But before long, Manganiello writes, Vergara understandably started to see him more as a patient than a partner, let alone one of Men’s Health’s “100 Fittest Men of All Time.”
He recalls in the book gasping with excitement after finding out he was wanted for the villain role in a Batman movie being directed by Ben Affleck (who passed the baton to Matt Reeves in 2017, scuttling the previous casting decisions) and Vergara “freaked out,” assuming something was wrong.
She was “preparing for me to die,” Manganiello wrote, “and was clearly deeply traumatized by her fear of my impending abandonment via death.”
Why Joe Manganiello’s Marriage to Sofía Vergara Fell Apart

