Julie Bowen, Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty; Jeff Kravitz/Getty
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty; Jeff Kravitz/Getty
Sofia Vergarawill forever have a friend inJulie Bowen.
While speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the Step Up Inspiration Awards on Friday, Bowen, 53, shares that herModern Familycostar, 51, will “always” have her support amid her new phase in lifefollowing her splitfromJoe Manganiello.
“Her Instagram says it all,” Bowen says. “We have spoken, and she’s doing great. Sofia has always had such a wonderful family that surrounds her and wonderful friends.”
Julie Bowen at the 2023 Step Up Inspiration Awards.Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty
Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty
“She doesn’t needTaylor Swiftto take her to a game. She’s good,” Bowen jokes. “But I’m super happy that all those other girls are going to games with T Swifty. I wish she had been around for me.”
Bowen and Vergarashared the screen for eleven yearsin the beloved ABC seriesModern Family. Although the showended its run in 2020after 11 seasons, Bowen spoke highly of their friendship to PEOPLE and said that Vergara is someone who she considers a “role model.”
Ty Burrell, Sofia Vergara, and Julie Bowen during a scene on ‘Modern Family.'.Ron Tom via Getty
Ron Tom via Getty
“Sofía has always been my role model as far as embracing being a woman and womanly, and yet also being powerful and not… I always felt like you had to compromise one for the other,” she explains to PEOPLE.
Bowen previously voiced her support for Vergara after her split from Manganiello, 46, in acarousel poston Instagram that included photos of Vergara in a blue and blackleopard-print thong one-piece. While Vergara captioned the post, “Last days of vacay! Even when u r so hot I love u Ravello!!!😁😁,” Bowen left a comment that read, “This is what single and 🔥 looks like!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
In anE! Newsinterview in August, Bowen said everything Vergara does “she does with grace.”
“And she rises above and she just goes forward. She’s warm and generous and giving to everybody around her,” Bowen continued. “I have no doubt that if she wishes to be in a relationship she will be, but she sure don’t need one.”
Sources confirmed to PEOPLE that Vergara and Manganiello were going their separate ways afterseven years of marriageshortly after Vergara was spotted celebrating her 51st birthday withfriends in Italy. During the trip, Manganiello was not seen with Vergara, who was spotted without her wedding ring.
They announced their split in a statement toPage Sixthat read, “We have made the difficult decision to divorce. As two people that love and care for one another very much, we politely ask for respect for our privacy at this time as we navigate this new phase of our lives.”
Joe Manganiello (L) and Sofia Vergara (R).Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Shortly after the news broke, an insider shared with PEOPLE that Vergara and Manganiello “differ immensely in style and what they like to do, although during the marriage, each tried to put the other’s interests ahead of their own to make it work.”
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“Their physical attraction to each other only carried their marriage that far,” they added. “On a day-to-day basis, there are so many other things that need to work. There were several things that didn’t work.”
source: people.com
