actors Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara
are two of the most beautiful people on
the planet and their relationship is
clearly hashtag goals but all couples
have their little quirks and offbeat
moments and we've uncovered all the
strange things behind this Hollywood
Power couples marriage Vergara was still
engaged to former fiance Nick love when
Manganiello topped people's list of
Hollywood's most eligible bachelors
which meant that the True Blood alum was
talking exclusively in aspirational
terms when he named her Gaara as the
living embodiment of his ideal woman the
two had never met and Manganiello
couldn't have had the faintest idea that
he'd one day be married to his celebrity
crush describing his ideal woman he told
the outlet girls that do squats I love a
butt Sofia Vergara that's it she's got
that Latin thing going on she's got the
butt she's got the curves she's got a
beautiful face beautiful hair just
gorgeous and she's feisty
as for Vergara's early thoughts on her
man after they finally got together she
told Ellen back in 2015
he's a great guy super fun super normal
and we clicked he's super easy to hang
out with
I actually got married to my celebrity
crush we already know Manganiello loves
a good butt but apparently there's
evidence of his early fascination with
Vergara's backside in particular in the
form of a picture taken by a sharp-eyed
photographer at the White House
Correspondents Dinner in 2014
back when Vergara was still engaged to
Nick Loeb according to a source cited by
Us Weekly shortly after Vergara and
Manganiello began dating this event
marks the very first moment that couple
ever met if they hadn't ended up
together that moment could easily be
topping a list of awkward celebrity
photo bombs but since this celeb pair is
now married it's cute and not completely
weird and when I confronted him he is
like yeah what am I going to say he's
like like you I did it in the world
where most celebrity relationships
simmer quietly behind the scenes for
months Joe and Sophia became an item at
warps
speed near weeks passed between their
first meeting at the White House
Correspondents Dinner in 2014 and their
emergence on the scene as a couple later
that year
turns out Manganiello had a little help
from the media to get a foot in the door
he told Cosmo UK in 2017 I was on a
press tour when I found out Sophia was
single my friend is an editor and told
me she was about to make the
announcement by the time for gaara's
next movie came out they were totes
official by the time Vergara ended her
engagement with Loeb and 2014
Manganiello smash of crush on her was
common knowledge amongst their mutual
friends and she'd been single for all of
five minutes before he made his move
Manganiello explained to an Australian
news outlet that one of her Modern
Family co-stars was an accomplice I got
her number from Jesse Tyler Ferguson and
I called her the next day but she was
filming hot pursuit in New Orleans
I called some fans like can I give Joe
your number and said crying all right
they're coming out of a Joe of course he
was in Los Angeles at the time hopped on
the plane immediately to visit his crush
he remembered I flew to New Orleans and
took her out on a date she blamed me
ever since for ruining her life because
she was supposed to be single but I
didn't let that happen and here we are
what does Vergara put on when she wants
to nail down a commitment from the man
of her dreams
a little spritz of perfume and nothing
else literally while she was promoting
her new line of fragrances in 2014 she
told Meredith Vieira and if you think
she was joking
take note Vergara said virtually the
exact same thing during an appearance at
Good Morning America claiming he smelled
me and he couldn't help himself that's
all you need if you want Joe and even
Manganiello admitted this for himself
before he and Vergara
ever got together the former True Blood
star told People magazine I'm big into
smell it's funny I got cast as a
werewolf there's something about the
smell on that part of a woman's neck
where it meets the jaw it's heaven you
gotta see it
wait for me I'll see some folks
Institute a mandatory two-year dating
period before they'll even consider a
permanent commitment but these two
lovebirds took just six months to put a
ring on it I knew right away half a year
after their first date in New Orleans
Manganiello got down on one knee in
Hawaii and popped the question although
he told made man that he had to go with
his back-up plan when it came to the
proposal getting engaged was the
equivalent of a CIA operation Joe told
haut living in 2015 I had to do it
indoors because the island was infested
with paparazzi I wanted to do it on the
beach but I couldn't I had to do it
inside which was fine I proposed to her
on one knee in Spanish with the Sun
going down it was awesome
I'm speaking Spanish and there's a ring
in the box and so she you know she just
grabs on to me and start talking me and
kind of didn't hear what I said
as for their undeniable whirlwind
romance the actor reasoned to the outlet
when you know you know and we knew right
away like very quickly many stars who
want to keep their nuptials private
opted for a super small intimate secret
ceremony that they only announced to the
world after it's already happened but
Joe and Sofia somehow managed to
accomplish the impossible a massive
400-person wedding with zero
unauthorized leaks now a married happy
man every day so what was their secret
to keeping it on the DL despite their
giant guest list every single person in
attendance at the Palm Beach Florida
affair reportedly had to sign a
confidentiality agreement according to E
News Vergara explained to Martha Stewart
Weddings I want a wedding where the
guests are going to have fun it's about
creating memories that you're always
going to cherish that's what's important
despite keeping their big day on the
down-low Manganiello had been more than
happy to gush about the future of his
and regards relationship telling Haute
Living prior to their wedding on a
personal level I can't wait to get
married and start a family it's
something that we talked about very
