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Julianne Hough Reflects on Sexuality 5 Years After Coming Out as ‘Not Straight’

Five years ago, Hough revealed to her then-husband, Brooks Laich, that she was “not straight.”

“Coming out is one of the most vulnerable and empowering things that you can do,” the Dancing with the Stars co-host said during an interview on the Aug. 27 episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast, providing fans with an update on her sexuality nearly five years after she first shared that she was “not straight.” Back in 2019, in a Women’s Health interview, the 36-year-old mentioned a conversation with her then-husband, Canadian ice hockey player Brooks Laich, where she asked, “You know I’m not straight, right?” Hough—who married Laich in 2017 and finalized their divorce in 2022—said in the same Aug. 27 interview that their marriage was “the greatest thing that could have happened to me at that time.”

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