{"id":112372,"date":"2024-07-17T12:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T12:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/17\/joe-manganiello-is-denying-sofia-vergaras-claims-that-they-split-because-he-wanted-a-baby\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T12:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T12:23:13","slug":"joe-manganiello-is-denying-sofia-vergaras-claims-that-they-split-because-he-wanted-a-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/17\/joe-manganiello-is-denying-sofia-vergaras-claims-that-they-split-because-he-wanted-a-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Manganiello is denying Sofia Vergara&#8217;s claims that they split because he wanted a baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/joe-manganiello\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Manganiello<\/a> is clearing the air about why he and ex-wife <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/sofia-vergara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sof\u00eda Vergara<\/a> parted ways. Earlier this year, Vergara, 52, told Spanish newspaper <em>El Pa\u00eds<\/em> that their marriage ended because her younger husband wanted kids, but she didn&#8217;t want to be an older mom. (Vergara has a 32-year-old son, Manolo, with former spouse <strong>Joe Gonzalez<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p>Now, Manganiello, 47, is refuting her statements in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/entertainment\/joe-manganiello\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/entertainment\/joe-manganiello\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Men&#8217;s Journal<\/em><\/a> interview, labeling them as \u201csimply not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1547\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-2-1160x1547.jpg\" alt=\"2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party\" class=\"wp-image-101157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-2-1160x1547.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-2-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-2-860x1147.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actor Joe Manganiello and wife\/actress Sofia Vergara arrive at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 24, 2019 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s been a lot said in the press about me wanting a family,\u201d Manganiello stated in the Tuesday, July 16, interview when asked what advice he&#8217;d give his pre-fame self about Hollywood&#8217;s peculiar ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did try to have a family for the first year and a half,\u201d Manganiello revealed. \u201cAnd we had a huge conversation right out of the gate during the first month we dated. I said, \u2018If you&#8217;re done with kids, then I understand. Just tell me, and I&#8217;ll know what this is, and that&#8217;s OK.&#8217; But that wasn&#8217;t the case with her. And I swore to her that I would never leave if it didn&#8217;t work out. And I didn&#8217;t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manganiello acknowledged his desire for children but insisted that \u201cwasn&#8217;t inevitably why everything ended. It&#8217;s because two people grew apart, and sometimes that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1740\" alt=\"USA - 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party - Beverly Hills\" class=\"wp-image-101158 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1-1160x1740.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1-1160x1740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1-860x1290.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1740\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1-1160x1740.jpg\" alt=\"USA - 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party - Beverly Hills\" class=\"wp-image-101158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1-1160x1740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1-860x1290.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actor Joe Manganiello and wife\/actress Sofia Vergara arrive at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 24, 2019 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He added, \u201cTo be painted as if I had some sort of midlife crisis, and after nine years, turned to somebody and gave them an ultimatum of, \u2018Do this potentially unhealthy thing to your body, or else I&#8217;m gone? That&#8217;s never who I was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/sofia-vergara-and-joe-manganiello-split-after-7-years-of-marriage\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/sofia-vergara-and-joe-manganiello-split-after-7-years-of-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manganiello filed for divorce from Vergara in July 2023<\/a> after seven years of marriage. Just before the filing, the couple released a joint statement saying, \u201cWe&#8217;ve made the difficult decision to divorce. As two people who 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, an insider exclusively told Us that the former pair weren&#8217;t \u201con the same page\u201d about their relationship. \u201cShe would rather go out with friends and he would rather stay home, so they wouldn&#8217;t spend a lot of time together,\u201d the source said. \u201cThey&#8217;ve been living separate lives for about a year now, so it was time to call things off.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1740\" alt=\"USA - &quot;Jay &amp; Silent Bob Reboot&quot; Los Angeles Premiere - Los Angeles\" class=\"wp-image-101159 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1160x1740.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1160x1740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-860x1290.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1740\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1160x1740.jpg\" alt=\"USA - \" jay=\"\" silent=\"\" bob=\"\" reboot=\"\" los=\"\" angeles=\"\" premiere=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1160x1740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024-860x1290.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-07172024.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joe Manganiello, Sofia Vergara at the \u201cJay &amp; Silent Bob Reboot\u201d Los Angeles Premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater on October 15, 2019 in Los Angeles, CA. Photo by Carrie Nelson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A few months later, Manganiello and Vergara finalized their divorce. According to court documents obtained by Us in April, a judge approved the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Since their breakup, Manganiello has been romantically linked to <strong>Caitlin O&#8217;Connor<\/strong>. Meanwhile, Vergara made her relationship with <strong>Dr. Justin Saliman<\/strong> Instagram official in April.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>SL RECOMMENDS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>Like most websites, Socialite Life uses affiliate links where available, which means we earn a little commission if you click through and buy something. 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