United Kingdom, May 10 -- Ariel Winter found it "hard" to say goodbye to 'Modern Family'.

The 27-year-old actress played the role of Alex Dunphy on the ABC sitcom between 2009 and 2020 and explained how she found it tough to bid farewell to a show that had been such a huge part of her life.

Ariel told People: "It was hard.

"We were like a real family. It was weird knowing it would just be over, and I wouldn't get to see everybody all the time anymore. It was like, wait, yeah, wait, we're not going to be together on Monday? So on the one hand, I didn't want it to end, but at the same time, I was ready to start something new as an adult."

Ariel was only 11 when 'Modern Family' began and she did not suspect that the programme would gone ...