American actress Julie Bowen, 52, is best known for playing Claire Dunphy in the ABC sitcom Modern Family, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Despite describing herself as heterosexual, Julie Bowen claimed to have fallen in love with a woman once, yet the relationship didn’t work out.

Julie Bowen
Julie Bowen

During her Quitters podcast interview with Becca Tilley on Monday, Julie Bowen openly discussed her sexuality. On September 9, 2004, she married Scott Phillips, a real estate investor, and software developer. The couple has three sons, Oliver McLanahan Phillips, 15, born in 2007, and two twins, Gustav Phillips, 13, and John Phillips, 13, born in 2009. When shooting the pilot for Modern Family, she appeared visibly pregnant. As a self-described “low Protestant,” she filed for divorce from Phillips in February 2018, which was finalized on September 13, 2018.

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Julie Bowen Opened Up About Her Sexuality 

Modern Family actress Julie Bowen revealed in the most recent episode of her podcast Quitters, “I’m straight. I’ve always been straight. I was in love with a woman for a while, but she didn’t love me back,” while she was interviewing Becca Tilley.

Becca Tilley
Becca Tilley as a guest for the Quitter podcast

Bowen continued, “She liked women, but she didn’t like me in that way. It never took off, so I never really had to challenge my concept of my sexuality.”

Bowen’s confession came after guest The Bachelor alum Becca Tilley admitted that coming out had been ‘stressful‘ for her after appearing on the ABC show for two seasons. Reality TV star Becca Tilley, 34, told in the podcast, “What does it mean or what is my label? I’m just attracted to people.”

She continued,

“I hope that one day people don’t have to come out because it causes a lot of stress and weight added. Life is already hard; falling in love should be a natural, beautiful thing people shouldn’t have to explain to anybody.”

The Bachelor alum Tilley went public with her relationship with singer Hayley Kiyoko in May. However, she told Bowen that when it came to her sexuality, she “never thought about a label.” According to Bowen, when people ask others to “identify themselves,” they are often asked about their sexual preference and what they do “in the bedroom.”

She told Tilley,

“What you do with your body should not be the first thing we know about people or care about; it’s your business; as you said, I hope people don’t always have to come out.”

Since her divorce, Bowen has kept her dating life under wraps. Earlier, she joked in a TV interview about coming out of her dating retirement just to date Harry Styles.

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Fans’ Reactions To Julie Bowen’s Concept Of Sexuality

Julie Bowen
Modern Family star Bowen

Julie Bowen is one of America’s most beloved actresses. She has had notable roles, such as Claire Dunphy – in Modern Family, Sarah Shephard – in Lost, Denise Bauer – in Boston Legal, Aunt Gwen – in Dawson’s Creek, and Carol Vessey – in Ed. People with a sense of humor will quickly fall in love with her personality.

However, the Quitters podcast’s Bowen confessed in a recent episode that she’s ‘straight‘ even though she once fell in love with a woman. Immediately following the podcast episode, a Twitter handle called Pop Crave tweeted the following:

Immediately after Pop Crave’s tweet, people started reacting and sharing their opinions about her statement about sexuality. Let’s have a look at what they have to say:

https://twitter.com/cupjdism/status/1587925979418136576

https://twitter.com/itsbryan22/status/1587889699238158336

As part of the divorce settlement, Scott Phillips also applied to Julie Bowen for spousal support and joint physical and legal custody of their three children. They reportedly maintained an amicable relationship and are co-parenting their sons together.

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Source: Twitter

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