Julianne Hough is opening up about her three-year relationship with Ryan Seacrest—or extra particularly, the way it ended.

The Dancing With the Stars co-host, who dated Seacrest from 2010 to 2013, mentioned why she finally selected to half methods with the American Idol host on Monday’s episode of Armchair Knowledgeable with Dax Shepard.

The 36-year-old defined that, on the time, her profession was simply starting to take off, whereas Seacrest, 49, was already well-established within the tv and radio trade. So, in an effort to carve out a profession for herself unbiased of the connection, she determined to name it quits.

“I keep in mind after I determined to interrupt issues off,” she advised Shepard. “I had plenty of these Brentwood mothers and producers in that world who had been like, ‘What are you doing?’ And I used to be like, ‘What do you imply?’ They had been like, ‘Your life is totally arrange.’”

However Hough realized that the life she was dwelling and the trajectory it was on weren’t one thing she had constructed herself; relatively, she felt she was merely driving the wave of her then-partner’s fame.

“The rug was swept up from beneath me, and I used to be simply flying, experiencing issues that I didn’t even know existed,” Hough stated. “However I had this insecurity—I didn’t need anybody to assume I used to be with him for the improper causes.”

“In fact, I believed, ‘I have to create this myself,’” she continued. “Competitively, it wasn’t mine. I wanted to really feel the delight of doing it alone.”

In making an attempt to navigate the connection, Hough additionally admitted she “overcompensated to suit into precisely what any person wanted” so as “for them to be pleased” relatively than specializing in her personal happiness.

“And what I’ve realized over time is I don’t know if I’ve ever actually been in love with somebody, however I’ve cherished the sensation of being cherished. So, I might develop into no matter I wanted to be in an effort to be cherished.”

After her cut up from Seacrest, Hough started courting hockey participant Brooks Laich later that very same yr. The 2 married in 2017 however filed for divorce in 2020, finalizing it in 2022.

“We’ve lovingly and thoroughly taken the time we’ve wanted to reach at our resolution to separate,” they stated in a joint assertion. “We share an abundance of affection and respect for each other and can proceed to guide with our hearts from that place.”