Joe manganello contests Sophia Vergara's story of her divorce never won to hold back Sophia Vergara was Frank in interviews about what she believed to be the cause of her divorce from Joe manganello a few months after it was revealed in a neutral joint statement Last Summer She provided a clear and concise explanation in a January interview with the Spanish language daily lpce stating my husband was younger he wanted to have kids and I didn't want to be an old mom manganello is 47 and has never had children but varara is 52 and has a 32-year-old son named Manolo from her first marriage however it sounds as if manganello has a different version of events there's been a lot said in the Press about me wanting a family he said in a Men's Journal cover story going on to confirm that he did in fact want to have kids but he said he was hurt by the way that fact was distorted to explain what really happened he used a line most children of divorced parents Maybe familiar with it's because two people grew apart and sometimes that happens he said