# Your least favorite "Modern Family" character **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657 "2014-04-22T04:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/21 "2014-04-22T14:47:00Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > For me, the only character I really dislike is Claire. She’s got more than most people have: She’s beautiful, has a gorgeous husband and 3 kids with fairly typical pluses and minuses. But she’s bitter. Probably because if you take away the husband and kids, her life is fairly hollow, and she knows it. I find the bitterness somewhat annoying Well, her husband is a bit of a dufus (albeit with a golden heart) and is not super successful in his career, so I can see Claire thinking that she could have done better. Also, two of her kids are basically stupid, and one (Luke) to the point of not being able to function in the real world, so she has that to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/22 "2014-04-22T15:11:22Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > Well, her husband is a bit of a dufus (albeit with a golden heart) and is not super successful in his career,… Who says he’s not successful? He can afford a $3 million house on a single income. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/23 "2014-04-22T15:15:42Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Who says he’s not successful? He can afford a $3 million house on a single income. we don’t know if Claire’s dad paid for it ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/24 "2014-04-22T15:36:01Z")
I don’t like Haley. Annoying, whiny, and entitled. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/25 "2014-04-22T15:40:46Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > Well, her husband is a bit of a dufus (albeit with a golden heart) and is not super successful in his career, so I can see Claire thinking that she could have done better. He’s never gone a month without selling a house, which I would think is pretty rare in the RE world. And he seems to be a pretty big deal in the local agent community, which is probably not just based on his ability to tell jokes at award dinners. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/26 "2014-04-22T15:43:20Z")
I’ll vote for Gloria. Her character is not a bad person, but just one so different than my “type,” that I find everyone’s drooling over her annoying. I don’t hate her, but she’s my least favorite. My least favorite relationship is Mitch and Cam. I wish they could get through just one day without hurting each others’ feelings. We never get to see them just act normal. Unlike some of the rest of you, I love Claire and Phil, their kids, and even Manny. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/27 "2014-04-22T15:44:07Z")
I guess I’d have to say Hayley also, though more due to Sarah Hyland’s weird speech pattern than the actual character. She does this thing where she ads an “a” sound at the end of some words - especially when she’s whining “mommmmm” which comes out more like mommmmmm -uh. Or noooooooo-uh. I’ve heard other young women do this and I always think of it as some variation of Valley speak or something, though I don’t know where it originates. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/28 "2014-04-22T16:29:18Z")
I hated the introduction of the nanny. Although I think he improved in his last episode. Luke I love but he is in some big trouble right now like that kid from Two and a Half Men. They’ve got to find a way to stop making him stupid without turning him into a jerk teenager. Manny I never loved but I get his act and he can keep going with it. Haley I’ve gotten to like more lately. I think she is getting better lines. Alex I used to like more. She feels she is just a kill joy now. If only she did something with her brain other then get good grades and lord it over others. Probably becoming my least favorite of the main cast. > [@WhyNot](#): > > Her observations are not the problem. Her lack of respect (not just for her dads, but for everyone), her skill at emotional manipulation, her utter spoiled-ness, her inability to delay gratification even for a microsecond, her willingness to turn to blackmail in an instant and her general bitchiness are the problem. Lily is wily, not just observational. All of the reasons she’s a horrible person are most certainly her fathers’ faults, but it doesn’t change the fact that she’s a horrible person. Most 4 year olds are assholes. Lily’s taken the assholishness of 4 year olds to new heights. > > I think she’s actually a mini-Claire, only Claire is slightly more sympathetic because I get the feeling she wasn’t aware that her husband is a clueless (bisexual, notthatthere’sanythingwrongwiththat, unless your wife is unaware) moron when she got into this marriage, and now she’s too scared, numb and/or honorable to get out. He must have been charming and appealing when they were younger, but the manchild thing palls after a couple of decades. Yeah, but she gets great laughs. Lily is golden. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/29 "2014-04-22T20:05:14Z")
