Joe Manganiello Engaged to Caitlin O’Connor Following Divorce from Sofia Vergara
Actor Joe Manganiello is engaged to Caitlin O’Connor, sources confirmed to People magazine on February 29, 2024. The engagement marks a new chapter for manganiello, less than six months after finalizing his divorce from actress Sofia Vergara.
The relationship follows a period of public scrutiny surrounding the end of Manganiello’s nine-year marriage to Vergara. The divorce, finalized in February 2024, was initially attributed by Vergara to differing desires regarding having children. “My marriage broke up as my husband was younger; he wanted to have kids and I didn’t want to be an old mom,” Vergara told El País in january 2024. Manganiello later disputed this characterization, telling Men’s Journal in July 2024 that the couple “grew apart,” and that the issue of children ”wasn’t inevitably why everything ended.”
O’connor is a Los Angeles-based actress and television personality. She has appeared in shows including “Entourage,” “Key and Peele,” “Two and a Half Men,” and “Ray Donovan,” and had a role in HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” in 2023. She has also hosted for E! News, Maxim, and other outlets.
Manganiello and O’Connor reportedly bonded over their shared love of animals, with Manganiello noting in a May 2024 interview with USA Today that O’connor launched a prosperous Instagram account for his dog, Bubbles.Details regarding the engagement, including a timeline and wedding plans, have not yet been released.
