Sophia Bush says she can ‘finally breathe’ after discussing her queerness for the first time. In an essay for Glamour, the actress opened up about her journey with her sexuality after reflecting on “brutal” online speculation towards her romance with former soccer player Ashlyn Harris.
Bush was linked to Harris following the dissolution of her marriage to businessman Grant Hughes in 2023, which made her the victim of “blatant lies” and “violent threats” from online trolls.
Harris also finalised her divorce from fellow soccer player Ali Krieger last year, resulting in accusations of Bush being a “home-wrecker”.
Bush criticised the online discourse surrounding both of their divorces, refuting the idea that she split from Huges “based on some hysterical rendezvous – that, to be crystal-clear, never happened”. “Rather than realizing I had to be the most vulnerable I’ve ever been, on a public stage, despite being terrified to my core?