Sofía Vergara Says Her Future Partner Should Make ‘As Much Money As Her’ Or It’s A ‘Nightmare’ Following Joe Manganiello Split: ‘They Start Resenting You’

The Hot Pursuit actress went on to say that she's on the lookout for "somebody fun, because I need fun in my life," although she's not in a rush anymore. Vergara admitted that she may have rushed into a relationship with orthopedic surgeon Justin Saliman last year, revealing that she "panicked" after her marriage ended. But now, she's taking things more slowly.

"I've been single now for a year and a half, and I kind of panicked once I got divorced. I was like, 'I'm 52, what's gonna happen? Where am I going to find [someone]?'" the America's Got Talent judge said, before adding: "I'm not really in a hurry anymore."

Why Did Sofía Vergara And Joe Manganiello Split?

The Despicable Me 4 star previously explained that she and Joe – who were married from November 2015 to February 2024 – went their separate ways because of their differing views on having children, with Joe wanting to have biological children with Sofía, and Sofía not wanting to be an "old mom." She already has 33-year-old son Manolo Gonzalez from her previous marriage to Joe Gonzalez.

"My marriage broke up because my husband was younger; he wanted to have kids and I didn't want to be an old mom," Sofía previously explained. "I feel it's not fair to the baby. I respect whoever does it, but that's not for me anymore," she added.

Manganiello also discussed the split in an interview with Men's Journal, and said the decision about children wasn't the only reason "everything ended." He confirmed: "It's because two people grew apart, and sometimes that happens."

He added: "To be painted as if I had some sort of midlife crisis, and after nine 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."