Is Chuck Wicks Stealing Julianne Hough?
Could there be a new Tim and Faith in town? A new George and Tammy? Or will Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough be their own thing? It's too early to tell, but country's freshest coupling was inevitable when the two joined the Brad Paisley tour. How could anyone ignore the romance of the road: the late nights, the hoarse voices, the submarine-sized bunk beds? Hough says the two have been getting to know each other during workouts, and it's really working out.
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gail says:
Awww…that is so sweet and they both are so gorgeous! I wish them the best!
MiaT says:
They make a wonderful couple. Congrats to them!!
Khalil Wilkins says:
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audi16 says:
They are so adorable! I know they haven’t been dating long,but imagine how cute their kids would be!
Savannah says:
They should so get married!!!! They make an ADORABLE couple.
jill says:
im mad cause i love chuck wicks!!!!!
jill says:
im mad because i love chuck wicks!!!!!!!!!! but i guess i wish them the best but i hope they dont get married
jenn says:
They are two good looking people but once again Julianne seems to be in the middle of breaking up another long term relationship. First her DWTS partner and now her tour partner. Even if she had nothing to do with either of these break ups, sometimes the perception is just as damaging as the reality.
I just hope that Julianne’s “claim to fame” soon becomes being a country singer/dancer and NOT a homewrecker.
CJ says:
They are so cute together. Way to go Jullianne! Can not waite until you have a new video out……
Anna says:
barbie and ken for the ages!
amy says:
Julianne seems to be linked with a lot of guys. Although she is such a young girl, its a little damaging to her image. I just hate how she claims that she’s a virgin and plans to keep it that way. I mean, that’s fine, she probably is (or not, who really knows) but for someone who is widely interested to a bunch of guys in such little time, I don’t think she should be stating anything like that. It’ll just make people hate her for trying to seem all innocent but its totally contradicting to the portrayed image. ANYWAY, IM GLAD SHE’LL BE BACK WITH DWTS! She really did not sound like she was going to be come back for the fourth season, with the busy schedule and all. I’m pretty sure Dancing with the Stars offered her quite a bit as they know Julianne gives quite a bit of a lift in terms of their ratings! GOODLUCK!
carmen says:
I find it strange that an almost 30 year old and a 20 year old virgin hook up. Sounds to me like they need to sell some records or something, but that’s just me. And I’m sorry - I’m a HUGE Faith AND Tim fan, and they WILL NEVER BE Tim and Faith EVER!
jenn says:
I tend to agree with you Carmen. Everything here just screams “showmance” and publicity stunt to me. I hope I’m wrong since I really did admire Julianne’s work on Dancing with the Stars and now the beginning of her music career.
However I think it is an insult to compare these two to Faith Hill and Tim McGraw who are two of country’s biggest and beloved stars!!
millie says:
I am a huge fan of Julianne’s and have followed her career since she began on Dancing With the Stars. I think she is one of the best dancers that DWTS ever had! I also love her singing and have her CD, and always thought she was a good role model for girls my age. I’m very confused now though with her new romance. I know that she was engaged and still dating her ex, Zack, so I was surprised as I’m sure a few were, that she’s dating someone so much older. They are both very beautiful people, but from what I know of Julianne and her family, they come from two very different backgrounds and lifestyles and that could never work. And she also says she’s a virgin which I don’t see a 29 year old man dating. It will be interesting to see how long this lasts and I hope that this isn’t for publicity sake like Jenn said above. Julianne, you don’t have to date every man you come into contact with - be yourself and stay true to your values!
Heather says:
This whole thing just smells of the country music PR machine trying to generate some buzz for two of their beginning artists. And I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the next thing we hear is that Julianne and Chuck are going to record a duet together. What better way to keep their names fresh in the public’s mind and promote them as the next Faith and Tim (which is just laughable in my opinion).
Think about it for a minute — what other “celebrity” other than Julianne calls up a magazine (and one that in the past has called her some pretty ugly & insulting names) in order to “announce” that she is “getting to know” someone if it isn’t for the publicity?!?!
I hope Julianne is ready for all the questions that are probably going to come her way — the virgin questions, the broken relationship questions, and so many more. Now she is going to have a hard time not answering all of them since SHE is the one who opened up her personal life to the media in the first place!!
Where are Julianne’s PR people and family?? I know that they say that any publicity is good publicity but I really think in this case that is not true. Julianne’s reputation has already been dragged through the mud and this stunt just makes it look like all of those things people were saying about her were actually true.
As someone who has just turned 20 years old, I would not expect Julianne to be media savvy but that is why you hire a PR person. If this is the advice they are giving Julianne, I think that they need to be replaced.
CMTFan says:
Wow….Here we go again with the so called innocent virginal Julianne. What happened to Chucks girlfriend Heather Hines that he wrote “Stealing Cinderella” for? She was at his shows this summer? I guess the Julianne Train came through town and once again another long term relationship is destroyed because of her. At least this time she actually admits it. Her act is getting so old. Go back to DWTS Julianne.
CJ says:
Come on you guys. What is it to you if she is a vergin or not. It is none of your business. It none of your business who she dates. She is beautiful and has a awesome voice. Very one of a kind voice. I love her and hope she goes far in country music. I can not wait for her next video.
jenn says:
Usually I would agree with you CJ but we can’t forget that it was JULIANNE that made it our business when she decided to make her “announcement” in People Magazine!! Who else does that?!!? Certainly not someone who wants to keep her private life out of the media. So in a way, Julianne has no one to blame but herself!!
However after hearing who Julianne’s new partner will be this season on DWTS, I can now understand why she might feel the need for a “boyfriend” in order to try and prevent the usual romance rumors that follow her around. Cody Linley is a real cutie and certainly closer to her age than Chuck. Cody and Julianne really make a good looking “couple” and the media and fans are just going to love them. As Julianne often liked to say about her first partner Apolo Ohno — the rumors are going to fly!!
KennyBloggins says:
You can’t be a homewrecker if there isn’t a home. Even if she actually dated the guy on the dancing show, he was not married, and neither is Chuck Wicks, and young, unmarried people do move on to the next boy/girlfriend sometimes…
faith says:
I tend to think that the dancing partner’s fiancée and Chuck’s girlfriend of 4 years would beg to differ about there NOT being a home. Marriage isn’t the only thing that makes a home.
I have two small girls who idolized Julianne. However with everything that is now happening I’m not so sure that is a good thing. Julianne is laying on the “country” thing so thick that she looks like a fraud to me with her “fake” southern accent. The thing I loved about Julianne is that she always appeared to be so down-to-earth and real but now it seems like she is constantly tangled up with every man that she comes in contact with. Whether it is true or not, it is the way that she is being perceived right now and I really think that’s sad.
Chuck Wicks is just another way for Julianne to try to convince the country music people that she is one of them while she is off dancing with the stars!! I only hope that Chuck wakes up and smells the coffee before she makes a total fool out of him.
This is one country music fan who is not being fooled and I’M NOT BUYING ANY OF IT AT ALL!!
polly says:
AMEN, Faith. I totally agree with what you are saying here. I feel for her ex and his ex, personally. Somehow I hope she keeps her day job! This CW fan (and I mean Country/Western fan) thinks she’s a little full of herself!
millie says:
I think some of you are being a little hard on a 20 year old. Do we know for sure that she’s the one who broke up Chuck and Heather? It is sad that he wrote Stealing Cinderella for her, though, I’m not going to lie. I love Julianne and wish her the best - she is extremely talented and I hope that she does well on Dancing With the Stars AND with her next single. I wish she would do an interview and put some of this mess to rest so she can get on with her career. And yes, it is a mess when everyone hooks her up with every partner she has in dancing. Hopefully it won’t be about her and Cody, but that’s where I think the Chuck and Julianne announcement comes into play. It’s all making a lot of sense to me now.
Nashgirl says:
I totally agree with Faith and Polly. I’m from Nashville and find her county thing to be a little much. I have heard so many people say that the fake accent drives them nuts. The cliches in her songs such as pick-up trucks, boys named Billy Ray, and so on are just cheesy. As for the Chuck Wicks thing I also agree that I feel for his ex. She was his girlfriend and what he and Julianne did to her is pretty low. Julianne also seems to pull her ex Zach around like a puppy too. I mean she was supposedly broken up with him but as soon as he got a little press on Dance Wars there she was in the audience. I for one am tired of her and he contridicting ways. I think she’s a phony little girl and will fade fast from the country scene. To compare her to someone like Faith Hill is a joke. The only thing she has in common with Faith Hill is hair extensions.
musicrowgal says:
The post should be titled “Did Julianne HOugh Steal Chuck Wicks” The answer would be “yes she did.” Her innocent routine is getting old. She went after a guy that had a long term girlfriend and started to date him behind the girlfriends back while on tour. Julianne then bragged about her new boyfriend to People Magazine. What a nice and moral Mormon girl she is. I guess Chuck will learn the hard way and wish he didn’t dump his girlfriend for a goofy little 20 year old. He should have consulted Kevin Connelly(let me accept an expensive ring but we are just friends), Her off and on again ex Zach and Helio(who dumped his fiancee for her).
Laila says:
I think Chuck and Julianne are a great couple! They have a lot in common and really enjoy each others company.
I hope they have a happy future together. I would love to see some little Hough-Wicks babies. They would be so talented and cute!
kimberly says:
Exactly Musicrowgal!!
I had also heard that all of this started BEFORE Chuck broke up with his girlfriend. Heather had been spotted with Chuck as late as mid June and was also seen at several tour shows. It also would explain why Heather set the mood on her MySpace page to BETRAYED!! Yeah — that would be an understatement. If Julianne actually did get involved with Chuck while he still was with Heather then it’s easy to see how Julianne got that homewrecker/maneater reputation. For someone who was supposedly so hurt when People Magazine splashed that across their cover when her dance partner dropped his fiance, I’m just shocked that Julianne would put herself in that position again. Can you even imagine what the headlines will be now?!?! Maybe that is why she chose People.com to make her “announcement” and is hoping that they won’t slam her again for this mess. All I know is if this turns out to be true, Chuck Wicks is a cheater and Julianne is something that I never thought she would be — a total phony who is more interested in herself than anyone else and doesn’t care who gets hurt along the way. She has let her ego take over her good judgment and someone around her needs to help her out before she ends up in the gutter like a lot of young Hollywood starlets!! You know what they say about karma and Julianne has a whole lot of bad karma coming her way. It really is sad to see how a little “fame” has totally changed the person that people fell in love with when she started on DWTS. And I’m not putting this all on Julianne — Chuck Wicks has to take his part of the blame also. He’s almost 30-years old and should know better than to fool around with a girl just out of her teens who just so happens to look very similar to his ex. Trading in for a younger version Chuck?? But like they say — once a cheater, always a cheater so Julianne better be prepared because the same thing will happen to her. I think the record company better start thinking of a new marketing approach since selling Miss Hough as a nice wholesome virginal young lady would be laughable at this point. Maybe a backstabbing flirty tease who steals other people’s boyfriend would be more appropriate. Not sure how many CDs that would sell though?!?
kevin says:
Just wondering what Brad Paisley is thinking about this whole mess. He is known for running a clean tour with no hookups and no scandals. Now this is the main focus of the tour and I can’t believe Brad is pleased with that. So not only have Julianne and Chuck ruined their reputations, they are taking one of the finer men in country music down with them. Brad deserves better than this since he was good enough to give these two a huge break opening up for his tour. If that is how you say thank you Chuck & Julianne, please don’t!
