Sarah Hyland accused of being a ‘tyrant’ by former co-star Jeff Dye.

The Modern Family actress was a nightmare to work with, it’s been alleged by one of her former movie co-stars.

Now, this is one cast that is far from a modern family.

Jeff Dye is getting candid about starring in the 2019 movie The Wedding Year alongside co-star Sarah Hyland.

“In the time that I had to be on set, Sarah Hyland was the lead,” the comedian, 42, said on Thursday’s episode of The George Janko Show, reports the New York Post.

After acknowledging he was only in the rom-com for about “30 seconds,” Dye claimed that the Modern Family alum, 34, was “rude to everyone,” calling her a “pretty woman who chain-smokes and is terrible.”

He alleged that at one point, Hyland reportedly complained to director Robert Luketic about the film’s extras eating food from the craft services table.

“She was annoyed that some extras wanted some f**king free granola bars … like it was in her kitchen or something,” Dye said.

The stand-up comic also claimed the actress “hated” him and even told him to his face, “You’re what is wrong with people.”

Dye was scathing in his assessment of Hyland.

He described her as “mean”. Picture: Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Dye speculated that she did not like him because he is a man and she is “not used to masculine energy of any sort.”

Dye also claimed that Hyland allegedly tried to show cast and crew members the trailer for the 2019 live-action Dumbo movie on her phone.

“They’re all in this hierarchy of Hollywood where it’s like, she’s No. 1 on the call sheet, [so] we have to, like, pander to her. If she’s mean to us, just let her be mean to us, and if she’s sad, pretend like it’s OK that she’s sad,” he said of the on set expectations.

Dye claimed that at one point, Hyland was crying while watching the trailer, and he replied in shock at the time, “That looks gay.”

“I didn’t even mean it. I just wanted to ruin the moment,” he admitted on the podcast. “I ruined her little showpiece.”

“She thinks she’s so important, and this is, like, the whole industry,” Dye concluded.

When asked whether he was the one who rubbed Hyland the wrong way, the actor doubled down, claiming to have “checked in with everybody” on set, and they agreed that Hyland was “mean.”

Hyland and Camp in a scene from the film.

Dye even joked that staffers allegedly bonded over their dislike for the actress, and it brought them closer together.

“I think, actually, people found camaraderie in hating her,” he said. “Like, she was the island.”

“Don’t care at all,” Dye said about potential backlash, insisting he was “just being honest.”

But Dye did say the film’s director, 51, “was a dream” to work with, as was his on-screen wife, Anna Camp.

“I would work with [Luketic] anytime ever again,” he added, sharing, “Me and Anna Camp became good buddies after that. Like, she’s awesome.”

The Post has reached out to Hyland’s rep for comment.

Dye previously came after Kristin Cavallari, who he dated in 2021-2022. The Hills star, 38, told a story about an unnamed ex-boyfriend getting arrested in front of her during a trip to Los Angeles in an October 2023 episode of her Let’s Be Honest podcast.

Dye had been arrested for fleeing the scene of a traffic collision and driving under the influence.

“Kristin telling the story on her podcast for clicks, which, f**k her … It’s not her story to tell,” Dye said on the Smoochie Town podcast in December 2023. “It was very terrible, and it hurt my feelings a lot.”

Dye called Cavallari “a terrible person” for later posting photos of his totalled car via social media, adding, “I don’t think people realise how horrific that made me feel. Like, I don’t know if anyone will ever know. I don’t know how to explain it. Imagine the worst thing that ever happened to you and strangers are looking at you, like, at a coffee shop.”

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission.

Originally published as Sarah Hyland accused of being a ‘tyrant’ by former co-star Jeff Dye.