Sofia Vergara

New claims have been made as to why Sofia oe Manganiello's marriage fell apart after seven years.

The latest one is that he badly wanted children.

has alleged that the 46-year-old actor was yearning to have kids and it was only getting worse as he approached 50.

But for some reason it was not happening with his 51-year-old Modern Family actress spouse.

The site added that is 'unclear' where Vergara 'stood on the subject when they wed in 2015.'

In an interview from 2016 the siren from Colombia said that Joe wanted kids and she was open to more children but it was not going to happen 'naturally.' She already has 31-year-old Monolo with her first husband, Joe Gonzalez. Her choice? The insider alleges that the 46-year-old actor was yearning to have kids and it was only getting worse as he approached 50. But for some reason it was not happening with his 51-year-old Modern Family actress spouse. The site added that is was 'unclear' where Vergara 'stood on the subject when they wed in 2015. In interview the siren from Colombia said that she was open to more children It seems as if she did want a second child at some point in her life. In 2016 she told The Edit Magazine that kids were a possibility with Joe.

'I wouldn't mind another child,' she said. 'He wants kids.'

She also noted that she and Joe were trying to sort what to do. 'The idea of doing it all again doesn't scare me. But, hey, it's not like it's going to happen naturally, is it?'

And she talked her age as well.

'Back in my mom's era, 40 was considered old, but now I don't think it is,' she said at the time when she was 43.And she may have wanted kids before she met Joe, when she was with her former fiancé Nick Loeb.

That is why she frozen embryos from her 2013 IVF treatments.

The two have had a massive court battle over ownership over the embryos. A judge ruled in her favor in March 2021.Joe Gonzalez
Manganiello officially filed for divorce from Vergara this week citing 'irreconcilable differences'.

The former couple are said to have a prenuptial agreement in place that will see them keep the assets they have accumulated during their union.

According to TMZ, Joe's lawyer Laura Wasser filed the divorce documents on Wednesday, with the date of separation listed as July 2, 2023.

Sources told the website that Sofia will not contest it, and the 'Magic Mike' star and 'America's Got Talent' judge are set to fork out for their own legal fees.

What's more, the former couple are said to have had differing opinions about having children.

Sofia and Joe - who married in a lavish, star-studded Palm Beach ceremony in November 2015 in front of 400 guests - confirmed this week they have made the 'difficult' decision to split.They said in a statement: 'We have made the difficult decision to divorce. As two people that love and care for one another very much, we politely ask for respect of our privacy at this time as we navigate this new phase of our lives.'

Sofia is currently celebrating her 51st birthday in Italy with friends.

The pair met through the actress' former co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in 2014, when she was engaged to businessman Nick Loeb.

Manganiello asked for the actress' number a few weeks later when she split with Loeb.

He PEOPLE in 2020: 'I knew pretty quickly that I could trust her, and she knew pretty quickly that she could trust me.

'And we're both the kind of people who are capable of putting the other person ahead of ourselves.

'I was capable of putting her wishes ahead of mine, whatever they were, and she was capable of doing the same.

'Once you have that, you don't let go of it