Julianne Hough is reflecting on her coming out journey.
The Dancing With the Starshost shared insight into how she views gave fans an update on her sexuality almost five years after saying she was she noted in an interview that was "not straight."
"Coming out is one of the most vulnerable and empowering things that you can do," Julianne said on the Aug.
27 episode of the Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast. He's got the greatest heart that I could ever have the privilege of being with.'
Julianne Hough, 36, expressed that her ex-husband, Brooks Laich, healed her childhood trauma during their five-year marriage
Her relationship with Laich had given her a 'little girl feeling' as well as 'stability and [a] stable man to be there'; seen in 2019 in L.A.
Julianne explained that she was 'able to start that healing' because Brooks 'provided such a beautiful foundation for me to be a little girl'
During an interview on the Armchair Expert podcast with Dax Shepherd earlier this month, Julianna further reflected on the 'unraveling' of her marriage to Brooks
The two split in 2019 before announcing the separation the following year.
ET on ABC on Wednesday, Dec. 31. So they can't necessarily connect the two and hear what was happening because they were having their own experience also.'
'At that time, they felt guilty that they couldn't do it, but we've definitely through conversation after conversation like, "But we get it now, right? That would be really fun," she told the outlet.
He's got the greatest heart that I could ever have the privilege of being with.'
The two split in 2019 before announcing the separation the following year. I'm not blaming you now, but I definitely needed more at the time."'
'At 15 and I said those things and shared those things, that was definitely, in the way that I knew how express it then as well, which was like, "This just happened but let's move on," because I also didn't want to deal with it either,"' she said, adding she now wants to talk more about the experience after undergoing healing.
She also shared during the interview: 'Being so young, and those being your first experiences — whether it be physical, mental, sexual — those abuses of power to someone who is vulnerable to it — it immediately sets a precedent of: other people have the power.'
Hough previously revealed she had been abused as a child.
During a 2013 interview with Cosmopolitan, she revealed she had been abused at the age of 10 after moving to London to begin studying dance at the Italia Conti Academy of the Arts with her brother Derek.
The new revelation came as Hough promotes her newly released novel, Everything We Never Knew.
Hough's debut novel, co-written with Ellen Goodlett, is 'about a woman who seemingly has everything together, perfect life, perfect husband, perfect marriage, perfect job,' she explained during a recent appearance on Good Morning America.
In an earlier episode of the Jamie Kern Lima Show, Hough revealed she was sexually abused when she was four-years-old by a neighbor
The new revelation came as Hough promotes her newly released novel, Everything We Never Knew
The main character, Lexi Cole suddenly 'has these supernatural experiences that threaten the relationships around her,' the author said.
'She goes on this healing journey thinking she's going to heal other people, but of course, you can't heal anybody else...
But I choose to be with you."'
The admission shocked Hough's fans at the time as many assumed she was 'straight' based on her dating history.
Prior to marrying NHL star Laich, Hough publicly dated TV personality Ryan Seacrest and comedian Dane Cook.
She opened up about her marriage to Laich during her sit-down with podcast host Jamie Kern Lima this week.
She told the host that Laich helped heal her childhood trauma during their five-year union.
Everything that I had ever known, that I had put in place for my control and my protection...'
'I had this marriage to this guy who represented more of a father figure to me, and while he was changing, I was changing. And that was such a beautiful revelation too."
The Grease Live! actress first opened up about her sexuality when in a 2019 interview with Women's Health she recalled telling then-husband Brooks Laich, "You know I’m not straight, right?"
"And he was like, 'I'm sorry, what?'” she continued, “I was like, 'I’m not.
Only 10 days after the initial split — Julianne's two dogs were tragically killed by coyotes.
'It was an unraveling. "We are very important, special people in each other’s live and we shared a really powerful season together," she said. And so I think a lot of our dynamic was this little girl feeling and this stability and stable man to be there.
The show will be available the next day on Hulu.
Chance the Rapper will lead the first-ever live Central Time Zone countdown from Chicago, while Gronkowski and Hough will host together in Las Vegas.
Diana Ross will be headlining the Times Square special.