Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet is an American actor and comedian who played as gay as Cameron Tucker has announced engagement with his long-time girlfriend. Who is her girlfriend?
Let check about it and his personal life and net worth.
Eric Stonestreet Announces Engagement With Longtime Girlfriend Lindsay Schweitzer
Eric Stonestreet has shared his engagement with his longtime girlfriend Lindsay Schweitzer to his fans through Instagram. He shared three photos of him with his now-fiancé Schweitzer, in which Schweitzer was seen smiling for the camera in each photo while Eric showed different emotions in each photo.
In one of the photos, Schweitzer was showing off the engagement diamond ring on her finger. In the caption, Eric captioned the photo in a funny way,
"She said, 'She'd have her people call my people,'"
Many Hollywood stars congratulated and supported them in the comment section. Gwyneth Paltrow wrote, "YAY!!! We are so happy for you", his friend who grew up together commented, "Congratulations [champagne and party popper emojis] !!! This is awesome!!!" DeGeneres said, "Your girlfriend is lovely, I met her backstage. She's a nurse. That's a good thing for you because you're a hypochondriac", and many more.
Who Is Eric Stonestreet's Girlfriend?
Eric Stonestreet’s now fiancé, Lindsay Schweitzer, is a pediatric nurse. She kept herself away from the spotlight. According to People Magazine, they met each other in Stonestreet’s hometown, Kansas City, during a fundraising event named Big Slick in August 2017. After meeting with each other, they started dating and have been together ever since. Stonestreet also posts pictures and videos on the social media of Lindsay Schweitzer. She has also appeared on the red carpet with actor Eric.
Before Schweitzer, Eric was in a relationship with an American TV actress, Bethenny Frankel. Their relationship did not last long, and they broke up. There was also a rumor that he was also linked with popular American-South African actress Charlize Theron. But there is no confirmation till now.
Is Eric Stonestreet Gay?
The comedian and actor Eric has played on the famous gay couple on the TV with Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitchell Pritchett) as Cameron Tucker. Even though he played as gay on the television, he is straight in real life while his partner Tyler is gay. Eric even said to Oprah.com, “I say I’m ‘openly straight. I never thought this would be the character that people would know me for, but it’s just an honor to play him.”
They met each other for coffee on Valentine’s Day to discuss their roles after they found out they are going to play as a gay couple; his partner Jesse said about him,
“Eric is straight. I call him gay-for-pay. He is so game for this character. We just clicked. We hang out a lot. Ironically, after he got the role, we decided to meet up for coffee. We’re having coffee in the middle of the afternoon – and we realize that it’s Valentine’s Day! Just two guys, hangin’ out, having coffee. No big deal.”
He was asked the question,” How difficult is that to play as someone who isn’t gay?” where he replied,
“It’s not that much of a deal because I’m an actor and play all kinds of roles. The fact Cam is gay doesn’t have much to do with anything. I played bad guys on TV before, other guys before, so it’s a character I get to play and never really thought too much about it.”
It's clear that he was gay in his role only but not in his real life.
Net Worth Of Eric Stonestreet
An American comedian and actor, Eric Stonestreet, has a net worth of $23 million. He takes $500 thousand per episode of the TV show Modern Family as of 2021. In January 2016, his earning per episode of the television show Modern Family was $350 thousand, and in 2018, it increases to $500 thousand per episode.
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Eric was born on 9 September 1971 in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. He has done graduation from Piper High School and Kansas State University.
He is famous for his work as currently, he is working on Modern Family as Cameron Tucker on ABC. He has worked on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as a Ronnie Litre. He has also worked on many television shows like Dharma & Greg, Malcolm in the Middle, The Mentalist, Party of Five, The West Wing, Greg the Bunny, Spin City, Crossing Jordan, Monk, NCIS, etc.
He has also appeared as a private security firm employee in one of the episodes of “Silent Night” and a criminal sentenced to death for the alleged killing of a young girl on Nip/ Tuck in 2019.