Actor and filmmaker Manolo Gonzalez Vergara is the only son of actress Sofia Vergara and starred in the Head & Shoulders commercials with his mother.
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Sofia Vergara and son Manolo Gonzalez Vergara
Manolo Gonzalez Vergara is the only son of Modern Family star Sofia Vergara, who has since joined the judge’s panel for season 15 of America’s Got Talent.
Gonzalez Vergara has followed in his mother’s footsteps and pursued a career in the entertainment industry. He has several acting credits to his name and has worked as a model.
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Gonzalez Vergara was born in September 1991 in Colombia. Sofia Vergara married her first husband, Jose Luis Gonzalez, when she was 18. The couple had been childhood sweethearts. But the marriage quickly fell apart and they divorced two years later. Vergara moved with her son to Miami in 1994.
But as Vergara explained to Parade magazine in 2011, the split from her first husband was amicable and Gonzalez continued to have a relationship with their son. “We’re still close friends. When José comes to the United States, he stays with me.”
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Vergara also told the magazine that she made the decision not to remarry while Manolo was young. She also refrained from living with a boyfriend until after Manolo had finished high school. “I never wanted my son confused. It’s okay for your kid to see you together on vacations, or going out for lunch or dinner, but that’s not the same as seeing him staying overnight in your room.” (Vergara marriedJoe Manganiello in 2015, the same year Manolo graduated from college).
Vergara further explained to People in 2016 that she set out to be the best role model possible for her son. “I was really young when I divorced his father, so I raised him trying to set the best example and give him the best that I could. When people compliment me on him, on how well mannered, how charming, funny and well-behaved he is, it makes all the sacrifices worthwhile.
