Sophia Bush celebrated her first Pride Month since coming out as queer and shared a heartfelt message on her Instagram on Sunday.
The actress, 41, posted a quote on her Stories that read: “You’re perfect.” No matter how long it takes, you will find your people. And they will help you find yourself more and more. It’s worth it. You’re worth it.’
The One Tree Hill star wrote the line below another reposted quote, from the We the Urban account, which read: “Pride is important because tonight someone still believes it’s better to be dead than to be themselves.”
She also shared a makeup-free selfie in a bathrobe adding the LGBTQ pride flag emoji and a heart sign.
Bush came out publicly in April and announced that she was in love with athlete Ashlyn Harris, 38, and that her former partners always knew she liked women.
Sophia Bush, 41, celebrated her first Pride Month since coming out as queer and shared a heartfelt message on her Instagram on Sunday.
Pride Month began Saturday and celebrates the LGBTQ community in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City.
Bush’s message comes a week after she firmly denied rumors that she is engaged to her girlfriend.
He had posted a romantic snap with Ashlyn from Paris in which he slipped an arm under his lover’s jacket.
Because her left hand was hidden from view, some social media users began to speculate that she was hiding a ring.
However, Sophia put an end to the speculation with a follow-up image, raising her left hand to assure the public that her ring finger was bare.
‘Have I heard the internet is going crazy? “Y’all,” he wrote with crying laughter and coffin emojis. ‘I don’t have any “news” for you. But wouldn’t you put all your hands on his jacket if you could? (To be clear, you can’t because there are limits, but I will continue to do so for you because I’m that generous).
When she posted the original snapshot of Paris’ love with Ashlyn, Sophia gushed: “I just want to squeeze her aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaa…
She added: ‘I understand that it is new for all of you to see me so happy and so embodied. It’s new for me too. How lucky I am!’, closing the message with a teary-eyed emoji.
She posted a quote that said, ‘You are perfect.’ No matter how long it takes, you will find your people. And they will help you find yourself more and more. It’s worth it. you’re worth it’
Bush came out in April and announced that she was in love with athlete Ashlyn Harris, 38, and that her ex-partners always knew that she liked women; The duo photographed in April.
Her message comes a week after she firmly debunked rumors that she was engaged to her girlfriend, writing, “I have no ‘news’ for you.”
The rumors began after the actress published a romantic snapshot with Ashlyn de Paris in which she slipped an arm under her beloved’s jacket.
Sophia and Ashlyn made their red carpet debut in April at the star-studded White House Correspondents’ Dinner hosted by Colin Jost.
Ashlyn turned on her own Insta Stories and posted a selfie in which Sophia gave her a kiss on the cheek while they toasted white wine.
Sophia and Ashlyn made their red carpet debut in April, at the star-studded White House Correspondents’ Dinner hosted by Colin Jost.
Shortly before, Sophia had announced their relationship by writing an essay in Glamor magazine in which he also declared himself “queer.”
She wrote that she and Ashlyn first met in 2019, but didn’t become a couple until October 2023, after their respective marriages fell apart.
Sophia filed for divorce from her husband of 13 months, Grant Hughes, in August 2023, while Ashlyn filed for divorce from wife Ali Krieger in September.
In her coming out essay, Sophia, who was previously married to her One Tree Hill co-star Chad Michael Murray, revealed that several men she was involved with in the past knew that she was also attracted to women.
He took aim at social media users “who said I left my ex because I suddenly realized I wanted to be with women; my partners know what I like since I’ve been doing it (so it’s not that, right ?”). everything, sorry!).’
When romance rumors began to circulate between her and Ashlyn, Sophia was accused of being a “homewrecker,” as Ashlyn shares two children with his ex-wife.
Sophia revealed that she and Ashlyn became a couple in October 2023, two months after she filed for divorce from Grant Hughes, who she is pictured with in 2022.
Ashlyn shares two children with ex-wife Ali Krieger (left), whom she filed for divorce in September 2023; They are photographed in May.
Sophia steadfastly denied breaking up Ashlyn’s marriage and wrote that she found herself on the receiving end of “blatant lies and violent threats” over the speculation.
“People watching from the outside didn’t know how long it took or how many painful conversations were had,” he insisted.
“A lot of effort was made to be graceful with the processing of other people, their time, their obligations and their feelings,” the Chicago Police Department actress added.
Along with Ashlyn and her husbands, Sophia also previously dated her co-stars Jon Foster, James Lafferty, Austin Nichols and Jesse Lee Soffer.