Joshua Goldman
Joshua Goldman
min read · June 17, 2025 · Entertainment

Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Teen Troubles: Caught by Police with Porn Magazine

Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson has revealed he was caught by the police trying to steal a porn magazine while exploring his sexuality as a teenager

EXCLUSIVE! Modern Family Star Jesse Tyler Ferguson Spills Juicy Secrets About His Teenage Mistakes and More!

Get ready for a dose of TMI, folks! Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the charming star of Modern Family, has just spilled some major tea on his teenage escapades, and we can't get enough!

In a candid chat with Mel Giedroyc on her podcast Where There's a Will There's a Wake, Jesse revealed that he got caught by the cops at the tender age of 14 or 15 for trying to steal a porn magazine! Yes, you heard that right - the same guy who's now married to his lovely husband Justin Mikita and raising two adorable sons has a confession to make!

The Modern Family star, 49, explained: ' I was caught stealing pornography when I was very young. Not very young, but like early teens' (pictured alongside his co-star Eric Stonestreet)

Jesse dished about the embarrassing incident: "I was caught stealing pornography when I was very young... Not very young, but like early teens." He even joked about the quality of the, ahem, 'top shelf' material, admitting it was "pretty good porn"! Who knew Jesse had such a wild side back in the day?

But here's the thing - Jesse wasn't trying to be naughty just for kicks. He revealed that he was desperate to explore his sexuality at a time when there weren't many options available to him: "I think I was 14, 15... But I do feel bad about it, but I want everyone to be clear before I go into heaven that it wasn't because I was... I didn't want to be a criminal. I just felt like at that time in my life, you weren’t giving me a lot of the choices."

And how did this whole ordeal go down? Well, let's just say Jesse got caught with his hand in the cookie jar (or rather, under his shirt) when the metal detector went off at the mall! He recalled: "The police... Well, first the metal detector. Yeah, they put what f*g sensors inside the magazines. At least they did back then... The metal detector went off." Poor Jesse almost had a heart attack on the spot!

Jesse is now married to his husband Justin Mikita and the couple are parents to two sons, Berkett, four, and Sullivan, two

Jesse's Modern Family Co-Star Aubrey Anderson-Emmons Comes Out as Bisexual!

But that's not all, folks! In related news, Jesse's Modern Family co-star Aubrey Anderson-Emmons has just come out as bisexual in a rather cheeky way - by using a famous clip from the show where her character Lily proclaims herself to be gay!

Aubrey took to TikTok to share the hilarious moment with fans, captioning it "People keep joking so much abt me being being gay when I literally am (I'm bi)." We love Aubrey's playful approach to sharing her personal news - and congrats on living your truth, girl!

Back in 2021 Jesse opened up about navigating fatherhood as he joked he was raising Beckett 'gay until he decides to be straight'

So there you have it - Jesse Tyler Ferguson's teenage slip-up and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons' bold bisexual declaration. What a day for juicy celebrity gossip! Stay tuned for more updates from TheScholarlyNote.com!

Aubrey, who played Lily, the adoptive daughter of Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse), took to TikTok to reveal the news