Modern Family Co-stars are well bonded outside

She may play her sister, Alex, on the hit show Modern Family, but Ariel Winter tells In Touch that off the screen, she and her co-stars have been like actual family for Sarah Hyland this year while Sarah has been enduring domestic abuse by former boyfriend Matt Prokop.


“We all love Sarah [who plays Haley] very much,” Ariel exclusively tells In Touch in its the new issue, adding that the cast is “super close. We love each other to ridiculous amounts. It’s pretty amazing.”

As soon as the cast found out the severity of the situation, her TV family became her real family. “Sarah never told anyone the extent of the abuse until this year,” a source explains to In Touch.

“When she did, her TV family banded together and never left her side.”
And they’ll continue to stay by Sarah’s side. “[Julie Bowen] treats Sarah like a real-life mother [would] — she’s very protective,” says the insider. “That’s never going to change.”

For more on Sarah Hyland and her supportive Modern Family co-stars, pick up the new issue of In Touch, on newsstands now.-IN TOUCH WEEKLY