“OMG!”: Sophia Loren, who looks 88 years old, seen with her sons The doctor told her she couldn’t have children, but she agreed.

Dr.’s told Sophia Loren she couldn’t have children, but she and her loving husband Carlo Ponti were blessed with two. They were married for forty years before he died.

In an interview in September 2019, Loren was honest about her relationship with Ponti. She said that there was no secret to how long they had been together when asked.

Carlo Ponti, the Italian film director and his wife Sophia Loren, the film actress arriving in Copenhagen en route from Rome to Los Angeles.They refused to comment on the rumour that Sophia was expecting a baby. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

“We both fell in love at first sight.” The Italian actress said, “We met at a beauty pageant in Rome when I was sixteen, and he was on the jury.” Loren told the story of how the Italian film director saw her with her friends and got in touch to ask her to join the competition.

She did, and she came in second place. Loren said she and Ponti started dating in a “friendly” way and didn’t become romantically involved until she was 19. “We really did love each other,” she said.

Italian film actress Sophia Loren in a restaurant in France with her husband Carlo Ponti, the man credited with discovering her. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)