Julianne Hough and Ryan Seacrest Reflect on Their Past Romance
Julianne Hough and Ryan Seacrest‘s relationship definitely didn’t start off on the wrong foot.
“The rug was swept up from underneath me and I was just flying,” the Dancing With the Stars host recalled on the Aug. 12 episode of Dax Shepard‘s podcast Armchair Expert, recounting the early days of her almost three-year romance with the American Idol emcee, “and I was experiencing things that I didn’t even know existed.”
While their glamorous red carpet appearances and yacht getaways made it appear as though everything was picture-perfect, Hough eventually began feeling like something was out of sync.
“I had this insecurity that I was like, ‘I don’t ever want anybody to think that I’m with him for this reason,'” she continued. “And so then I started playing smaller.”
Before long, Hough could see herself changing.
“I, again, overcompensated,” the Safe Haven star added, explaining that she “was malleable to fit into exactly what somebody needed me to be for them to be happy.”
She suggested it’s a pattern that has now caused her to question all of her past relationships.
“What I’ve realized over the years is I don’t know if I’ve ever truly been in love with someone, but I have loved the feeling of being loved,” she noted on the podcast. “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 love everyone. I’ve been in love with everybody I’ve ever dated, but have I? I don’t wanna overanalyze it because every person I’ve also dated has been a very good person.”