It’s been five years since the professional dancer admitted to being “not straight” in an interview. Her self-realization not only changed the way she looks at the world but, in some cases, affected the way other people see her.
“Not about being straight or gay or bi or queer”
“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. “It’s not about being straight or gay or bi or queer. It’s more about … 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.”
“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,” the Utah native said. “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.”
Julianne Hough’s marriage was “what I needed at the time”
Julianne first spoke about her sexuality in a 2019 interview with Women’s Health . At the time, she recalled telling then-husband Brooks Laich, “You know I’m not straight, right?”
“He was like, ‘I’m sorry, what?’” she continued. “I was like, ‘I’m not. But I choose to be with you.'”
Sadly, Brooks and Julianne divorced three years later after almost five years of marriage. But despite its ending, the singer/actress looks back fondly at that time. She admitted to Jamie Kern Lima that her marriage to the NHL 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,” the Grease Live star 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. 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.”
Even though they’re no longer married, Brooks will always hold a special place in her heart. “We are very important, special people in each other’s lives,” she continued. “We shared a really powerful season together … I know that I also brought a lot of things to his life … It has definitely felt like a mutual respect and love and period of growth for both of us.”
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