A Look Into Ashlyn Harris and Sophia Bush’s Low-Key Relationship Timeline (Including Their Secret Wedding!)

It’s already been a big year for loud-and-proud celebrity weddings (Jordyn and Karl-Anthony! Dua and Callum! Taylor and Travis!), but there’s something to be said for a quiet, private ceremony, too. Thanks to her forthcoming memoir, And I Will Tell You Mine, fans just discovered that Sophia Bush tied the knot with former soccer player Ashlyn Harris…and apparently, it happened over a year ago.As the One Tree Hill star revealed to Vogue, the ceremony took place in upstate New York last summer. “It was so precious, and zero pressure,” she said of the special day. “I will never forget it, and I think wedding days sometimes aren’t like that.”In case you’re like, “Hi, when did these two become a thing?” I’m here to jog your memory. As a reminder, Sophia was married to FocusMotion Health entrepreneur Grant Hughes for 13 months before they filed for divorce in August 2023. In October of that same year, Ashlyn filed for divorce from fellow soccer star Ali Krieger after four years of marriage. But how did Sophia and Ashlyn come to be? Let’s get into it.Jump to:June 2023July 2023August 2023October 2023November 2023January 2024March 2024April 2024May 2024October 2024March 2025Summer 2025June 2023Sophia and Ashlyn first crossed paths after they both served as panelists during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June. Sophia posted a snap from the event, writing in part, “Love you @ashlynharris24 and @sophieannkelly.”July 2023Sophia and Ashlyn were both in attendance at British GQ x Evian’s private lunch at Wimbledon in London...and according to this video from the event, they were all laughs:A few weeks later, Ashlyn and Sophia were photographed hanging out at La Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA Peacock Watch Party.Peacock//Getty ImagesPeacock//Getty ImagesAugust 2023According to a report by People, Sophia filed for divorce from Grant Hughes after being married for 13 months. An anonymous source close to the former couple told the outlet, “Sophia and Grant were friends for 10 years and bonded during COVID through their love of community service. They continue to run their nonprofit together and remain good friends.”Jerod Harris//Getty ImagesAnother source told Entertainment Tonight, “Grant and Sophia are better off as friends and they weren’t getting enough time with each other before their breakup. It wasn’t ugly and they are still supporting each other, want each other to be happy, and for their nonprofit to continue to thrive.”October 2023News broke that Ashlyn and Ali Krieger filed for divorce after four years of marriage. The pair shares two children together, Ocean and Sloane, and according to an insider for People, they had been separated for months.“Although it’s new information to the public, Ashlyn and Ali’s divorce began months ago and they have been living apart since the summer,” the insider shared.Ira L. Black - Corbis//Getty ImagesNot even a week after Ashlyn’s divorce was made public, another report that she and Sophia went on a first date dropped and pretty much sent the internet into a frenzy. Per People, an insider revealed that “there is no salacious story” when it comes to the timing of Sophia and Ashlyn’s new romance. “After being friends for years and running in the same social circles, Sophia and Ashlyn went out on their first dinner date a couple of weeks ago,” the source said. “This is so recent, and they are both beginning new chapters.”Another source also told Entertainment Tonight, “Sophia and Ashlyn are dating and are into each other. Although it’s new, the two are on the same page and talk about their future together.”November 2023An eagle-eyed fan spotted the pair at Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas One and All tour stop at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A.A day later, Ashlyn released a classic Notes App statement on her Instagram, claiming that she and Ali were going to come forward with a joint divorce announcement after her final match, but a “leak” made that “impossible.”She also wrote, in part, “Let me be clear: I did not stay out of my marriage. I was always faithful in my marriage, if not always totally happy. Like in many partnerships, there was work in therapy and processing done. None of this happened on a whim. We spent the entire summer working to tackle the separation and divorce steps outlined for us by our therapists, lawyers, and our shared agency.”January 2024Sophia posted an emotional Instagram carousel to ring in the new year with a cryptic, lengthy caption.