--- title: This Is What Sofia Vergara First Thought of Joe Manganiello description: "He seemed like a lot of work" canonical: https://time.com/3845487/vergara-manganiello-first-impression/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-04T16:18:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:54:23.266Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: This Is What Sofia Vergara First Thought of Joe Manganiello og:description: "He seemed like a lot of work" og:url: https://time.com/3845487/vergara-manganiello-first-impression/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0b6f1b181730fe0/6987ee392dce01772c9e1a61/471774250-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello arrive for the premiere of "Hot Pursuit" held in Hollywood on April 30, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is What Sofia Vergara First Thought of Joe Manganiello twitter:description: "He seemed like a lot of work" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0b6f1b181730fe0/6987ee392dce01772c9e1a61/471774250-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is What Sofia Vergara First Thought of Joe Manganiello > Sponsored content. 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Ortega—Getty Images by [Jacqueline Andriakos / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Jacqueline Andriakos / People Contributor May 4, 2015 4:18 PM UTC Now they are one of the [most talked about](http://www.people.com/article/sofia-vergara-joe-manganiello-look-in-love-hot-pursuit-premiere) – not to mention, gorgeous – couples in Hollywood. But [Sofia Vergara](http://www.people.com/people/sofia%5Fvergara) wasn’t sold about going out with [Joe Manganiello](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JoeManganiello,00.html) right away. The _Hot Pursuit_ actress, 42, said that it took a plane ride for the _Magic Mike XXL_ actor, 38, just to get a first date with her. “I’m so lucky I couldn’t believe it. At the beginning I didn’t want to go out with him,” the _Modern Family_ actress told [Ellen DeGeneres](http://www.people.com/people/ellen%5Fdegeneres) on Friday [during a visit to her show](http://ellentube.com/videos/0%5F1wjggozd) to promote her [new comedy](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,MediaProductsTax:MovieHotPursuit,00.html). (She also got a stripper-filled bachelorette party on the show, in true Ellen fashion.) Why? Because the _True Blood_ heartthrob seemed like a lot to sign up for, Vergara said. “I had just finished a relationship … he seemed like a lot of work because \[he’s\] so handsome and younger than me and like so sexy and whatever, best bachelor or whatever he was,” she explained. “And I’m like, ‘Ugh.’ Just too much!” But after a hop, skip and a flight to Louisiana, PEOPLE’s [Hottest Bachelor](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20831771,00.html) convinced her otherwise. “He flew to New Orleans and forced me on a date. And then I couldn’t \[you\] know – I’m like, ‘He’s a great guy, super fun, super normal and … we click.’ It’s super easy to hang out with him.” The [engaged couple](http://www.people.com/article/joe-manganiello-sofia-vergara-cinemacon-las-vegas-instagrams) [first met briefly](http://www.people.com/article/sofia-vergara-dating-joe-manganiello-hottest-bachelor-nick-loeb) in May 2012 at the MTV Movie Awards and again at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner two years later. But [by December 2014](http://www.people.com/article/joe-manganiello-engaged-sofia-vergara-proposal-hawaii), Manganiello had popped the question [in Hawaii](http://www.people.com/article/joe-manganiello-engaged-sofia-vergara-proposal-hawaii) and are now in the process of moving in together. “She’s got the curves, she’s got a beautiful face, beautiful hair, just gorgeous. Naturally beautiful. She’s feisty!” the actor told PEOPLE in August. _Hot Pursuit_, which stars Vergara and [Reese Witherspoon](http://www.people.com/people/reese%5Fwitherspoon), hits theaters Friday. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/sofia-vergara-ellen-show-joe-manganiello-first-date) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3845487/vergara-manganiello-first-impression/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3845487/vergara-manganiello-first-impression/"},"headline":"This Is What Sofia Vergara First Thought of Joe Manganiello","datePublished":"2015-05-04T16:18:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:54:23.266Z","description":"\"He seemed like a lot of work\"","url":"https://time.com/3845487/vergara-manganiello-first-impression/","keywords":["celebrities","Ellen Degeneres","Sofia Vergara"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0b6f1b181730fe0/6987ee392dce01772c9e1a61/471774250-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacqueline Andriakos / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0b6f1b181730fe0/6987ee392dce01772c9e1a61/471774250-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello arrive for the premiere of \"Hot Pursuit\" held in Hollywood on April 30, 2015.","caption":"Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello arrive for the premiere of \"Hot Pursuit\" held in Hollywood on April 30, 2015.","creditText":"Albert L. 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