Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello announced their divorce after seven years of marriage. [We have made the difficult decision to divorce." As two people who love and cherish each other very much, we respectfully ask that you respect our privacy as we navigate this new phase of our lives"

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A source also told the magazine that "Sofia and Joe have been growing apart for some time now and have been putting some distance between them to think about the future."

While speculation is often misguided and fan theories are always advised to be taken with a pinch of salt, sadly at this time, onlookers have suspected for the past few weeks that Vergara and Manganiello's marriage may not be as solid as it once was. They pointed out that the "Magic Mike" actor was not with the "Modern Family" star on her birthday trip to Italy, and in honor of her 51st birthday, she took to social media to write "¡¡Feliz Cumpleaños Sofía!" was all she wrote shortly.

Of course, not everyone is so gushy, but by contrast, Manganiello also wrote to his wife on her 50th birthday, "¡¡Feliz Cumpleaños mi amor! I love you so much."

According to People, Vergara and Manganiello met at a White House Correspondents' Association dinner in May 2014, and Manganiello asked Jesse Tyler Ferguson for Vergara's phone number a few weeks later. They became engaged in December of that year and married 11 months later.