Sofía Vergarais shedding more light on her divorce fromJoe Manganiello.
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Vergara, who shares sonManolowith ex-husband Joe Gonzalez, continued: “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.”
Sofía Vergara.Jose Oliva/Europa Press via Getty
Jose Oliva/Europa Press via Getty
In July, Vergara and Manganiello, 47,released a joint statement, saying that afterseven years of marriage, they made the “difficult decision” to divorce.
“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,” they wrote.
Joe Manganiello and Sofía Vergara attend the Bloomberg & Vanity Fair cocktail reception in May 2014.Dimitrios Kambouris/VF14/WireImage
Dimitrios Kambouris/VF14/WireImage
In the time since then, the pair have each moved on. Manganiello has been dating actressCaitlin O’Connor, while theModern Familyalum has beenphotographed on multiple datesover the past few months with orthopedic surgeonJustin Saliman.
Vergara also been busy promoting Toty, hersuncare brand that launched in June, and stars in Netflix’s new limited seriesGriselda. The six-episode drama, set to premiere Jan. 25 on Netflix, finds Vergara playing the title role ofGriselda Blanco, a Colombian drug cartel leader known widely as “the Godmother.”
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Sofía Vergara as Griselda Blanco in ‘Griselda’.Courtesy of Netflix
Courtesy of Netflix
Speaking toEl Paísabout her new role, Vergara told the outlet: “Empowered women are trendy now, but 12 years ago when I was drawn to the story and wanted to produce it, not so much. That was precisely what appealed to me: that the boss was a woman who had to become worse than any man to be the best of them all.”
“Griselda was a very badass woman… Women are not saints, [they’re not] perfect. The interesting and complex thing is that this woman had children, friends, employees. She was loyal to some and implacable with others,” she continued. “She degenerated [as a result of] power, fear, ambition and insecurities. Just like a man. No more, no less.”
source: people.com
