Joe Manganiello is giving fans a look he’s never shared before. On Thursday, the actor posted hospital photos from his seven-year battle with a mystery illness that attacked his thyroid, digestive system, skin, lungs, and eyes. Doctors couldn’t explain what was happening. After his large intestine was amputated, he lost 60 pounds in just two weeks, and he’s now opening up about skin conditions, an ostomy bag, and reconnection surgery.
His new memoir“Bloodlines”goes even deeper. In it, Manganiello writes that a shaman told him a voodoo curse from one of ex-wife Sofía Vergara’s exes was behind his illness. He also claims Vergara ridiculed him during his sickness, and her ex Nick Loeb has since responded to the curse claim through Page Six. One line from the book is already everywhere:“I pray they find Jesus, not another shaman.”
Between the health battle, the curse claim, and the divorce drama, this memoir is delivering headlines. But underneath all of it is a guy who spent seven years not knowing what was wrong with his own body. What’s the wildest celebrity memoir reveal you’ve ever read? Tell us in the comments.
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