Modern Family actress Sofia Vergara has called it the rudest celebrity encounter

The actress, who appeared on “Modern Family,” claims Sofia Vergara was her “gross celebrity” encounter.

According to the insider, Vergara earned the title because of her treatment of her staff and a meltdown on the set of the comedy show over a wig issue.

The claim comes as Sofia Vergara continued to fuel dating rumors after being spotted enjoying a cozy lunch in New York with the Formula 1 star. Lewis Hamilton.

During an appearance on The Bald and the Beautiful podcast alongside drag queens Trixie and Cathy, actress Kelly Mantle, who appeared as a drag queen on the 2019 episode of Modern Family titled “Last Halloween,” shared her experience on the job. with Sofia Vergara.

Mantle described the 52-year-old actress as his “roughest celebrity,” referring to how Vergara allegedly treated her staff.

“It wasn't the most pleasant experience I've ever had,” Mantle said Daily mail. “It wasn't about me. It was the way some of her staff were treated.”

Mantle described an instance in which Vergara reportedly refused to allow the crew to use bobby pins to secure a wig for an event.

“She wears a wig in the episode and they kept wanting to put pins in it and she told them no pins,” she said of the moment.

Tensions on set reportedly rose when Mantle, who was tasked with placing a crown on Vergara's head during a scene, inadvertently upset the actress.

“They're screaming, and I'm supposed to put a crown in her hair,” Mantle said. “So I put the crown on and then they say cut off and she's like, 'Watch out for the wig!' You put the crown on my head!””

Mantle then jokingly responded to her by saying, “Well, girl, you should have used those pins.”

Reflecting on the incident, Mantle admitted that Vergara may have just been having an off day.

“Maybe it was a bad day. I'm just going to say it was a bad day. Because she's fun and beautiful and talented and gorgeous. I'm sure it was a bad day,” she said.

Vergara is rumored to be dating Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, 40, and was recently seen enjoying an intimate lunch with them in New York.

The two smiled as they said goodbye, and then the Colombian-American actress got into the car. They had dined with friends at Breakfast by Salt Cure, a popular West Village spot.

Vergara and Hamilton sat side by side at a table, engaging in lively conversation with their group. Onlookers noted that the “Griselda” star barely touched her meal, appearing to be completely engrossed in the conversation around her.

Vergara and Hamilton were seen smiling and chatting outside the restaurant before she got into an SUV and drove away.

Vergara was last romantically linked to orthopedic surgeon Justin Saliman, though she confirmed she was single again in October.

The two were first seen together in October 2023 and went on several dates before the actress publicly revealed that she was back on the dating scene.

When asked about dating in New York and Los Angeles, Vergara said Us Weekly“I was just talking about it yesterday because now I'm single…sort of single.”

At this year's Golden Globes ceremony, she revealed her goals for 2024 Access Hollywoodindicating “health”, “money” and “friend or maybe lover”.

Saliman marked Vergara's first known relationship since her split from “Magic Mike” actor Joe Manganiello in 2023. The former couple married in 2015 when Gloria Pritchett was at the height of her fame on Modern Family.

Before that, Vergara was married to her high school sweetheart Joe Gonzalez in the early 1990s, with whom she has a 33-year-old son, Manolo Gonzalez Vergara.

Between the two marriages, Vergara was in a two-year relationship with actor Nick Loeb. The couple got engaged in 2012, but called it quits in 2014.

After their divorce, Vergara and Loeb engaged in a lengthy legal battle over two fertilized embryos they created through in vitro fertilization and which were cryogenically frozen.

In 2015, Loeb filed a lawsuit against Vergara seeking custody of the embryos with the intention of bringing them to term, sparking a years-long court battle.

The actor initially tried the case in California, but later moved it to Louisiana, where the law recognizes embryos as persons with legal rights.

The “Wild Card” actress eventually prevailed in 2021, when a Los Angeles judge issued a permanent injunction barring Loeb from using the embryos without her consent.