Actors Sof\u00eda Vergara<\/a> and Joe Manganiello<\/a> are calling it quits after seven years of marriage.<\/p>\n The couple shared the information with PageSix<\/a> on Monday, stating: \u201cWe have made the difficult decision to divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAs two people that love and care for one another very much, we politely ask for respect of our privacy at this time as we navigate this new phase of our lives,\u201d the temporary assertion concluded.<\/p>\n An unnamed supply additionally informed PageSix the couple had been \u201cgrowing apart for a while now and are taking some distance from each other to contemplate their future.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0Modern Family\u00a0<\/em>star married Manganiello, 46, in 2015 throughout a lavish ceremony in Palm Beach<\/a>, Fla. Photos posted by Vergara<\/a> confirmed the bride strolling down the aisle below a cover of flowers to wed the\u00a0Magic Mike\u00a0<\/em>actor.<\/p>\n Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The pair dated for six months earlier than getting engaged in December 2014.<\/p>\n Vergara, who’s presently a choose on\u00a0America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>, is holidaying in Italy with mates to rejoice her 51st birthday \u2014 however followers had been fast to note that Manganiello was absent from the festivities.<\/p>\n Amid information of the divorce on Monday, Vergara posted pictures of herself on a sunny patio in a blue one-piece swimsuit, notably with out her wedding ceremony ring. The put up has garnered greater than 1.4 million likes.<\/p>\n Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n On Vergara\u2019s birthday on July 10, Manganiello posted a photograph of him and the Colombian actress to his Instagram, with the easy caption<\/a>: \u201cFeliz Cumplea\u00f1os Sof\u00eda,\u201d which suggests \u2018happy birthday Sof\u00eda\u2019 in Spanish.<\/p>\n At the time, the divorce had not been introduced, however followers observed one thing off about Manganiello\u2019s birthday message.<\/p>\n \n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tMysterious big steel cylinder washes up on Australian seaside<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n \n\t\t\t\tFamily of youth who died on Alex Murdaugh\u2019s boat awarded $20M settlement<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n \u201cJoe, I hope you guys are ok, that was a very different (cold) happy birthday wish to your wife, (compared) to previous ones!\u201d one person commented.<\/p>\n Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n A supply informed PageSix that Vergara and her mates initially tried to hide the actual motive Manganiello was not on trip along with his spouse in Italy for her birthday.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the start of Sofia\u2019s big birthday trip those close to her were explaining away Joe\u2019s absence with the excuse that he was busy filming back on the East Coast; that excuse barely held up due to the writer\u2019s strike, but once the actor\u2019s strike took effect, he could have been on the first flight\u2026 and he quite clearly is not.<\/p>\n \u201cSo now no one out there with her is even attempting to pretend that it\u2019s not over. It\u2019s over. It\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\")
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