Dee says:
What’s up with all the haters?!
Chuck and Julianne make a great couple. They’re in love. Leave them alone!
Keshira says:
How the heck have they “ruined their reputations” by DATING each other? Since when is dating such a scandalous crime?
And as for hating Julianne for being a “homewrecker,” I repeat, that is only the tabloid’s hyped up portrayal of her. So why should she refrain from saying that she is a virgin and plans to be so until marriage, just because it contrasts with the stupid press rumours of her that you guys seem to believe? And btw, being RUMORED to be linked up with many guys DOES NOT mean she isn’t “virginal.” The first guy that she actually has had a CONFIRMED RELATIONSHIP with is Chuck, and I doubt she seduced him from Heather’s arms or whatnot. The worst situation: She’s just a beautiful charming person that he fell in lover with her over Heather. The probable situation: Heather and Chuck were already growing apart/split up and he found a new girlfriend. NEITHER of these situations make Julianne a slut or a homewrecker.
Honestly, this blame-the-woman mentality is driving me mad. Now this is just a little rant aside, not about Julianne and Chuck but more directed towards society. Is it the “other woman’s” fault when a marriage is broken up, or the cheating lying husband’s? Did you know that people used to blame a woman for getting raped, since she was obviously “asking for it” or “seducing” the man who raped her? The current mentality is simply a toned down version of that one…
Keshira says:
kimberly, how can you call her a “backstabbing flirty tease”? IF Chuck actually cheated on Heather, I doubt Julianne knew of it: men who cheat usually pretend that they are actually single. Even supposing that Chuck is cheating, which I doubt, you still seem to be blaming Julianne more. SEE ABOVE POST.
kimberly says:
keshira, if you read my post again I said that I WASN’T putting this all on Julianne — Chuck certainly has to take his part of the blame. In fact I think he is actually more at fault here since at almost 30 years old he should have known how all of this was going to look. But I’m not buying the fact that Julianne did NOT know that Chuck was involved with Heather. It’s not like this was a new relationship or a secret — they had been together for 4 years and he wrote a hit song about her. I wonder how Julianne feels hearing him sing Heather’s Cinderella song each night? The other thing that you are mistaken about is that Chuck in NOT the first guy that Julianne has actually has had a confirmed relationship with. She was engaged to the guy from the Dance Wars show. You can’t get much more of a CONFIRMED RELATIONSHIP than having a ring on your finger. And lastly, you are 100% right that dating is not a scandalous crime. But when it involves the possibility of a cheating guy and a girl with a possible homewrecker reputation, it falls into that category whether it’s true or not. That’s just life.
AJ says:
Wow — lots of interesting comments. It seems to me that the two main problems here are the age difference (I agree that a 29-year old with a just turned 20 self proclaimed virgin is a strange pairing and a bit of a concern) and the fact that this relationship might have started before Chuck broke up with his gf. If that is true than I feel bad for the gf since she deserved to be treated better after 4 years but it also makes me feel bad for Julianne. I can’t believe that Julianne would have gotten involved with someone who wasn’t free so I have to assume that Chuck didn’t tell her the entire truth. And that’s just not cool. Especially since it seems like she is the one who is taking the brunt of the criticism and not him.
I was lucky enough to get to see the tour last week and as usual Brad was AMAZING!! However I can’t really say the same about Julianne and Chuck. Maybe it was just a bad night for them but they still have a lot of work to do. Chuck was better than Julianne but since she is new at this I’m sure that she will improve over time. However maybe she and Chuck should spend more time focusing on improving themselves as singers and performers rather than trying to sell more CDs by “promoting” themselves as the next Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. Because after having seen the show last week, Julianne and Chuck are light years away from that status.
musicrowgal says:
I agree with Kimberly. Does anyone really think that Julianne didn’t know about Chuck’s girlfriend? I mean come on…his girlfriend Heather was at many of the shows this summer up to June/July. People in Nashville know her and it’s well known that the song “Stealing Cinderella” was written for her. Don’t you think she would visit him backstage this summer too? I would probably guess that even Julianne met her at one point.
I do think that both Chuck and Julianne are both at fault and are pretty low for starting a relationship behind his long time girlfriends back. I think it’s time for Julianne to quit with the sweet, innocent Mormon act. If she actually cared about anyone’s feeling other then her own, she would not have bragged to People Magazine about the new boyfriend that she stole.
If you looked at Heather’s MYSPACE now, her song is “Should Have Said No” by Taylor Swift. I think that says it all.
millie says:
LOL dee - IN LOVE? Have you heard that anywhere? Julianne said she was dating Chuck, but I haven’t heard him say it. But all of this talk about IN LOVE and hough-wicks babies is a little creepy. She’s 20 years old for crying out loud and has hardly dated anyone. She’s got a dancing career and starting a music career and I think she’s more focused on that than spitting out babies. Jeez!
I don’t know what to think about all of this talk about them dating before he broke up with his girlfriend - that’s starting to bother me a little, but they are both single and I say Chuck did his ex a favor because if he wsa going to roam, he at least did it BEFORE they were married (not that it wasn’t hard for her, though). I am more Julianne’s fan, so I am trying to be supportive to her. Thank God she’s back at Dancing With the Stars so maybe some of this Chuck media stuff will GO FAR, FAR AWAY!
K.A. says:
Dee, the haters are mostly shippers of the supposed Julianne/Apolo Ohno romance. There is a group of people who truly believe that Julianne and Apolo have been dating since they met and that they are just keeping it under the radar. Julianne and Apolo have always denied any relationship. There has never been one sighting of them together outside of DWTS obligations. Julianne was still very much with her ex Zack until recently. The shippers refuse to believe the truth.
There are actually message boards devoted to the mythical Julianne/Apolo romance. They spew the most vile, hateful things about Zack. Now that Julianne is no longer with Zack, they are patting themselves on the back believing that their anger towards him helped break them up. There seems to be a belief that as long as they are negative toward Julianne and any man she dates that they can force a break-up and make Julianne date Apolo.
It sounds crazy but it’s the world the shippers inhabit.
AJ says:
I had heard all of those rumors KA about Julianne and Apollo but both he and Julianne always denied them, so I never thought about it. Seems like there have been shippers with every one of the dance partners Julianne has had. I mean she is a very beautiful girl and will probably always be connected to whatever guy she is near. I’m sure there will be rumors about this seasons dance partner just like all the others and most likely shipper too.
But the thing that worries me is your statement that she was “with her ex Zack until recently”. Is that true?? I thought someone else here said that they had broken up a while ago but if you are right than I’m even more concerned about a new relationship with Chuck Wicks. Rebounding from one guy right to another who might have cheated on his gf to be with you just smells like trouble to me. I just want Julianne to be happy but I have a really bad feeling about this whole thing. Hope I’m wrong.
jt says:
Yes, Julianne was back with Zack again. They went to Mexico together right after she was booted from Dancing with the Stars this spring. There are pictures on the internet. She got back together with him when he was on Dance Wars. I guess she became interested in him again when he started getting a little bit of fame. She them moved on to Chuck Wicks while on tour and yes, he did have a long term girlfriend. Chukcs girlfriend just recently found out about Chuck and Juliannes involvement and was devestated to say the least.
jessie says:
The really sad thing for me about this whole thing is the fact that Chuck & Julianne’s current relationship seems to have come at the expense of their exes. And by all appearances that fact doesn’t seem to bother either one of them! Julianne is publicly gushing and flaunting her new “catch” in the media like she was in high school (which wasn’t that long ago). Even if things were breaking down with the exes and there was no cheating involved, there had to have been a better way to handle this situation that wasn’t so cruel and insensitive to the people who they once loved. Chuck obviously cared enough about Heather to stay with her for 4 years and even write a hit song about her. Julianne must have cared about Zack since she was engaged to him and even continued the relationship after she decided not to get married. Some of her recent comments seem like potshots & direct slams against Zack and I really don’t think that is necessary. All I know is that this current “Cinderella” better be careful or before long the clock will strike twelve and she will be singing the same song that Chuck’s BETRAYED ex now has on her MySpace – “You Should Have Said No”!! Oops – sorry just checked. The song has been changed to “Shattered”. I think that says it all.
Keshira says:
If it is indeed true that Heather and Chuck were not broken up when Chuck started dating Julianne, then H. has my sympathies. That must be a terrible thing to have happen to you. However, as from what I know she hasn’t made a public statement about it and neither has Chuck, it is very possible that he broke up with Heather when he found himself falling for Julianne instead of trying to play both girls at once, and that Heather was merely devastated by the legitimate end to a long relationship. BUT if Chuck hid his relationship with Julianne from Heather, then it is most likely that he also hid his relationship with Heather from Julianne–perhaps by saying that they had already broken up.
The fact of the matter is that while I have no hard cold facts to prove this, I believe Julianne is an honest, forthright girl with strong morals. This is all that I’ve seen of her from her interviews and her stints on DWTS. While I do not know her personally, I think her personality as projected by herself is much more trustworthy than what jealous tabloids might print about her, or what you might assume from myspace postings, and it hurts to see people who don’t know her and probably haven’t even taken the time to watch her shows, put her down.
A beautiful and lovely young woman like Julianne will always have guys crushing on her. It is too easy to assume that she takes advantage of the fact, or that she is connected to whatever man she might show “chemistry” with, whether it is backed my fact or not.
NO person who actually knows Julianne has ever spoken out about her being a homewrecker.
faith says:
All I can say Keshira is that after hearing a recent radio interview with Chuck & Julianne, Chuck better hope that his ex decides to stay silent. Because if she ever decides to talk, country’s newest couple could be in big trouble.
