Julianne Houghis looking back at her three-year-long relationship withRyan Seacrest.
And so I then started playing smaller.
So, she pivoted to be what he needed.
Julianne Hough and Ryan Seacrest.Kevin Mazur/WireImage
I, again, overcompensated, she explained.
And so let me be what that needs to be so that I can be loved.
And then because I’m so filled with love from someone, of course I love you.
I’ve been in love with everybody I’ve ever dated, but have I?
Although, she noted, others around her didnt fully understand why.
And I was like, What do you mean?
They’re like, Your life is completely set up.
And I was, like, But I didn’t build it.
She added, I didnt think about what people thought.
I was just wrestling on the inside…
I definitely was in full self-preservation mode, so I was only concerned about me.
Hough began dating hockey player Brooks Laich shortly after her split with Seacrest.
Listen to Hough discuss her relationship with Seacrest in the podcast above.
