By Kirsty Mccormack, Senior Entertainment Reporter For Dailymail.Com
17:46 26 Feb 2024, up to date 17:47 26 Feb 2024
Joe Manganiello shocked the hosts of Today on Monday morning when he revealed that he obtained a European passport for his beloved pet pooch Bubbles, after his ex-wife Sofia Vergara granted him custody of the canine of their divorce.
Joe, 47, and Sofia, 51, confirmed that that they had separated in July 2023 and a month later, DailyMail.com completely revealed that the Modern Family actress had ‘graciously’ agreed to let her ex-husband maintain Bubbles full time – regardless of being the one who adopted the canine for herself.
The former couple’s divorce was finalized earlier this month, and Joe confirmed throughout an interview on the NBC morning present that he now has Italian citizenship and might take Bubbles ‘in all places’ with him as a result of she has her very personal passport.
Referring to the brand new TV present which he hosts, Deal or No Deal Island, Joe opened up about filming on a banker’s personal island and coming face-to-face with snakes: ‘I’ve just a little five-pound chihuahua named Bubbles, who comes with me in all places and got here to the island, and at one level there was a large snake someplace close to my tent.’
When hosts Dylan Dreyer and Sheinelle Jones requested how Bubbles reacted to the snake, Joe replied: ‘Luckily, she was together with her babysitter, she wasn’t within the tent at that time!’
Joe continued: ‘She goes in all places (with me). So, I grew to become an Italian citizen final 12 months, and I received Bubbles a European union passport! So I take Bubbles in all places.’
Luckily for Joe, Griselda star Sofia did not try and attempt to maintain custody of Bubbles as a supply advised DailyMail.com in August 2023: ‘Not in 1,000,000 years would Joe half methods together with his canine Bubbles and Sofia is effectively conscious of this. Joe stated Sofia was gracious about him preserving Bubbles after their break-up.
‘Neither one in all them is bitter or out for revenge, and Sofia loves Bubbles and desires her to be comfortable which is exactly why she’s letting Joe have custody,’ the insider added on the time.
‘He stated Sofia has the most important coronary heart and would by no means do something to deliberately damage him or Bubbles.’
During his interview on Today, a few pictures of Joe cuddling as much as Bubbles flashed up on the display screen as Joe defined to the hosts how he managed to turn into an Italian citizen.
‘I’m numerous issues genealogically, however I’m largely Italian and Sicilian and so we ran that again, and I certified for Italian citizenship and I at all times needed to dwell there and I am going there just about yearly , so I assumed, “okay let’s apply”, and I received it,’ Joe revealed.
As effectively as taking common journeys to Europe, Joe not too long ago took an enormous step in his relationship with Caitlin O’Connor as he determined to go Instagram official together with his girlfriend and has reportedly moved in with the 34-year-old actress too.
According to TMZthe couple are very a lot in love and relishing residing beneath the identical roof, after simply three months of relationship.
The Magic Mike Last Dance actor and his new woman love are stated to have bonded over their rising up in Pittsburgh and have even been noticed having fun with a trip in Italy.
Back in January, Joe’s ex Sofia revealed throughout an interview with Spanish publication El País that they determined to separate as a result of he needed them to have youngsters – and she or he did not.
‘My marriage broke up as a result of my husband was younger; he needed to have children and I didn’t wish to be an old mother,’ Sofia defined.
The Colombian star, who’s already mother to her 32-year-old son Manolo, added: ‘I really feel it’s not honest to the infant. I respect whoever does it, however that’s not for me anymore.’
