Joe Manganiello revealed he considered flying to Ecuador after a Cuban shaman told him that a man from Sofía Vergara's past had allegedly placed a voodoo curse on him. The actor recounts the extraordinary encounter in his memoir, Bloodlines, describing how the shaman claimed someone still in love with Vergara had cursed her husband in New Orleans.
The healer offered to help Manganiello if they met in Ecuador. Manganiello, who was suffering from a mysterious illness at the time, said the shaman's apparent knowledge of his condition made him consider the explanation despite how implausible it sounded.