Chuck told the DJs that Julianne had basically “stalked” him, followed him around, and continued to pursue him even after he told her to leave him alone. I know that he was joking but somehow with the rumors that have plagued Julianne in the past about breaking up her dance partner’s relationship, I think this type of joking is in very poor taste and totally disrespectful to Julianne. But the best part is when the DJ asked him how long they had been dating, Chuck said “IT’S BEEN A WHILE”. What?!?! How can that be if he was still seen publicly with Heather at some of the shows in June/July?? That is practically an admission that this whole relationship started BEFORE Chuck had broken up with his gf. Who exactly are Chuck and Julianne trying to fool?? I know that country fans are very forgiving and understanding but they are not stupid. They value artists that are genuine and real people who don’t try to deceive their fans. Right now Chuck and Julianne don’t fall into either one of these categories.
kelly says:
I heard that same interview faith and I couldn’t stop thinking about how lame it was for a 30-year old guy to blame a young girl for HIS straying (even in a joking matter). Really now Chuck. You just couldn’t resist big bad Julianne so you had no choice but to hook up with her and cheat on your steady girlfriend. And I have some swamp land that you might want to buy. Please!! Julianne obviously thinks that “marrying” into the country music family will give her some credibility and help the fans remember her while she is doing her little dancing show. Chuck is just a guy that looks like he has traded his long time girlfriend in for a newer & younger version. It seems to me that these two are perfect for each other – but will the fans buy what they are selling?? I wouldn’t count on it since like faith said the country music fans are very smart and they can smell a phony a mile away.
jt says:
Well said Kelly and Faith!
I heard that same interview and was disgusted. Maybe Heather is too classy to come out and start telling her story to the gossip magazines. Maybe the press wants everyone to believe that Chuck and the so-called sweet Julianne are the next country super couple (excuse me while I laugh a little). I mean look at the article that we are replying too. It’s the perfect example of the PR machine trying to make you believe the story that they want you to see and spin it in favor of Chuck and Julianne. I’m sure CMT would never want to tarnish the images of Chuck and Julianne by telling the ex-girlfriends side.
Keshira says:
I didn’t know of these interviews; it’s not looking good for Chuck then. Once again, I have no proof, but from what anyone’s seen of Julianne and her family, she would NOT knowingly date a guy who was in a relationship. That’s not who Julianne is. Of course you can second guess everything and say that despite EVERYTHING we’ve seen of her in interviews and shows, she could be hiding a secret side… but I think it’s more likely that, if there was any cheating, then Chuck is exploiting a decade-younger, gullible girl.
Although I’m sure if Heather wanted to get her story out she could. There would be someone willing to print it, knowing tabloids… I suspect the real story isn’t so clear cut…
jenn says:
After reading all of these comments I went and looked for these interviews so I could hear them for myself. Let me tell you they really are as disturbing as everyone has said. Chuck seems to enjoy making Julianne the butt of his jokes while Julianne seems to just sit there and take it while she giggles about the whole thing. It just looks like another way that Chuck is exploiting a “decade-younger, gullible girl” as Keshira has called her above. He is getting some name recognition and publicity while at the same time making Julianne look like an idiot who will stop at nothing to get her way. And that includes going after and stealing someone else’s man. I just don’t want to believe that this is what Julianne has become. I know people change but I’m hoping that fame & negative influences have not changed Julianne that much. Guess only time will tell.
SJS says:
I understood it was Chuck who pursued Julianne, not the other way around, while still involved with Heather. I listened to the interview in Minneapolis and was disgusted that Julianne let him talk about her that way, making her look like a desperate little girl, even though she was laughing and giggling at Chuck’s “joking.” If that is the kind of man Julianne wants to date, then good luck to her. If he has cheated before, he’ll cheat again. I am sure Heather knows the rest of the story, but she may be classy enough to not turn on them, even though she was also made to look the fool.
Marli says:
I heard those interviews too. Julianne seems to me like a young girl who is naive to the ways of both the music business and men. As far as I know she has only dated one other guy since she left high school and that’s the one she was engaged to. They are both Mormon and Julianne did say she was still a virgin earlier this year in CosmoGirl. I can’t help but wonder what Chuck’s motives are for even dating her. It seems to me that he is a normal healthy 29 year old guy who has been in “adult” relationships for years. So why would he be interested in a barely 20 year old virgin? I don’t think he’s just wanting to hold her hand a lot. And his comments painting her as a desperate little girl chasing after him screams male ego to me. Sounds to me like Julianne needs to run for the hills before he turns her into a notch on his belt buckle.
carmen says:
WOW - I haven’t been here in a few days, and I can’t believe what I’m reading. I am totally disgusted at the lack of sensitivity on Chuck Wick’s part - his demeaning nature towards his new “girlfriend” as well as his cheating behaviour towards his old “girlfriend”. I am with others thinking he totally did Heather a favor, but I cannot believe that Julianne would be part of this. I have been trying to give her the benefit of the doubt as someone new to the country scene. It totally baffles me, to be honest! I know that they both need publicity at this point, but at what cost? I’m afraid that both of their reputations are going to suffer.
jamie says:
Bitter, Bitter, Bitter.
People are making all kinds of assumptions about a situation they know nothing about. Everyone involved is an adult and can make their own choices.
I seriously wonder if all the negative people here would like us to delve into their relationships (past and present). I really doubt it. The truth is when a relationship ends it’s usually not a pleasant experience. Someone usually gets hurt. It’s a sad fact about life. I’m sure some of the people here have ended relationships on less than ideal terms but it doesn’t mean all their future ones are doomed from the start.
I realize there is an element here that wants to cause so much negative press and negative feelings for Julianne and Chuck that they break up but I think you need to check your motives. Julianne will not be forced to date the man you want her to be with (Apolo, Helio, Zack).
kevin says:
Actually I really don’t care who the heck Julianne or Chuck are dating. What I do care about is when it appears that two artists are playing their fans for fools in order to promote themselves and sell more records. And if you listen to that radio interview, it was CHUCK who announced that his relationship with Julianne had been going on for a while. Most country music fans (especially fans of Chuck)know that he and Heather have not been separated for too long so Chuck is the one who branded himself a cheat and then went on to blamed some young girl for “tempting” him. But Jamie you are right — I DON’T want anyone delving into my personal life. That’s why I would never call up People and announce it and advertise it publicly so that the media becomes involved. If Chuck and Julianne are feeling the heat right now and are unhappy with what some of these people are saying, then they need to look in a mirror. They have no one to blame but themselves.
Dana says:
Jamie - you’re right. I would not want anyone to delve into my personal life and it is too bad Julianne and Chuck put their dirty laundry out for all to see and comment on. I could care less if they date.
Speaking of motives, I always find it interesting that bitter people bring up the previous men in Julianne’s life, when they have no place in this discussion. The only one she ever dated was Zack, the other two were just showmances, so she could win DWTS. Those men have moved on with their lives and Julianne has certainly moved on with hers. I hope Julianne dates lots of other men, in addition to Chuck.
Keshira says:
I’m so disgusted that Chuck is doing this to Julianne. She’s young and gullible and sweet and she probably thinks he’s just innocently joking around… like she said she didn’t “get” many of Adam Carolla’s jokes and she probably doesn’t get that Chuck is making fun of her. I hope she wises up fast and gets out of this relationship before she’s exploited or hurt.
I don’t think Apolo and Helio were showmances… they just seemed to be good friends with chemistry on the dancefloor. People read too much into it but they always denied any romantic involvement.
Alicia says:
First of all I don’t care who Julianne is dating, however, she has consistently been inconsistent on what she says to the press. Good luck to Chuck Wicks. The one thing that has bothered me is that both Julianne and Chuck Wicks don’t seem to care about anyone else’s feelings but their own. Even if Chuck Wicks and Heather were over, the way Julianne called People to yell it from the rooftops that she is dating Chuck Wicks showed the sensitivity of a stone. I wonder how she would have felt if the situation had been reversed and Chuck Wicks had dumped her for a new girlfriend and he notified the press.
When Julianne came on the scene in DWTS 4 I thought she was a sweet down to earth young woman. What I’ve seen evolve over the last couple of years isn’t pretty. Right now I would not want her as a role model for my daughter. As for not have people delve into her personal life she is the one who opened the door. Plenty of stars go about their lives, date other stars and we never know about it because they chose to keep their mouths shut. If Julianne is really a practicing Mormon as she states, it will be interesting to see if she is only talking the talk and of if she walking the walk.
Thank goodness Julianne never did date any of her dancing partners because the way Julianne is acting right now shows she is anything but a class act, and all her dancing partners were class acts and they deserve better. Someone mentioned the only man she had dated before Chuck Wicks was Zach, she also dated Kevin Connolly and that was confirmed as well as the fact she accepted a very expensive diamond ring from Kevin Connolly.
I used to support her but I won’t anymore, there is just too much inconsistency. If you’re going to lie or stretch the truth be consistent, especially if you are followed by the media, because at the some pont the fans will notice.
Anna says:
Very thought provoking statements made above.
I’m not here to bash either one but I do want to say that if this is for publicity purposes only, I think it stinks and both should fire their publicists immediately.
Each needs to be a little more careful in how they conduct themselves in the media.
He looks like a horn dog cheater and she looks like a floozie.
Kathy says:
I’m going to assume they are both nice, above-board people and I wish them all the best! I’ve met him a few times and have been impressed with how nice he is to one and all. He has a dry sense of humor and that may have been misconstrued in some of the postings — he has a lot going for him, but seems humble! I’m glad I’m not famous :)
Lolly says:
I think they make a very cute couple. I hope this whole thing is not for publicity. I don’t want Julianne to turn into a fake lover just for attention. She is better than that and so is he.
Chrissy says:
I wanted to comment about Zack. In April 2007 Julianne broke off the engagement but still dated him. Summer of 07 she introduced him as her boyfriend. Last fall, it seemed they might have broken up, but there were pictures of them together starting after the new year.
Julianne started saying in interviews last fall that she was single. Zack mentioned in interviews this last spring that they were very close and not exclusively dating. They were on vacation together the end of May 08 in Mexico.
Right before she left on tour this summer Zack put the song “Hollywood’s not America” by John Ferras on his myspace. The Apolo\Julianne shippers assumed this meant they had broken up. Suddenly, they were singing his praises and wishes him good luck. They said he was HOT and would make someone happy, as long as it wasn’t their Julianne. Julianne said in a recent interview that she was in a relationship the whole time she was on all 3 seasons of DWTS.
The shippers always hated Zack and tore him down ruthlessly. Some shippers that met him on the DWTS tours last summer said what a kind, compassionate and good looking man he is. He was on Dance Wars last January. He is hoping to make a career in the Entertainment business. He seems like an amazing guy and is really HOT!
I’ve never seen someone so hated just because he loved someone. He’s always been respectful of Julianne. He could also go public about his relationship and his past with Julianne. He became good friends with Apolo. Julianne and Apolo always denied any romance. I admire how he is dealing with this as well as the vile\mean things said about him.
Apparently he received death threats and hate mail, I think that’s why he and Julianne kept their relationship quiet for the last year.
Shawn says:
Good post Chrissy. I too have not understood the hatred for Zack Wilson. The shippers are living in their own psychotic world and have written the script for a melodrama with unwilling participants that hasn’t worked out. Someone had to be the villian, and that part fell on Zack.
