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Sofia Vergara opens up about how she dealt with her high-profile divorce from actor Joe Manganiello, revealing that the experience was somewhat predictable but also surprising.
For the public's interest, Vergara said that's a given. “You’re out there. People know it. That's part of being a celebrity. I knew it would happen. You can't hide these things,” she shared on “CBS News Sunday Morning.”
Vergara elaborated on how she handled that kind of attention, admitting, “It wasn't bad.”
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SOFIA VERGARA RECOVERS FROM JOE MANGANIELLO WITH THE SURGEON FROM BEVERLY HILLS
Sofia Vergara opened up about her divorce from actor Joe Manganiello. The couple was married for seven years. (Carlos Alvarez/WireImage/Getty Images)
“I have to say the press was very respectful and very nice,” she added. “I thought they would invent more things, you know how it usually is. And I was surprised,” she said. “They just said what it was and that was it.”
But it would be remiss of Vergara not to acknowledge the gravity of her situation. “I've had a very interesting year,” Vergara told People magazine in November 2023. “I don't want to say 'bad' or anything like that, but it was very interesting and very difficult.”
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Sofia Vergara previously shared that her 2023 was “very difficult.” (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
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“I got divorced this year, the SAG strike that lasted so long,” she noted. “I saw my friends struggling – some had to take their kids out of school or had problems with their mortgages, so it's been a strange, strange year.”
“It’s not that it’s bad,” she clarified. “I think everything will clear up, everything will be fine and I’m really looking forward to next year.”
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Sofia Vergara's new show Griselda premieres on January 25th. (Ever Countess/GA/ via Getty Images)
With her new show “Griselda,” premiering on Netflix at the end of January, the “Modern Family” star could also have a new love interest. Since her split from Manganiello, she has been spotted several times with orthopedist Justin Saliman. Vergara alluded to this in her interview with CBS, telling the show, “I moved on.”
Both Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello cited “irreconcilable differences” as the basis for the divorce in documents obtained by Fox News Digital. (Presley Ann/Getty Images)
Manganiello initially filed for divorce from Vergara, 51, in July after seven years of marriage. According to Fox News Digital records, the date of separation was listed as July 2nd. Both actors cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reasons for the separation.
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“We have made the difficult decision to divorce,” the couple said in a statement shared with Page Six. “As two people who love and care for each other deeply, we politely ask for respect for our privacy in this new phase of our lives.”
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In August, Vergara asked the courts to uphold the couple's prenuptial agreement.