Sophia Bush is done letting the internet write her love story. On the Call Her Daddy episode released Wednesday, October 21, the actress addressed long-running rumors that her relationship with former pro soccer player Ashlyn Harris overlapped with their previous marriages. Her response was direct: by the time they went on their first date, both women had already filed for divorce and were living separately from their exes.“Two people who had filed for divorce and lived in separate residences from their exes went to dinner,”she told Alex Cooper.
The timeline goes deeper than one dinner. Bush and Harris connected on social media back in 2015 but didn’t meet face-to-face until 2019, meaning years of friendship came before anything romantic. Bush was married to Grant Hughes from 2022 to 2023, while Harris split from Ali Krieger in 2023. Bush also acknowledged she wishes she had handled the timing differently and said she didn’t know the details of Harris’s marital troubles until later on.
These days, Bush isn’t interested in relitigating the past with people who’ve already made up their minds, telling listeners,“Anyone who thinks that was a casual leap for me doesn’t know me.”She and Harris quietly married in 2025 and seem focused on what’s ahead. So what do you think: should public figures keep addressing rumors, or let the timeline speak for itself?
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