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South Pasadena Resident Wants Cuss-Free 'Modern Family'

No-cussing advocate McKay Hatch is asking ABC to pull this week's "Modern Family" episode in which toddler Lily appears to use an expletive.

If you've been living in town for a few years, you may remember South Pas resident McKay Hatch, who founded the No Cussing Club.

The club got so much notoriety that the story went national with Hatch even making an appearance on Jay Leno.

But that's not where his story ends.

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Again Hatch is in the spotlight—this time asking ABC to pull Wednesday's "Modern Family" episode in which toddler Lily appears to use a bleeped expletive.

The network says the actress, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, really said “fudge” during taping, and her mouth will be obscured by pixilation—but that's still not OK with Hatch. 

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"Our main goal is to stop this from happening," Hatch, now 18-years-old and a student at Brigham Young University-Idaho, told the Associated Press. "If we don't, at least ABC knows that people all over the world don't want to have a 2-year-old saying the F-bomb on TV."

"We hope they know better," he continued.

Hatch reportedly has 35,000 members behind him worldwide and is asking all of them to complain to the network. Click on the attached video to learn more about Hatch's initiatives.

Patch Asks: What's your take on the situation? Do you agree with Hatch? Is this episode appropriate for ABC Television?


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