Julianne how is opening up about her journey of coming out coming out is one of the most vulnerable and empowering things that you can do the Dancing with the Stars co-host said during an interview on the August 27 episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast providing fans with an update on her sexuality nearly 5 years after she first shared that she was not straight I think for me it was very much like it's not about being straight or gay or by or queer it's more about learning what love is I love people and I don't know what I'm attracted to but I choose you I was starting to see people their hearts their beauty and their Essence in a way that made me realize wow I love people I don't know if it's a sexual attraction or some other kind of Attraction but I'm just seeing people that was such a beautiful Revelation back in 2019 in a women's health interview the 36-year-old mentioned a conversation with her then husband Canadian ice hockey player Brooks lch where she asked you know I'm not straight right and he was like I'm sorry what I replied I'm not but I choose to be with you Hal recalled I think there's a safety with my husband now that I'm unpacking all of this and there's no fear of voicing things I've been afraid to admit or felt shame or guilt about because of what I've been told or how I was raised she added H who married lch in 2017 and finalized their divorce in 2022 said in the same August 27 interview that their marriage was the greatest thing that could have happened to me at that time what I needed then was to reconnect with my 10-year-old self at 10 I needed safety and almost a father figure to provide a grounding force of stability much of our Dynamic was this little girl needing a stable man he provided a beautiful foundation for me to be that little girl but it was that dynamic as Hall began healing and becoming more of a woman that led her to realize they needed different things I really started shifting changing and questioning what I believed in