Sofia Vergara’s son Manolo posted a chart contrasting a“good man”with a“narcissistic man,”and when Sofia reposted it, the internet wasted zero time assuming it was about her ex Joe Manganiello. Joe didn’t take the bait with a spicy clapback. Instead, during a CBS Mornings interview with Gayle King, he said anyone making that claim should read his memoir first, explaining the book is a story about survival and hope, not a response to his ex. That memoir, Bloodlines, arrives Tuesday and covers his mysterious health battle along with his marriage to Vergara.
The divorce has been a contest of dueling narratives. Vergara has said the marriage ended because he wanted children and she didn’t want to be an old mom. Manganiello has pushed back hard, saying false things were printed about him and that he still hopes to be a father someday. These days he’s engaged to Caitlin O’Connor and says he’s symptom-free after his health scare, which makes his timing on the book feel less like a rebuttal and more like a fresh chapter.
So now fans get to weigh in on the classic ex debate: do you say it to their face, or repost a very pointed graphic and let the internet connect the dots? And does dropping a memoir right as the drama peaks feel brave or calculated? Either way, both of them are getting exactly what they want, attention. Whose side of the story do you believe?
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