Sofía Vergara Expresses Doubts Over Ex-Husband Joe Manganiello’s Claim About Their Split

Sofía Vergara has raised an eyebrow over her ex-husband Joe Manganiello’s recent assertion that their differing opinions on having children weren’t the reason for their split. In a recent interview, Vergara expressed her skepticism, saying, “At the end of the day, you never even know if that’s what he said for real.”

Vergara made the comments in a profile published on Wednesday. She questioned the authenticity of Manganiello’s statement, adding, “I’ve read a lot of things that I’ve said that I’m like, ‘Huh? What am I gonna do, call him?’ I don’t know if he even said that.”

Back in January, Vergara told a Spanish newspaper that she and Manganiello parted ways because they didn’t agree on whether to have kids together. She explained, “My marriage broke up because my husband was younger. He wanted to have kids and I didn’t want to be an old mom.” Vergara, who shares a son with her ex-husband Joe Gonzalez, said she respects women who become mothers later in life but didn’t want to take on that role herself.

Manganiello, however, claimed in a July interview that Vergara’s comments about their divorce were “simply not true.” He stated that they had tried to have a family for the first year and a half of their relationship and had an open conversation about it early on. He denied giving Vergara an ultimatum, saying, “To be painted as if I had some sort of midlife crisis, and after nine years, turned to somebody and gave them an ultimatum of, ‘Do this potentially unhealthy thing to your body, or else I’m gone’? That’s never who I was.”

Vergara and Manganiello announced their split in July 2023 after seven years of marriage. A source revealed that the pair “were living different lives” before their breakup, with no cheating or major issues involved. The couple’s divorce was finalized in April, with Manganiello citing irreconcilable differences and Vergara asking the court to enforce their prenuptial agreement.

Both Vergara and Manganiello have since moved on with new partners. Manganiello made his red carpet debut with actress Caitlin O’Connor in December 2023, while Vergara was first spotted with her boyfriend, orthopedic surgeon Justin Saliman, in October 2023.

In a May interview, Vergara noted that it was “hard” to jump back into the dating scene over the age of 50. “I’m not going to be now picky about, ‘Oh, he can only be a doctor. Oh, he can only be an astronaut,'” she said. “No, I mean, I’m not that picky.”