Ashlyn Harris Says She's “PROUD” of Girlfriend Sophia Bush for Coming Out as Queer E! News
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00:00Ashlyn Harris' One Proud Girlfriend.
00:03After Sophia Bush came out as queer
00:05in a recent essay for Glamour,
00:07the former soccer player is showing
00:09her girlfriend some support.
00:11Taking to her IG stories April 26th
00:13to share a picture of the magazine's cover
00:15starring Sophia writing,
00:17"'Proud of you, babe.'"
00:18In the deeply personal essay published April 25th,
00:21the One Tree alum opens up about the changes
00:24she's undergone in her life in recent years,
00:27including her split from ex-husband Grant Hughes
00:29and the beginning of her romantic relationship with Ashlyn,
00:33with Sophia making it clear that despite all the rumors,
00:36there was no infidelity, writing,
00:39"'There were blatant lies, violent threats.
00:41There were accusations of being a homewrecker.
00:44The ones who said I'd left my ex
00:46because I suddenly realized I wanted to be with women.
00:49My partners have known what I'm into
00:50for as long as I have, so that's not it, y'all.
00:53Sorry.'"
00:54The 41-year-old then doubles down
00:56that her short-lived marriage to Grant
00:57wasn't ended by Ashlyn.
01:00Writing,
01:01"'The idea that I left my marriage
01:02based on some hysterical rendezvous
01:04that, to be crystal clear, never happened,
01:07rather than having taken over a year
01:09to do the most soul-crushing work of my life,
01:12it feels brutal.
01:13Just because I didn't want to process my realizations
01:16in real time on social media
01:17and spell them out for the world
01:19doesn't mean the journey wasn't long
01:20and thoughtful and exhaustive.'"
01:23The LA native shares
01:24that since starting her new romance last year,
01:26she's never been happier, saying,
01:28"'I feel like I can breathe.
01:30I am so lucky to be here now.
01:32I have real joy.
01:33It took me 41 years to get here.'"
01:36The actress then reveals
01:37the moment she fell in love with Ashlyn,
01:39who shares three-year-old daughter, Sloane,
01:41and one-year-old son, Ocean, with ex-wife, Allie Kriger,
01:44explaining,
01:45"'I am absolutely in awe of her relentless integrity.
01:48Falling in love with her
01:49has sutured some of my own childhood wounds
01:52and made me so much closer to my own mother.'"
01:55Seeing Ashlyn choose to not simply survive
01:58but thrive for her babies
01:59has been the most beautiful thing
02:01I've ever witnessed a friend do.
02:03And now I get to love her.
02:05How lucky am I?