One generally doesn’t imagine Tom Cruise and Sofia Vergara together in any context, much less a romantic one, when you hear their names. Although their relationship was short-lived, this unusual couple did date, and Cruise might have even been a major factor in Vergara’s success.
Vergara made the difficult decision to leave her homeland Colombia with her son to pursue a different life for the two of them after getting pregnant at the age of 17 and being coerced into a marriage she didn’t want. This choice brought the pair to Los Angeles and ultimately to Cruise.
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Vergara was working as many acting jobs as she could to support herself and her son after struggling in the big city as a result of a betrayal from a former love. Cruise reportedly gave Vergara a surprise call one night and extended a personal invitation to his forthcoming birthday party, according to Foreign Policy. The two were captured in photographs together on the evening of the party, and it is obvious from the images that they had already developed a strong connection. According to Insider, Vergara and Cruise’s relationship intensified after Will Smith invited her to a pre-Oscar party where Cruise would be present.
The two seemed completely enamored by each other but their romance did not get its happy ending. Vergara reportedly rejected Cruise’s attempts to convert her to Scientology since doing so would conflict with her personal religious convictions. Even though their relationship didn’t work out, Vergara’s time with Cruise garnered enough media attention for a significant talent agency to express interest in her. After Vergara signed an impressive contract with the business, which gave her the security she had been looking for ever since arriving in America, the rest is history.
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Sofia Vergara’s Rise To Fame After Her Affair With Cruise
According to Biography, a photographer offered to capture Vergara’s shot when he initially came across her on a beach. Her first performance? It appeared in a Pepsi commercial for Latin America. Interestingly, the commercial was filmed on a beach, with Vergara battling the scorching sand and eventually stripping off to preserve her feet and reach the coveted Pepsi. Vergara continued her dental studies at the University of Colombia for an additional two years despite receiving a significant chance, before quitting her job to pursue a modeling career.
“I didn’t want to be an actress,” she told the New York Daily News about her life’s trajectory in 2008, adding, “I wanted to be a dentist, but you never know what life will bring you. But I can’t complain, I’m happy with what I’ve achieved.” Sofia starred in the fan-favorite ‘Modern Family’ as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett and went on to become the highest-paid actress on television for seven years in a row. So now let’s just say she has more options than dental school.
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