Joe manganello has a few things to say about his ex Sophia Vergara and says the reason she gave for their divorce is not true the Modern Family actress previously claimed she and Joe split in 2023 after 7 years of marriage because he wanted children and she did not but the actor is slamming that notion telling Men's Journal in a July 16th interview it's quote simply not true Joe tells the mag we did try to have a family for the first year and a half and we had a huge conversation right out of the gate during the first month we dated I said if you're done with kids then I understand just tell me and I'll know what this is and that's okay the 47-year-old ads and I swear to her that I would never leave if it didn't work out and I didn't according to Joe who recently debuted his romance with Caitlyn oconor the real reason the couple split is a Tale As Old As Time two people grew apart and sometimes that happens he explains to be painted as if I had some sort of midlife crisis after 9 years turned to somebody and gave them an ultimatum of do this potentially unhealthy thing to your body or else I'm gone that's never who I was however Sophia who is currently dating orthopedic surgeon Justin Solomon previously stated that kids were a deal breaker when discussing her divorce the 52-year-old told Spanish newspaper elpis in January my marriage broke up because my husband was younger he wanted to have kids and I didn't want to be an old mom I feel it's not fair to the baby I respect whoever does it but that's not for me anymore Sophia explained that after giving birth to son Manola when she was 19 she now feels ready to be a grandmother rather than try her hand at being a mom again she told the outlet when my son becomes a dad let him bring the baby to me for a while and then I'll give it back to him and go on with my life that's what I have to do back in May Sophia candidly shared how she plans to recycle the tattoo she got as a tribute to Joe during a visit to cbs's the talk and this was Joe's manganelo initial but now he's gone so my new [Applause] so what did you [Applause] do listen how lucky can I be that the guy that I'm going out has the same initial the [Applause] new so you have you have to start with a j right recyle recycle [Music]