Julianne Hough, Ryan Seacrest’s Relationship Timeline, Split Quotes
It’s laborious for exes to not cross paths in Hollywood — simply ask Julianne Hough and Ryan Seacrest.
The Dancing With the Stars star, who’s 13 years youthful than the American Idol host, began relationship Seacrest in 2010.
“He is such an influential guy … and what if it didn’t work out? Our first date, I was so nervous that I just sat there and interviewed him with questions like, ‘Are you loyal?’ and ‘Are you close to your family?’” Hough recalled to InFashion in 2012. “I’m very in love, and it feels great. I feel like I’m more comfortable in my own skin. You see me instead of all the makeup and hair.”
One year later, nevertheless, the pair referred to as it quits. A supply advised Us Weekly in 2013 that Hough “couldn’t handle” Seacrest’s work schedule anymore. “Work always, always came first [for Ryan],” the insider stated on the time.
While Hough later advised Self journal that her objective was “to be single for an entire year” following her cut up from Seacrest, she met Brooks Laich earlier than the year was up. “I’m a relationship girl, and I feel so grateful for the ones I’ve been in. They’ve been excellent — I’ve been hurt but never angry — and they’ve helped me grow to be who I am today,” she stated in February 2014.
Hough and Laich went on to wed in July 2017. After she filed for divorce in November 2020, the Footloose star opened up about her previous relationships, admitting (with out naming Seacrest) by way of Instagram Live that it was laborious to make pals with an older boyfriend.
“[In 2013], I kind of got a little lost. … I was like, ‘I’m 24 and I don’t really know who Julianne is.’ … During that year, it was kind of my wild year of abandon and freedom and I realized that the pendulum swing went from one side to the extreme,” Hough stated in November 2020. “I was like, ‘OK, there’s got to be something in the middle where I can find fulfillment without having to be so dynamic and extreme.’”
Over the years, Hough and Seacrest, who’s relationship mannequin Aubrey Paige Petcosky, have made headlines for onscreen reunions. In May 2022, the performer appeared on Live With Kelly and Ryan. Two months earlier, the Rock of Ages actress was a visitor on On Air With Ryan Seacrest.
“Jules, just to start, [my cohosts] Sisanie and Tanya have been asking me if this is awkward for me. And I said, ‘Not at all because we’re friends,’” Seacrest stated on the radio in March 2022.
Hough added, “We’re friends, we chat.”
Scroll via for a timeline of Hough and Seacrest’s relationship via the years: