TL;DR
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson recalls a traumatic Halloween hayride with Glee cast.
- He cried during a spooky corn maze adventure.
- Ferguson felt safe on the hayride but terrified in the maze.
- His boyfriend encouraged him to join the fun.
- Now he laughs about the experience.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the beloved star of Modern Family, just took us on a wild ride down memory lane, and it’s a scream! With Halloween creeping up on us, he’s spilling the beans about a frightful experience he had with the cast of Glee that left him shaking in his boots—literally. On a recent episode of Jeff Hiller’s podcast, Dinner’s On Me, Ferguson opened up about his traumatic encounter at the legendary Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, and let’s just say, it was no walk in the park.
Picture this: it’s 2009, and Ferguson is invited to this spooky event with the Glee gang. He thought he was in for a night of fun, but instead, he ended up shedding tears like a baby! The hayride, which takes thrill-seekers through a series of terrifying scenes—think creepy carnivals and graveyards—had him feeling more haunted than happy. “I was really traumatized,” he confessed, and honestly, who wouldn’t be? The hayride is designed to scare the pants off you, and Ferguson was right in the middle of it, trying to keep his cool.
But it didn’t stop there! After the hayride, the cast wanted to take on the corn maze, and that’s when things got really hairy. “They give you a lantern, and they’re like, ‘go,'” Ferguson explained. No thanks! He felt like he was thrown to the wolves, and with his boyfriend Justin Mikita urging him to join the fun, he was caught between a rock and a hard place. “Just come on, it’s fine,” Mikita said, but Ferguson was having none of it. “I can’t do it. I can’t do it,” he cried, and honestly, we feel him. Who wants to wander through a maze filled with who-knows-what lurking in the shadows?
In a moment of pure panic, Ferguson decided to split from the group and walked back to his car, tears streaming down his face. Can you imagine? The cast of Glee all geared up for a spooky adventure, and he’s just trying to escape to safety. “Amber Riley was like, ‘Jesus Christ,'” he recalled, and we can just picture the scene. It’s a classic case of FOMO gone wrong!
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Now, looking back, Ferguson can laugh about the whole ordeal. He joked about how Lea Michele could have been shouting at him to “grow a pair” while he was running for the hills, and honestly, we can totally see that happening! “Grab a lantern, grow a pair!” he quipped, and we’re here for it. It’s all in good fun now, but it just goes to show that sometimes, even the bravest among us can have a little scare.
So, as we gear up for Halloween this year, let’s take a page from Ferguson’s book: it’s okay to be scared, but don’t forget to laugh about it later. Grab your lanterns and get ready for a spooky season, folks!
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