Sophia Bush made her red carpet debut with girlfriend Ashlyn Harris at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner in Washington DC on Saturday evening.
The One Tree Hill star, 41 – who recently came out as ‘queer’ – matched the football star, 38, in black looks.
Bush impressed photographers in a strapless floor-length dress with large buttons down the front.
The actress, with her silky brunette hair worn down, often stopped to whisper in her partner’s ear during their red carpet time.
Ashlyn exuded confidence, wearing a black suit with some structure in the jacket and gold spikes on it.
Sophia Bush made her red carpet debut with girlfriend Ashlyn Harris at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner in Washington DC on Saturday evening
The One Tree Hill star, 41 – who recently came out as ‘queer’ – matches the football star, 38, in black looks
Her short, blonde hair was perfectly curled and styled away from her face to show off her sun-kissed makeup and radiant smile.
On Saturday, the couple also attended the White House Correspondent’s Garden Brunch, along with luminaries like Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright, Fran Drescher and Vanderpump Rules.
The One Tree Hill alum, 41, looked beautiful in a strapless light green midi dress with different shades of green flowers all over.
The Good Sam star paired the dress with a pair of black strappy sandals with a thin strap over her toes and another around her ankle.
Ashlyn, meanwhile, looked beautiful in a pale pink double-breasted suit with gold buttons on the jacket.
The fairly new couple also took time to take a photo with Kasie Hunt, Megan Murphy, Hilary Rosen and Joanna Coles at the annual event.
They were also seen in their interactions with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the first openly queer person to hold that position.
Earlier this week, Sophia debuted with an essay in Glamour magazine in which she came out as queer.
Not only that, she confirmed that her close friendship with Ashlyn was much more than that: they are a couple.
Bush impressed photographers in a strapless floor-length dress with large buttons down the front
Ashlyn wore a black suit with some structure in the jacket and gold spikes on it
They were also seen in their interactions with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the first openly queer person to hold that position.
Earlier this week, Sophia debuted an essay in Glamor magazine in which she came out as queer
Not only that, she confirmed that her close friendship with Ashlyn was much more than that: they are a couple
The Chicago PD actress has admitted that she is “in love” with Ashlyn who she befriended in 2019 and then began a romantic relationship in October 2023.
Sophia only became involved with Ashlyn after her marriage to Grant Hughes fell apart and Ashlyn left her wife Ali Krieger
“People on the outside looking in didn’t know how much time it took, how many painful conversations were had,” she wrote
Once rumors of their romance began to seep into the public eye, Sophia was subjected to ‘blatant lies and violent threats’
Earlier in the day, the couple attended the White House Correspondents’ Garden Brunch
“I finally feel like I can breathe,” she wrote.
The Chicago PD actress admitted that she is “in love” with Ashlyn who she befriended in 2019 and then began a romantic relationship in October 2023 after her marriage to Grant Hughes fell apart and Ashlyn left her wife Ali Krieger.
“I didn’t expect to find love in this support system,” she wrote, sharing that her bond with Harris was rare and beautiful. “I don’t know how to say it other than: I didn’t see it until I saw it.”
She also explained that her queerness was no secret to her ex-husbands. She told both Grant and her first husband Chad Michael Murray.
Sophia also wrote about how her relationship desire Ashlyn turned into a romance, saying, “I think it’s really easy to not see something that you’ve had in mind for a long time when you’ve never seen it as an option and you were never looked at as an option.”
She candidly confessed, “What I saw was a friend with her big, happy life. And now I know she felt the same way about me.”
Sophia opened up about the complicated process of her and Ashlyn becoming a couple – following the collapse of their respective marriages.
“People on the outside looking in didn’t know how much time it took, how many painful conversations were had,” she wrote. ‘A lot of effort has been made to deal gracefully with the processing of others, their time and obligations, and their feelings.’
But as rumors of their romance began to seep into the public eye, Sophia was subjected to ‘blatant lies and violent threats’ and accused of being a ‘homewrecker’, which she adamantly denies.
She slammed trolls “who said I left my ex because I suddenly realized I wanted to be with women – my partners have known what I’m into for as long as I have (so it’s not that, sorry!).”
