“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,” the “Dancing With the Stars” co-host, 36, explained.
Their dynamic gave Hough a “little girl feeling” with “stability and [a] stable man” at home.
“I had this marriage to this guy who represented more of a father figure to me, and while he was changing, I was changing,” Hough said, clarifying that the retired NHL player was “contracting” as she “expand[ed].”
Ending their romance felt like “uprooting” everything she had “put in place for [her] control and … protection.”
Hough, however, called her ex a “great human being” and labeled both their marriage and their breakup “exactly right.”
News broke of the former couple’s split in May 2020, with the duo writing a joint statement about the “abundance of love and respect” they still shared for each other.
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