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Joe Manganiello recalls shaman blaming Sofia Vergara for his health issues

Joe Manganiello went to two shamans amid his life-threatening health battle, and they both put the blame on his then-wife Sofia Vergara.In his new memoir, Bloodlines, the Magic Mike star recounts how one spiritual practitioner linked his illness to his relationship and the couple’s…

Joe Manganiello recalls shaman blaming Sofia Vergara for his health issues
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Joe Manganiello went to two shamans amid his life-threatening health battle, and they both put the blame on his then-wife Sofia Vergara.In his new memoir, Bloodlines, the Magic Mike star recounts how one spiritual practitioner linked his illness to his relationship and the couple’s…

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The second shaman claimed that Manganiello’s illness was a bodily reaction to the couple’s inability to have children.“You weren’t going to leave her over it,” the shaman said, “and so, as soon as you realised that [you couldn’t have children], your body tried to kill itself so you could get out of it without having it be anyone’s fault.

Divorce by death!”The shaman also made some blunt remarks about their marriage, saying Manganiello “never supposed to marry” the Modern Family star. “You were the big hot guy on TV, and she was the hot girl… but she wasn’t right for you,” the shaman said. “Look at what it did to you, s***ting yourself to death while she parades you around like you’re her little boy.

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That’s not who you are.”Manganiello, 49, and Vergara, 54, announced their divorce in 2023 after seven years of marriage.

The America’s Got Talent judge claimed at the time that the marriage ended because Manganiello wanted kids while she didn’t want to be “an old mom.”However, Manganiello disputes that claim in his memoir, and even blames Vergara for not supporting him through his illness, which, according to him, began right after they got married.

Joe Manganiello went to two shamans amid his life-threatening health battle, and they both put the blame on his then-wife Sofia Vergara.

In his new memoir, Bloodlines, the Magic Mike star recounts how one spiritual practitioner linked…

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