"One Tree Hill" star Sophia Bush shared her reflections on her recent divorce and rumors of infidelity in a raw and personal essay published in Glamour magazine. Within the pages of the fashion magazine, Bush bravely opened up about her sexuality, coming out as queer, and revealed that she is in a relationship with retired U.S. Women's National Team soccer player Ashlyn Harris.

Within the heartfelt essay, Bush detailed the doubts she faced leading up to her wedding with Hughes in July 2022.

"In April of 2022, I found myself on the brink of calling off my wedding. Instead of fleeing, I convinced myself to fully commit to being a devoted wife," she expressed.

Bush admitted that she tried to convince herself that "relationships require effort" and that "marriage involves sacrifices," but the emotional toll of the fertility journey made her reevaluate her relationship.

"After six months of grappling with these emotions, I realized deep down that I had made a grave error. It took my mind and heart some time to catch up with what my intuition had known all along," she disclosed.

Following a year of marriage, Bush and entrepreneur Grant Hughes decided to part ways in August 2023. Not long after, Harris also filed for divorce from her former teammate Ali Krieger. Bush revealed that the decision to divorce was not made lightly, as it followed numerous discussions with a supportive group of women who shared their own personal struggles.

Among these women was Harris, whom Bush had met in 2019 during a weekend of speaking engagements in Cannes. Bush expressed gratitude for Harris's empathy and support, noting how their bond grew unexpectedly over time.

"She's been such a kind ear for those of us who opened up about our problems during a shared weekend of speaking engagements at a fancy conference in Cannes, and soon it became clear that she needed our ears too," Bush shared.

Reflecting on her evolving feelings for Harris, Bush admitted, "I didn't expect to find love within this circle of support. My emotions for Harris developed gradually, yet intensely, catching me by surprise."

"And I think it's very easy not to see something that's been in front of your face for a long time when you'd never looked at it as an option and you had never been looked at as an option," Bush reflected in her essay. Despite the genuine nature of their relationship, social media perceived their connection as an affair.

"The online rumor mill began to spit in the ugliest ways. There were blatant lies. Violent threats. There were accusations of being a home-wrecker," she wrote in the essay. "The ones who said I'd left my ex because I suddenly realized I wanted to be with women — my partners have known what I'm into for as long as I have."

She added: "The idea that I left my marriage based on some hysterical rendezvous — that, to be crystal-clear, never happened — rather than having taken over a year to do the most soul crushing work of my life? Rather than realizing I had to be the most vulnerable I've ever been, on a public stage, despite being terrified to my core? It feels brutal."

Elsewhere in the essay, Bush said that while she sort of hates the notion of having to come out in 2024, she is acutely aware that "we are having this conversation in a year when we're seeing the most aggressive attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community in modern history."

"There were more than 500 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills proposed in state legislatures in 2023, so for that reason I want to give the act of coming out the respect and honor it deserves. I've experienced so much safety, respect, and love in the queer community, as an ally all of my life, that, as I came into myself, I already felt it was my home."

As for a label, Bush said her sexuality exists on a spectrum and believes the word that best defines her at the moment is "queer."