Sofía Vergara has opened up about why it wouldn’t have been “truthful” for her to have a toddler together with her ex-husband, Joe Manganiello.
Should you want reminding, Joe and Sofía cut up in July 2023 after seven years of marriage. Joe was the one to file for divorce, and on the time, reviews steered they broke up over conflicting emotions about having children.
Just a few months later, Sofía confirmed this was the case, telling Spanish newspaper El País: “My marriage broke up as a result of my husband was youthful; he needed to have children and I didn’t wish to be an outdated mother.”
And now, in a brand new cowl interview with Folks, the Trendy Household star shed extra mild on why she didn’t really feel it was appropriate for her and Joe to have children.
“There’s issues in life which may sound like good concepts, however they’re not,” she advised the outlet of getting a child with Joe. “I used to be a mom already. I do know what it means to be mom or to attempt to be one of the best mom you could, and that takes quite a lot of sacrifices, takes quite a lot of power.”
Whereas she acknowledged that medical routes like IVF or surrogacy would have made it attainable for her to have a child in her 50s, Sofía stated that she didn’t really feel the necessity to try to get pregnant at this stage in her life and profession.
“Earlier than, nature for some motive tells your physique at 50 you might be in menopause, it’s time so that you can be completed with that,” she stated. “There’s a motive why nature is doing that… However that’s for me, and I completely respect the place anybody needs to be a mother after 50.”
Whereas chatting with Folks, Sofía admitted that relationship within the public eye will be fairly difficult, however she additionally made it clear that she’s all about prioritizing enjoyable on this new period of her life.
