Joe Manganiello has spoken out about his divorce from Sofia Vergara breaking his silence on why the pair split. The Magic Mike star has hit back at his ex-wife's claims that their seven-year marriage ended in 2023 due to his desire to have children. Joe, 47, has slammed Sofia's version of events as "simply not true," while providing his own side of the story in a new interview.
Joe said: "We did try to have a family for the first year and a half, and we had a huge conversation right out of the gate during the first month we dated. I said, 'If you're done with kids, then I understand. Just tell me, and I'll know what this is, and that's okay.
'" For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US . READ MORE: 'Vain' Sofia Vergara, 51, feared cellulite showing during Griselda sex scenes He continued to Men's Journal: "And I swore to her that I would never leave if it didn't work out. And I didn't.
" Joe - who is now dating Caitlin O'Connor after recently confirming their romance - then gave his reasons why he and Sofia, 52, split up saying that it was because "two people grew apart, and sometimes that happens." Joe then admitted feeling hurt by Sofia's claims as he said he was "never" the person he has been "painted" as. He added: "To be painted as if I had some sort of midlife crisis, and after nine years, turned to somebody and gave them an ultimatum of, 'Do this potentially unhealthy thing to your body, or else I'm gone'? That's never wh.