You would be amazed at the fan fiction written on these message boards about Apolo and Julianne and their supposed relationship. Some of the shippers don’t realize the difference between their fan fiction and the real world.
They create rumors based on the fan fiction and then are devastated when these rumors prove to be untrue! LOL! When pictures of Zack and Julianne would appear, their fragile hopes for happiness were shattered and their fantasy was threatened and ultimately proven false.
In response, they would frantically pull out old Apolo\Julianne dance videos, pictures and radio comments that frankly don’t really prove anything except they had great chemistry on the dance floor and are good friends. They reminice all day about these “memories” and what could have been. They stay hopeful that after the 2010 Olympics, Apolo and Julianne will come to their senses, rushed into each other’s arms, and have Ohno babies!
They only want to see what they want to see. Personally, I think they are twisted and wrong. Good for Zack for getting out of that psychotic alternate reality. I feel somewhat sorry for Chuck being the new target of the shippers wrath. Although he is more liked because unlike Zack, he wasn’t in her life when she met Apolo, their God.
No offense to Apolo or Julianne, they didn’t ask to be the hero\heroine of this twisted romance obsession.
BTW, does anyone see the very similar physical resemblance between Zack and Chuck? Put them side to side and their look like long last twins.
Corinna says:
So if Chuck says in the radio interview that Julianne started chasing him back when he interviewed her before the tour. HMMMM. I know he is kidding about the way she chased him, but the timeline makes you wonder if she was still dating Zack at that time.
I like Julianne and I think Chuck seems like a good guy. I just hope they didn’t start things with each other until their previous relationships were ended.
AJ says:
I have found some of the information very interesting even though it seems like this has turned into the Zack fan club and the bash the Apollo shippers page. If in fact Julianne was on vacation with Zack in Mexico at the end of May 2008 like Chrissy said, then it seems to me like that is more proof that Julianne should join Chuck in the cheater category. These two are very lucky that their exes have a lot more class than they do and have decided not to broadcast THEIR side of the story. If they did, we could have some real interesting stories that I’m sure Julianne and Chuck don’t want to get out. But I’m betting the country music PR machine will do whatever they can to make sure that it doesn’t happen since they have to protect the new “Faith and Tim”, right?!?. Don’t make me laugh!
It’s one thing to end a relationship and move on but it’s another thing to do it in a way that is hurtful to the people that you supposedly cared for. These were not flings. Heather and Chuck were together 4 years and he wrote a song for her. Julianne and Zack were engaged, had a wedding date, and then continued to date even after she broke the engagement. You would think that their history would have meant something to Julianne and Chuck but it looks like the only thing that matters to them is THEM. I’m disappointed to think that they could both be so selfish but everything that I’m reading and hearing just leads me to believe that they are. And even though I never thought there was anything going on between Apollo and Julianne, all of this stuff just makes me believe it even more. Apollo has too much class to get involved with such a self absorbed phony young girl. Zack and Heather are better off without these two.
CJ says:
I don’t know what to think. Maybe both of Chuck and Julianne’s relationships had ended by the time they started dating. It sounds like Heather and Zack were both hurt by all of this. Unless Zack broke up with Julianne.
Julianne has been plagued by dance partner romance rumors that have been started by online and magazine tabloids. I believe she never had a relationship with Apolo or Helio. Helio’s ex-fiancee even said in an interview that she and Helio broke up before he was on DWTS but kept it secret to squash romance rumors. She said she loved Julianne. Apparently Julianne knew about the broken engagement and promised to keep Helio and his fiancee’s news secret. The fiancee went public with the news of their breakup the day he won. Helio later said they had broken up before the season started.
If Julianne and Chuck are happy and they both were honest with Zack and Heather then it seems ok.
Yeah, weird stuff about the Apolo\Julianne shippers. One site even went so far as to lie about Zack being places with Julianne. People weren’t allowed to mention his name or they were restricted from posting. They could refer to him as Z or **** but not use his full name. Unbelievable!
I think she has been with Zack the whole time until the tour or right before it, except for a short time during the fall when she went out with Kevin. She admitted to dating Kevin a couple of times and just accepted the ring because she had commented she was going to by it for herself to celebrate her 1st DWTS win. He bought it for her without her realizing it. I think she soon realized he wasn’t a good guy.
I believe her when she says she never dated Apolo and especially not Helio. I really think she came forward about dating Chuck because of tabloids wanting to start speculation with whomever she dances with (except Adam Corolla).
One online site has already written an article asking if people think she will hook up with her new partner who is younger than her. This site does it with all the DWTS pros and their partners. Loves to create controversy.
carmen says:
OK, I’m confused, I guess, but what in the hell is a shipper and why are we talking about Julianne and Apolo or Helio or Kevin? I thought this was a blog about Julianne and Chuck? HELLO PEOPLE, I think you’re the ones confused because you obviously think you’re on a different blog or board. Move on, please - it’s obvious you really don’t care about the topic this blog is about. Country and western fans YOU ARE NOT!
Carrie says:
Exactly Carmen! The real issue here is not Julianne and Apolo, or Julianne and Zack, or Julianne and anyone other than Chuck. Changing the subject is not going to make people forget how awful and insensitive Chuck and Julianne have been in the way they have handled this whole thing. I’ve been a country music fan for as long as I can remember and the thing I always liked about country music is that even though the artists might not be perfect, they are always real and genuine people. All I see when I look at Julianne and Chuck are two people who will do just about anything for some publicity and don’t care how they get it or who they have to hurt & step on to get there. How many times do you think we will see Chuck sitting in the front row of DWTS for the camera to see? It’s free publicity so I’m guessing a whole lot. It seems to me that Chuck and Julianne are more interested in being “celebrities” than they are singers. Maybe that’s a good thing because from what I have heard from the Paisley tour and Julianne’s CD, their singing could use some work. They probably should try to work on that instead of trying to fool the fans into believing they are something they are not. But I’m not holding my breath.
CJ1 says:
I’m the CJ that posted on Sept 14 2:06 am. I just saw there is another CJ that posted up further. I changed my name to CJ1. A shipper is someone who wants 2 people to have a relationship and pushes for it to happen.
I didn’t see the previous posts as coming from non Country fans, I just thought people were trying to paint a complete picture of Julianne’s past friendships\relationships.
I most definitely am a Country\Western fan. I’m trying to stay objective about Chuck and Julianne. I think they both have talent. Julianne is new to the country scene and so can only improve with her singing. Chuck seems more seasoned in his songwriting\singing abilities. The timing of their announcement can seem suspicious. Part of me wants to give them the benefit of the doubt. Another part wonders if they realize how much publicity is coming from them being this open this soon. I know Chuck just gave an interview singing Julianne’s praises.
“CCBIG” says:
Too many of you are cought up with drama GROW UP.
Ella says:
I just saw some pictures of Julianne at the Creative Emmys. She looked beautiful and I loved her dress. She looked just like Cinderella. It’s too bad that she didn’t win.
sharon says:
I saw those photos and Julianne did look pretty. Although I’m not sure Cinderella is what Julianne would want to look like since we all know how Chuck treated his last Cinderella Heather. It will probably only be a matter of time before he is trading in Julianne and searching for a younger, prettier, teenager who can make him feel important. And did you also notice that Julianne’s date for the award show was her new dancing partner. Oh boy. Could this be history repeating itself? Makes you wonder.
Jamie says:
I just listened to the radio interview with Chuck and Julianne. They sound really happy. The DJ mentioned that when Julianne was on their station back when her album launched (mid May) that she mentioned Chuck was cute. Then Chuck jokes about Julianne being interested in her back when he interviewed her for GAC before the tour started. He says how she followed him around since Day 1 of the tour and then she kissed him. I know it’s all in fun. Then she says something about Ferris Wheels and stuff. The DJ asks if Ferris Wheels is a move and Chuck says yes. The other DJ’s that are trying to recap the interview wonder if Ferris Wheel is a kissing technique.
I’ll all for new love and having fun with it. But hearing the more personal stuff has got to be hurtful for Heather and Zack - the exes. Ouch! I’m all for being with someone and dating. But leave the more personal stuff so as not to rub salt in the wounds no matter who broke up with who.
People in the Country World were already hearing rumors Chuck and Julianne were dating in July. One radio station wouldn’t let up when interviewing Julianne and Chuck separately. Apparently, this radio station had known about Chuck flying in to visit Julianne on her b-day (July 20) when she was performing on a boat somewhere.
I think they admitted it to stop the rumors. My advice: be somewhat sensitive about your ex’s feelings given the timeline. Wait a while before you share more personal stuff about the relationship.
meghan says:
Good advice Jamie but from everything these two are doing it is clear that they are serious lacking in the sensitivity department and that they don’t care about anyone but THEMSELVES. My advice would be for Julianne & Chuck to shut their mouths because every time they open them, they look more and more like a bunch of hypocrites.
Julianne loves to promote herself as an innocent young thing who wasn’t going to date until she was 20, isn’t going to have sex until she is married, and is not a homewrecker like she was labeled after her dancing partner’s breakup with his fiancee. But now we are learning that she and Chuck got together while she was still a teenager, that she most likely played a major role in the Chuck-Heather breakup, and well we will all have to see about the other thing won’t we? Although it is a little hard to believe that an almost 30 year-old man just out of a serious adult relationship is going to be happy for long holding hands and talking. We will just have to see if this is yet another instance that Julianne is talking out of both sides of her face in order to look better.
Bill says:
So was Julianne still with Zack when she made the comment on the radio about Chuck being cute back in the middle of May? Wonder how that made him feel. I read she was on vacation with him and friends and family the end of May.
I guess no one really knows when and how everything went down except the 4 people involved. I like both Julianne and Chuck’s music. Maybe Julianne and Chuck were just friends with both of their exes before they hooked up?
Anyway, good luck to them in their careers.
Sam says:
Yep — Julianne was still with her former fiance Zack when she made that comment about Chuck. But I’m not surprised since she has more than once put her foot in her mouth during an interview. She isn’t always the sweet, sensitive, & virginal girl that people try to pass her off as. She has been involved in more scandals than people twice her age. And I know that some of these hookups/breakups were rumored but after it becomes a pattern, you have to start to believe that there is some truth to what is going on. Julianne is linked to whatever guy she is around, a committed relationship ends, and she is always right in the middle of it. I gave her the benefit of the doubt after the dancing partner scandal but now that it has happened again I wonder if I was wrong. It’s unfortunate and maybe it’s just the perception but right now that is Julianne’s reality.
