It was teased for WEEKS, and now we finally know who died on Modern Family!!
During Wednesday night’s Halloween episode of the Emmy winning ABC sitcom, it was revealed that DeDe Pritchett — played by Shelley Long — who was Jay’s ex and Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen) and Mitchell Pritchett’s (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) mom, passed away peacefully in her sleep.
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Fans of the show were pissed it wasn’t a more significant character, especially because the creators made a huge deal about the mystery death. See some of the best reactions to the deception (below)!
WAIT!!! DEE DEE?! THEY KILLED DEE DEE!??!! WHY THEY HAVE ME THINKING IT WAS SOMEBODY IMPORTANT!!!!! #ModernFamily had my blood pressure up and shit! pic.twitter.com/igAHeR2W6v
— Andy's Toy (@FrizzyNixxy) October 25, 2018
Calling the modern family death a “major character” was false advertising.
Jay or bust
— Jilaria (@jilaria2) October 25, 2018
Seriously #modernfamily, you put us through all this torture and hint that one of the main characters died…and it's not even a regular cast member. Not that it's not sad, it's just that I feel annoyed that you've been toying with everyone's feelings!
— Olivia (@Olivia03785508) October 25, 2018
now that we know it was just dede who died we can all breathe now…#ModernFamily pic.twitter.com/r7LouYiH5V
— jawn q. public (@zeezeeontv) October 25, 2018
#ModernFamily has never disappointed…until tonight. The death reveal was underwhelming. It also took away from the usual shenanigans that would make the Halloween episode entertaining.
— Anne (@0107_anne) October 25, 2018
#ModernFamily: We're gonna kill off a MAJOR character this season.
Me: Goes to look up who died after all the hype.
Modern Family: We killed off a character that's been on 7 episodes of a 10 season show.
Me: Let me define major character for you. pic.twitter.com/Q8yHQeaS2p— Kirsten (@KirstenAcuna) October 25, 2018
Seems like a big let down all around! Will you still watch the show?? SOUND OFF in the comments (below)!
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