Joe Manganiello I don’t really agree with my ex-wife’s opinion. Sofia VergaraAn explanation for why their marriage didn’t work out.
In JanuarySix months after the power couple split,Griselda” Starr said El Pais “My marriage fell apart because my husband was young. He wanted children and I didn’t want to be an old mother.”
In an interview published in Men’s Journal Tuesday, “True Blood” alum Manganiello turned to reality TV this year, serving as host and executive producer of ” “.Deal or No Deal Island” disputed this characterization of him. Divorce in 2023.
“That’s simply not true,” he told the magazine. “The issue of having children was not the reason it all ended. It was because two people became estranged, and sometimes that happens.”
The 47-year-old added: “To be portrayed as if I had a midlife crisis and nine years later I gave someone an ultimatum: ‘If you do anything that might be bad for you, I’m gone’? That’s not who I was.”
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The “Magic Mike” star explained, “We tried to have a family for the first year and a half, and then within the first month of dating, we had a lot of conversations right away. I said, ‘If you’re sick of having kids, I understand. Just tell me, and I’ll know what that means, and I’ll be okay with it.'”
“But she wasn’t. She swore to herself that if it didn’t work out, she’d never break up. And she didn’t.”
Inside her El Pais In an interview, Vergara, who is mother to 32-year-old Manolo Vergara, explained why she doesn’t want to have any more children, saying, “I feel like it’s unfair to the baby. I respect whoever gives birth, but it’s not for me anymore.”
“I’m ready to be a grandmother, not just a mother,” she said.
Vergara and Manganiello married in November 2015. Manganiello filed for divorce in July 2023, with Vergara also seeking an end to their seven-year marriage, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Joe Manganiello is currently dating Caitlin O’Connor
Earlier this year, Manganiello publicly confirmed on Instagram that he was dating 34-year-old actress and model Caitlin O’Connor, who stars in the Max series “Winning Time: The Rise of a Laker Dynasty.”
The two made their red carpet debut December The pair attended the Armenian Children’s Fund gala in New York, and then attended the Art of Elysium gala together in Los Angeles in January.
Review of the week post “Celebrated Valentine’s Day with Tool and Caitlyn,” Manganiello wrote in February, along with a heart emoji. He also posted a photo of him with O’Connor, 34, at a Tool concert, as well as another photo of her standing next to roses and a box of chocolates.
“If things go badly, it’s good to have a good partner in your life,” he told Men’s Journal about his new relationship.
Contributor: Brendan Morrow
