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Sofía VergaraandJoe Manganiello’s differences may have been the root of their split.
A source tells PEOPLE that the couple had been going through “ups and downs for a long time” though they “always put on a good front publicly.”
“They’d be fighting or bickering, but then plaster on smiles when others were looking,” the source added.
Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
A separate source close to Manganiello echoed the same sentiments, citing how the former couple was “always very different” at their roots.
“Their physical attraction to each other onlycarried their marriagethat far,” the source explained. “On a day-to-day basis, there are so many other things that need to work. There were several things that didn’t work.”
According to the source, theModern Familystar, 51, and theTrue Bloodalum, 46, were “often bickering about the small things” and were “both very stubborn,” noting that a “very negative energy” hung around them for the “past few months.”
“They were really trying to make it work though,” the source added. “They do love each other. No one wants to constantly bicker with their spouse though. Joe has absolutely nothing bad to say about her. She is a great woman. They were just not great together in the long run.”
Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara.Jeff Vespa/VF15/WireImage
On Monday, Manganiello and Vergara announced their plans to divorce in a joint statement toPage Six.
“We have made the difficult decision to divorce,” the estranged couple wrote. “As two people that love and care for one another very much, we politely ask for respect for our privacy at this time as we navigate this new phase of our lives.”
Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello.Barry King/Getty
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Manganiello met Vergara via herModern FamilycostarJesse Tyler Fergusonat theWhite House Correspondents' Association dinnerin 2014. He proposed in December of that year and they tied the knot in November 2015.
In November 2022, the pair celebrated theirseventh wedding anniversarywith a tribute post to Instagram. The actress shared a series of beautiful throwback photos that included a shot of the couple dancing at their reception and exchanging their vows.
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