Julianne Hough Addresses Her Sexuality Again, Five Years After Coming Out as 'Not Straight'

Julianne Hough identifies as a member of the queer community, but she hasn’t yet put a label on her sexuality.

The 36-year-old Dancing With the Stars host previously recounted in a 2019 interview how she told then-husband Brooks Laich about her sexual identity.

“You know I’m not straight, right?” Julianne told him. She added, “And he was like, ‘I’m sorry, what?’ I was like, ‘I’m not. But I choose to be with you.’”

Now, Julianne is sharing an update, five years later.

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In an interview on the August 27 episode of the Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast, Julianne said, “Coming out is one of the most vulnerable and empowering things that you can do. I think for me, it was very much like, it’s not about being straight or gay or bi or queer. It’s more about, I think I’m just learning like what love is and I love people and I don’t know what I’m attracted to, but I choose you.”

“I was starting to see people and seeing their hearts and seeing their beauty and their essence coming through in a way that I was like, wow, I love people and I don’t know if it’s a sexual attraction or a ‘this’ attraction, but I’m just seeing people. And that was such a beautiful revelation too,” she added.

Julianne also just opened up about what happened to her beloved dogs when they tragically passed away on the same day.