Also, I really doubt that Chuck and Julianne were JUST friends with their exes at the time they hooked up but we’ll never really know because Heather and Zack are too classy to air their dirty laundry. However their MySpace pages tell us without words how they are feeling. Heather has used “Should’ve Said No” and “Shattered” as her songs and listed her mood as BETRAYED. Doesn’t sound like her split with Chuck was on friendly terms to me, does it? Zack used the song “Hollywood’s not America” which tells the story of a girl who changes into a completely different person after having a taste of fame and the change is not for the better. Sounds to me like Zack believed that Julianne was getting a big head in Hollywood and that she was changing into someone he didn’t recognize anymore. I don’t think that sounds like a friendly split either. From all of that, I think that it is safe to say that Heather & Zack both felt cheated & betrayed by the Chuck and Julianne hook up. Now if Julianne would just stop being so juvenile and trying to shove her new “catch” down everyone’s throat like she was in high school, the exes might have a chance to heal in private. They really deserve at least that much after what Chuck & Julianne have done to them. I wish Heather and Zack the best and in the long run they will find out that they are both better off without their cheating exes!
Nikki says:
Chuck seems like such a nice guy. Maybe he shouldn’t rush back in a relationship so quickly…
Justine says:
Ok, just to add a bit of humor here. I’ve read the posts and listened to the interviews. Since the exes might be using myspace to show their emotions about the breakup (Zack’s only played one song so far), here’s a look at what we could see on everyone’s myspaces in the future!
Chuck & Julianne - (after talking about kissing and dating) “This Kiss-Faith Hill”, “You, You, You-Julianne Hough” (talks about kissing your pretty lips, lips, lips), and “Stealing (Dancing with the Star’s) Cinderella-Chuck Wicks”.
Heather - “Before He Cheats-Carrie Underwood” (oops, too late, LOL! I’m just kidding since we really don’t know when everyone broke up), “Kiss This-Aaron Tippin”, “Picture to Burn-Taylor Swift”, “Sucks to Be You-Danielle Peck”, “Forgive-Rebecca Lynn Howard” and “My Give A Damn’s Busted-JoDee Messina”.
Zack - (He needs more songs to catch up to Heather’s 3 or 4 she’s already played) “You’re Gonna Miss Me-Brooks & Dunn”, “Flat on the Floor-Carrie Underwood”, “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore-Lady Antebellum”, “Here’s A Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares-Travis Tritt”, “How Do You Like Me Now-Toby Keith”, “Get Over Yourself-SheDaisy”, and the classic although not country “Cry Me A River-Aerosmith”.
Again, just trying to add some humor. Break ups are never easy and I do like Julianne and Chuck’s music. Playing songs on Myspace is great because it allows you to get a message across without ever having to say anything. Gotta love our country music. Definitely a song for every occasion and emotion! I admire Heather and Zack for taking the high road in light of all the publicity on Chuck and Julianne. Here’s hoping they play songs to help them deal with whatever emotions they are going through. It can be quite therapeutic.
Justine says:
My post about playing songs is totally my opinion. I didn’t want to imply that this is what Heather or Zack will do. Enjoy!
carmen says:
Thanks, CJ1. I appreciate your explanation. I agree, Nikki - he does seem nice, I guess. The more I read about them, though, the more I’m not liking what I read. I hope they are happy, although when I saw her on a clip from the Emmys, she didn’t seem extremely happy. Maybe because she was with that young boy?
I can take or leave their music, honestly. Give me Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban anyday. I just don’t think Chuck or Julianne have what it takes to be as big as them. If they are happy touring and being the second or third bill, then more power to them. I don’t think you’ll ever see either nominated for Entertainer of the Year, just saying. They seem to be a little more fluff and maybe that’s why they seem to try so hard with the interviews.
jackson says:
Thanks Justine for the dose of humor – I totally enjoyed it. However maybe you should add “Hound Dog–Elvis Presley” to the list since Chuck is acting just like a dog sniffing around a young innocent girl. His innuendos and tasteless comments about Julianne both on the radio and in articles are just classless and if Julianne was smart, she would try to find a way to put a muzzle on him so that he would STOP talking.
BS says:
Showmances are Julianne’s specialty and she is an attention monger. She is a talented singer, dancer and ACTRESS. She portrayed a showmance with Apolo to win DWTS 4 - even going so far as to publically breaking the engagement to Zack. Something like that should be kept private, but Julianne got lots of publicity. For Season 5, Julianne saw she could probably win with Helio and started a showmance with him to get votes. His dancing wasn’t good enough to carry him, though he was a good showman and a lot of racing fans are country music fans. She was able to kill two birds with one stone with this showmance. Julianne again got lots of publicity, though a lot of it was negative. Season 6 had Adam Carolla, who wanted to promote his movie and Julianne wanted to promote her upcoming album’s release and tour - she tanked it to get off the show. Now, Julianne starts another showmance with her not-single-at-the-time tour mate, but decides to publically “announce” the relationship to keep rumors of her and Cody at bay. I agree with the commenters above that Julianne and Chuck are very lucky Zack and Heather have, for the time being, not told their side of the story. And they are really the only ones who know the whole story.
Julianne is really good at talking out of both sides of her mouth - she also says what she thinks the media and audience (either print, audio or video) wants to see or hear at the interview setting because it gets her a lot of attention. She has played Apolo’s fans, Helio’s fans, Adam’s fans and now country music fans. She played Apolo’s fans before the DWTS 100th episode dance, knowing they are the most popular champions in DWTS and sold a lot of albums with that performance. She played Helio’s fans when she was at the Indy 500, even though she had Zack there with her. Her best performance was at one of the Paisley Party venues, when she said she and Chuck were “just friends,” and then two weeks later, she “announces” she and Chuck are dating. Who knows if this is another showmance or publicity stunt and I could really care less. I do not have any respect as a fan for either of them. As for Chuck’s sense of humor, if Julianne likes (and by all of her giggling, she does) when the man she is dating uses her as the butt of his little jokes, even though he tries to say nice things about her later, they deserve each other. They are both cold-blooded cheaters wrapped in pretty packages.
ChuckandJulianneFAN says:
WOW looks like all of the crazy Apolo & Helio shippers have found somewhere else to spew their venom!!! You people really need to get a life!
Congratulations Chuck & Julianne! I’m so happy for you two. You make the cutest couple! I wish you two nothing but the best! Don’t pay any attention to these shippers. All of your true CM fans are happy for you and wish you all the happiness in the world!!! Can’t wait to see more of you two together!
Marnie says:
I first saw Julianne Hough when she first appeared on season 4 of Dancing With The Stars. She and Apolo Anton Ohno were such a delight. I can’t believe it’s only been over a year and a half since I first saw THAT Julianne and thought how refreshing she was and how she just oozed a very unique star quality. The Julianne I’m seeing today seems like a whole other person. She comes off like a walking publicity machine these days. She’s tried really hard to sell the whole country music image to the hilt. If I have to hear how country music is her ”real passion” one more time I’m going to scream. We get it Julianne, you want to sing country music. Frankly, I prefer her dancing. She comes off much more authentic when she’s doing that.
HS says:
IMO all this Julianne business is blown way out of proportion. As a follower of country music, I can only say that her success so far in this genre has been marginal. Her album sales are pretty dismal by industry standards and her reviews have been mixed and some downright brutal. It’s her DWTS fan base that catapulted that album to no. 1 the first week, and after that, sales have been tepid. I’d be interested to know if the regular country western fans (not DWTS idolaters or fans on her MySpace page) even know who she is. In my part of the country, she doesn’t get much air time on Country Western radio. Her “relationship” with Chuck Wicks is a shrewd move to keep herself in the forefront while her career develops. While her DWTS fan base have already proclaimed her the second coming of Reba, Martina, etc., I’ll hold off anointing her until she actually earns that status. I see that the industry did not even nominate her for the Horizon Award, which is a good barometer of impending super stardom. Right now, she’s just another singer trying to make it. She needs that publicity in People magazine, she needs DWTS, she just plain old needs the exposure. I love her dancing. Not too impressed with her music. As for her and Chuck Wicks, they fit, but they are no Faith and Tim. Her and Apolo–no fit–they come from two different worlds, “and the twain shall never meet”.
Marilyn says:
First of all, I am not an Apolo or Helio fan and only know about them because they danced with Julianne on DWTS. People need to stop talking about them since they really aren’t the issue here. What I AM is a Julianne fan and if I’m honest I have been saddened to watch what is happening to her.
I was horrified to hear the latest batch of “jokes” from Chuck and now Brad has even joined in by saying that Chuck & Julianne SHARED a dressing room during the tour. Yes these were obviously jokes but in my opinion they were in very poor taste and I had thought that both of them were better than that. If Chuck really cared for Julianne, I would think he would be a little more sensitive to the way that these remarks are portraying her. But I don’t know why I would be surprised since sensitivity is obviously NOT one of Chuck’s strong points after the way he handled the whole Heather breakup. He and Brad are trying to get laughs at the expense of a young innocent Mormon girl who has said that she is still a virgin. All these comments do is just reaffirming the negative image that so many on this blog (and elsewhere) already think of her. Julianne needs to try and stop this kind of talk but when she just giggles or says nothing — it only condones and sort of confirms the comments.
I still have Julianne’s CosmoGIRL (yes GIRL because that is what she is) because I have a daughter that made me go out and get the issue the minute it came out. Julianne is her idol and I thought that was great but now I’m not so sure. All I know is that the Julianne in that interview (which was only in April) and the Julianne we are hearing about now are like night and day. Where is the sweet, innocent, down-to-earth girl who said she wanted to be a positive role model and that her heart just broke seeing what happened to Brittney Spears? Now Julianne is slowing becoming more and more like Brittney who coincidentally also claimed for the longest time that she was a virgin. Julianne also said that she was more a homebody than a homewrecker. I think that there are several ladies who would disagree with her on that assessment. I don’t want to believe that anyone can change this much this quickly so I’m still holding out hope that this is all some sort of sick game they are playing for publicity. But the most interesting part of the article was where Julianne talked about how her Dad would text message her and say “Are you doing the right things, in the right place, at the right time?” and she was grateful because it was usually when she was someplace she shouldn’t have been. After hearing and reading all of this stuff — I think it’s time for another text message Dad!!
Alicia Frye says:
I have never been a fan of Julianne’s either on DWTS or her music. To compare her and Chuck to Tim and Faith is not only laughable but an insult to Tim and Faith themselves.
After hearing the interviews and reading the press this just confirms what I have long felt about Julianne which is that she is extremely plastic and fake and only out to further herself no matter who or what she leaves in her wake.
She may appear to be innocent and a good role model but to me her words and her actions speak differently. At this point it’s safe to say that she and Chuck deserve each other.
Stacia Brooks says:
This reminds me of a saying that my mom used to say and I hope I am saying this right:
“What tangled webs we weave, when we practice to deceive”.
Julianne IMO will not reach the success that Faith or Reba or any of the other legends of country have attained. Noone will remember her in 20-30 years.
