Not long after, Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols, another one of her “One Tree Hill” co-stars, went public with their relationship. They revealed that they were an item in 2010, but Bush divulged that they had a long history before that. “We’ve been dating off and on for the past four years,” she told E! News, adding that she made the decision to take their relationship to the next level when Nichols agreed to be a series regular on the show for her. “I think someone taking a job and moving their life across the country to show you how much they care is pretty much the most romantic gesture that a person could make,” she said.
Nichols didn’t deny this, of course, telling examiner.com that he had specific conditions for returning to the series, and that’s for his and Bush’s characters to have an epic storyline. “When Mark asked me to come back as a series regular, I told him I only would if we could make a really powerful love story for Brooke and Julian,” he shared, noting that there’s something electric when the two of them work together. “There’s just a great chemistry that happens. There’s just this really great energy there when we work together.”
They eventually split in 2012 when the show ended, but Bush assured that they are still on good terms to this day. “He’s perfect,” Bush shared on the “Drama Queens” podcast. “We’re family, we love each other, that’s all.”
