Joe manganello explains why his marriage to Sophia Vergara ended in a heartbreaking way Sophia Vergara and Joe manganello terminated their marriage amicably after 7even years of marriage and in January the Modern Family star shared her reasons for the breakup and an interview with Spanish daily lpce at the time varara who shares adult son Manolo with ex-husband Joe Gonzalez said 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 think it's unfair to the infant that's no longer for me but I appreciate those that do it now after a year of silence manganello is sharing his side of the story in a new interview with Men's Journal the kill room star said Vergara's explanation of why they divorced was simply not true 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 he recalled I said if if you're done with kids then I understand just tell me and I'll know what this is and that's okay but that wasn't the case with her and I swore to her that I would never leave if it didn't work out and I didn't