Ty Burrell Says He Has ‘No Regrets’ About Leaving L.A. to Raise His 2 Teen Daughters in Utah (Exclusive)
The ‘Modern Family’ star left California with his wife Holly and their two children in 2020
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Ty Burrell is digging his new life in Utah — so much so that he says he has no regrets about leaving Los Angeles.
“It’s just been spectacular,” the actor, 57, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview of Salt Lake City, where he lives with his wife Holly and their two teenage daughters, Frances and Greta.
“We moved here right after [Modern Family] ended, and I don’t have any regrets. It’s been lovely and a great place to raise the kids,” he adds.
Ty, who is currently starring in the scripted podcast series The Good Life, which is loosely based on his own childhood, admits he is “itching” to get back into performing again, but, for now, he is loving voiceover work, so he can continue his outdoorsy lifestyle.
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Still, he admits that he wasn’t exactly a lover of the outdoors when he first moved to the mountains, explaining, “My parents weren’t really those kinds of people.”
“So at first, when we moved here, it almost felt like cosplay, like we were pretending to be people who were outdoorsy, and now we really truly love it,” Ty continues.
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Ty spoke with PEOPLE about his longtime marriage earlier in the year. He and Holly have been married for 25 years, and he credited one relationship rule with making their union go smoothly.
“This is probably connected to the really old axiom of ‘Don’t go to bed angry,’ but we force ourselves to talk about stuff,” Ty said at the time. “Both of us make sure that if something’s wrong, by the end of the night, we have at least had some discussion about it.”
He added, “Neither one of us are silent treatment people, and I think that’s a real benefit, because I think that can be really hard on a relationship, when you don’t talk about things.”
The Good Life podcast series — also featuring Jennifer Garner, Colton Dunn, Jillian Bell and Ego Nwodim — is now available on Audible.
