Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello announce divorce after nearly 8 years of marriage
Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello have announced they are divorcing after nearly eight years of marriage, according to reports Monday.
“We have made the difficult decision to divorce,” the pair of actors said in a joint statement to Page Six.
“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.”
Representatives for Vergara and Manganiello did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for comment.
Vergara, 51, and Manganiello, 46, met at a White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2014 and started dating shortly thereafter.
He proposed later that year on Christmas Day. In November 2015, the couple married in a lavish, star-studded wedding in Palm Beach, Fla.
Rumors of their separation have been swirling in recent months, according to People, after the couple re-listed their Beverly Hills mansion, which had been up for sale last summer before they pulled it from the market.