Modern Family star Ariel Winter's public message to fans after posting video with boyfriend Luke Benward
Modern Family's Ariel Winter is setting the record straight about her boyfriend Luke Benward.
The 26-year-old actress – who played Alex Dunphy on the sitcom for 11 years – has been dating the 28-year-old actor and singer since January 2020, and recently has started sharing content from their day-to-day lives together on TikTok.
When she shared a video of the couple cooking stuffed capsicums, however, some of the 3.6 million who watched it started speculating on the health of their relationship in the comments – and Winter took them to task.
Watch the video above.
Ariel Winter and Luke Benward have been dating officially since January 2020. Instagram
They've recently started sharing videos of their daily lives together, like this one where they make stuffed capsicums. TikTok
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The majority of the 1400 comments on Winter's video – which sees Benward act as her sous chef – are about the recipe.
"She's so lucky," one viewer wrote under a comment about Benward being Winter's partner.
One viewer, however, replied, "Is she [though]? There's been so many rumours about him controlling her".
To that, Winter responded sarcastically: "Guys please help he's forcing me on OnlyFans so he can be my manager and he doesn't let me out of the house!!!!😭😂 SOS!!!!"
After the joke, Winter wrote a more serious response, telling her fans, "Don't believe everything you see on [TikTok], especially rumours like that :) ❤️
"He's a great man, and if he wasn't, the dogs would take his ass outside 😌."
The user who speculated about the "controlling" rumours then apologised to Winter, who responded, "It's totally OK! Those clickbait type things are so easy to fall into when really, most of them are just people looking to get views anyway they can."
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Winter first made a sarcastic joke about the 'rumours' but then denied them seriously. TikTok
When the fan apologised to Winter, she said it was OK. TikTok
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Winter and Benward, who rose to fame by playing Will in the Disney film Cloud 9, were first romantically linked in late 2019, and celebrate their anniversary in January each year.
In July 2021, Winter told Entertainment Tonight: "We've been able to grow together and not just be in a relationship, but we're partners in business. We're partners. He's my best friend."
"He's my boyfriend," Winter said. "So it's really beautiful to be able to get to that place with somebody and to have the friendship foundation first and then to be able to grow into everything, is really, really beautiful."
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