Santiago Felipe/Getty You know these texts that you can only send a close family member, like maybe a parent or a sibling? Well,Jesse Tyler Fergusonsent one of those, but it went to his friendMartha Plimpton's mom, Shelley, whom he didn't really know. "For some reason, I don't know," Ferguson said Wednesday on hisDinner's on Mepodcast, on which theGooniesstar was a guest. "I think it's because we got iPhones around the same time when we didMidsummer Night's Dream. And we shared contacts. I think there was a bug or something." TheCocaine Bearactor went on to explain that, when both actors were part of the same production in 2007, somehow the number to Plimpton's mom got listed in his phone under "mom." "Saved in my phone as mom," Ferguson said. "So I had this number and I remember I was having a really rough, really rough go at things. And I never do this, I never really reach out for help from my parents. But I had texted my mom a really long text message about just being in a bad place and not feeling good and being a little depressed and feeling insecure, and I really let her know where I was at." He didn't know what he had done until Plimpton's mom responded. "Get the text back —ding," Ferguson said. "'Hi, Jesse. Hi, honey. This is Martha's mom.' I was texting your mother this. I've met your mom a few times. I don't know your mom." Plimpton was horrified for him. "Oh my God," she said. But it turned out better than expected, because of what happened afterward. Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock "She was so, she was so sweet," Ferguson said. "She's like, 'I hope you're okay.'" Then there was the matter of whether to reach out to his own mom with the correct number. "And then I was like, 'Do I just copy and paste this?'" Ferguson recalled thinking. "And then I didn't, I didn't even text my mom that. I just sort of [felt] like, I let it out, it was heard." Sign up forEntertainment Weekly's free daily newsletterto get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Even though Ferguson's mom didn't know what he was going through, it was a relief to know that someone did. "Well," Plimpton said, "I'm glad she didn't go, 'Who the f--- is this?'" Ferguson's career, at least, had an upswing not long after working with the younger Plimpton. In 2009, he made his debut as Mitchell Pritchett in ABC's new sitcomModern Family, which aired for 11 seasons. Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly
