Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris’ friendship turned romantic on the heels of their respective divorces from Grant Hughes and Ali Krieger — and they’ve been building their relationship ever since.
A source exclusively told Us Weekly Bush and Harris “bonded over their breakups and having to start over” in October 2023, one month after they began dating.
Us confirmed in August 2023 that Bush and Hughes called it quits after 13 months of marriage. Bush filed for divorce from the entrepreneur, per court documents obtained by Us, and listed their date of separation as June 27, weeks after their first wedding anniversary.
Harris’ ex-wife Krieger, for her part, insinuated her spouse cheated during their marriage by saying she was in her “Beyoncé ‘Lemonade’ era” in October 2023, one month after Harris filed for divorce. (Beyoncé’s visual album seemingly details her relationship with husband Jay-Z after discovering he had been unfaithful.)
Sophia Bush isn’t afraid to admit her past romances weren’t all perfect. “My first experience with love was incredibly pure. The boy I loved had been one of my best friends from the time we were 9 years old,” the actress wrote in a personal essay published on Cosmopolitan in 2017. “In my 20s, when […]
Harris vehemently denied the speculation and said she was “always faithful” to Krieger in a lengthy statement via Instagram in November 2023.
Despite the drama, Harris and Bush have continued to grow their relationship out of the spotlight. Keep reading to see their full relationship timeline.
August 2023
Bush filed for divorce from Hughes, with a source telling Us at the time that they were “better off as friends.”
“It wasn’t ugly and they are still supporting each other,” the source explained. “They want each other to be happy and for their nonprofit to continue to thrive.”
September 2023
Harris filed for divorce from Krieger after four years of marriage. The pair share daughter Sloane and son Ocean.
October 2023
A “couple of weeks” after Harris and Bush’s first official date, a source told Us that the duo have a lot in common.
“Sophia and Ashlyn insist they were just friends, but by all accounts, it was instant chemistry,” the insider said at the time. “They love being together. They love sports and want to do good in the world.”
Sophia Bush kept her romance with Grant Hughes relatively private before they ultimately called it quits. The pair were first spotted together in Malibu in May 2020. Hughes was the first to show off his romance with Bush. “I posted only two photos in 2020 and averaged less than 5 minutes per day on Instagram. This […]
December 2023
Harris and Bush attended the annual Art Basel festival in Miami. They posed together with gallerist Michelle Tillou in a photo posted via Instagram on December 7.
March 2024
Bush and Harris “were together drinking and dancing” in New York City during a night out with actress Hilarie Burton Morgan, an eyewitness exclusively told Us on March 7.
The ladies tore up the Big Apple while attending Netflix’s Girls5Eva season 3 premiere afterparty, with the eyewitness saying, “Ashlyn was holding Sophia and kissing her cheek as they danced.”
Some celebrity couples have gone the distance, but others haven’t been as lucky. 2024 kicked off with a handful of Hollywood duos calling it quits. Fans were shocked when The Bachelorette couple Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo split after four years of marriage. Us Weekly confirmed on January 2 that the chiropractor filed for divorce […]
Later that month, the duo attended Elton John AIDS Foundation’s annual Oscars viewing party at West Hollywood Park on March 10. The Academy Awards party marked the first time the ladies posed together for public photos at an event.
April 2024
Bush officially came out as queer in her Glamour cover story published on April 25, confirming her relationship with Harris and revealing how they went from friends to something more.
“It took me confronting a lot of things, what felt like countless sessions of therapy, and some prodding from loved ones, but eventually I asked Ashlyn to have a non-friend-group hang to talk about it,” Bush wrote. “And that meal was four and a half hours long and truly one of the most surreal experiences of my life thus far. In hindsight, maybe it all had to happen slowly and then suddenly all at once. Maybe it was all fated. Maybe it really is a version of invisible string theory.”
Days after Bush’s Glamour cover story, she and Harris made their red carpet debut as a couple at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 27 in Washington, D.C. They were spotted getting cozy at the WHCD afterparty the same night.
October 2024
Bush celebrated Harris’ 39th birthday by sharing a PDA pic via Instagram. “You are the sun, in human form ☀️ You light up the world and warm each and every person you touch. There is no one like you, and everyone who knows you knows it’s true,” Bush gushed. “We are all so lucky. And I am the absolute luckiest. First of many together (You better live forever, woman, we have adventures to go on!) Happy Birthday baby. I love you with my whole soul.”
November 2024
Harris and Bush enjoyed a day at Disneyland with the former athlete’s two children, Sloane and Ocean. Harris shared a photo of the group via her Instagram Story standing in front of a Christmas tree in the park, marking the first time she posted Bush with her kids. Bush twinned with the little ones, wearing Minnie Mouse ears as they wandered around the theme park.
