In the comedy series ‘Modern Family’, Sofía Vergara portrays Gloria, a loving mother of two children: Manny and Joe, who have significant age differences. Unlike her character, the Colombian actress insists she doesn’t want more children due to her age and not being able to give them everything.
“I didn’t think that because of my career, the way I live my life, the way my marriage was, it would be fair to bring a child into this world and not be able to give 100%,” said the 51-year-old actress.
As a mother, the actress from ‘Griselda’ knows the kind of dedication it takes to raise another child, something she couldn’t deal with at this point in her life.
“There are things in life that may seem like good ideas, but they’re not.” “I know what it means to be a good mother or to try to be the best mother possible, and that requires a lot of sacrifices and a lot of energy,” she explained.
She also added that although she respects anyone who wants to be a mother after 50, that lifestyle wasn’t for her.
“Nowadays, thanks to science, women can have babies later in life. Before, nature, for some reason, told your body at 50 that you’re in menopause, that it’s time to be done with that.” “There’s a reason why nature does that,“ she emphasized.
In 2015, the actress married Joe Manganiello, but after seven years, they divorced. In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El País, the actress pointed out that her marriage ended because Manganiello wanted children, but she didn’t.
“I had a child at 19, who is now 32, and I’m ready to be a grandmother, not a mother.” “When my son becomes a father, he can bring the baby to me for a while and then I’ll give it back to him and continue with my life, that’s what I have to do,” Vergara said.
This story was written in spanish by Daniel Matute in Cultura Colectiva.
