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02-17-2023, 08:46 PM
https://www.looper.com/1203292/modern-family-showrunner-recalls-the-criticism-over-lilys-cursing/
An anti-swearing group wanted ABC to pull the Modern Family episode
Lily actress Aubrey Anderson-Emmons was instructed to say "fudge" on set but the episode bleeps it out, implying that she said the f-word. Despite the measures taken to ensure the child didn't say the naughty word, several critics expressed their displeasure with the episode prior to its release. Melissa Henson of The Parents Television Council suggested to Fox that children who watched Lily cuss would emulate it. "The more we see and hear this kind of language on television, the more acceptable and common it will become in the real world," they said.
One notable force against the episode was the No Cussing Club, a group dedicated to eliminating swearing nation-wide. The Hollywood Reporter notes that organization founder McKay Hatch sent a strongly-worded letter to ABC prior to the episode's debut, urging them to reconsider airing it. "Our main goal is to stop this from happening," Hatch said in an ensuing interview obtained by THR. "If we don't, at least ABC knows that people all over the world don't want to have a 2-year-old saying the 'F-bomb' on TV."
Eric Stonestreet, who appeared as Cameron and Lily's dad in the ABC series, didn't take too kindly to No Cussing Club's dismissal of the episode. "How bout redirecting energies of the No Cuss Club 2; reading 2 the elderly, picking up litter, feeding the hungry..." Stonestreet tweeted hours before the "Modern Family" episode aired in 2012.
An anti-swearing group wanted ABC to pull the Modern Family episode
Lily actress Aubrey Anderson-Emmons was instructed to say "fudge" on set but the episode bleeps it out, implying that she said the f-word. Despite the measures taken to ensure the child didn't say the naughty word, several critics expressed their displeasure with the episode prior to its release. Melissa Henson of The Parents Television Council suggested to Fox that children who watched Lily cuss would emulate it. "The more we see and hear this kind of language on television, the more acceptable and common it will become in the real world," they said.
One notable force against the episode was the No Cussing Club, a group dedicated to eliminating swearing nation-wide. The Hollywood Reporter notes that organization founder McKay Hatch sent a strongly-worded letter to ABC prior to the episode's debut, urging them to reconsider airing it. "Our main goal is to stop this from happening," Hatch said in an ensuing interview obtained by THR. "If we don't, at least ABC knows that people all over the world don't want to have a 2-year-old saying the 'F-bomb' on TV."
Eric Stonestreet, who appeared as Cameron and Lily's dad in the ABC series, didn't take too kindly to No Cussing Club's dismissal of the episode. "How bout redirecting energies of the No Cuss Club 2; reading 2 the elderly, picking up litter, feeding the hungry..." Stonestreet tweeted hours before the "Modern Family" episode aired in 2012.