Sophia Bush is opening up about her 2006 divorce from Chad Michael Murray, who starred with her on One Tree Hill at the time. She told Dax Shepard in a new podcast interview that the producers of their hit show exploited their relationship and breakup for ratings, even mentioning it in ads! Click through the gallery to find out what Sophia had to say.
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Sophia, 36, explained why she doesn’t usually talk about her marriage and divorce. “Everyone’s been 21 and stupid, but if you’re in our job, for some reason, people want to talk to you about like, when you’re fully-fledged adults who’ve done really amazing s— with your lives, they [want to] talk to you about the dumb thing you did in college basically,” she said.
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Sophia and Chad, 37, met on the set of One Tree Hill and started dating in 2003. He proposed in 2004 and they married in April 2005. They announced their separation five months later, and finalized their divorce in 2006.
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The actress said she was “a really naive kid” and that it was really hard for her to process the relationship since they still worked together.
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“There was no space to self-reflect,” Sophia said about working with Chad through the split. “There was like, ‘This is my integrity, this is my job, I will not falter for one second or one minute ever on this set. I will be the most f—ing professional person anyone has ever seen.’”
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Her real problem with that time, though, is not with Chad but with the producers, who she said were “really deeply inappropriate to both of us.”
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“They ran TV ads about it. It was really ugly,” she told Dax.
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“They made practice of taking advantage of people’s personal lives and not just for me and for my ex — for other actors on the show who would share, like as you do when you get close to people, deeply personal things that were happening in their lives and they would wind up in story lines. It wasn’t okay,” Sophia explained.
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“It was opportunistic and ugly and when you run a show, you’re like a parent. You’re supposed to protect your flock and it was the opposite of that. And I imagine that was hard for him as well. It was a very ugly situation on their part. I think they kind of lived for the drama,” Sophia opined.
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What do you think of Sophia opening up about her mistreatment on One Tree Hill? Sound off in the comments!
Sophia, 36, explained why she doesn’t usually talk about her marriage and divorce. “Everyone’s been 21 and stupid, but if you’re in our job, for some reason, people want to talk to you about like, when you’re fully-fledged adults who’ve done really amazing s— with your lives, they [want to] talk to you about the dumb thing you did in college basically,” she said.
Sophia and Chad, 37, met on the set of One Tree Hill and started dating in 2003. He proposed in 2004 and they married in April 2005. They announced their separation five months later, and finalized their divorce in 2006.
The actress said she was “a really naive kid” and that it was really hard for her to process the relationship since they still worked together.
“There was no space to self-reflect,” Sophia said about working with Chad through the split. “There was like, ‘This is my integrity, this is my job, I will not falter for one second or one minute ever on this set. I will be the most f—ing professional person anyone has ever seen.’”
Her real problem with that time, though, is not with Chad but with the producers, who she said were “really deeply inappropriate to both of us.”
“They ran TV ads about it. It was really ugly,” she told Dax.
“They made practice of taking advantage of people’s personal lives and not just for me and for my ex — for other actors on the show who would share, like as you do when you get close to people, deeply personal things that were happening in their lives and they would wind up in story lines. It wasn’t okay,” Sophia explained.
“It was opportunistic and ugly and when you run a show, you’re like a parent. You’re supposed to protect your flock and it was the opposite of that. And I imagine that was hard for him as well. It was a very ugly situation on their part. I think they kind of lived for the drama,” Sophia opined.
What do you think of Sophia opening up about her mistreatment on One Tree Hill? Sound off in the comments!
