Brooks Laichis weighing in on all things marriage and divorce.
On Monday’s episode of his iHeartRadio podcast,How Men Think, the hockey player and his co-host Gavin DeGraw welcomed famed divorce attorneyLaura Wasserto explore the reasons why couples chose to divorce.
Laich — whorecently hit a rough patch in his marriagetoJulianne Hough, according to multiple sources — said he thinks couples “need to continually evolve.”
“You’re going to change, I’m going to change in the course of my life, my wife is going to change in the course of her life,” he said. “But also, I think people over time can develop some sort of indifference where once there was an attraction. They can just develop an indifference, and it’s not staying connected enough to continue to learn and grow and accept your changes, accept their changes, and also challenge each other.”
“There are so many resources out there — seminars, books, all kinds of things,” he continued. “There’s areas in your relationship you can undoubtedly grow, and maybe there’s just an indifference in people where they don’t want to put in the energy to do it, or they don’t think they can.”
Brooks Laich and Julianne Hough.Ali Buck
Laich, 36, also said most couples don’t communicate as much as they should.
“I don’t think a lot of people in their marriage really, really truthfully communicate all the needs and desires and cravings and yearnings they have for themselves, for their partner, all of it,” he said. “I think they lack a little bit of courage there, to share those things, that could really actually keep people together and light their marriage on fire.”
“Listening to you talk, I really respect and admire your approach to this topic,” he said. “You aren’t in it just to make money and get people on their way — you actually care about all parties involved, you look at all scenarios and you actually care about people’s happiness. So I want to commend you for all of that and how you handle yourself personally, professionally.”
But while Laich said he “learned a lot” during their discussion, he isn’t exactly hoping to require her services.
“I’m really happy for you, but I hope I’m never on your podcast,” he said with a laugh. (Wasser hosts theDivorce Suckspodcast, newly relaunched asAll’s Fair with Laura Wasser.)
Laich and Julianne, 31,wedin July 2017. On New Year’s Eve, fans began speculating about a split after noticing that Julianne wasn’t wearing her ring while co-hosting NBC show withCarson Daly. She also posted avideo of herself ringlesson Christmas Eve.
According to one source, Julianne — who revealed last summer that she’snot straight— “is very independent and a free spirit, and that’s been tough for their marriage.”
But another insider told PEOPLE that the two “are not giving up, but also not talking about [their issues publicly].”
“They want to do this their way,” the second insider added. “They don’t want to discuss their marriage. They have been having problems, but many people do.”
And Laich ishoping to make things work, according to a third source.
“If it was up to Brooks, he would stay married,” the source said. “And he is obviously still hoping things will work out with Jules.”
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Neither has publicly addressed any marital trouble, and their reps have not commented. The couple was most recently seen togethergrabbing lunch togetherin Studio City, California, on Saturday. (Julianne was not wearing her wedding ring.)
During a recent appearance onPEOPLE Now, Julianne’s brotherDerek Houghdeclined to address the rumors about his sister’s marriage, though he did share that Laich had beentending to herwhile she was sick.
“Brooks is taking good care of her,” he said.
source: people.com
