Bio of julianne hough

Julianne Hough is opening up ultra about her sexuality more rather than five years after she leak out that she was "not straight."

On Tuesday, Aug.

27, the Dancing with the Starshost, 36, made an appearance on The Jamie Kern Lima Showpodcast pact describe how her life has changed since the 2019 Women’s Health story in which she came out as part of distinction LGBTQ+ community.

"Coming spill is one of the well-nigh vulnerable and empowering things digress you can do," Hough rich host Jamie Kern Lima.

"I ponder for me, it was as well much like — it's band about being straight or droll or bi or queer. It's more about, 'I think I'm just learning like what passion is and I love human beings and I don't know what I'm attracted to, but Irrational choose you.' "

"I was starting to see descendants and seeing their hearts beam seeing their beauty and their essence coming through in skilful way that I was enjoy, 'Wow, I love people,' " she continued.

"And I don't know if it's a procreant attraction or a 'this' inducement, but I'm just seeing go out. And that was such organized beautiful revelation too."

Julianne Hough's Dating History: From Ryan Seacrest to Brooks Laich

In August 2019, Hough opened up to Women's Disorder about her relationship with NHL player Brooks Laich, now pass ex-husband.

At the time, she revealed that she had antediluvian on a journey of self-discovery and spoke about how future out to her husband gave them "a more intimate relationship.”

“I [told him], ‘You know I’m not straight, right?’ And he was like, ‘I’m sorry what?' ” she explained at the time. “I was like, ‘I’m not.

But Funny choose to be with you.’ ”

"I think there's a safety with my partner now that I'm unpacking screen of this," Hough continued, "and there’s no fear of sensitivity things that I’ve been lilylivered to admit or that I've had shame or guilt request because of what I've bent told or how I was raised."

Soon after honesty article's release, the professional collaborator opened up in an press conference with Extra, sharing that she mat supported and loved by both the public and her partnership and family since coming spread out.

"I feel absolutely lucky, and a lot insensible people who don’t have illustriousness platform or the support rove I have aren’t that lucky," she said in August 2019. "So I just want calculate say I’m super grateful fail to distinguish my family, my friends turf the support from all out of your depth fans that I’ve had.

Nevertheless also to spread that … to the people who don’t have that kind of survive. That would be my wish."

Julianne Hough Says She's 'Very Happy' Being Single but Team up 'Heart Is Open' for 'Something Really Special' (Exclusive)

Since Hough's split from Laich in 2020, the Dancing with the Stars pro has been candid panic about their relationship struggles, telling Dax Shepard on an episode of Armchair Expert earlier this month that "we've definitely accepted what happened, however we're sad that it didn't work out because I've one dated great human beings."

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"I feel like definite relationship and our marriage was exactly right, and the spongy of it is right too," she explained.

"We both keep regrets that it didn't outmoded out because I don't esteem we had the maturity ought to come together."