“This past year humbled me, broke me, built me, betrayed me, freed me, and showed me what it means to really be alive. No more playing small,” she wrote, in part. “This year put me back in my body. I left it a long time ago, in such a way that I forgot what it felt like to inhabit my own skin.”March 2024Sophia and Ashlyn made their first public appearance together as a couple on Oscars Sunday. The pair attended the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s Academy Awards viewing party and separately posed for photographers.The event marks the first time they posed together as they also snapped pics with Eric McCormack, Stephanie Nguyen, and Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk:Kevin Mazur//Getty ImagesVivien Killilea//Getty ImagesApril 2024Sophia opened up about her split from Grant Hughes and the beginning of her relationship with Ashlyn in a profile with Glamour. “As I came into myself, I already felt it was my home. I think I’ve always known that my sexuality exists on a spectrum,” the actor revealed in the self-written cover story before adding, “Right now, I think the word that best defines it is queer. I can’t say it without smiling, actually. And that feels pretty great.”And when it comes to the rumors that she left Grant for Ashlyn? “The idea that I left my marriage based on some hysterical rendezvous—that, to be crystal-clear, never happened—rather than having taken over a year to do the most soul-crushing work of my life? It feels brutal. Just because I didn’t want to process my realizations in real time on social media and spell them out for the world doesn’t mean the journey wasn’t long and thoughtful and exhaustive,” the One Tree Hill alum penned.Sophia also gave some insight into the meeting that sparked her romance with the former soccer player. “It took me confronting a lot of things, what felt like countless sessions of therapy, and some prodding from loved ones, but eventually, I asked Ashlyn to have a non-friend-group hang to talk about it,” she recalled. “And that meal was four and a half hours long and truly one of the most surreal experiences of my life thus far. In hindsight, maybe it all had to happen slowly and then suddenly all at once. Maybe it was all fated. Maybe it really is a version of invisible string theory.”That same month, the couple attended the 31st Annual White House Correspondents’ Garden Brunch alongside Kasie Hunt, Megan Murphy, Hilary Rosen, and former Cosmo editor-in-chief Joanna Coles.Paul Morigi//Getty ImagesLater that night, they hard launched their ’ship on the red carpet at the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner at The Washington Hilton.Paul Morigi//Getty ImagesPaul Morigi//Getty ImagesMay 2024 The One Tree Hill alum debunked engagement rumors after snaps of herself and Ashlyn on a trip to Paris sparked 💍 speculation. Ahem:InstagramIn the pics, Sophia’s left hand was cryptically concealed, leading fans to collectively lose it in the best way possible.“I hear the internet is being wild? Y’all,” the John Tucker Must Die actor penned on her Instagram Story alongside a selfie that showcased her left hand. “I have no ‘news’ for you. But wouldn’t you put your hands all up in her jacket if you could?? (To be clear, you can’t because boundaries, but I’ll continue to do it for you because I’m just generous like that),” she added.Sophia Bush//InstagramOctober 2024After just about a year of dating, Sophia celebrated Ashlyn’s 39th birthday with a mushy Instagram, writing, “You are the sun, in human form. You light up the world and warm each and every person you touch. There is no one like you, and everyone who knows you knows it’s true.”She continued, “We are all so lucky. And I am the absolute luckiest. First of many together (You better live forever, woman, we have adventures to go on!) Happy Birthday baby. I love you with my whole soul.”March 2025Ashlyn and Sophia made their second-annual appearance at the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s Academy Awards viewing party together.Michael Loccisano//Getty ImagesSoon after, Ashlyn made an appearance on Rachel Bilson and Olivia Allen’s Broad Ideas podcast, where she opened up about her first date with Sophia in NYC. “We went on this fucking sweet little date, you know, and god, it must have lasted four hours,” Harris recalled. “It was just very cute and innocent, but she was holding my arm a little bit and touching my arm. I was like, ‘This is unlike you.’ The date turned into like the whole night.”She added, “I was in a really, really dark place. She was like, ‘I’ll sit with you in the darkness because I feel more at ease and peace there than I ever have before trying to play this idea of a wife and a family and all these things that I’m told to be.’ I think we really found a type of connection people write stories about.”Summer 2025Sophia and Ashlyn quietly tied the knot in upstate New York with Ashlyn’s children, Sloane and Ocean, by their side...though they didn’t reveal this until over a year after the fact.Congrats, you two!!