Sophia Bush Finally Tells Her Side of the Five-Month Marriage to Chad Michael Murray

Sophia Bush is finally giving her side of one of the most talked-about short marriages in pop culture history. On the“Call Her Daddy”podcast, the actress opened up about her five-month marriage to Chad Michael Murray, which began in 2005 and was finalized in divorce in 2006. She explained that her editor convinced her to address the relationship in her upcoming memoir,“And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress,”because there’s no escaping the internet’s memory. Her framing is simple: they were kids, now they’re adults and parents, and she wishes him well. No harm, no foul.

The conversation went deeper than the marriage itself. Bush revealed that dating Murray damaged her friendship with former costar Hilarie Burton Morgan, who had warned her about him at the time. Looking back, Bush said Burton was right, and she didn’t trust her. The two women later repaired their friendship after the cast of“One Tree Hill”came forward with harassment allegations against showrunner Mark Schwahn in 2017.

The memoir arrives Tuesday, October 27, and with it, one of the most candid looks yet at a chapter of early-2000s celebrity drama. Bush isn’t relitigating the past so much as explaining how she survived it, and who stood by her through it. Have you ever ignored a friend’s warning about someone and had to admit later that they were right? Tell us your story in the comments.