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Mitchell Pritchett

Cam thinks that if he were straight, he and Julia Roberts would be dating.

— Modern Family • 2009

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker reports that Cam believes that, if he were straight, he and Julia Roberts would be a couple. The remark gently mocks a grand, unlikely fantasy, treating a celebrity match as a matter of simple orientation and turning it into a joke about inflated self-belief.

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