Can’t believe I’m the first to say Cam. Don’t know if it’s a problem of the writers or the actor, but the character’s like every played-out gay stereotype ever rolled into one person. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/30 "2014-04-22T20:10:06Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > He’s never gone a month without selling a house, which I would think is pretty rare in the RE world. And he seems to be a pretty big deal in the local agent community, which is probably not just based on his ability to tell jokes at award dinners. Plus haven’t they said on more than one occasion that he’s the #2 realtor, behind Gil Thorpe? ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/31 "2014-04-22T20:21:08Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Can’t believe I’m the first to say Cam. Don’t know if it’s a problem of the writers or the actor, but the character’s like every played-out gay stereotype ever rolled into one person. Agree. Gloria is a little too over the top for my tastes as well. Jay (who is very successful) once told Phil how proud he was of how well he provided for his family so Phil must be doing all right. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/32 "2014-04-22T20:40:13Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Can’t believe I’m the first to say Cam. Don’t know if it’s a problem of the writers or the actor, but the character’s like every played-out gay stereotype ever rolled into one person. The way I see it the whole point of Cam is that superficially he is a gay stereotype but when you look at him deeper he isn’t. Jay can relate better to Cam than he can to his own son. At least that’s how they played it early on. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/33 "2014-04-22T21:01:09Z")
For long time watchers of the show, I was curious if this show ever had an easter egg that recalled Ed O’Neill’s long stint as Al Bundy? Did he ever sit and stick his hand in his pants, or mention how it must suck to be a shoe salesman? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/34 "2014-04-22T21:11:27Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Jay (who is very successful) once told Phil how proud he was of how well he provided for his family so Phil must be doing all right. Though I enjoy the show, I think Phil & Jay are the only two characters I actually _like_. Phil is the most immediately likable–I really can’t say a bad thing about him, but Jay is likable in an curmudgeonly old-man sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/35 "2014-04-22T21:15:56Z")
Lily. Terribly written and frankly one of the worst child actors I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/36 "2014-04-22T21:22:16Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > For long time watchers of the show, I was curious if this show ever had an easter egg that recalled Ed O’Neill’s long stint as Al Bundy? Did he ever sit and stick his hand in his pants, or mention how it must suck to be a shoe salesman? Two that I remember: They’ve done a call back to his football glory days (in Modern Family I believe he was actually a bench-warmer) On the trip to DisneyLand/World - he got Gloria to wear comfortable shoes instead of heels, and outfitted Lily in heels to stop her running off all the time. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/37 "2014-04-22T21:22:57Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > For long time watchers of the show, I was curious if this show ever had an easter egg that recalled Ed O’Neill’s long stint as Al Bundy? Did he ever sit and stick his hand in his pants, or mention how it must suck to be a shoe salesman? There was the episode where they went to Disneyland, and Jay bought shoes for both Gloria and Lily. And David Faustino had a guest spot once as Claire’s old college(?) boyfriend. Nothing more overt that I can remember. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/38 "2014-04-22T21:24:33Z")
I guess to answer the question, I would have to agree with the “Lily” crowd. I don’t know about her as a child actor, but I very much dislike the character she plays. Of the major characters, Claire is also low on the list for me. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/39 "2014-04-22T21:24:50Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’m sure we’ve already done this, but I can’t find it. > > For me, the only character I really dislike is Claire. She’s got more than most people have: She’s beautiful, has a gorgeous husband and 3 kids with fairly typical pluses and minuses. But she’s bitter. Probably because if you take away the husband and kids, her life is fairly hollow, and she knows it. I find the bitterness somewhat annoying. > > How 'bout you? Done in one. As a straight guy, I find Julie Bowen very attractive if a bit too thin, but the Claire character is everything I have come to hate in an overbearing, helicopter parent. ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657/40 "2014-04-22T22:38:17Z")
I have read that the Luke character in real life is a mensa member… and if that is true. wow his acting is great. I actually like the way him and phil interact and understand each other. The characters that most annoys me are …Gloria’s boobs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-modern-family-character/686657.md?page=3)