Julianne Hough In Bikini Advised To 'Eat A Few Burgers'

Julianne Hough isn’t any stranger to turning heads on social media, and one in all her bikini posts resurfacing is proof that the “Dancing with the Stars” magnificence nonetheless is aware of the right way to command consideration. The 37-year-old actress, singer, and dancer, who’s been within the highlight since her “DWTS” ballroom days and later for her appearing gigs in “Protected Haven” and “Rock of Ages,” shared a sun-kissed snap in a snakeskin bikini prime and straw hat, giving followers a close-up take a look at her glowing pores and skin and ultra-toned body. The shot had all of the makings of a flawless summer-ready thirst lure, however as a substitute of sparking nothing however love, it ignited a firestorm of debate.

Feedback shortly piled up, with some praising her timeless magnificence whereas others questioned if one thing extra critical was happening. One person bluntly wrote, “Why are you so skinny? You had been so beautiful earlier than.” One other added, “Are you OK? You look very skinny.” Others chimed in with harsher takes, together with, “Eat a couple of burgers, you seem like you are half lifeless.”

Nonetheless, loads of supporters jumped in to defend the star. “You’re STUNNINGLY beautiful, Jules!” one fan gushed, whereas one other merely left a row of fireside emojis to hype her up. One other follower tried to strike a extra involved however supportive tone, writing, “Praying all is properly, lovely lady.”

Hough has by no means been afraid of taking dangers, and her 2019 Ladies’s Well being “Bare Energy” cowl is proof she is aware of the right way to cease individuals of their tracks. Stripping down for the daring, water-splashing photoshoot, the “Dancing with the Stars” alum known as the expertise “nerve-wracking, susceptible, and EXCITING” in her personal phrases, including that “dance is my superpower, and it has been my complete life.”

The fearless cowl dropped on the similar time Hough opened up publicly about her sexuality, making the second much more highly effective, and followers seen. Feedback flooded in with reactions starting from playful thirst to heartfelt admiration. One follower joked, “This cowl most likely made a whole lot of ladies understand they aren’t straight both,” whereas one other known as it merely “iconic.”

That Ladies’s Well being cowl wasn’t nearly hanging a pose, because it was the beginning of a brand new chapter for Hough. Simply months after baring all of it for the journal, the “Dancing with the Stars” professional revealed one thing much more uncooked. Final yr, Hough mirrored on the second she got here out as “not straight,” calling it “some of the susceptible and empowering issues” she’s ever performed. Talking on “The Jamie Kern Lima Present” podcast, the 37-year-old host admitted the expertise modified the way in which she noticed herself and others.

“Popping out is without doubt one of the most susceptible and empowering issues that you are able to do,” she shared. “It’s not about being straight or homosexual or bi or queer. It’s extra about, ‘I feel I’m simply studying like what love is and I like individuals and I don’t know what I’m interested in, however I select you.’”

Hough defined that her perspective on love has shifted past labels, “I used to be beginning to see individuals and seeing their hearts and seeing their magnificence and their essence… and that was such a good looking revelation.”

Hough hasn’t stayed quiet with regards to body-shaming. After followers flooded one in all her Instagram posts with feedback critiquing her body throughout a “Sunday spa day” video at dwelling, the “Dancing with the Stars” alum hit again with some actual speak. Within the feedback, Hough set the file straight, writing that she’s “by no means been more healthy.”

She later pulled again the curtain on what’s actually been happening behind the scenes, opening up about well being struggles and emotional battles that formed her physique over time. “I used to be filled with irritation in my 20’s and had a marker for an autoimmune that I addressed and dedicated to over a yr and a half in the past,” she revealed. “I’ve frozen my eggs over the previous couple of years which additionally shifts the physique fluctuation. I’ve by no means been more healthy or happier from the within out.”

The 37-year-old star received much more private, admitting that grief and loss had taken a toll, too.

“Grief, loss, disappointment and worry additionally get saved within the physique and we maintain on to that in several methods. I made it an enormous precedence to just accept, specific, course of and launch a whole lot of feelings over time,” she stated.