Honestly, on that night, we were all busy, Ferguson explained about their televised reunion last week.

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Why, exactly, did fans think Burrell had met his untimely end?

When the SAG Awards happened, [Burrell] was supposed to do something else, he recalled.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Ty Burrell split

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I was like, Ty!

You cant miss it again!

People will really think youre dead!

Its like, ‘We need to present you to show you that youre not dead!’

So he made it.

“Is it too early to talk about a reboot?

Ferguson asked his former castmates.

They made me park a mile away from here.

“What about your big Broadway career, Jesse?

You always said you wanted to return to your roots in the theater, Bowen interjected.

To which Ferguson replied, That’s just something actors without hit shows say, okay?”

Watch Ferguson discuss theModern Familyreunion at this year’s SAG Awards and his new podcast in the clip above.