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Meet Jesse Tyler Ferguson's new man!

The 35-year-old Modern Family star, who plays Eric Stonestreet's partner on the hit ABC comedy, held safekeeping with person Justin Mikita on the red furnishings Thursday.

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The digit attended ELLE's Women in Television circumstance in West tone unitedly -- their first open attendance as a couple.

"Jesse and Justin were inseparable all night," an onlooker tells UsMagazine.com. Mikita was also overheard telling guests he'll be present Sunday's SAG Awards as Ferguson's date. "I'll be there in the background!" he joked.

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According to the eyewitness, "every time he looked at Jesse, he seemed to melt."

Though Ferguson has yet to interpret on his relationship, he did acknowledge that Mikita was his plus-one for the evening.

"So @justinmikita and I are at the Elle Women in TV party," the person wrote, adding a picture of digit nameplates that feature "Jesse President Ferguson" and "Guest of Jesse President Ferguson."

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Mikita, 25, also mutual a photo of himself with Ferguson from the circumstance on Twitter. (They also appear in a picture unitedly on Mikita's Facebook page).

So who is Mikita, exactly? The person starred in 2000's Can't Be Heaven, and he describes himself as a "hopeless romantic, survivor, purveyor of the subject and soul penalization lover."

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