No one doubts that finding work-life balance when faced with the type of work schedules Julianne Hough and Ryan Seacrest have is a challenge. Hough, herself, addressed that during their relationship. “It’s a hard thing to do, especially when you’re so caught up in your work and bettering yourself,” Hough told Parade in 2012. “It does get hard because you’re so focused on that.” However, the “Footloose” actor contended she and Seacrest had found a way around it. “At the end of the day you have to find a balance with what’s really important,” she said. “I’m so lucky that I have a great relationship.”
When they broke up, sources suggested Seacrest’s relationship with his career put a strain on his romantic relationship. “It’s a lifestyle she couldn’t handle anymore. Work always, always came first [for Ryan]. She wants a more low-key life,” an insider told Us Weekly in March 2013. That coming from Hough — a dancer, singer and actor who’s clearly passionate about her career — might sound perplexing. “I’m a very anxious person. If I’m not working, I go crazy. I’ve been lucky in my career,” she told Glamour in 2012.
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At first, Hough and Seacrest’s work ethic and drive actually brought them together. “We both like that perfection in ourselves, and we want to make our relationship like that,” she said. Seacrest, however, is apparently next-level. “Dude works all the time,” the Us Weekly source said. “He never sleeps.”
