Sophia Bush has broken her social media silence, two weeks after it emerged she had filed for divorce from her husband of 12 months – but the former One Tree Hill and Chicago PD star kept her focus solely on politics.
The actress posted a congratulatory message to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer after the state was named the best state in the United States to live and work in. "@whitmermi you're the coolest and this proves it," Sophia shared on Instagram Stories alongside Governor Whitmer's post.
Sophia is not from Michigan, but has long been a political activist supporting Democratic candidates including Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, and she is a founding member of the Time's Up movement.
The post comes after the 41-year-old filed for divorce from her husband Grant Hughes, one month after they celebrated their first wedding anniversary. The pair had launched a nonprofit together, and People magazine reported that they will continue to run the foundation together; Sophia and Grant have long been politically active together, and a month after their 2022 wedding write an essay for Glamour magazine affirming their support for abortion rights in America.
"This moment is nothing short of a national emergency. But these days it also feels incredibly personal. Because I type this as I look across the kitchen at my husband. A man with whom I am deeply in love. And a man who might never have come into my life, nor me into his, had it not been for an abortion. Not my experience — I have never had an abortion — but his. An abortion that he and a former partner had is what got us here," she wrote.
Sophia and Grant wed in a romantic ceremony in Tulsa, Oklahoma in June 2022. Guests included her PD co-star and friend Marina Squerciati, and One Tree Hill pals Bethany Joy Lenz and Hilarie Burton.
For the ceremony Sophia took a unique spin on the wedding dress, wearing an Emilia Wickstead off-the-shoulder gown that featured an orange, peach and green floral pattern and puff sleeves.
Across the weekend she also wore a white mini dress by Khaite for a pre-wedding dinner, as well as a caped Roksanda Ilincic gown, featuring an embellished belt and matching hat for a cowboy-themed evening with friends and family.
The pair celebrated their first wedding anniversary on June 11 2023, and Grant posted a gushing tribute to his wife, praising their "full, beautiful, dynamic, exciting, growth-filled year we’ve had together".
“Today marks 365 days of calling you ‘husband,’” Sophia's now-deleted post read, alongside a black and white throwback photo of their wedding day. “Best decision of my life. It still feels just like this. Ecstatic. Running toward the future, grinning and laughing, together. I love you, my favorite. Happy Anniversary."
Almost all posts referencing the other have since been removed from their individual accounts.
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