Modern Family
In season 2 ofModern Family , the Delgado - Pritchetts adopt Stella and conform to a novel life of being pet owners . Jay is originally against the idea of owning a pet but after raising Stella for a few weeks , he realizes how much he adore her . Jay and Gloria change their views on Stella almost overnight , with Jay cower over her and Gloria repent ingest her in .
Jay quickly started treat Stella like a prise possession , while Gloria watched in jealousy . He oftentimes treat Stella nicer than he handle his wife . The irony of it all became a long - running laugh on the ABC sitcom as fan fell in love with the relationship between Jay and " Stella Bella . "
Updated on July 21st , 2022 , by Lynn Gibbs : Jay Pritchett and Stella were the twain no one saw coming on Modern Family . As much as Jay loved his married woman Gloria , there was something about Stella that lift Jay ’s flavor . Jay was typically seen as a cranky fictitious character — someone who was constantly bothered by the noise and drama in his life . But as soon as Stella amount into his life , all of his worry fade . There were a handful of scenes that proved Jay loved Stella more than Gloria . All the while , Gloria had to accept that her hubby had an peerless bond with their family dog .
When He Dreamt Of Stella In His Sleep
With a woman as sensational as Gloria , one could only assume that she would be the only cleaning woman Jay would dream of . But in one episode , Gloria is woken in the middle of the night by Jay groaning and articulate " sister " in his sleep . Gloria immediately surmise he ’s dreaming of another woman and gives him the insensate shoulder joint . To Gloria , this was the bad matter Jay could do to her .
When they finally blab out about it , Jay secern Gloria he was screaming " infant " because he was let a nightmare about their son Joe . Later when Jay spoke to the television camera , he admitted he was n’t dreaming of Joe or Gloria — he was dreaming of his weenie Stella .
When He Offered Stella A Towel (But Not His Wife)
In the episode ' Little Bo Bleep , ' Jay is occupy when Stella celebrate leap into the pool without bed how to swim . He take on she ’s suicidal and jumps into the pool to save her whenever she dives in .
Gloria is n’t a fan of Stella but when she hears Stella fall into the pool , Gloria does the right affair and skip in to save her . When they emerge , Jay quickly roll a towel around Stella instead of warming up — and thanking — his drenched married woman . Asperfect as Jay and Gloria ’s human relationship was , this was a depleted moment for the dyad because of his dedication to Stella over Gloria .
He Chose Stella Over Joe’s Rash
In the sequence ' Rash Decisions , ' Gloria and Jay are baffle when Joe get a rash all over his body . After running through potential reasons , Gloria is convinced Joe is allergic to Stella . Jay refuse to get rid of the dog , which angers his married woman because he is choosing a dog over his child .
However , Jay sadly come around to it and gives Stella to Mitchell and Cam . A few days later , Joe still has the skin rash and looks like sensitised to Gloria ’s newfangled lotion . One of the more shameless things Jay does was as soon as he was in the clear , he left Gloria and his son behind and brought Stella home .
He Hates When Gloria Snores But Loves It When Stella Does
When Gloria was pregnant with Joe , Jay was losing eternal rest because of Gloria ’s snoring . He even try sleeping in a hotel one night just to veil from her . But in an earliest sequence , Jay wakes up to the sound of saw logs in bed and it turned out to be Stella .
Gloria was annoyed by the noise but Jay adore them . He assumed Stella was afraid in the middle of the dark and snuck into bottom to curve up with them . Gloria reminded Jay that they had a " no dogs in the seam " rule but Jay ignored her . Gloria ’s snoring brought out the curmudgeon out in Jay but Stellas made him happy .
He Sneaks Away From Gloria To Enter Stella In A Dog Show
In the sequence ' Sleeper , ' Jay is nervous about introduce Stella in a local dog show . He lied to Gloria and assure her he was get his tire rotated but in actuality , he was buying Stella a ornamental show arrest . Thebiggest mistake Jay made herewas lie to Gloria or else of telling her how much he wanted Stella to come through an honor .
As the daylight went on , it became harder for him to do the dog show without Gloria know , so Mitchell convinced him to do it anyway . By the end of the episode , Jay was seen show Stella off while the kin cheered on .
Jay Greets Stella First
Jay and Gloria have a relationship filled with arguing but they would n’t change it for the world . Speaking loudly was their signifier of communication . When Jay worked , he would come home and be greeted by a loving Gloria disregardless of how they were doing .
The two would talk about their days , problems , and what they have planned for the even . But once Jay formed a bail with Stella , it was Stella greeting Jay by the door — not Gloria . Jay hilariously tell Gloria he would greet her first too if she wagged her posterior when he came home .
“S” Is For Stella
In the episode ' Valentine ’s Day 4 : Twisted Sister , ' Jay and Gloria had a romantic evening planned for Valentine ’s Day . But when Gloria ’s sis Sonia shows up by chance , their plans changed . Some rooter leave about Gloria’syounger babe but after this installment , it was impossible to forget who Sonia was because of her malefic actions .
Since Jay did n’t require to splash Gloria with fancy gifts , he go to the jewellery store and bought Stella a chain collar with a bedazzled " S " on it . Manny judged Jay for have Stella a Valentine ’s Day natural endowment but it sums up their family relationship in a nutshell . What ’s worse was Jay wound up give Sonia Stella ’s collar since both names protrude with an " S. "
He Even Showers With Stella!
The closer Jay and Stella became , the more hostile Gloria becomes with the hotdog . In one scene , Gloria is wild that Stella is chewing on her expensive shoe . While Jay is showering , she barges in and warns Jay that he has to civilise Stella intimately because all of her shoes are ruin .
Instead of take Gloria ’s concerns seriously , Jay order Gloria to clean up her shoe so Stella would n’t run through them . As wise as he was , it did n’t make sentience that Jaywould choose Stella over his married woman in times like this . However , it ’s then that she notices that Stella is also in the exhibitor with Jay . The two are so connected , they were bathe with each other .
Stella Was His Muse For His New Company
Jay has one of his dependable father / daughter momentswhen he turn over his ship’s company over to Claire . With time on his hands , he enjoys retreat for as long as he can before he becomes bored . He finally begins dabbling in unlike project before create a Modern job venture : Dog Beds by Stella .
With Manny ’s service , Jay starts make various dog beds for all stock . Stella , of course , is the inspiration and muse of the society , much to Gloria ’s chagrin . Instead of spending his devoid metre with Gloria , he spent it on his dog bed designs .
Jay Feeds Stella Gloria’s Colombian Meals
In the installment ' I Do n’t get laid How She Does It , ' Jay intromit that he give Stella human food for thought from time to meter . His compulsion with his dog made Jay one of the betterModern Familycharacters . Whenever Gloria makes something he does n’t enjoy , he quietly feeds it to the frump . Jay told the camera he lied to Gloria when they first started dating and sound out he screw this one specific Colombian dish , and now he can just slither it to Stella .
It took Gloria three day to make this special meal but she did it because she think Jay make out it . As it turn out , he hates it and secretly feeds it to Stella without Gloria noticing . rather of being honest with his wife , he ’d rather feed his positron emission tomography the solid food she mold so intemperately on .
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