Sofía Vergara announces divorce from Joe Manganiello after 7 years – National | 24CA News
Actors Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello are calling it quits after seven years of marriage.
The couple shared the news with PageSix on Monday, stating: “We have made the difficult decision to divorce.”
“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,” the temporary assertion concluded.
An unnamed supply additionally instructed PageSix the couple had been “growing apart for a while now and are taking some distance from each other to contemplate their future.”
The Modern Family star married Manganiello, 46, in 2015 throughout a lavish ceremony in Palm Beach, Fla. Photos posted by Vergara confirmed the bride strolling down the aisle beneath a cover of flowers to wed the Magic Mike actor.
The pair dated for six months earlier than getting engaged in December 2014.
Vergara, who’s at the moment a choose on America’s Got Talent, is holidaying in Italy with associates to have fun her 51st birthday — however followers have been fast to note that Manganiello was absent from the festivities.
Amid news of the divorce on Monday, Vergara posted pictures of herself on a sunny patio in a blue one-piece swimsuit, notably with out her marriage ceremony ring. The submit has garnered greater than 1.4 million likes.
On Vergara’s birthday on July 10, Manganiello posted a photograph of him and the Colombian actress to his Instagram, with the easy caption: “Feliz Cumpleaños Sofía,” which suggests ‘happy birthday Sofía’ in Spanish.
At the time, the divorce had not been introduced, however followers observed one thing off about Manganiello’s birthday message.
“Joe, I hope you guys are ok, that was a very different (cold) happy birthday wish to your wife, (compared) to previous ones!” one person commented.
A supply instructed PageSix that Vergara and her associates initially tried to hide the actual motive Manganiello was not on trip along with his spouse in Italy for her birthday.
“At the start of Sofia’s big birthday trip those close to her were explaining away Joe’s absence with the excuse that he was busy filming back on the East Coast; that excuse barely held up due to the writer’s strike, but once the actor’s strike took effect, he could have been on the first flight… and he quite clearly is not.
“So now no one out there with her is even attempting to pretend that it’s not over. It’s over. It’s done.”
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