Per Cosmopolitan, Utah-born Julianne Hough is a third-generation dancer who was raised in a Mormon family. Thanks to the world of dance, she would cross paths with Zach Wilson, a fellow dancer who also grew up in the Mormon church. As she shared with Glamour, they met when she was still in elementary school, and some years later, sparks flew.
By 2007, Hough, who was 18 years old at the time, was engaged to Wilson. They originally planned to get married in August of that year, but at the beginning of May announced they were postponing their date. Hough told People they “just want[ed] more time before [they] get married.” However, a few months later the whole thing was called off.
We haven’t heard much out of Hough’s former fiancé in the years since. In 2008, he had a brief stint on ABC’s reality series “Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann,” but other than that, has essentially disappeared from the spotlight. At the time, he told Deseret News his turn on the show was his “last shot” to make it before he enrolled in dental school, so it’s likely he’s just settled down into a quieter, more traditional life away from the bright lights of Hollywood. However, he didn’t drop out of Hough’s orbit. As she told Glamour, “[H]e ended up marrying my childhood best friend, and now they have a kid together.”
