00:00It's a sad day for love in Hollywood.
00:02Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello are getting a divorce.
00:07The actors announced the split on Monday after seven years of marriage.
00:11The couple shared in a joint statement to Page Six,
00:14we have made the difficult decision to divorce.
00:16As two people that love and care for one another very much,
00:20we politely ask for respect for our privacy at this time
00:23as we navigate this new phase of our lives.
00:25According to People, the pair first connected in 2014.
00:28They met through Vergara's Modern Family co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson
00:32at the White House Correspondents Association dinner.
00:36Vergara was engaged at the time,
00:37however, when the actress later announced her breakup,
00:40Manganiello asked Vergara out.
00:42Ferguson spoke of the moment on The Late Late Show with James Corden,
00:45saying he exchanged numbers for them and Joe took over from there.
00:49Vergara and Manganiello eventually tied the knot in 2015 in Palm Beach, Florida.
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