Bella says:
I find it interesting how when a poster doesn’t agree with what is being said, they quickly attack someone else. It just CAN’T be anything Chuck & Julianne have done — it must be the crazy shippers or something else. And I wouldn’t be so quick to attack those Apolo and Helio fans since without them I don’t think Julianne would be where she is today. Julianne has said that she is very grateful to those fans and understands how important they have been to her success. There are lots of pretty young blond country singers with better voices than Julianne but since they haven’t had the exposure that Julianne has had on DWTS they don’t have the record deal and the advantage of touring all summer.
I think the thing that bothers me the most is that after all her hard work, Julianne is no longer thought of as an individual but rather she is now mostly lumped together as part of this new country “couple”. What happens when this relationship ends — does Julianne go back to being nothing since she doesn’t fit the image anymore? She needs to be judged and appreciated for herself and not just for some fantasy that the country music PR machine and some fans are pushing as the next Faith & Tim.
Tricia B. says:
Amen, Bella, I totally agree. I became a Julianne fan because of her dancing on DWTS and I think Apolo (and Helio, although not as good a dancer as Apolo) handed Julianne her current career on a silver platter. If it weren’t for them, I don’t think anyone would know who Julianne was. They were very gracious about it, too, helping to get her to where she would get looked at and get the record deal that she got.
I also agree with someone up above about having to hear that singing is her number one passion. I think I heard her say in another interview that dancing was. Can the girl decide, or is it based on the interview at the moment? I bought her CD because of who she was on DWTS and because I liked her “Unraveling” and “Will You Dance With Me” CD. The problem with her new CD though is there isn’t a song that compares to these two songs, and that is what I was expecting. Not sure if there will be another CD, and not sure I would buy it if there were. If she had stayed on the path with her previous 2 songs, I think she would have been a huge success. Someone gave Julianne the wrong line with trying to be a “country” girl. Someone from Utah does not become a “country” girl overnight, yet a lot of fans were willing to give her the benefit of the doubt and bought her record anyway. The recent events with Chuck and Heather, and questions of when they broke up are bothering me. I know this is the what country and western songs are made of, but not when you are promoting yourself to be a good and wholesome person, yet doing something different in real life. It’s called talking the talk and walking the walk.
I don’t like the fact that she and Chuck are automatically lumped together now. Why can’t she try to make it on her own without having to be part of a partnership? Are she and Chuck so desperate to sell CD’s that they have to resort to this drastic measure? I only wish her well - I really do, but it looks to me like she’s changed. The Julianne that I came to love was genuine and I would like to believe that she wouldn’t be part of this farce. I don’t know what to think now.
Cami says:
OK, I’ve heard more stuff about Julianne and Chuck dating than I really want to know. I’ve been thinking about the fact that it seems like they are becoming even more INSENSITIVE in regards to their exes. If I was Heather or Zack, I’d want to leave the country for a while.
I want to support an artist based on their music but I also take in consideration their character. I don’t know much about Chuck pre-Julianne, but I’ve heard Heather felt incredibly betrayed. Julianne’s interviews over the last year or so have been flip flopping worse than a political candidate! The only one I know about that I feel I can trust who has given interviews in that same time is Zack.
He seems to have been always truthful, upfront and respectful. This leads me to believe (although I have been a fan or hers) that Julianne says whatever the audience wants to her or craves the attention more than the truth.
So, given the fact that both of their exes have completely taken the higher road, this whole things with Julianne and Chuck is just hard for me to swallow. Tell us your dating, maybe the other person confirm it and then MOVE ON. Have respect for us the audience, but more importantly those you supposedly blindsided with this High School Love Declaration. Most important, like Sam said, allow these two (Heather and Zack) to heal in private.
Mexico, anyone?
Commenting on the comment about Zack being a purse holder, I always saw Zack as someone who had lots of integrity and would never follow someone around without purpose. I’m sure the last year or so has helped him to really think through and evaluate if they were going in the same direction since her career exploded. I think his song pretty much says it all. I don’t know much about Heather, but I think Zack seems extremely grounded and level headed.
Too bad his influence didn’t rub off on Julianne and Chuck.
Sammy K. says:
My BIG problem with all of this is A. The Timeline and B. the sudden burst of publicity about the relationship. First Chuck says the relationship with Heather ended at the beginning of the year, so why is she at a show in June and her myspace friends are posting about meeting up at a show in May,why would they post that if her and Chuck had broken up? And why would she be with him in June if they had broken up at the beginning of the year?…
B.The Big Fat Publicity Stunt, They both came out with their guns blazing on at least 3 interviws/articles within days of each other…WHY? Are they both trying to hide something? A preemtive strike maybe?
This all is so fishy? I think the spin doctors are at work.
Julianne has been linked to how many men in the last year? First the broken engagement with Zack, but she still had him hanging around on a lease. Even Adam Carolla remarked about how badly he felt for him because of how Julianne was treating him. The relaionship was DENIED by Julianne. Then we have Helio who broke his engagement but didn’t bother to tell anyone until the day AFTER he had won dancing with the stars, again DENIED…lots of reports that the breakup was due to Julianne. Then we have Kevin Connally, you know “the friend” who gave her a 5,000 ring!Again DENIED. suddenly we have Chuck and they are shouting from the rooftops? She kept her fiance in the closet, why acknowlege Chuck….loudly!
Very very fishy!
Jonny says:
I get having a point of view in all this as everyone comments and tries to understand it. I really hate to have people continue to refer to Zack as a purse holder or being dragged around or hanging on a leash. He was in her life and showed respect to her. Hi is being referred to in response to this article because of his past connection with Julianne.
We’re all sharing our opinion and trying to understand the sudden excitement of Julianne and Chuck to share with everyone about their relationship. I would think Zack and Heather aren’t asking to be noticed or in the public eye.
I ask that everyone try to show more respect for Zack. He was already dragged through the mud by the Apolo\Julianne shippers just because they never wanted to acknowledge him in her life.
Danielle says:
Okay — I have sat back and watched and listened to everything that has been happening. I have held my tongue and tried to keep an open mind. But enough is enough. First let me say that I am in no way blaming all of this mess on Julianne but I am not really a Chuck Wicks fan so the fact that he has acted like a jerk does not surprise me or bother me. In fact as a 30-year old man that supposedly cares about Julianne, I do blame him for not doing everything in his power to try and protect her rather than making her the butt of his jokes in order to boost his male ego. But that would be another post while this is about Julianne.
Who is this girl that is now parading around as Julianne Hough?? I have been a fan and supporter since I first saw her on DWTS. I voted every season for her (even when her partners were not good) and I bought both her first CD with 2 songs and the current CD. I admired her real and genuine personality and the fact that this beautiful and talented girl was so down to earth. She is my age and I could totally relate to her. What happened?
I don’t even recognize this person anymore. She is coming across as a fake who will say or do anything to get her way. I don’t care who she is dating or who she is sleeping with, what I care about is the fact that right now I constantly feel like I’m being “played” by her. She has a southern twang when she is dealing with her country group but doesn’t when she is back at DWTS. In April she was a virgin and now, well the magazine misunderstood and she was actually just talking about the Mormon faith. She is stealing other girls’ boyfriends while cheating on her own boyfriend/fiance. This list goes on and on and it doesn’t get any prettier.
I know that I don’t personally know her but I’m guessing that neither does anyone here. All I can go by is how she is presenting herself in the media which is all I had before. The way she is letting others talk about her in innuendos and lewd jokes just taints her “good girl” image and it is sickening. But the fact that she has done absolutely nothing at all to try and stop it or correct it makes me believe that it is probably true.
And I love how she is trying to keep her private life private now. Well I think it’s a little late for that. There is a good old expression that you don’t need to close the barn door after you let the cows out. Julianne you let the cows out a long time ago when you decided to announce your dating status to People.
Maybe this is the real Julianne and the one that she presented on her first season of DWTS was the phony. Either way, I’m extremely disappointed and disillusioned by who is now in front of me and she has lost me as a fan. I’m sure that Julianne doesn’t care because she will just put on another face and try to fool others but it still won’t change what she has become. I just really hope that Julianne figures out who she really is before it is too late and the damage she has done to her reputation is permanent.
Sammy K. says:
Danielle,I think it’s all one big coverup. Julianne seems to me to be desperate to make it in music and she is doing whatever it takes, no matter who the pair of them hurt in the process. Why would either of them “go on record” and declare this relationship, when there are 2 people sitting at home torn apart because of it? And why aren’t those 2 speaking out?…I’m guessing class and dignity…just a guess though. I have lost any respect that I had for Julianne..and Chuck, you lost me too before I even knew you.
Kallie says:
My heart just broke reading your comment Danielle but don’t give up just yet. I refuse to believe that Julianne could have changed that much and I know that she will eventually figure this whole thing out. A lot has happened for her — she has the dancing career, the music career, opened on a major tour all summer, and has hooked up with another country musician. It has all brought her a lot of fame and notoriety and it’s heady stuff that has made her appear like she is full of herself now. To me the biggest problem is not really Julianne but the fact the everyone around her is more interested in what she can bring them than what it is doing to her. It looks like her family & Chuck (people who supposedly love Julianne), and even the country community are milking their new “cash cow” without any regard to how this is all affecting Julianne. However, Julianne has a good Mormon background and good values and morals that I think will help her find her way. I just have to believe that when all is said and done, she will have made the right decisions for herself professionally WITHOUT compromising herself personally. Have faith and hold on Danielle. Julianne needs your support now more than ever.
Amber Delissio says:
Actually Kallie, I think Julianne knows exactly what she is doing. While Chuck is half to blame Julianne shares the other half. She seems to really know how spin stories.
If I was able to look up the podcast from where I’m at, on Adam Carolla’s radio website there is a podcast where he mentions (and I believe him since he’s her former partner) that Julianne treated Zach badly.
I’ve never bought into this good girl act. She is extremely calculating and nowhere in her personalitiy do I see down to earth. I was just waiting for it to comeo ut and I see that it is.
It’s a shame to because she COULD HAVE been the girl people got to know when she first appeared on DWTS but has become all Hollywood/Nashville with no real substance.
sharon says:
Oh boy — I thought this whole mess had quieted down and then I hear a radio interview that Julianne did today and the last question the DJ asked was about her personal life. Well let me tell you, the answer is shocking to me because I have been holding out hope even after everything that I’ve heard that Julianne was better than some low life boyfriend stealing girl. But I guess I was wrong.
Julianne said that she and Chuck had been dating A LONG TIME BEFORE ANYONE CAUGHT ON. Caught on to what Julianne? That he was cheating on Heather? That you were cheating on Zack? That you really are a homewrecker just like everyone believed after the dancing partner scandal?
I guess I am forced to believe all of this now since Chuck in a previous interview and now Julianne have confirmed themselves that this has been going on a long time and if that is true, the timeline with the exes just doesn’t add up. All I know is that this whole thing makes me sick and Julianne and Chuck deserve each other because they are both lying cheats with no consciences. Enjoy it while it lasts because this kind of stuff always comes back to haunt you and people who do this kind of stuff always end up paying a price. You both should have been better than this but I can now see that you are not.
