Sofia Vergara, 51, reveals why she did not have a child with ex Joe Manganiello: ‘The way my marriage was, it was not fair to bring a kid to this world’

Sofia Vergara has opened up about why she decided not to have any more children after welcoming her son Manolo 32 years ago.

The 51-year-old told the digital issue of People that it just wasn’t the right time to have a baby with a man of seven years, Magic Mike star Joe Manganiello.

“There are things in life that may sound like good ideas, but they’re not,” she explained on the site.

“I was already a mother,” she said. Vergara has son Manolo, 32, with her first husband, Joe Gonzalez.

“I know what it means to be a good mother or to try to be the best mother you can, and that takes a lot of sacrifices and a lot of energy,” she shared.

And she described how she felt: ‘I completely respect where anyone wants to be a mother after 50. I didn’t think because of my career, the way I live my life, the way my marriage was, that it was fair to bring a child into this world, and I “I’m not going to be able to give 100 percent.”

Vergara divorced Joe last year and they finalized their divorce this year.

The siren did not elaborate on her long-running legal battle with ex Nick Loeb, who has threatened to use their frozen embryos, which were created in 2013.

Sofia talked about having a very close bond with her son. “It’s great that I got him young because now I’m turning 52, and he’s 32,” she said.

“I wish I was older sometimes because I would have been more mature, more prepared to be a mother, but that’s what I got and what happened,” she noted.

“So I just kept going and tried not to look back at it because it is what it is. But it’s nice because I grew up a bit with my son.’

She had her son in her teens: ‘It happened to me very, very young. I wasn’t even twenty years old, so I don’t even remember much about my life without being a mother.”

Sofia also said that motherhood “changes you, and it’s very rewarding and also gives you a lot of headaches.”

But she is more than ready for grandchildren.

‘I already like what he does with me. Manolo has a dog, and on weekends he just drops the dog off at my house. And I dropped him off at my mom’s on the weekends so I could at least go out every now and then.”

She also said that she is doing well after her divorce from Manganiello.

‘Life hasn’t always been easy. . . but I’ve never felt stronger,” she told the site.

At the age of 51, she is one of the most beautiful pin-ups in Hollywood.

And the Colombian diva has no plans to show any signs of aging, she shared with People.

“I’m going to fight it every step of the way!” said the Griselda actress.

And Sofia also confirmed that she is happily dating. She has been linked to Dr. Justin Saliman.

“I think now that I’m older it’s great because you know exactly what you like,” the actress said. “I just do what makes me feel confident and beautiful.”

And she loves to look her best.

“I think because I’m Latin American, we always think about looking good, doing your hair, your makeup. It’s something you feel good about,” she said.

‘I love beauty products. I love makeup, I love clothes. And I think now that I’m older it’s great because you know exactly what you like, what looks good on you, and what doesn’t look good on you. I don’t do what’s fashionable. I just do what feels good, makes me feel confident and beautiful.”

Vergara also said she was “very nerdy” at school.

‘I liked school. I had to study a lot. I wasn’t one of those kids who just had to go to class. No, I had to put time and work into it. Of course, I had a big Latin family – I mean, it’s huge – and I was always with them. I was always around kids and girls my age and my friends. It was amazing.’

As a teenager she was ‘very thin and not very voluptuous at that time.’

She said: ‘So it took me a number of years to fill out, and then I started to feel confident. But at first I thought, “Oh, I have nothing.” And then God punished me. [Laughs].’

This comes after she shared a look at the scary and long scar on her knee after undergoing ‘major’ surgery.

The star revealed last week that she had undergone a medical procedure, but did not explain exactly what it was for.

The Modern Family veteran wore a strapless white dress with her knee high as she bit into a rainbow-colored piece of cake.

‘Here you work and even enjoy with the mocha pata!!!’ she wrote in her caption.

Last week she thanked her ‘handsome’ doctor friend Dr. Justin Saliman for her help.

“If you ever have major knee surgery, make sure you get a hot doctor to sleep with you that night!!!!” the America’s Got Talent judge wrote in an Instagram story with a photo of her boyfriend standing next to her bed.

“Luv u Dr @jdsaliman,” she said, completing the post with a red heart.

The photo shows the Modern Family star’s knee wrapped in a bandage between a splint on the bed, and the good doctor, who is wearing navy blue scrubs, smiles down at her with his hand on her leg.

It’s unclear how the Griselda star hurt her knee or whether the orthopedic surgeon is the one who performed the secret procedure.

According to his websiteSaliman is the inventor of the Novo Stitch Pro Meniscal Repair System, which allows a surgeon to repair meniscus tears instead of removing the damaged area.

The couple has been dating since October 2023, but mainly does not talk about the other on social media.