Modern family star Ed O’Neill popularly known for his role as Jay Pritchett, Gloria's husband has revealed he was so close to joining a crime organization before he made it in Hollywood. Speaking with his former Modern Family co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson on his “Dinner on Me” podcast, Ed opened up on how poverty drove him to desperation with the mob looking like his only option then. Ed, in his 20s then, had just been fired by the Pittsburgh Steelers and didn’t “have a clue” what to do next. “I had friends in organized crime, [Jim] called me and said ‘Hey take a ride with me. You know, I don’t know what I’m going to do," the father of 2 narrated.
