After several weeks of rumors and speculation, the news was confirmed last Monday: Colombian actress Sofía Vergara and fellow actor Joe Manganiello ended their seven-year marriage. The former couple announced the news to the Page Six portal, assuring that it had been a “difficult decision to make.”
A separation that caught many of his followers off guard, who until now had seen an idyllic marriage in the protagonist of Modern Family and the Magic Mike actor. However, many others already saw signs, as the actor’s cold congratulations on his wife’s birthday and the recent sale of his mansion pointed to the existence of some other problem in the couple.
The couple sent a joint statement to publicly announce their breakup, but now it is known that it was Manganiello who initiated the divorce proceedings before the judge. Her lawyer is Laura Wasser, a relentless lawyer with a reputation to spare in Hollywood and whom she is known as “the terror” for having obtained very good deals for stars like Nicole Kidman, Kim Kardashian or Angelina Jolie.
Now, that does not mean that things between the former couple of actors are going to get ugly, at least not for now. As reported by the TMZ portal, there is a prenuptial contract that both signed prior to their wedding in 2015, which they plan to respect. Therefore, the two will keep their properties, as well as what they obtained during their years of marriage.
So, what reasons would the actor have had to request a divorce from his wife? At the moment, he points to two insurmountable problems. First of all, it seems that the actor was more than ready to have children, something that was not in Sofia’s plans. The actress is already the mother of a son, Manolo (31), the result of her first marriage with fellow Colombian Joe Gonzalez, with whom she had her only child, Manolo. In addition, she was locked in a never-ending legal fight with her ex-partner, Nick Loeb, with whom she froze embryos in 2013.
In addition, it seems that there would be another reason for the distance and consequent separation of the couple. As People pointed out just a few days ago, the two would have gone through a serious crisis in recent months: “They have been estranged for a while now and they tried to resolve things, but they are focused on different areas of their lives.”
Apparently, his lifestyle would have had a lot to do with it. The Daily Mail even dares to point to alcohol as a turning point between the two. Manganiello was addicted, and hasn’t taken a drop in over 20 years. Sofía Vergara, for her part, has no objection to frequently consuming alcohol in an environment or in social gatherings, which made things very complicated for her then-husband.
At the moment, neither of them has spoken beyond their statement. Only the actress has shared some photographs of her in a swimsuit enjoying a few days of sun the days after her separation -in which she is seen drinking only water-, to try to return to a normal life. Her friend, also an actress Julie Bowen, commented on her images and gave her all her support: “This is how she looks to be single and attractive!”, Which gave rise to an infinity of reactions.
