Julianne Hough moved on from her first love, Zack Wilson, with country music star Chuck Wicks, having met the “Hold that Thought” singer while they were both touring with Brad Paisley in 2008. The pair’s burgeoning romance continued to flourish as they were paired together on “Dancing With the Stars” early the following year.
According to Wicks, who spoke about their relationship with Carly Pearce on his podcast “Talk to Chuck” in 2020, he and Hough met while they were on top of the world and things got pretty serious fast — they even purchased a house together. “[But] then out of nowhere, you find out that they are not the person that you thought they were,” Wicks said. “… And you break up.” At the time, they agreed to publicly claim that their November 2009 breakup was amicable. But in reality, they were apparently completely at odds. “It wasn’t fine,” Wicks said. “S*** hit the fan. … I’m not going to throw anybody under the bus, but it wasn’t my fault.”
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Of course, time heals all wounds — or at least this one — as Wicks is happily married to Kasi Williams, with whom he shares one son and three stepdaughters. “Now, I just don’t even care. … It’s on you. You get past it,” he said of his breakup with Hough. However, Wicks added that the pair don’t keep in touch and had only crossed paths once in the previous decade.
