For her part, Bush had split with her husband a few months prior.

Namely, she says, there was no wrongdoing on either side.

There were blatant lies.

Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris

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There were the accusations of being a home-wrecker.

Bush’s April 2024Glamourcover.

Read her powerful essayhere.

Sophia Bush queer and happy

Bush’s April 2024Glamourcover. Read her powerful essayhere.

For Bush, the rumors felt unfair.

It feels brutal, she writes.

All people need to know?

That she is in a happy relationship with Harris, where they can both be themselves.

I am so lucky to be here, now.

I have real joy.

It took me 41 years to get here, she says.