Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich separate after nearly 3 years of marriage

After a lot hypothesis surrounding the state of their marriage, Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich have confirmed they’re separating.

On Friday, the celebrities — who tied the knot virtually three years in the past — launched a joint assertion to Folks asserting their cut up, which comes after they raised eyebrows by saying they have been quarantining in numerous states.

“We have now lovingly and fastidiously taken the time we’ve wanted to reach at our resolution to separate,” Hough and Laich mentioned of their assertion. “We share an abundance of love and respect for each other and will proceed to steer with our hearts from that place. We kindly request your compassion and respect for our privateness shifting ahead.”

Hough’s relationship standing with the previous NHL participant had been one thing of a query mark in current months, because the pair mentioned they have been quarantining individually and — earlier than that — steadily shared cryptic messages on social media.

Laich, 36, beforehand mentioned he was self-isolating along with his canine in Idaho, whereas the “Dancing With the Stars” persona, 31, was in Los Angeles.

In December, Laich spoke a few “new stage of life calling,” not lengthy after Hough was seen in an Instagram publish not sporting her marriage ceremony ring.

Then in January, Hough shared a message concerning the nature of long-term relationships, posting a message from Heidi Priebe to her Instagram story. “To like somebody long-term is to attend a thousand funerals for the individuals they was,” the publish learn, in response to E! Information.

Previous to her cut up from Laich, Hough spoke candidly about her sexuality, revealing within the September 2019 difficulty of Girls’s Well being that she’s “not straight.”

“I [told him], ‘You recognize I’m not straight, proper?’ And he was like, ‘I’m sorry, what?’ I used to be like, ‘I’m not. However I select to be with you,’” she informed the publication.

Hough and Laich introduced their engagement in 2015 earlier than tying the knot two years later.