at their dream home in Missouri.
- Octavia Spencer, Adam Devine, and Eric’s 'Modern Family' co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson congratulated the newlyweds.
- The comedian and the pediatric nurse first met in 2016.
- Eric took the help of Lindsay's twin sons to propose to her in 2021.
Eric Stonestreet married his longtime love Lindsay Schweitzer at their dream home in Missouri
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The bride and groom exchanged wedding vows on September 8 at their custom-built Kansas City home.
Their wedding date was extra special as it landed between Lindsay’s birthday on September 7 and Eric’s birthday on September 9.
Image credits: ericstonestreet/hsmithphoto
“It’s my birthday and guess what I got,” the 54-year-old actor wrote alongside his wedding photos on social media.
“I GOT MARRIED,” read the text on a photo of Eric and Lindsay walking hand in hand.
“It’s my birthday and guess what I got,” the 54-year-old actor wrote alongside his wedding photos
Image credits: ericstonestreet/hsmithphoto
Congratulatory wishes poured in from stars and fans.
“Of all second marriages, this one is my favorite! I love you both! I’m so happy for you!!!!” commented Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who played Eric’s on-screen husband Mitchell Pritchett to his Cameron Tucker on the hit show Modern Family.
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“Congratulations! So happy for you both,” Octavia Spencer said, while Elizabeth Banks wrote, “Congrats!! 🥂.”
“Congratulations!!!” commented Adam Devine.
“IM CRYING!!!! Congrats you absolutely fabulous people,” one fan said.
Celebrities and fans showered the newlyweds with congratulatory wishes
Image credits: ericstonestreet/hsmithphoto
“Does Mitchell know about this?” quipped another.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson separately shared an Instagram post to wish his co-star on his birthday and to congratulate the couple.
“Happy birthday @ericstonestreet! I love you! & congrats to you and @lindsaystonestreet on your marriage! Love you both, very much and I can’t wait to celebrate with you,” he wrote.
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The comedian and the pediatric nurse instantly connected when they first met at a charity event in their hometown of Kansas City in 2016.
Eric spoke about how it was their dream to have their wedding hosted at the home they had built.
“Well, I’ve said we’re building a house to host a wedding, and we’re still on track to do that,” he told People in July. “We’re almost done with the house, and that’s been our plan all along.”
Eric spoke about building a house in time to host the wedding
Image credits: ericstonestreet/hsmithphoto
“We got engaged and then all of a sudden got an opportunity to build a house, and I thought, no better way to start a relationship than literally building a foundation,” he continued. “So that’s our plan and we’re still on track for that.”
The couple dated for five years before Eric popped the question on August 22, 2021, with some help from Lindsay’s twin sons.
“We’ve been together for a long time, and I just knew I wasn’t going to find a better partner in life than Lindsay,” he told People at the time. “So it just made the most sense. And I’d taken my sweet old time.”
“Everybody else — let me put it this way — that knows Lindsay was like, ‘What are you waiting for?’ So, it was time,” he added.
Image credits: ericstonestreet/hsmithphoto
Lindsay initially thought the proposal was a prank because Eric is known for his practical jokes.
“I proposed,” he said. “I tricked her pretty good. I convinced her that a company was interested in us working together for an ad campaign. So, we were doing a little test video and I had the camera set up in front of her.”
Lindsay’s twin sons, who were aged 9 at the time, popped into the video and told their mother that Eric had a question to ask.
The comedian took help from Lindsay’s twin sons for his proposal
Image credits: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
“Then in the middle of it, I just pulled out the ring,” Eric said. “So it was all captured. She was in hair and makeup.”
The actor announced their engagement in a 2021 post with pictures of him pointing at his now-wife’s diamond ring.
“She said, ‘She’d have her people call my people,’” he wrote in the caption.
Image credits: ericstonestreet
In a follow-up post, he wrote, “apparently a lot of people think I look too old, as a 49 year old man, to be engaged to my almost 42 year old fiancé.”
“Look, she can’t help that she looks so great at 42 and I can’t help that I apparently look like her grandad so, I fixed it for everyone,” he said, sharing a picture of Lindsay with an aging filter applied to her face.
“This man played his part so well I had no idea he was straight,” one netizen commented online
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Auntriarch 6 months ago (edited)
It's called acting, dear boy. They do look like a nice couple though.
David 6 months ago
That is old news, during the run of the show he had to say it on every late night show, he would be invited to LBGT events and he said he would have to inform them in advance that he wasnt gay but only played one on TV to make sure they werent invited him under wrong assumptions, etc. That is a good actor. He was so good as gay, you wouldnt realize he was straight, and NPH on How I met your mother did such a good job as a hetero man-w***e, you wouldnt realize he was gay
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 6 months ago (edited)
It's called acting, dear boy. They do look like a nice couple though.
David 6 months ago
That is old news, during the run of the show he had to say it on every late night show, he would be invited to LBGT events and he said he would have to inform them in advance that he wasnt gay but only played one on TV to make sure they werent invited him under wrong assumptions, etc. That is a good actor. He was so good as gay, you wouldnt realize he was straight, and NPH on How I met your mother did such a good job as a hetero man-w***e, you wouldnt realize he was gay
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