Julianne Hough‘s husband is fueling the fire about his rumored marriage troubles with his latest podcast episode. Brooks Laich, who wed the “Dancing With The Stars” dancer in 2017, bizarrely brought Hollywood’s top divorce attorney, Laura Wasser, on his podcast with Gavin DeGraw called “How Men Think” earlier this week to talk about the hardships of marriage and divorce. Meanwhile, his marriage to Julianne Hough has reportedly been in turmoil for the past several months with Us Weekly reporting the duo are “going through a rough patch.”
Talking to Laura Wasser about the challenges of changing as a person throughout your marriage, the 39-year-old NHL star said, “I’m going to change in the course of my life. My wife is going to change in the course of her life. But also, I think people over time can develop some sort of indifference when once there was an attraction.” Elaborating on what he meant by “indifference,” Brooks Laich continued, “They can just develop an indifference, and it’s not staying connected enough to continue to learn and grow and accept your changes, accept their changes and also challenge each other.”
Seeming pretty educated on the whole divorce topic, the athlete reminded listeners that “there’s so many resources out there — seminars, all kinds of things, books.” Julianne Hough’s husband also stressed the importance of open communication in a marriage. “I don’t think a lot of people in their marriage really, really, truthfully communicate all the needs and desires and cravings and yearnings they have for themselves, for their partner, all of it,” he said. “I think they lack a little bit of courage there, to share those things that could really actually keep people together and, like, light their marriage on fire.”
While Brooks Laich seemed pretty knowledgeable about relationships, he let Laura Wasser do some of the talking too as a divorce expert and thanked her for joining them. At the end, he brought up her podcast “Divorce Sucks!” and joked that he’s “really happy for you, but I hope I’m never on your podcast.” In January, rumors swirled that Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich were “having problems” and their marriage was in trouble. A source told Us Weekly at the time, “They definitely have been going through a rough patch. They have both been in different places for work so they haven’t been able to spend as much time together this past few months.” Brooks Laich seemed to fuel those rumors when he discussed “exploring his sexuality” after Julianne Hough removed her wedding ring. Despite the rumors, his Podcast co-star recently told the outlet the duo “seems healthy and fine.”
