Sophia Bush has broken her silence on her much-talked-about love life by writing an essay in her own words for Glamor magazine.
The 41-year-old star, who didn’t wear a shirt for the cover, has broken her silence about what’s going on in her close relationship with athlete Ashlyn Harris, 38, following her 2023 divorce from Grant Hughes, whom she married in 2022.
Bush revealed in her own words that she now identifies as queer: “I feel like I can finally breathe,” she said.
And the Chicago PD actress admitted that she was indeed “in love” with Harris, who she befriended in 2019 and then began dating after her marriage to Grant broke up and Ashlyn left his wife.
“I didn’t expect to find love in this support system,” began the star, who noted that her bond with Harris was rare and beautiful. “I don’t know how to say it other than: I didn’t see it until I saw it.”
Also in her interview, the One Tree Hill star noted that she told her previous partners that she was attracted to women. Besides Hughes, she was also married to Chad Michael Murray from 2005 to 2006.
Sophia Bush has broken her silence on her much-talked-about love life by writing an essay in her own words for Glamor. The star broke her silence on what’s going on in her close relationship with athlete Ashlyn Harris following her 2023 divorce from Grant Hughes who she married in 2022.
Bush revealed in her own words that she now identifies as queer: “I feel like I can finally breathe,” she said. And the beauty admitted that she was indeed “in love” with Harris. “I didn’t expect to find love in this support system,” the star began
Bush with Harris in July. She said they became friends in 2019 and then grew closer when they both became single.
And Bush also detailed her fertility struggle with Hughes, which she called “heartbreaking.”
As for falling in love with Ashlyn, 38, who is a former footballer, she said it was a new frontier.
“And I think it’s very easy to not see something that’s been in front of you for a long time when you’ve never considered it as an option and you’ve never been considered as an option,” he said. she shared.
“What I saw was a friend with her big and happy life. And now I know she thought the same thing about me,” the star said.
Bush added that the road to his romance with Harris unfolded long after they met in 2019 and spent years becoming friends: “People watching from the outside weren’t aware of how long it took , of the number of painful conversations that were taking place,” Sophie said.
“Much effort has been made to be respectful of the treatment of others, their time, their obligations and their feelings.”
Harris has two children with ex-wife Ali Krieger, from whom she separated last year.
Bush then added that the rumors that she had been seeing a woman shocked her.
She then said there had been numerous “blatant lies and violent threats” made against her because she was with Harris.
“There were accusations of a home wrecker,” she said.
“Those who said I left my ex because I suddenly realized I wanted to be with women – my partners have known what I like for as long as I have (so it’s not that, sorry !),” she said, making it very clear that she was open with her former partners about the fact that she liked women.
Now, she feels very comfortable in the queer community because she has experienced so much “safety, respect and love in the queer community, as an ally my whole life, that, in coming into me, I already felt like it was my home. » .’
With her ex Grant Hughes in 2022 in Washington, DC
In this image, Harris is seen putting his arm around Bush; in her Glamor essay, Sophia said she admired what a great mother her new partner was.
“I don’t know how to say it other than: I didn’t see it until I saw it.” Also in her interview, she noted that she had told her previous partners that she was attracted to women. Besides Hughes, she was also married to Chad Michael Murray from 2005 to 2006.
“There were accusations of a home wrecker,” she said. “Those who said I left my ex because I suddenly realized I wanted to be with women – my partners have known what I like for as long as I have (so it’s not that, sorry !),’ she said, making it very clear that she was open with her former partners about the fact that she liked women.
Sophia said her sexuality “exists on a spectrum.”
And she concluded: “Right now, I think the word that best defines him is queer. In fact, I can’t say it without smiling. And it’s pretty awesome.
In an accompanying Glamor podcast, Sophia said: “I feel like I’ve been wearing an 80-pound weighted vest for probably a decade, and I finally put it down…
“For the first time in my life, I know what easy is, I’m the most excited about the future than I’ve ever been, and I feel like I don’t owe anyone anything.
“I’ve never been more honest in my life… All I leave room for is joy and I wish a lot of things had happened a little differently but at the end of the day, I have nothing.” to apologize.
She concluded: “The bonus of this whole journey is that I get to spend every day with a person who being close to is like being lit by the sun.”
Elsewhere in the essay, Sophia, who was photographed by Lauren Dukoff, admitted that two months before marrying Hughes she was “close” to the call of marriage, but admitted: “Instead of me run away, I redoubled my efforts to be a model wife.
And when her first wedding anniversary came, she felt sick because she knew she wasn’t happy and the union wasn’t good for her.
Revealing what triggered the end of the breakup, she continued: “But after marriage, I found myself in the depths and heartbreak of the fertility process, which was the most clarifying experience of my life.”
The star detailed enduring endless ultrasounds, hormone injections, blood tests that left scar tissue in her veins and samples, “while simultaneously realizing that the person I had chosen to be my partner didn’t necessarily speak the same emotional language as me.
Before marrying Hughes, she was previously married to her One Tree Hill co-star Murray.
The couple said “I do” in Santa Monica before celebrating at the Casa del Mar hotel with friends and family.
But the co-stars shocked fans when they split five months later.
Besides Hughes, she was also married to Chad Michael Murray from 2005 to 2006.
It was rumored at the time that Murray had given up on their marriage to none other than his House of Wax co-star Paris Hilton.
Bush attempted to have the marriage annulled on grounds of fraud, but his efforts failed and the divorce was ultimately finalized in 2006.
“It’s a difficult and unfortunate situation. I’m glad this will be resolved sooner rather than later,” she said in a statement shared with People at the time of the finalization.
Recounting their relationship in 2014, she said on Watch What Happens Live: “We were two stupid kids who had no reason to be in a relationship in the first place.”
“To all the other successful partners, more power to you.”
Late last year, Sophia appeared to lash out at her ex-husband hours after he evaded allegations that he cheated on Erin Foster with her in 2002.
The actress took to Instagram in November to share a meme featuring an iced cake with the message: “Congrats on leaving this toxic relationship!”
The original scandal resurfaced in October when Foster confirmed on the World’s First Podcast: “I mean, yeah. (Chad) definitely cheated on me with (Bush) in a pretty blatant way while we lived together.
The daughter of legendary musician David Foster added: “While we were living together. Pretty cool.’
Harris was in a relationship with former USWNT teammate Ali Krieger from 2010 to 2023.
In March 2019, they announced their engagement and then got married in December 2019.
In February 2021, the couple announced the adoption of their daughter, born two days earlier, and in August 2022, they announced the adoption of their son.
In September 2023, Harris filed for divorce in Florida.
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