Exclusive: ABC Statement on Cam and Mitch Not Kissing on "Modern Family"

There has been a lot of talk since last week's episode of Modern Family as to whether or not the show was purposefully keeping Cameron and Mitchell from showing the same level of affection as the show's two heterosexual couples. A Facebook page was even started urging ABC to let the gay couple kiss.

Such concerns had been floating around for a bit for, but we never quite saw it that way since none of the couples seemed overly affectionate, not to mention the fact pretty much every other aspect of Cameron and Mitchell's relationship has earned nothing but raves from most of the gay community, including AfterElton.com.

Still, we also noticed in last week's episode that when Phil reunited with Claire at the airport, it was with a kiss while Mitch and Cam only hugged. Curious we went to ABC to ask about the issue and just received this exclusive statement from the show's producers.  

Cameron and Mitchell are a loving, grounded, committed, and demonstrably affectionate couple and have been from the beginning of the series.  It happens that we have an episode in the works that addresses Mitchell's slight discomfort with public displays of affection.  It will air in the fall and until then, as Phil Dunphy would say, everyone please chillax.

Now, if this statement were coming from say, CBS, which has no regularly occurring gay characters, I might be a little skeptical. But I think both ABC, and especially the folks at Modern Family, have earned our trust and goodwill. I see no reason to doubt that the guys have yet to kiss because of any sort of homophobia on their part and that we will learn just what is up with the decidedly neurotic Mitchell next fall. Frankly, Mitchell's shunning PDAs sounds exactly like him.