Julianne Hoff claims that while they were married her ex-husband Brooks Lake treated her like a little girl regarding her relationship with her ex-husband Brooks Lake Julianne Hoff disclosed details according to Julianne Brooks occasionally gave her the impression of a father figure and helped her get through difficult times what I needed at that time was to reconnect to my 10-year-old self Julianne 36 said during an interview with Jamie Kar Lima on Tuesday August 2 7th and what did I need at 10 I really needed safety and almost like a father figure to come in and be that grounding 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 Mama June and Lauren pumpkin effort explain how they remembering Anna Cardwell after her death the Dancing with the Stars co-host seemed to look back on her time with Brooks 41 fondly and even described him as the greatest thing that could have happened to me at that time