After they secretly tied the knot last summer, Sophia Bush is breaking her silence on when her romance with Ashlyn Harris really began. The One Tree Hill alum and former National Women’s Soccer League athlete first sparked dating rumors in 2023, as they both filed for divorce from their partners at the time, Ali Krieger and Grant Hughes. The internet started side-eyeing the exact timeline of their relationship, with some even accusing them of cheating on their spouses—and Sophia is finally setting the record straight on the latest episode of Call Her Daddy.
As host Alex Cooper asked the actor to clarify when she and Ashlyn actually “stepped out as a couple,” Sophia responded, “Well, no, we didn’t. I’m gonna be really clear.” “You know, outing Brooke Davis felt really fun for the tabloids. And the only way to stop the monstrosity of it was to say, like, ‘I can show you this isn’t true,’” she continued, explaining how her camp addressed the rumors at the time.
They’re friends.’ And I went, ‘I took her to dinner last week.’ And then they said, ‘Are you going to take her to dinner again?’ And I said, ‘Well, considering I feel like I got oxygen for the first time in my life…yeah,’” Sophia shared, adding that “it was off to the races” once her team told outlets that she and Ashlyn did, in fact, go on a date. And that’s a really hard practice ‘cause all I want to do is be like, ‘Here’s all the information. And if you had the information, the vibes would be different.’”
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