After four seasons, two mirror-ball trophies and plenty of bragging rights, Julianne Hough has announced that she’s hanging up her Dancing shoes–at least for a while.
“I’m not gonna be back next season,” the Dancing pro told Ryan Seacrest Thursday. “I really, really want to focus on the music and, ya know, be taken seriously a little bit. And I think it’s hard to be on [Dancing] and be singing.”
The news comes two days after Hough, 20, who just released a Christmas album at Target stores, and her season seven partner Cody Linley were eliminated on Tuesday night’s show.
The Hannah Montana star “kinda had an idea that we were gonna go home,” Hough added. “He was just emotional.”
It’s been a roller-coaster of emotions for Hough as well, who underwent appendectomy surgery in October and was nursed back to health by boyfriend of five months, country crooner Chuck Wicks. When asked by Seacrest, “Are you in love,” Hough said, “Yeah, I am” and giggled.
“We met at the Brad Paisley tour in January,” she said. “The whole crew, Brad, everybody was trying to get us together. [But] we were hanging out before that!”
Another sign that things are getting serious? “Chuck and I have a little puppy,” she said of Lexi, the couple’s Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. “I have pictures all over [my phone]. She’s adorable.” – Beth Perry
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