Sophia Bush has broken her silence on her much-talked about love life as she wrote an essay in her own words for Glamour magazine.
The 41-year-old star, who was not wearing a shirt for the cover, broke her silence on what is going on with her close relationship with athlete Ashlyn Harris after her 2023 divorce from Grant Hughes, whom she wed 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 is indeed ‘in love’ with Harris whom she became friends with in 2019 then started a romantic relationship with after her marriage with Grant fell apart and Ashlyn left her 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 else 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. In addition to Hughes, she was also married to Chad Michael Murray from 2005 until 2006.
Sophia Bush has broken her silence on her much-talked about love life as she wrote an essay in her own words for Glamour. The star broke her silence on what is going on with her close relationship with athlete Ashlyn Harris after her 2023 divorce from Grant Hughes whom she wed 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 is indeed ‘in love’ with Harris. ‘I didn’t expect to find love in this support system,’ began the star
Bush with Harris in July. She said they began friends in 2019 then grew closer when they both became single
And Bush also detailed her fertility struggle with Hughes which she shared was ‘heartbreaking.’
As far as falling for 38-year-old Ashlyn, who is a former soccer player, she said it was a new frontier.
‘And I think it’s very easy not to see something that’s been in front of your face for a long time when you’d never looked at it as an option and you had never been looked at as an option,’ she shared.
‘What I saw was a friend with her big, happy life. And now I know she thought the same thing about me,’ said the star.
Bush added that the road to her romantic relationship with Harris was long after they met in 2019 and spent years becoming friends: ‘People looking in from the outside weren’t privy to just how much time it took, how many painful conversations were had,’ said Sophia.
‘A lot of effort was made to be graceful with other people’s processing, their time and obligations, and their feelings. ‘
She then added that the rumors about her seeing a woman shocked her.
She then said there were many ‘blatant lies and violent threats’ toward her because she was with Harris
‘There were the accusations of being a home-wrecker,’ she said.
‘The ones who said I’d left my ex because I suddenly realized I wanted to be with women—my partners have known what I’m into for as long as I have (so that’s not it, y’all, sorry!),’ she said, making it very clear she was open with her former partners that she liked women.
Now she feels very comfortable in the queer community as she has experienced so much ‘safety, respect, and love in the queer community, as an ally all of my life, that, as I came into myself, I already felt it was my home.’
With her ex Grant Hughes in 2022 in Washington, DC
In this image, Harris is seen putting her arm around Bush; in her Glamour essay Sophia said she admired how great of a mother her new partner is
‘I don’t know how else 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. In addition to Hughes, she was also married to Chad Michael Murray from 2005 until 2006
‘There were the accusations of being a home-wrecker,’ she said. ‘The ones who said I’d left my ex because I suddenly realized I wanted to be with women—my partners have known what I’m into for as long as I have (so that’s not it, y’all, sorry!),’ she said, making it very clear she was open with her former partners that she liked women’
Sophia asserted that her sexuality ‘exists on a spectrum.’
And she concluded: ‘Right now I think the word that best defines it is queer. I can’t say it without smiling, actually. And that feels pretty great.’
She also says that she almost called off her wedding from Grant because it just did not feel right about it.
And when her one year wedding anniversary rolled around she felt sick because she knew she was not happy and the union was not good for her.
Sophia also discussed her heartbreaking fertility battle with several ultrasounds, hormone shots, blood draws and egg retrieval amid her failing marriage.
She was photographed by Lauren Dukoff.