Sofia Vergara Confirms Dating Justin Slimane After Surgery: ‘Make sure you get a handsome doctor’

Sofia Vergara has finally confirmed, after months of speculation, that she is in a relationship with orthopedic surgeon Justin Saliman.

The actress’ confirmation comes just days after her divorce from Joe Manganiello, to whom she was married for seven years, was finalized.

Sofía Vergara expresses her love for Justin Saliman

The star of the series ‘Modern Family’ revealed that she had surgery, so she is recovering.

On her Instagram Stories on Friday, April 12, she posted a portrait she took with Justin Saliman, who is wearing a scrubs outfit.

“If you ever have major knee surgery, make sure you have a handsome doctor sleep with you that night,” he wrote.

“I love you”, were the words that Sofia Vergara dedicated to the specialist, who in the snapshot appears very smiling and rests his hand on the bottom of her leg.

The model and Saliman were first spotted together in October 2023, three months after she announced her split from Joe Manganiello.

Afterwards, a source told People they were ‘going out and having fun’: ‘Sofia is enjoying life. She seems positive and full of energy.”

All this time the couple has been photographed on different dates. On March 29, they went to the Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Los Angeles.

However, the Colombian had not accepted that she has an affair with Justin. In fact, in January she hinted that she is still single and revealed what requirements her next beau had to meet.

“I don’t know, I just broke up with an actor. “I don’t know what I want now… Bullfighter joked when appearing on the program “El Hormiguero”.

“Introduce me to someone, they must be fifty like me, have children, because I’m already 51 (years old). And it has to be good looking, but it doesn’t have to be something divine,” he pointed out.

Sofía Vergara is ‘very happy’ about her divorce from Joe Manganiello

According to documents obtained and released by Page Six, Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello’s marriage was dissolved on April 4.

A few hours after the news broke, representatives of the former Univision anchor spoke about it.

“It was a very amicable divorce. The parties cooperated throughout the process. It was very simple, with little drama,” they told Fox News.

“She’s very happy and everyone’s moving on,” they added, referring to the star of the movie “Police Corruption,” which you can enjoy here on ViX.