Sofia Vergara Called the Show Out
Sofia Vergara, who is Colombian-born just like her character Gloria, told TIME, “I went to the writers and said, ‘We wouldn’t do this, Colombians don’t dress like that. I cannot blame the writers. You write what you know, and you cannot tell an American writer to write about some other culture and expect that it will be as natural as writing about an American person.” Because she spoke out, her character was written more authentically, which relieved many viewers of the show.