Sofía Vergara REVEALS the Real Reason Behind Joe Manganiello Breakup _ E! News
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00:00 Sofia Vergara reveals the real reason behind her and Joe Manganiello's divorce.
00:06 About six months after the couple filed for divorce, Sofia opens up to Spanish newspaper El País
00:13 about what ultimately led to her and the actor's breakup, saying,
00:17 "My marriage broke up because my husband was younger. He wanted to have kids and I didn't want to be an old mom.
00:24 I feel it's not fair to the baby. I respect whoever does it, but that's not for me anymore."
00:29 And the actress, who is a parent to one adult son, Manolo, with ex-husband Joe González, notes she's ready for a different chapter in life.
00:39 She continues, "I had a son at 19, who is now 32, and I'm ready to be a grandmother, not a mother.
00:46 So if love comes along, he has to come with his own children. I'm almost in menopause. It's the natural way of things.
00:54 When my son becomes a dad, let him bring the baby to me for a while and then I'll give it back to him and go on with my life.
01:01 That's what I have to do."
01:03 Sofia and Joe, who first met in 2014 and tied the knot in November of 2015, announced their divorce in July of 2023
01:12 and released a joint statement, saying, "We have made the difficult decision to divorce.
01:17 As two people that love and care for one another very much, we politely ask for respect of our privacy at this time as we navigate this new phase of our lives."
01:28 Earlier this month, the actress appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, where she gets candid about challenges she faced this year,
01:35 including her divorce from her husband and being surprised by the reaction to the news.
01:41 "And the world took notice when that happened."
01:43 "Yeah."
01:44 "Did you expect that?"
01:45 "Yeah, of course. You're out there and people know. That's part of being a celebrity. I knew it was going to happen. You can't hide those things."
01:55 "How did you overcome that?"
01:57 "It wasn't bad. I have to say the press was very respectful and very nice.
02:01 I thought that they were going to invent more things, you know, how it usually is, and I was surprised.
02:06 They kind of just said what it was and that was it."
02:12 "I was surprised. I thought that they were going to invent more things, you know, how it usually is, and I was surprised. They kind of just said what it was and that was it."
02:17 "I was surprised. I thought that they were going to invent more things, you know, how it usually is, and I was surprised. They kind of just said what it was and that was it."
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