In what was supposed to be a celebratory night for Sofia Vergara’s fiancé, Joe Manganiello, protesters showed up to his Magic Mike XXL premiere to attack the Modern Family star over her decision to keep her embryos with ex-fiance Nick Loeb frozen indefinitely.
Loeb has sued Vergara over rights to the frozen embryos, speaking out publicly about it a few times, but Vergara has defended her decision to keep them frozen.
TMZ reports Vergara and Manganiello were blissfully unaware of what was going on outside of the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as they were taking photos inside.
Protesters held up signs that read "Sofia, unfreeze your daughters, unfreeze your heart," and “Lives created should be lives protected." Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was even vandalized with the words “#embryodefense."
Vergara has talked about her decision, telling Howard Stern, “A kid needs parents. I wouldn't want to bring kids to the world where it's already set against them. It would be so selfish.” But Loeb has said keeping the embryos frozen is “tantamount to killing them.”
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