Like Danielle said above me, Julianne has lost me as a fan but I’m sure from the way she is acting that won’t matter to her. Quite frankly her head has just gotten so big that I’m not sure she can even think anymore. It’s sad and I didn’t think that fame would affect Julianne that way but once again I have been fooled but I won’t be fooled anymore.
Melissa says:
I just wanted to step in and applaud Chuck and Julianne for the extremely mature way they have handled their relationship by showing respect for the public and their exes and keeping private about the details of their relationship. NOT! YEAH RIGHT!
I know they have a right to date, but man this has got to suck for their exes. Sharon, you are right, it is shocking to me. Julianne and Chuck have got to know that Heather and Zack want to be able to turn on the TV or get online without more evidence of this relationship. I think Julianne and Chuck should clear up the timelines of when they broke up with their exes and when they truly started dating each other.
As the public, they want us to accept them and be happy for them. Don’t we deserve to know the truth if they are being so open about so many things in their relationship?
Heather and Zack, you are classy people with dignity. I’m switching my fan base to you two. Let me know if either of you ever come out with a Country CD, I’ll be the first to purchase it.
Natalie says:
Melissa says:
Posted: September 24th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
“Heather and Zack, you are classy people with dignity. I’m switching my fan base to you two. Let me know if either of you ever come out with a Country CD, I’ll be the first to purchase it.”
And I’ll be the second one to buy it because I won’t be wasting any of my money on CDs from two people that I can no longer respect and who I am actually disgusted by. Hope you’re picking up a lot of new fans with this “fantasty” romance Julianne & Chuck because you can add me to Danielle, Sharon, and Melissa as the fans that your little stunt has cost you. Take some lessons from your lucky exes — SHOW SOME CLASS!
Kallie says:
I have defended Julianne and her actions to many people both here and at other boards. I really thought that most of the problems had to do with the fact the Chuck Wicks is acting like a dirty 30-year old man who was just trying to make a young innocent Mormon girl another notch in his bedpost and the butt of his lewd and offensive remarks. But when Julianne herself actually admits that this whole romance had been going a long time before anyone CAUGHT THEM, I have to believe that she is equally responsible for this whole disaster. How can you defend actions that are indefensible? All of this is not something that I thought Julianne would ever be a part of but she has made me look like a fool. She is now acting like what everyone has accused her of being — a man stealing fake who has no convenience or sensitivity toward anyone else and only cares that SHE gets her way. She is acting just like a typical teenager which is not a big surprise since that is what she was only a couple of months ago. I said above that I thought she would make the right decisions professionally WITHOUT compromising herself personally. I don’t really believe that anymore since I think all Julianne has been doing lately is compromising her personal values and morals. It makes me sad but I can no longer support someone that I don’t really like and admire. Add me to the list of fans that Julianne has lost by her current behavior.
Maya says:
It’s interesting how Julianne decided to release her second single the same week her very popular dancing show premiers. So I guess the dancing is okay as long as it benefits her. And how ironic it is that the song is “My Hallelujah Song”? I would have thought they would have gone for something the opposite of the fluff of her last single to show that she could actually sing. But I guess Julianne likes this song because as she likes to say: “everyone has a Hallelujah moment in their life so they can relate to this song”.
Just sitting here wondering what might be Julianne’s “hallelujah moment”? Would it be when she stole Chuck Wicks from Heather while still claiming to be the innocent virginal sweet Mormon girl? Or maybe it was when she played all her dancing fans with her constant “showmances” in order to win her two trophies? Or could it be when she humiliated her former fiance by treating him like dirt and now still publicly demeans him every chance she gets in the media? Just too many to choose from here and there are so many more but than this comment would become a book. This girl has turned into a mix between Brittney, Paris, and Lindsay and it’s only a matter of time before Julianne will be begging to be on that dancing show because she has turned off so many people in the country music world. I just hope that DWTS tells her where to go when that happens!
Maya says:
Oh yeah — and put me on the list of all the people who are no longer a fan of the insensitive and devious Julianne Marie Hough or whoever she happens to be pretending to be today.
Rachel says:
Oh — I like this game Maya.
I think Julianne’s “hallelujah moment” probably was when she broke up her second partner’s engagement and then went on the View and lied about teaching his fiance to dance for the wedding!! Really slick Julianne — bet you never had to give that lesson, right?! LOL
Trudy says:
Through all of this I was trying to stay objective and realize Chuck and Julianne were getting to know each other while being in the public eye.
I’ve followed Julianne’s career with DWTS and bought her CD. I saw what the shippers did to Zack by ripping him to shreds through their online beatings. After the broken engagement when she and Zack were still dating, it really bothered Julianne that the shippers would treat someone she loved like this.
Through it all, Zack stayed by her side even though people wanted her to be with Apolo. His every move was criticized and analyzed. Honestly, I have never seen anything like the public online anger he received. He is compassionate and kind and treated her and those who mistreated him with the utmost respect. I liked Julianne better when he was in her life.
How does she repay him? By publicly humiliating him and never acknowledging how he supported her amidst what he put up with from the shippers. IMO, she is treating him with some of the same disrespect the shippers did.
On top of that, it feels like she and Chuck can’t stop gushing about each other. Talk about kicking someone when they are down. The way she has treated Zack has lost my respect for her.
He deserves so much better than this. Once again, he is showing respect by being quiet even though the shippers still love to bash him here and there (it’s like it became a habit to them). He really is an amazing guy and I expected so much more out of Julianne in the way she handles herself during interviews in respect to her public life. It really would have impressed me if she would have taken a reasonable amount of time before sharing her relationship with the public.
I hold Chuck just as responsible because it seems he can’t Heather completely off guard. Being someone in the public eye has benefits for your career but it also brings with it responsibility to watch how you are perceived and act with respect.
Missy says:
I agree with Trudy about Zack. And you can add Heather into that group as well. I would love for both of them to come out and tell us the REAL story. Chuck and Julianne are obviously only interested in covering their behinds and trying to make people believe that they are not the insensitive and despicable human beings that their actions and words are make them look like right now. I think that one of the biggest problems that Julianne & Chuck have is that they can’t seem to keep their lies straight. One day Chuck says that he broke up with Heather at the beginning of the year yet in another he says that it was right at the beginning of the tour. Julianne was involved enough with her ex fiancé/boyfriend Zack to be dating him and vacationing with him at the end of May yet she then goes on the radio and tells the world that she and Chuck had been together for a long time before they got caught. The maddening thing is that they actually think we are all so stupid that we don’t realize all of the holes in their stories — holes that only reinforce and prove the fact that they are lying cheaters. So what really is the truth Julianne & Chuck? Don’t worry — you don’t need to answer that since I’m sad to say that I don’t think either one of you even know what the truth is anymore.
Alicia says:
Too bad Zach wasn’t one of the professional dancers on DWTS then he probably would also have a career in country music even though his dancing is much better than his singing. I don’t know if Heather can sing but, if she can, she and Zach would have quite a country song about their cheating exe’s.
Count me in as one of the fans that will not longer support Julianne. Initially I thoughtI was too hard on Julianne but not after that last interview where she said she and Chuck had been together a long time, really nice Julianne since Heather was sighted at some of the shows in June and July. Have you shown your true colors?
I remember that Apolo once said Julianne was mean, this from a man who has dealt with coaches all this life which is why there was no way in hell he’d hook up with her. And at the time Apolo was and still is in a committed relationship with Olympic speekskater Allison Baver who, unlike Julianne, is a class act. Apolo must have figured out what Julianne was long ago and knew it wasn’t pretty.
Can I say since Julianne has become all about Julianne that “My Halleujah Song” coming out should come as no surprise.
Whoever this Julianne is it’s hard to like her at all. Since she is so enamored of Chuck Wicks she will probably do her best to get kicked off the DWTS so she can be with him. I’d like to think better of her but it’s hard to believe that after her last interview. Then there is the statement, “I want to remain a virgin until I’m married.” then months later, I meant it was all about the Mormon Church, haven’t you said you’re a practicing Mormon so why should that make any difference? Oh,Chuck Wicks. It’s now the magazines fault because they keep making her say these things. The lies are so fast and furious it’s hard to keep up with them. I don’t even think Julianne can separate her facts from fiction anymore. Good luck to both Heather and Zach, you both deserve better than these two insenstive clods.
Justine Bradley says:
Well I guess “My Halleujah Song” will be when this all comes back to bite Julianne in the ass in a much publicized way.
Jenny M. says:
I became a Julianne fan because of Apolo. I’ve followed Apolo for several years. When Apolo said Julianne was “mean”, it was a joke - anyone who has followed him knows his sense of humor. It’s also a well known fact among Apolo fans that his relationship with Allison ended in mid 2006 before DWTS. As far as Julianne and Chuck, if Chuck is who Julianne wants to be with, more power to her - why does it bother everyone so much? I see some of her so-called “fans” are ditching her left and right, and it makes me sad.
Courtney Adams says:
It’s not sad. She’s playing everyone around her. Adam Carolla has even said just how bad she treated Zach and Chuck is no better by cheating on his girlfriend with Julianne. Julianne will get exactly what’s coming to her because what goes around comes around. She’s cold,calculating and manipulative. It’s about time people are starting realize this.
Kris says:
This isn’t a blog to discuss Apolo. But I just wanted to clear some things up with accurate facts. Jennny M. is correct above about Apolo joking saying Julianne was mean. He was talking about how strict she was when they were in the studio training for the show, and how much he respected her. Also, I have attended short track events -Apolo and Allison Baver are not a couple and haven’t been for a long time.
ST Fan says:
Actually, Apolo and Allison were in fact dating at the beginning of his time on DWTS. I have even seen pictures of them shopping at a grocery store shortly before he left for the show. Also, a good friend of Apolo’s posted on her blog that Apolo said he would not hook-up with Julianne because he was already taken. Apolo and Allison have also been spotted attending the Parade of Homes in SLC since he was on DWTS. That is something I would never do with an “ex”.
Allison has received the exact same hatred from the shippers that Zack did. It was completely illogical and vicious when it was aimed at Zack and it is completely illogical and vicious when aimed at Allison.
People can say horrible things about Julianne’s and Apolo’s significant others but you can’t force them to be together.
btw, before people start complaining about me talking about Apolo or Allison and asking why I’m doing it - because it is relevant to the shipper discussion and because I felt like it. :)
Mandy says:
Okay — I don’t know what the heck has happened to this blog. I’m not a shipper (whatever that is) and I’m not a fan of Apolo, Allison, or either one of the exes and yes you can talk about them here but I don’t know why you would want to.
