Julianne Hough | Julianne Hough Addresses Sexuality 5 Years After Coming Out as "Not Straight"

Julianne Hough Addresses Sexuality 5  Years After Coming Out as "Not Straight".   Julianne Hough shared her thoughts  on her sexuality and coming out,   five years after she said she told then-husband  Brooks Laich that she was "not straight."   Julianne Hough is reflecting  on her coming out journey.   The Dancing With the Stars host shared  insight into how she views gave fans an   update on her sexuality almost five  years after saying she was she noted   in an interview that was "not straight." "Coming out is one of the most vulnerable   and empowering things that you can do,"  Julianne said on the Aug. 27 episode of   the Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast. "I  think for me, it was very much like,   it's not about being straight or gay or bi or  queer. It's more about, I think I'm just learning   like what love is and I love people and I don't  know what I'm attracted to, but I choose you."   The 36-year-old continued, "I was starting to  see people and seeing their hearts and seeing   their beauty and their essence coming through  in a way that I was like, wow, I love people   and I don't know if it's a sexual attraction or  a 'this' attraction, but I'm just seeing people.   And that was such a beautiful revelation too." The Grease Live! actress first opened up about her   sexuality when in a 2019 interview with Women's  Health she recalled telling then-husband Brooks   Laich, "You know I’m not straight, right?" "And he was like, 'I'm sorry, what?'” she   continued, “I was like, 'I’m not.  But I choose to be with you.'"   Julianne and Brooks went on to divorce in  2022 after almost five years of marriage.   As for how she looks back on that  time, the former DWTS dance pro,   who returned to the series as a cohost in 2023,  told Jamie Kern Lima her past relationship   with the hockey player was "the greatest thing  that could have happened to me at that time."   "What I needed at that time was to reconnect  to my 10-year-old self,” she explained. “And   what did I need at 10? I really needed safety,  and almost, like, a father figure to come in and   be that grounding force of stability. And so  I think a lot of our dynamic was this little   girl feeling and this stability and stable  man to be there. He provided such a beautiful   foundation for me to be a little girl." But despite going their separate ways   romantically, Julianne notes a silver lining  to their marriage. "We are very important,   special people in each other’s live and we shared  a really powerful season together," she said. "I   know that I also brought a lot of things to  his life that he shared with me also and so   it has definitely felt like a mutual respect  and love and period of growth for both of us."

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