“I was like, ‘I think I’m not going to audition for it.’ I was really torn about it, but I ended up obviously not,” Greer told Ferguson, who played Claire’s younger brother Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family. “Who knows if I would have even gotten it anyway? I was just like, ‘I don’t know if I want to be America’s mom yet.’”

"I was just like, ‘I don’t know if I want to be America’s mom yet,'" she tells Jesse Tyler Ferguson of Julie Bowen's Claire Dunphy

Judy Greer has revealed that she turned down an audition for the hit sitcom Modern Family, and the reason is very surprising.During her appearance at Modern Family alum, Jesse Tyler Ferguson's podcast Dinner's on Me,

Hollywood actor Judy Greer, known for Halloween Kills and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, recently shared that she said no to an audition for a lead role in the hit sitcom Modern Family. Speaking to Modern Family actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson on his Dinner's on Me podcast, Greer explained why she rejected the chance to play Claire Dunphy.

Judy Greer opened up about her decision to turn down the Modern Family audition for a lead role. In a recent conversation with Modern Family alum Jesse Tyler Ferguson on his Dinner’s on

Judy Greer has revealed why she turned down the opportunity to audition for TV sitcom Modern Family. The 13 Going on 30 star revealed to Modern Family actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson that she didn't want to audition for the role of Dunphy family matriarch Claire because she didn't want to be forever known as "America's mom".

Judy Greer wasn't ready to settle down just yet. During a recent podcast appearance, the Halloween Kills and Best Christmas Pageant Ever actress revealed that she turned down an audition for a lead role on the hit sitcom Modern Family because she didn't want to be known as as "America's mom" at that point in her career.

Going on 30’s Judy Greer turned down the role of Claire Dunphy on Modern Family, which ultimately went to Julie Bowen.

After more than 15 years, Judy Greer is reflecting on her decision not to audition for Modern Family. The actress recently noted that she “didn’t even want kids” at the time, so the opportunity to play mom Claire Dunphy (which ultimately went to Julie Bowen) on the ABC sitcom and become “America’s mom” wasn’t appealing to her.

Judy Greer revealed in a recent episode of the "Dinner's on Me" podcast that she passed on an audition for the role of Claire Dunphy on "Modern Family." Greer told "Dinner's on Me" host Jesse Tyler Ferguson,

Judy Greer had a very specific reason for turning down an audition for . The actress, 49, revealed in a recent episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson ’s podcast Dinner’s on Me that she was offered an audition for the Dunphy family matriarch Claire — ultimately played by Julie Bowen — but passed on the opportunity as she did not want to play a mother.