Inside Ariel Winter’s Candid Take on Frances Anderson’s Music Career and Her Bold New Role in *POOLS
Hi, I’m Jaden Patel, your local stand-up observer of life’s absurdities, including the entertainment industry’s tendency to take itself far too seriously. Today, we examine a story that could easily be titled: “Actors grow up, do things, and sometimes even sing songs about it.”
Frances Anderson, formerly known as Aubrey Anderson-Emmons during her *Modern Family* days, has traded in her childhood sitcom fame for a mic and a new moniker. Ariel Winter, who played the ever-logical Alex Dunphy on the same show, is not only watching this transition with pride but also offering a rare moment of sincerity wrapped in a blanket of dry commentary. “She’s so confident—as she should be,” Ariel told E! News, which is the kind of line that sounds supportive until you imagine her delivering it while sipping lukewarm coffee and side-eyeing the concept of live performance entirely.
Anderson recently released her EP *Drown*, marking a full pivot into the music world. Winter, meanwhile, is content with her on-screen pursuits, citing stage fright as the reason she won’t be joining the music scene anytime soon. “The thought of making music and having to go out on stage and sing it, that sounds terrifying,” she admitted, which is fair. Not everyone can handle the pressure of singing in front of thousands of people who paid good money to hear you forget the lyrics.
Winter’s latest project, *POOLS*, sees her playing Delaney, a character with a hard exterior and a complicated friendship dynamic. It’s a departure from her usual roles, and she leaned into that challenge. “I was looking to do something new and play a completely different character from what I had been doing,” she explained, which is the kind of statement that sounds brave until you realize she’s just describing a high school drama subplot.
She even drew from real-life experiences to build the character, which is either method acting or just being emotionally available—depending on how much therapy she’s doing post-shoot. “Everybody is growing and changing at that age,” she said, which is true, unless you’re 35 and still pretending you’re just “figuring things out.”
Meanwhile, the rest of the *Modern Family* cast continues to evolve in their own ways. Sarah Hyland, who played Haley Dunphy, has been hosting *Love Island USA*, doing Broadway, and marrying someone named Wells Adams, which sounds like a character from a Wes Anderson film. She also offered some life advice that was both touching and suspiciously Instagrammable: “Don’t be too hard on yourself. Love the people around you, but love you more.”
As for Ariel Winter, she’s staying grounded in her acting career while watching her former co-stars explore new creative avenues. Whether it’s music, film, or existential dread, one thing is clear: growing up in the public eye means everyone’s watching your next move. And if you mess it up, well, at least you’ll have a headline.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! News
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