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Sunday World
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- Sunday World
Sharon Horgan reveals she's dating younger Bad Sisters co-star
Sharon (55) opened up about her new relationship on the most recent episode of the Dinner's on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson podcast ACTRESS Sharon Horgan has revealed she is dating an actor nearly a decade younger than she is – with speculation that it is her Bad Sisters co-star Barry Ward. Sharon (55) opened up about her new relationship on the most recent episode of the Dinner's on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson podcast. Barry (44) plays Detective Inspector Fergal Loftus in the hit Apple TV, in which Sharon stars as one of the Garvey sisters, Eva. Both Sharon and Barry live in London – he is a father-of one while she is a mother of two and was divorced in 2019 after 14 years of marriage to Jeremy Rainbird. Sharon Horgan News in 90 Seconds - Aug 8th 'I've got a younger partner as well. Well, it's actually nine years,' she revealed on the podcast although she didn't mention Barry by name. 'I said 10 years for a while, and it freaked me out too much. It is nine years,' she added, laughing. 'I think initially I was like, 'Oh, that's exotic, being 10 years older.' I sort of got off on it. And then I was like, 'Oh, no, that's not good'.' The pair are believed to have first met while filming the 2020 movie Dating Amber, starring alongside Lola Petticrew and Fionn O'Shea. Sharon later created Bad Sisters and cast Barry as the detective in the show. 'We met years ago doing a film together, and then, you know, became friendly,' she explained. 'And thena, good few years later – this wasn't on purpose, by the way – I cast him in Bad Sisters.' She confirmed the relationship developed unexpectedly. 'It's different when you're my age. Being single again at my age is kind of a whole thing,' she noted. 'It just feels like so much fun just to meet someone who you can have a laugh with and connect with. It's surprising.' Dubliner Barry has appeared in the likes of Rebellion and Taken Down. Asked earlier this year about rumours he's dating Sharon, he replied: 'Yeah, someone sent me something this week. It's not something I want to court or have much time for. But I'm kind of bubbled in a way – if there is stuff out there, I'm ignorant to it. It's not something I want to be part of.' Sharon, a brother of former Ireland rugby player Shane Horgan, grew up in Bellewstown Co Meath, has starred in, among others Catastrophe, Moone Boy and Dating Amber.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jesse Tyler Ferguson Opens Up About Processing 'Criticism' Over 'Stereotypical' 'Modern Family 'Role
Jesse Tyler Ferguson opened up about dealing with "criticism" from the gay community over his Modern Family character The actor, who played Mitchell Pritchett on the beloved ABC sitcom, said he always took it "with such a grain of salt" While the character was never meant to represent all gay men, Ferguson said he viewed Mitchell as "a shade of who I was"Jesse Tyler Ferguson is reflecting on the criticism he received from gay Modern Family viewers. The 49-year-old actor, who played Mitchell Pritchett on the beloved ABC sitcom, opened up on the July 9 episode of the Dinner's on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson podcast about the feedback the gay community gave him about his character during the show's 11-season run from 2009 to 2020. "One of the pressures I've always felt, specifically after being on a show like Modern Family, where I'm portraying a gay man on a television show on a network that is as popular as it is," he began. "You receive criticism, as you do with anything you do, but the criticism that I think I heard the loudest was always from the gay community." Ferguson said the feedback, as he took it, was that "maybe I didn't represent their idea of what a gay relationship was, or a gay man was." "I'm representing one person," he reasoned. "I'm in charge of this one character." While Ferguson felt that his Modern Family character wasn't supposed to represent all gay men, it did represent someone he knew: himself. The actor said he viewed Mitchell as "a shade of who I was" and joked, "If it's stereotypical, I'm basically playing myself, so, I guess, guilty as charged." The series was a hit with viewers and won two GLAAD Media Awards for its everyday depiction of a gay couple on primetime TV. Not only that, but Ferguson and his onscreen love interest, Eric Stonestreet, who played Mitchell's husband Cameron Tucker, both received Emmy nominations for their work. While Ferguson received five Emmy nominations but never won, Stonestreet won two Emmys out of three nominations. During an August 2024 episode of Dinner's on Me, Ferguson said playing Mitchell on the small screen felt empowering in a way. "There was some weird superpower that I felt like I was being protected by this role that I was also playing," he said at the time. "It kind of gave me this coat of armor, and I had this protection of being this character that people also loved," he continued. "I don't know. It was really weird." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Modern Family is streaming in full on Hulu. Read the original article on People
