Sophia Bush and Grant Hughes they had a short-lived marriage, but their relationship was built over years.
The actress met the entrepreneur nearly a decade before things turned romantic between them.
“We became fast friends, but only saw each other a few times a year because we were both traveling all the time for work,” Bush recalls. Vogue during her and Hughes’ wedding, published in July 2022.
Their friendship eventually turned into something romantic and by May 2020. Bush and Hughes made their first public appearance together. The couple announced their engagement in August 2021.
Sophia Bush isn’t afraid to admit that her past romances haven’t been perfect. “My first experience with love was incredibly pure. The boy I loved was one of my best friends since we were 9 years old,” the actress wrote in a personal essay published in Cosmopolitan in 2017. “In my 20s, when (…)
“Grant booked us a sightseeing tour on a classic Riva boat and popped the question during the golden hour,” Bush said of the proposal. “We shared the news publicly a few days later because we were spotted in Puglia by a group of very cute Gen Z girls and I watched them put a watch on my finger.”
They married almost a year later in June 2022, with Bush later revealing that she almost canceled the entire ceremony.
“In April 2022 I was close to cancel my wedding,” she wrote in a Shine published cover story two years later. “Instead of running away, I doubled down as a model wife.”
In August 2023 Bush filed for divorce after only 13 months of marriage. Keep scrolling to look back at the timeline of Bush and Hughes’ relationship:
May 2020
After Bush was spotted with someone called “mystery man” at that time Us Weekly confirmed that it was Hughes.
August 2021
Bush announced his engagement of Hughes on Instagram.
Grant Hughes and Sophia Bush.
Janet Meyer/INSTARimages/Cover Images“Turns out being the person you love is the best feeling on planet earth 💫 #YES,” she captioned the photo.
June 2022
us confirmed that Bush and Hughes he had married in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
July 2022
A month after they shared their ‘I dos’, Bush and Hughes’ wedding was shown Vogue.
“I’ve really never felt so much positivity at once, so much clarity,” she told the publication. “As someone who suffers from anxiety, it felt amazing to experience the complete absence of anxiety. I couldn’t stop smiling.”
Sophia Bush kept her romance with Grant Hughes relatively private before they eventually called it quits. The couple was first spotted together in Malibu in May 2020. Hughes was the first to show his romance with Bush. “I only posted two photos in 2020. and an average of less than 5 minutes per day on Instagram. This (…)
June 2023
Bush and Hughes celebrated their one year anniversary. However, the actress was experiencing secret turmoil regarding the relationship milestone. “In 2023 my now-ex-husband posted a lovely tribute to our first anniversary on Instagram. When I saw it, I felt the blood drain from my face,” she wrote for Glamor in April 2024.
Grant Hughes and Sophia Bush.
Lee Vogel/Getty Images“Things weren’t easy at home, but everyone says marriage is hard, right? As the day wore on, I felt increasing pressure from strangers online waiting to post something—what a strange part of public life to have to navigate—so I sat down and chose a photo,” Bush recalled. “I hit the post. And then I went into the bathroom and threw up.
August 2023
us confirm this Bush filed for divorce by Hughes after 13 months of marriage. Their official date of separation was listed as June 27 – just 16 days after their one-year anniversary.
A source said us at the time Bush and Hughes were “better as friends,” adding that they “don’t spend enough time with each other” before calling it quits.
October 2023
Bush sparked romance rumors with Ashlyn Harris in the months following the news of her divorce.
“Grant will always want the best for Sofia and supports anything that makes her happy and fulfilled,” a representative for Hughes said Page six at that time in response to speculation by Bush and Harris. (Bush came out as weird and confirmed her relationship with Harris in Glamou(r cover story published in April 2024)
December 2024
Bush and Hughes finalized their divorce more than a year after their breakup. The exes entered into a confidential settlement on Dec. 30, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.
