Sophia Bush responds to accusations she's a homewrecker talks her wedding & divorce
Sophia Bush is Glamour’s April cover star.
The activist and #OneTreeHill actor is listening to her intuition. And she can finally breathe. One year after a picture-perfect wedding turned public divorce, she’s never been more herself. In her own words, Bush opens up about finding… pic.twitter.com/vHy0ZDVFd5
- Glamour (@glamourmag) April 25, 2024
Sophia Bush on the allegations surrounding her relationship with Ashlyn, “There were blatant lies. Violent threats. There were accusations of being a home-wrecker. 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 adds, “The idea that I left my marriage based on some hysterical rendezvous-that, to be crystal-clear, never happened-rather than having taken over a year to do the most soul crushing work of my life? Rather than realizing I had to be the most vulnerable I’ve ever been, on a public stage, despite being terrified to my core? It feels brutal.”
After a four-and-a-half hour long meal between newly-separated friends Sophia Bush and #AshlynHarris, what started as a platonic friendship had blossomed into something neither of them expected. For Glamour, Bush shares how falling in love with Harris has helped heal old wounds,… pic.twitter.com/uXrDLr7Nnj
- Glamour (@glamourmag) April 25, 2024
Just when the world thought #SophiaBush was at her happiest two years ago, the actor and activist revealed she almost called off her wedding to her now ex-husband. For Glamour's April cover, editor-in-chief Samantha Barry sat down with Bush for a candid conversation about life,… pic.twitter.com/WodfpL7oKc
- Glamour (@glamourmag) April 25, 2024
Sophia Bush doesn’t love the idea that she has to officially “come out” in 2024. But just in case you’re wondering, yes, she does consider herself #queer-and she couldn’t be more proud. Watch as Glamour’s editor-in-chief @samanthabarry sits down with the April cover star to talk… pic.twitter.com/Dvuu7lvhg5
- Glamour (@glamourmag) April 25, 2024
From the Glamour article;
On her relationship with Ashlyn;
"I don't believe it's my place to discuss details of Ashlyn's circumstances or her children, but I will say that I am absolutely in awe of her relentless integrity. The way she prioritizes and centers her kids, not only in her life but in the core of her being, is breathtaking to behold."
"Falling in love with her has sutured some of my own childhood wounds, and made me so much closer to my own mother. Seeing Ashlyn choose to not simply survive, but thrive, for her babies has been the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed a friend do. And now I get to love her. How lucky am I?"
On her wedding;
In April of 2022 I was close to calling off my wedding. Instead of running away, I doubled down on being a model wife. In 2023 my now ex-husband posted a lovely tribute to our first anniversary on Instagram. When I saw it, I felt the blood drain from my face. Fans and friends were telling me how exciting this milestone was and how happy I looked. I felt nothing. Things hadn’t been easy at home, but everyone says marriage is hard, right? As the day wore on, I felt mounting pressure from strangers online waiting for me to post something-what a strange part of public life to have to navigate-so I sat myself down and chose a picture.
I kept repeating the adages we all know so well: Relationships are hard. Marriage takes compromise. You know the rest. And so I got married. We threw one of the greatest wedding weekends ever. We had an amazing time with our closest friends and family. It was truly one of the best parties I’ve ever been to, and we raised a ton of money for charity. I don’t regret any of that.
On her fertility journey;
After the wedding I found myself in the depths and heartbreak of the fertility process, which was the most clarifying experience of my life. It feels like society is finally making space for brutally honest conversations about how hard and painful any fertility journey is, but I kept mine private. I was trying to get through months of endless ultrasounds, hormone shots, so many blood draws that I have scar tissue in my veins, and retrieval after retrieval, while simultaneously realizing the person I had chosen to be my partner didn’t necessarily speak the same emotional language I did.
As I lost track of how many examination tables I had lain on alone, I felt something in me seismically shift. Six months into that journey, I think I knew deep down that I absolutely had made a mistake. It would take my head and heart a while longer to understand what my bones already knew.
On her divorce;
During the summer of 2023, I moved back into my empty home in LA. I was separated and preparing to file for divorce, and groups of women in my life started opening up about issues they were going through in their own homes. It seemed like every week there were more of us, including [former US soccer player] Ashlyn [Harris], whom I’d first met in 2019 and who was in the process of figuring out her own split from her wife. She’d been such a kind ear for those of us who opened up about our problems during a shared weekend of speaking engagements at a fancy conference in Cannes, and soon it became clear that she needed our ears too.
sophia bush can lie all she wants but this is ALI KRIEGERS INTERNET. we know she found out about the filing on the field while training from midge because people posted a article.
On how she identifies herself;
I sort of hate the notion of having to come out in 2024. But I’m deeply aware that we are having this conversation in a year when we’re seeing the most aggressive attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community in modern history. There were more than 500 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills proposed in state legislatures in 2023, so for that reason I want to give the act of coming out the respect and honor it deserves. I’ve 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. I think I’ve always known that my sexuality exists on a spectrum. 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.
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I finally feel like I can breathe. I don't think I can explain how profound that is. I feel like I was wearing a weighted vest for who knows how long. I hadn’t realized how heavy it was until I finally just put it down. This might sound crazy-but I think other people in trauma recovery will get it-I am taking deep breaths again. I can feel my legs and feet. I can feel my feet in my shoes right now. It makes me want to cry and laugh at the same time.
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- bellylint (@bellylint4) April 25, 2024
Not Sophia Bush trying to romanticize her stealing someone partner and then blaming the Internet for looking for a scandal like girl pic.twitter.com/aOmNE3BMKD
- 🥀 (@gorqeousaly) April 25, 2024
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