Ariel Winter made a rare sighting at an event over the weekend.
The Modern Family veteran was seen at the 4th Annual Legacy Ball at SLS Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, in Beverly Hills on Saturday.
The 26-year-old raven-haired star stood out in a sheer royal blue dress that flaunted her assets.
The petite wonder had her makeup perfectly done with a pink lip as she held on to a silver purse while adding high heels.
Also with the icon was her boyfriend of several years, Dumplin’ actor Luke Benward.
This comes two years after the couple left Los Angeles for a more slow-paced location.
Ariel Winter made a rare sighting at an event over the weekend. The Modern Family veteran was seen at the 4th Annual Legacy Ball at SLS Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, in Beverly Hills on Saturday
The raven-haired star stood out in a sheer royal blue dress that flaunted her assets
In 2022, Winter said she did herself ‘a service’ by leaving Los Angeles.
The actress – who is best known for play Alex Dunphy in the ABC comedy series Modern Family – moved to a new city, but she hasn’t divulged where, and admits she felt the need to depart LA because didn’t like being pictured and isn’t ‘interested’ in fame.
Speaking on her former co-star Julie Bowen’s ‘Quitters’ podcast, she said: ‘Part of the reason I always hated LA was because I have been followed by paparazzi for a very long portion of my life.
‘I really, really dislike having my space invaded. I don’t like pictures of me [that] I haven’t signed up for. I don’t like feeling watched.
‘I’ve always just wanted to live a very normal life, have a normal existence and I never really felt like I could do that.
‘Everywhere I went, someone was taking my picture. I’m just not that person. Fame and all that is not something I’m interested in. I just want to live as normal a life as I can.
‘Everyone deserves privacy and to share what they want to share about themselves … [People] think, ‘Oh, you have money … just take that and accept it.’ No. I did myself a service by leaving L.A.’
The petite wonder had her makeup perfectly done with a pink lip as she held on to a silver purse while adding high heels
Also with the icon was her boyfriend of several years, Dumplin’ actor Luke Benward
In December 2021, Ariel told how she was called a ‘fat s***’ by her critics when she was just 13.
The star – who was just 11 years old when she joined ‘Modern Family’ – said: ‘I got called a fat s*** when I was 13. That was rough. Because I gained weight and my body changed, I had to wear different outfits and I wore a dress that had a cut-out [on my chest]. And the headlines were dark. ‘Fat s***’ was rough for me, and it continued.’
Ariel said some hate comments even came from people claiming to be her fans, because they wanted her to be more like the character she played on TV.
She added: ‘It was the fans, some of them – we have lovely, lovely fans, but some of them were also hard on me in the way they loved Alex Dunphy. And because I wasn’t Alex Dunphy and didn’t look like Alex, I didn’t want to dress like Alex … I was just different in that way. I’m not my character.
This comes two years after the couple left Los Angeles for a more slow-paced location
In 2022, Winter said she did herself ‘a service’ by leaving Los Angeles. The actress – who is best known for play Alex Dunphy in the ABC comedy series Modern Family – moved to a new city, but she hasn’t divulged where, and admits she felt the need to depart LA because didn’t like being pictured and isn’t ‘interested’ in fame
‘From them, they’re like, ‘How did you go from Alex Dunphy to being, like, a w****? You’re trying to be sexy, you’re 13, you’re a horrible role model. What are you showing people? You got so fat on TV, now you look so fat.’ ‘
Meanwhile, in November, Winter said she has been taking ‘a bunch of medication’ for her mental health.
The star revealed that she needs to take medication in order to feel mentally well.
During an appearance on the ‘Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson and Olivia Allen’ podcast, Ariel shared: ‘Why am I gonna be out here, like, pretending like I don’t need something?
‘Like, why am I gonna be out here pretending that I can live my life just fine without it when, like, I can’t. And, like, so many people I know can’t either.’
Ariel has been attending therapy sessions for a decade, and the actress admits that she’s been on a ‘journey’ with her mental health.
She explained: ‘I started in therapy when I was 15, and I think I got on medication probably when I was, like, 16. And it was a really hard journey to find the right ones. It took a really long time.’
Ariel initially agonised about taking different medications. But she’s become much more philosophical about the situation over time.
She said: ‘At first I was like, ‘Wow, I have to take more than one’. I, like, felt weird and I was like, ‘Oh, no, I feel like that pill lady.’ I have my little pill container. But over time, I was like, ‘Whatever, I feel better.’ It is what it is. What, if I have to take a couple together to be the best version of me, that’s fine.’
In 2019, meanwhile, Ariel revealed that her medication had actually caused her to lose weight.
Discussing her weight-loss, the actress said on Instagram: ‘The change in medication instantly made me drop all of the weight I couldn’t lose before by just giving me back a metabolism.
‘That was very unexpected. While I feel better mentally with the change, it’s nice to work out and have your body actually respond, but I want to gain a few pounds of muscle and get healthier.’