early on her first stop after tying the
knot a gorgeous honeymoon at the parrot
Cay resort in Turks and Caicos which
Vergara was more than happy to document
on in
room whatever words you use to describe
Joe Manganiello we're guessing that
they're not art collector but as it
turns out the actor is quite the art
aficionado and when it came to decking
the walls at his and Sofia's home he was
happy to take the lead Manganiello told
People magazine in 2017 I have always
made it a habit of going to art
galleries and openings some of my
friends are some of the biggest artists
working today and others have made
careers of collecting and dealing art so
when it came time to decorate the new
house along with the works I had
collected over the years I had new
paintings and works commissioned
considering these stunning inside look
the couple gave of their new home to
Architectural Digest in 2016
we'd say this multi-talented star did
more than all right when it came to the
decor Vergara apparently yanked a
life-sized promotional cut out of her
husband from one of the Magic Mike films
to use as fits per a scene setting it up
in the perfect spot to keep an eye on
her while she does cardio the actress
posted who wouldn't get motivated with
that guy in the back staring at you like
that
I know I have to work out I don't love
it that much but he's become part of my
life but that's not to say that a
showbiz couple who stays fit together
actually works out together Vergara
revealed that she exercises separately
from Manganiello telling the Los Angeles
Times quote the weights he lifts are too
heavy if I can do it you can do it
anything is possible
some guys might celebrate their one-year
anniversary by bringing home flowers and
a bottle of champagne but fellas
Manganiello sees your flowers and
champagne game and he is not impressed
for his first anniversary with Vergara
he wrote her an actual book based on
their real-life love story Joe explained
to Conan in 2017 I saved all the texts
and little pictures we had sent to each
other and like the table we sat at on
our first date at the restaurant around
that time the actor also revealed to Ola
USA we realized very early on that we
each had to put the other person's
happiness and well-being ahead of our
own once you realize that kind of trust
is manifested you hang on for
your life we can hardly wait for their
ten-year wedding anniversary by which
time Manganiello will have outdone
himself so many times over that there's
nothing left to do but by Vergara her
own planet because some celebrity gossip
rags are less ethical than others
Manganiello and Vergara read all about
they're supposed impending breakup and
star magazine which falsely claimed back
in 2017 that the couple was headed
toward splitsville after Sofia was
reportedly spotted without her
engagement ring both actors were furious
at the claim taking to their respective
Instagram accounts to deny the rumor
Sofia lambasted stars editor as a quote
idiot writing in part if he is going to
have my ring removed to create fake news
he should have made sure that he removed
from social media all the other pictures
of that award night in Rome where I'm
wearing it yes I am a celebrity enjoys a
celebrity but when there's other people
involved I think they should be
respected meanwhile Manganiello
suggested a boycott of the tabloids
saying big surprise everyone but star
created a fake story and then
photoshopped my wife's engagement ring
off of her finger in order to sell
magazines they are run by malicious
trash do the world a favor and don't buy
their garbage we're married and love
each other very much and so hopefully
that that chemistry comes through before
meeting Manganiello Vergara was in a
volatile on-again off-again romance with
Nick Loeb after Vergara and Loeb split
in 2014 he took her to court over two
frozen pre embryos they created during
the relationship which they reportedly
agreed to leave untouched not to bring
to term or destroy without the other's
consent two lines have already been
created I wouldn't just toss him aside
no different than a child that had been
born in 2016
Loeb tried unsuccessfully to gain full
custody of the embryos in California so
he could have them implanted in a
surrogate Loeb then sued Vergara and
Louisiana on behalf of the unborn
embryos alleging they couldn't access
an inheritance granted to them in the
state because they weren't born Vergara
responded by suing Loeb in California
seeking damages and an injunction to
prevent him from using the embryos
without her consent per their original
agreement Vergara through her attorney
also accused Loeb of using the embryo
battle for fame which several sources
close to Loeb later seemed to confirm I
really want to make these like the last
time I talk about it because I don't
think it's fair in October 2000 nineteen
Loeb scored a minor win when a Los
Angeles appellate court ordered Vergara
to fork over eighty thousand dollars in
legal fees
however page six reported around that
time that a judge dismissed Loubs
Louisiana lawsuit with quote prejudice
and questioned lobes residency in the
Pelican state still the battle may not
be over
Lopes attorney vowed to appeal the
decision as evidenced by their insta
snaps from their first ever Thanksgiving
as a married couple Joe and Sophia take
the holiday pretty seriously
protip if you're ever invited for
Thanksgiving dinner at the Manganiello
Vergara house you'd better come wearing
your finest Turkey themed headgear or
you shan't get any pie the festive hats
have even returned for Thanksgiving 2018
during a glamorous family and friends
gathering hosted by the famous duo
according to Ola USA of course it's no
secret this pair knows how to do any
holiday or celebration right from
marking their five-year dating
anniversary with a romantic trip to
Italy in 2019 to ringing in the New Year
with friends at what the Daily Mail
suspected to be their Bahamas vacation
home Manganiello and Vergara seem to be
living their best lives as a team as the
actress captioned a later snap complete
with two heart emojis this married pair
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