She watched her parents' tumultuous relationship and was determined the same wouldn’t happen to her.
“My parents were together on and off until they divorced in 1993,” she toldParade.
“Fighting, leaving, coming back.
Such craziness is worse than divorce.
People shouldn’t stay married because of the kids.
That’s torture for everyone.”
And while Vergara always hoped she would meet Mr.
Right, she also knew she didn’t have to rely on a man to find happiness.
“We have more options and we should do everything we can.”
The union lasted three years, ending shortly after the couple welcomed their son, Manolo.
Vergara eventually moved to the United States with her son and raised him as a single mom.
However, Vergara and Gonzalez have remained on good terms.
“We’re still close friends,” Vergara toldParade.
“When Jose comes to the United States, he stays with me.”
“Every time people compliment me about my son, it is very rewarding,” Vergara toldPeople.
A source toldThe New York Post, “They seemed very much in love.”
Once he was convicted, he and Vergara split.
“She was insane about him then,” a source shared in 2014, according to theDaily Mail.
“She would have married him then if she could have.”
In 1995, she reportedly dated Latin singer Luis Miguel, although neither one confirmed or denied the rumors.
However, their flame fizzled out when Vergara refused to convert to Scientology.
Besides Cruise, perParade, Vergara has reportedly dated Enrique Iglesias, Mark Wahlberg and Donald Logue.
“Nick is energetic, hardworking, athletic, fun, and so handsome and tall!”
Vergara toldParadeat the time.
“We have a very happy relationship.”
The couple was planning to start a family and even created pre-embryos via IVF that were frozen in 2013.
“I don’t hate him but obviously he has a problem with me …
It’d be so selfish.”
She was trying to talk herself out of going there."
Vergara’s doubts didn’t last long, though, as the two got engaged just six months later.
The couple is still going strong and even enjoyed being housebound together during the pandemic.
