Claims extracted
31
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
13%
4 of 31 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
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Joe Manganiello claimed he was told Sofía Vergara’s ex caused the actor’s mysterious illness with voodoo.
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ex → claim → voodoo
In the “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” star’s newly released memoir, “Bloodlines,” he revealed that a Cuba-based shaman told him via phone that he was “sick” and that “something is wrong with his intestines.”
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something → release → intestines
“There were members of my close family who didn’t know any of that, let alone some random guy on the phone,” Manganiello wrote in the book.
“I side-eyed Sofía with a look that was equal parts fear, anger, and disbelief,” he added.
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he → be → look
The “Magic Mike” star, 49, said the shaman then informed him and his then-wife that someone who still had feelings for the Vergara, 54, allegedly put a curse on him.
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who → say → him
He put a voodoo curse on your husband.
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He → put → husband
He did it in New Orleans,'” he recalled the shaman telling them.
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shaman → do → them
‘”Your husband needs to be cleansed and protected.
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husband → need → ?
I can do this.
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I → do → this
I can help him.
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I → help → him
But I need to see him for two days, and I cannot come to the United States.
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I → need → States
Can he meet me somewhere else?
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he → meet → me
I could meet him in Ecuador,'” he added of the shaman’s warning.
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he → meet → warning
Manganiello said he was perplexed by the shaman’s revelations.
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he → say → Daily
“I looked at Sofía, trying to comprehend how the f–k this guy could possibly know any of this,” he penned in the memoir.
uncertain
he → look → memoir
“None of this had been mentioned in the press.
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None → mention → press
No one knew.”
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one → know → ?
Manganiello then tried to figure out which one of Vergara’s exes the shaman could be talking about and he immediately thought of “the guy she was with right before me.”
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she → try → me
The “Modern Family” alum and Nick Loeb called off their engagement in 2014.
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alum → call → 2014
That same year, she began dating Manganiello.
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she → begin → Manganiello
The “True Blood” actor claimed Loeb, 51, was a “trust fund baby” who had spent a lot of time in the hospital after breaking “almost every bone in his body” from a “horrendous car wreck” while he was with Vergara.
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he → claim → Vergara
“The thought crossed my mind maybe it was Sofía who was cursed, cursed by some man in her past who couldn’t have her, so he put some sort of hex on her so that for the rest of her life, she’d transmit it to any man who got together with her,” he wrote.
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he → cross → her
“I was fully aware of how crazy it was for me to seriously entertain thoughts this bizarre, but then again, how did the shaman know all of that about me?
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shaman → entertain → me
” Manganiello added.
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Manganiello → add → ?
The “Nonnas” star said Loeb previously lived in New Orleans — which is where the shaman said the curse was placed on him.
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curse → say → him
“Why did the most insane thing I’d ever heard have to make so much f–king sense?
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I → hear → sense
I shook my head, pulled out my phone, and began google searching flights to Guayaquil, Ecuador,” he wrote in the book.
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he → shake → book
Page Six has reached out to Loeb for comment but did not immediately hear back.
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Six → reach → comment
The couple split because the “One Tree Hill” actor wanted children.
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actor → split → children
The “America’s Got Talent” judge shares son Manolo Gonzalez Vergara, 35, with ex-husband Joe Gonzalez.
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judge → share → Gonzalez
Your voice matters.
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voice → matter → ?
Discussions are moderated for civility.
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Discussions → moderate → civility
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