Ariel Winter reveals the REAL reason she left Los Angeles

Ariel Winter left Los Angeles for a "normal life" - and "snow".

The Modern Family actress grew up in California and, while she is often in the area for work, she bought a house in Tennessee in May 2022, and she much prefers the quieter life she lives out there.

She told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: “I would prefer to not live in LA.

“I don’t really love LA, but I have all of my people there, which I think is what makes it really tough to leave.

“I grew up in LA and just really wanted a change of pace. LA is busy, and I was hoping to just get away a little and see what that change does for me. I wanted seasons and snow!

“I also wanted to get away from paparazzi, and just live a normal life and it gave me that."

But the 28-year-old star couldn't leave Los Angeles permanently because all of the people she loves are there.

She said: “All my family, my friends, everyone’s [in LA]. I think that is what I love so much about LA – just that, not LA [itself].

"[Nashville is] just so peaceful and calm, and normal in a way that LA isn’t. I really would prefer to live there, probably. I don’t have my people there so much. I have some people, but my family’s not there, and that’s tough.”