Summary

When Joe Manganiello collapsed in pain on the set of Six in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2016, the 39-year-old was at the apex of his career. He had made his name as Alcide, the sensitive and impossibly ripped werewolf in HBO’s True Blood , which led to the meaty role of Big Dick Richie in Steven Soderbergh’s critically acclaimed Magic Mike movies. People magazine had named him “Hollywood’s Hottest Bachelor” in 2014 and a year later, he wed Modern Family star Sofia Vergara .

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