Sofia Vergara, 51, and Joe Manganiello, 46, ended their marriage because ‘he intensely wanted children’

New claims have been made about why Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello’s marriage fell apart after seven years.

The last is that he really wanted children. Page Six has claimed that the 46-year-old actor longed for kids and things only got worse as he approached 50.

The site added that it’s “unclear” where Vergara, 51, “was on the subject when they got married in 2015.”

In a 2016 interview, the Colombia siren said that Joe wanted kids and she was open to having more kids, but it wouldn’t happen “naturally.”

The beauty is already mother to 31-year-old Manolo with her first husband, Joe Gonzalez.

Her choice? The insider claims the 46-year-old actor longed for kids and things only got worse as he approached 50. But for some reason, it didn’t happen with his 51-year-old Modern Family actress husband. The site added that it was “unclear” where Vergara “standed on the subject when they got married in 2015. In an interview, the siren from Colombia said she was open to more children

It seems like she wanted a second child at some point in her life. In 2016, she told The Edit Magazine that kids were possible with Joe.

“I wouldn’t mind another child,” she said. “He wants children.”

She also noted that she and Joe were trying to sort out what to do. The idea of ​​doing it all over again doesn’t scare me. But hey, it’s not like it’s going to happen by itself, is it?’

And she also talked about her age.

“In my mother’s era, 40 was considered old, but now I don’t think it is,” she said when she was 43.

And maybe she wanted kids before she met Joe, when she was with her former fiancé Nick Loeb.

That’s why she’s frozen embryos from her IVF treatments in 2013.

The two have engaged in a massive lawsuit over ownership of the embryos. A judge ruled in her favor in March 2021.

Her Son: She already has 31-year-old Manolo with her first husband, Joe Gonzalez

Manganiello officially filed for divorce from Vergara this week citing “irreconcilable differences.”

The former couple is said to have a prenuptial agreement stating that they keep the assets they built up during their union.

According to TMZ, Joe’s attorney Laura Wasser filed the divorce papers on Wednesday, with the divorce date set for July 2, 2023.

Sources told the website that Sofia will not contest it, and that the ‘Magic Mike’ star and the ‘America’s Got Talent’ judge will pay their own legal fees.

In addition, the former couple would have had different opinions about having children.

Sofia and Joe – who married in November 2015 in a lavish, star-studded Palm Beach ceremony in front of 400 guests – confirmed this week that they have made the “difficult” decision to part ways.

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They said in a statement: “We have made the difficult decision to divorce. As two people who love and care for each other very much, we politely ask that our privacy be respected at this time as we navigate this new phase of our lives.”

Sofia is currently celebrating her 51st birthday in Italy with friends.

The pair met Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the actress’s former co-star, at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in 2014 when she was engaged to businessman Nick Loeb.

Manganiello requested the actress’s number a few weeks later when she broke up with Loeb.

He PEOPLE in 2020: “I knew pretty quickly I could trust her, and she pretty quickly knew she could trust me.

And we’re both the kind of people who are capable of putting the other above ourselves.

“I was able to put her wishes before mine, whatever they were, and she was able to do the same.

“Once you have that, you don’t let it go.”