Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello may have gone their separate ways a few years ago, but there’s some renewed interest in their split thanks to Joe’s new memoir, Bloodlines. The former flames were married for seven years before they separated in 2023, and the True Blood alum is getting candid about the real reason he filed for divorce at the time.
As for what’s gone down since then…it’s kind of a lot. Scroll ahead if you want to catch up with a chronological rundown of what’s gone on with Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello, years after their divorce.
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July 2, 2023
Joe files for divorce from Sofía
According to court docs obtained by People, Joe filed for divorce from the Modern Family alum for irreconcilable differences, and listed their date of separation as July 2.
July 17, 2023
They announce their split to the public
“We have made the difficult decision to divorce,” the exes said in a statement to Page Six at the time. "As two people that love and care for one another very much, we politely ask for respect for our privacy at this time as we navigate this new phase of our lives.”
January 15, 2024
Sofía reveals the reason behind their divorce during an interview
During an interview with Spanish newspaper El País, Sofía claimed the reason she and Joe broke up had to do with them being in different places in their lives.
“I’m newly divorced from my second husband, who I was with for 10 years. My marriage broke up because my husband was younger. He wanted to have kids and I didn’t want to be an old mom,” she said at the time. “I feel it’s not fair to the baby. I respect whoever does it, but that’s not for me anymore. I had a son at 19, who is now 32, and I’m ready to be a grandmother, not a mother. So, if love comes along, he has to come with [his own] children.”
February 9, 2024
Joe and Sofía finalize their divorce
According to a filing obtained by People on February 9, 2024, Joe and Sofîa’s divorce was finalized as they “entered into a written agreement regarding their property and their marriage ... which is being or has been submitted to the court.”
July 17, 2024
Joe denies Sofía’s previous claims about their divorce
A year after they announced their breakup, Joe slammed Sofía’s previous claims that the relationship ended because he wanted kids and she didn’t.
“There’s been a lot said in the press about me wanting a family. That’s simply not true,” he said in an interview with Men’s Journal.
“We did try to have a family for the first year and a half,” he explained. "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.’ But that wasn’t the case with her. And I swore to her that I would never leave if it didn’t work out. And I didn’t.”
October 8, 2026
Joe claims his secret nearly-fatal autoimmune illness led to the end of his and Sofía’s marriage
In an interview with People promoting his new memoir, Bloodlines, Joe revealed he had secretly been dealing with a nearly-fatal autoimmune illness since he first got married to Sofía in 2015.
