Modern Family Cancelled? Eric Stonestreet Prank Tweet Creates Stir on Social Media

ABC's Emmy winning comedy, Modern Family, is far from getting cancelled.

A fake report saying Modern Family is cancelled created panic among the show's loyal fans after show stars Eric Stonestreet (Cameron Tucker), posted a link to the bogus report on Twitter this Friday.

He tweeted:

So sad https://clickhole.com/article/whoa-abc-just-canceled-modern-family-order-teach-p-1295?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=facebook

— Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) October 30, 2014

The headline of the fake story read: "Whoa: ABC Just Canceled Modern Family In Order To Teach People That Something You Love Can Be Taken From You With No Warning Whatsoever".

The fake story was part of Halloween mischief, which also included false statements from an ABC Executive Leon Kisch, reported E! News

"We are sad to cancel the show modern family, as its favorite, but people need to be taught the things you cherish suddenly somehow taking away your control is inherent in life," read a false statement from Kisch.

"Fans of the show are better and faster learning, rather than later, so they are ready when it went to the rest of their lives."

Later Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who plays Mitchell Pritchett, also cleared that the show was not cancelled.

A website called ClickHole wrote that #ModernFamily is cancelled. You guys. The website is called CLICKHOLE. No, we aren't cancelled.

— Jesse Tyler Ferguson (@jessetyler) October 30, 2014

Here are a few fan tweets on the fake news:

@ericstonestreet you had me freaked! I finally started watching Modern Family and then hear this rumor of it being cancelled. Love the show — Lilac Mist (@Mistycatmom) November 1, 2014

Modern family is cancelled what the f**k

— Sarah Gore (@gorelikeal) November 1, 2014

Modern family is cancelled?! Wtf is this bullshit — Anayancy (@AnayancyNunez) November 1, 2014

WHAT THE SHIT MODERN FAMILY CANCELLED?

— tristan. (@platypus_hophop) November 1, 2014

@ABCNetwork cancelled #ModernFamily to teach people a lesson. G. T. F. O. H. Like a network is gonna teach me a lesson on anything. — McSteamy (@McSteamyP2) October 31, 2014

No no no modern family did not get cancelled this is a disaster

— davidontour (@_davidmcfarlane) October 31, 2014

ABC has cancelled Modern Family. Happy Halloween indeed.

— Roshnai (@TakeThatPunk) October 31, 2014