Celebrity dancer, choreographer and actress Julianne Hough had a confession to make to her relatively new husband Brooks Laich: she’s not straight.
In the September issue of Women’s Health, the 31-year-old posed completely nude and bared more than just her toned physique.
‘I [told him], “You know I’m not straight, right?” And he was like, “I’m sorry what?” I was like, “I’m not. But I choose to be with you,”‘ she said.
Although Hough didn’t name past same-sex relationships before her marriage to Laich, she did admit that she felt safe enough to make the confession.
“I think there’s a safety with my husband now that I’m unpacking all of this, and there’s no fear of voicing things that I’ve been afraid to admit or that I’ve had shame or guilt about because of what I’ve been told or how I was raised,” she said.
Hough and her celebrity dance partner/brother Derek Hough were raised in the Mormon faith.
Hough has been linked to famous men throughout her career. She dated her former co-star Mark Ballas from 2002 until 2004. She then became engaged to Zack Wilson, but they called it off in 2007. Chuck Wicks was her next leading man for a year from 2008 until 2009. And then, of course, there was that time with Ryan Seacrest between April 2010 to March 2013. She walked down the aisle with Washington Capitals NHL player Laich in December 2017 after four years of dating.