Sofía Vergara Says She and Joe Manganiello Divorced After Disagreement on Kids: ‘That’s Not for Me Anymore’

Sofía Vergara sheds more light on her divorce from Joe Manganiello.

In a new interview for a Spanish newspaper El País, Vergara, 51, revealed that she and Manganiello, 47, weren’t on the same page when it came to expanding their family. She said the difference ultimately led to their divorce, which PEOPLE confirmed in July.

“My marriage fell apart because my husband was younger; he wanted to have children and I didn’t want to be an old mom,” Griselda the star explained. “I feel like it’s not fair to the baby. I respect whoever does it, but it’s not for me anymore.”

Vergara, who shares son Manolo with ex-husband Joe Gonzalez, continued: “I had a son at 19, who is now 32, and I’m ready to be a grandmother, not a mother. So if love comes, it has to come with [his own] children.”

“I’m almost in menopause; it’s the natural course of things,” she added. “When my son becomes a dad, let him bring the child to me for a while, and then I’ll give him back and get on with my life; that’s what I have to do.”

Sofia Vergara.

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In July, Vergara and Manganiello, 47, released a joint statement saying they had made the “difficult decision” to divorce after seven years of marriage.

“As two people who love and care for each other very much, we kindly ask that you respect our privacy at this time as we navigate this new phase of our lives,” they wrote.

Two days later, Manganiello filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for ending the marriage, according to divorce documents obtained by PEOPLE. He stated July 2 as the date of separation.

Joe Manganiello and Sofía Vergara at the Bloomberg & Vanity Fair Cocktail Reception in May 2014.

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In the time since then, the couple have each moved on. Manganiello dated actress Caitlin O’Connor while Modern family the alum has been photographed on multiple dates over the past few months with orthopedic surgeon Justin Saliman.

Vergara has also been busy promoting Toty, her sunscreen brand that launched in June, and is starring in a new Netflix limited series Griselda. The six-episode drama, set to premiere on Netflix on January 25, stars Vergara as Griselda Blanco, the leader of a Colombian drug cartel known as “The Godfather.”

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Sofía Vergara as Griselda Blanco in ‘Griselda’.

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Speaking with El País about her new role, Vergara told the outlet: “Empowered women are trendy now, but 12 years ago, when I was drawn to the story and wanted to produce it, there wasn’t so much. That’s what attracted me: that the boss was a woman who had to to become worse than any man in order to be the best of all.”

“Griselda was a very wicked woman… Women are not saints, [they’re not] perfect. It is interesting and complex that this woman had children, friends, employees. She was devoted to some and irreconcilable to others,” she continued. “She degenerated [as a result of] power, fear, ambitions and insecurities. Just like a man. No more, no less.”

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