Sofía Vergara and Justin Saliman.Photo:CelebCandidly/Splash
CelebCandidly/Splash
Sofía Vergarais spending the evening with a new man.
TheAmerica’s Got Talentjudge — whoannounced her divorcefromJoe Manganielloin July — was photographed on a dinner date with orthopedic surgeon Justin Saliman at Funke restaurant in Beverly Hills on Friday night.
For the evening out, Vergara, 51, wore a black lace corset with plum velvet wide-leg pants and black strappy heels, accessorizing her outfit with a deep red clutch. While Saliman — who waspreviously married toGrimmactress Bree Turner— kept it smart-casual in a dark shirt and jeans.
A source tells PEOPLE that the actress is “dating and having fun.”
“She is enjoying life. She seems positive and full of energy,” the insider said, adding, “Sofia has been handling the divorce well. It wasn’t an easy decision, but she is doing great now."
Vergara was spotted on a dinner date with surgeon Justin Saliman on Friday.CelebCandidly/Splash
Representatives for Vergara did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Accordingto his website,Saliman is based in Beverly Hills and is a Stanford sports medicine-trained orthopedic surgeon who operates out of Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. As part of a medicine fellowship at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, his website states, Saliman worked with the San Francisco 49ers along with several university athletic teams.
Vergara’s dinner outing with Saliman comes after the actress and her husband of seven years, Manganiello, 47, announcedin Julythat they are divorcing.
“We have made the difficult decision to divorce,” the couple — who married in Palm Beach, Florida, in November 2015 — shared in a statement to Page Six at the time. “As two people that love and care for one another very much, we politely ask for respect for our privacy at this time as we navigate this new phase of our lives.”
The actress wore a glamorous outfit for the occasion.CelebCandidly/Splash
Saliman, meanwhile, separated from Turner in 2018, when the actressfiled for divorce. The pair had married in 2008 and share two children. TheGrimmstar cited “irreconcilable differences” and requested joint legal custody of their children.
Vergara split from ex-husband Joe Manganiello in July.Dimitrios Kambouris/VF14/WireImage
Dimitrios Kambouris/VF14/WireImage
Last month, a source revealed to PEOPLE that Manganiello and actressCaitlin O’Connorare “dating” and were “out of town together” at the time.
“They’re both really funny together. He laughs at her a lot because she’ll crack these witty jokes,” the insider shared of theMagic Mikestar and theWinning Timestar, 33. “She’s really witty. So sweet and smart. And he’s cool. He’s cool as s—," the source added.
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Earlier that month, a separate source told PEOPLE that thepair “first met in a hot tubat an “unofficial” post-premiere party for theHBO drama about the Los Angeles Lakers' ’80s heyday.
source: people.com
