Julianne Hoff reflects on her best time with ex-husband Brooks Lake Julianne Hoff reflected on her time with her ex-husband Brooks Lake stating that the ice hockey player treated her like a little girl during their marriage the actress discussed her connection with Brooks in an interview with Jamie Kern Lima on Tuesday Julianne Hoff and Brooks lak's three-year marriage dissolved in May 20120 what I needed at that time was to reconnect to my 10-year-old self Julian said me so what did I need at 10 I really wanted protection and almost a father figure to come in and provide the anchoring force of stability and so I think a lot of our Dynamic was this little girl feeling and this stability and stable man to be there he provided such a beautiful foundation for me to be a little girl continued the Dancing with the Stars co-host the 36-year-old described her time with her ex-husband as the greatest thing that could have happened to me at that time I started becoming more of a woman added the Foot Loose star and when that was happening I was starting to listen to my voice more not the 10-year-old voice that was making decisions subconsciously and as that was happening things started changing I really started shifting and changing and questioning what I believed in