Julianne Hoff says her ex-husband Brooks Lake made her feel like a little girl during their marriage Julian Hoff spoke openly about her relationship with ex-husband Brooks Lake Julianne claimed that Brooks helped her overcome some difficulties and felt almost like a father figure at times what I needed at that time was to reconnect with my 10-year-old self Julien 36 said in an interview with Jamie Kern Lima on Tuesday August 27th so what did I need at 10 I truly needed safety almost like a father figure to step in and provide that anchoring force of stability so I believe that a large part of our Dynamic was this young girl feeling and the need for a stable man to be around he provided such a beautiful foundation for me to be a little girl 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 however once Julianne began expanding she needed something different from their relationship I started becoming more of a woman the Foot Loose star continued 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 however as Julianne began her healing Journey Brooks was on a different path the former Hockey Star had been let go from playing hockey and was going through an identity shift according to Julianne