What I AM is a country music fan and the way that Julianne and Chuck have handled this entire mess just disgusts me. This is the stuff that I would expect from the “pop tarts” and the things that they do to get recognized because their talent level is low. Country music artists are better than that. Or at least I thought they were!! Chuck & Julianne, you are supposed to write songs about this crap NOT become your own little soap opera. The insensitivity that you have shown to both the people that you supposedly cared about and your fans in general is laughable. You must stay up late at night trying to figure out more ways to disgrace yourself and the country music community. Why don’t you try to improve yourselves as artists instead? And I hope that they don’t believe that they are going to be the next Faith and Tim because it takes a lot more than some blog to make it true.
I really think that Julianne and Chuck have been spending too much time reading their press clippings. I don’t want to hear anything more about Julianne being a “good girl” because actions speak louder than words and right now her actions are telling the whole story. She has turned into a lying cheat who has made stealing other people’s men into a game. And she also better be careful because I have heard from friends that have been at several of Chuck’s recent appearances that he isn’t exactly pining away for the virginal Miss Hough. He has plenty of female companionship to replace her while she is dancing away.
I will NEVER buy another thing associated with either one of these two self absorbed phonies. I’m not fooling myself and I’m sure that it won’t bother either one of them. However if there are more and more fans becoming disillusioned like I am, that could be bad news for Chuck and Julianne. Country music deserves better than the likes of a trashy teenager willing to sell her soul to be popular and a loser cheating guy who is so much older than her that he was probably already dating when she was just starting kindergarten. If this whole thing wasn’t so pathetic, it would actually be funny.
Sue says:
I agree with you Mandy.
As a country music fan this whole thing embarrasses me. I didn’t know anything about Julianne but I have followed Chuck and I knew about his girlfriend Heather. I thought he was above this kind of behavior but maybe I was wrong or maybe Julianne is a horrible influence on him. Either way this whole situation is a disgrace for Chuck, Julianne, and all of country music.
Cindy says:
Please Sue — how can Julianne be a horrible influence on Chuck?? She just turned 20 years old and he is almost 30. If Chuck can be that easily influence by the new “flavor of the month” in country music then what does that say about him. If you ask me, the bad influence here is Chuck and he is old enough to know better. He should have known how all of this was going to look when people discovered that this “romance” started BEFORE he split from Heather. Chuck is the one steering Julianne down the path of destruction and unfortunately it is already costing them tons of fans.
Lucinda says:
I agree with Mandy and Cindy and probably a lot of the rest of the disgusted crowd–I am a long time Apolo fan and at one time thought Julianne was charming—no more—never knew anything about Chuck Wicks and now don’t want to—UGH–apparently they deserve each other—I am beyond disappointed in Julianne and now do not exactly hold Chuck or Brad Paisley in high regard—everything I heard about all of these people was apparently a lie—UGH
Debby K. says:
ST Fan, there is a radio interview from last November with Julianne from Q102, a Cincinnati radio station, where in her own words Julianne said both she and Apolo were single. She went on to say that ”Maybe something could happen” between them at some point in the future.
Kristen H. says:
To Cindy: Just because Julianne just turned 20 doesn’t meant she doesn’t have some sort of influence. Her actions are already proving just how conniving and self serving she is. True Chuck being 30 would have more influence but at this point I wouldn’t underestimate Julianne. She seems to be far more savvy than she wants people to realize.
ST Fan says:
Debby K - After calling off her engagement to Zack, Julianne also said repeatedly that she was single and not dating anyone. However, in a recent magazine interview she said she was in a relationship the whole time she was on DWTS. So do you really believe anything Julianne says about her relationship status anymore?
As far as Apolo goes, he was dating Allison during DWTS and after they moved to SLC. Are they still dating on September 30, 2008? I don’t know for sure. However, I have seen some pretty recent photos of them together and they look like more than teammates.
Kathryn says:
I find it hard to beleive that Apolo and Allison were seriously dating during DWTS. If that’s the case it must be a very strange relationship. Apolo has been quoted as saying his friends were all in love with Julianne and told him he was crazy if he didn’t end up dating her. I don’t think his temamates would say that if they knew he was with Allison. Pretty insensitive. Allison never once came to the show to see him. Many of his ST teammates were there. She missed a lot of important events with him. His induction into the Asian Hall of Fame, His 25th Birthday party, The Kentucky Derby, all events he attended with Julianne at that time. Some events not DWTS related. I find it hard to believe she would miss these events if they were dating and not be there on the night he won the mirror ball trophy when everyone else was there for him. Not to mention the fact that Apolo said many times in interviews that he was completely single and not dating anyone at the moment. He was in People magazines ”Sexiest Bachelor” issue saying he was ‘’single and looking.” Pretty callous thing to say if he was with Allison at the time. He also said many times that he was ‘’single and available.” I know he’s notoriously private about his personal life. But going beyond saying you are single by saying you are ”looking” and ”available”to the media is something I don’t see Apolo doing if it really weren’t the case.
Amy says:
Why did this turn into an Apolo/Allison rehash? This has nothing to do with Apolo and Allison. This is about the professional dancer and country music singer. I don’t see why anyone other than Julianne or Chuck Wicks is discussed here.
Chelsea Abrhams says:
Apolo is being discussed because of the timeline of events tith Julianne & Zach and all the speculation surrounding her broken engagement and the A&J shippers. That’s how Apolo is relevant to the discussion.
Jeremy says:
I realize this blog is about Chuck and Julianne. Zack has been mentioned because of the timeline with Julianne and when their relationship ended. So I want to clear up a couple of facts. Zack’s name is spelled with a K at the end. After Julianne publicly announced their engagement the end of April 2007, she and Zack both said in interviews that they were still together as boyfriend and girlfriend. He attended a few DWTS summer tour performances during July. On July 30, they sang together at a Charity function where Julianne introduced him as her boyfriend. Also in July, they went on vacation with her family in Idaho.
In October 2007, Julianne said in an interview that she was single and she went out on a couple of dates with Kevin Connelly around the end of October. By the Christmas holiday, Zack and Julianne’s family members and friends were saying on online blogs that they were back together. She was in the Dance Wars audience in February supporting Zack when he was on that show. He was at events with her around Hollywood through Feb-May and attended the Indy 500 with her on May 25 and then went on vacation with her friends and family the end of May.
Between January and the end of May, Julianne was saying in interviews that she was single. Zack was saying in interviews that they were very close but weren’t dating exclusively. Some family, friends and fans were predicting they might get married in the future.
IMO, I agree with another poster that Zack’s interviews seemed spot on. I think he was always telling the whole truth. Around June 8, he put up the song “Hollywood’s not Amercia” on his MySpace page. Some of the words in the song are “So long girl.”
Julianne was commenting on a radio interview the middle of May that she thought Chuck Wicks was cute. That’s pretty low in my book when Zack was still in her life at some level. Then Chuck interviewed her BEFORE the Paisley tour started and that’s when he joked she started “stalking” him. I’m thinking there was definitely interest there between the two of them.
The AJ (Apolo\Julianne shippers) have a different idea of the timelines because they wanted Julianne and Apolo together. So just to clear it up with actual facts from pictures and comments from interviews and family.
Melissa says:
So what this is still saying to me is that Julianne and Chuck weren’t being completely honest with Heather and Zack at some point in all of this. It appears both exes were caught off guard by the developing relationship.
You don’t show interest or start crushing on someone before you have completely broken ties with the person you are still involved with at some level.
Linda says:
I don’t think Zack and Julianne were on the same page as far as what their relationship was after she broke the engagement. In all fairness to him she should have just completely ended the relationship instead of holding on to him as some last resort. Which is how it appeared. I think Zack was in denial and couldn’t face that it was over between them despite them saying they were still boyfriend and girlfriend. Julianne was outgrowing him with her burgeoning career. And I do believe she had feelings for Apolo that factored into her decision to want to break the engagement in the first place. The way she acted around Apolo was not the way a woman acts who is happily engaged, or happy with her ”boyfriend”.
Chris T. says:
Only everyone involved really knows what is happening. I will say this, I saw Dance Wars and to me Zack seemed like a nice, sensitive man who could hold his own when he needed to. I think Julianne wanted him in her life or he wouldn’t have been there. I think he was taking the time he needed to see if he really wanted her in his life enough to marry her. The shippers have their opinion of him because it was the only way they could make sense of why Julianne and he were still together. Their way of making sense was so twisted.
Zack could pretty much have his pick of any girl he wants. I’m a guy and a country fan. I watched Dance Wars because my girlfriend like it and I’m a supportive boyfriend. She has so many friends that would do anything to date a guy like Zack.
As far as Chuck and Julianne, whether or not things were over with their exes, it still seems pretty insensitive to blast their relationship everywhere. The timeline leaves a lot of questions unanswered about Heather and Zack. I like Chuck’s music and I think Julianne had a good first album. Not great, but good. I do think they could have had more dignity in the way they’ve shown respect for everyone involved.
Re-Re says:
Personally, this whole thing is one hot mess.
Both Chuck and Julianne are losing fans over this, whether they want to believe it or not. They don’t seem to care one way or another that they hurt people close to them and that is to me, is an act of compete egos gone wild and total self-centerness.
According to their record sales, they SHOULD be focusing on their careers, getting their numbers up and stop worrying about their personal life right now. It’s not too late to do some damage control but first, they need to go their seperate ways and come clean with the lies that they have been telling.
Their fans may forgive them but we won’t forget.
Maria says:
What the heck is going on around here. I wrote a comment earlier today in response to someone I think named Ann Marie but now both of those comments have disappeared. I WAS a Chuck Wicks fan before this whole mess and have been extremely disappointed and disgusted by everything that has happened. Most of his fans are well aware of his ex Heather and even saw her with Chuck at the beginning of the tour. She played a very important part in Chuck’s life and career including inspiring his hit song “Stealing Cinderella”. I can’t believe how cruelly he has treated her after she stood by him when he was just starting out. I’ve learned a lot about Chuck’s character and morals from how he has handled all of this and quite frankly I don’t like what I’m seeing. I have found that I’m not alone in these feelings and that other woman made a lot of sense in her remark and stated several facts & truths about this despicable situation. I hope that she posts again and that this blog decides to allow the comment to stay if she does. Sometimes the truth hurts but that doesn’t mean that it should be censored just because it doesn’t follow some agenda that country music seems to have for their new ‘golden couple”. Maybe some of insensitive and self-absorbed comments from Chuck & Julianne should be censored and not the comments of the fans who have been played and deceived by them in all of this!
brian says:
I agree with you Re-Re. The way that Chuck and Julianne have acted through this whole thing has definitely cost them lots of fans and eventually they will have to care because those are the people who will stop buying their CDs. Just looking back at some of these comments you can see the anger and hurt that people have over all of the lies that are coming out of Chuck and Julianne’s mouths. Obviously they are not as smart as their fans because they can’t seem to keep their stories straight. Unfortunately for them, the country music fans are not stupid and are well aware of every time they contradict themselves and invent a new story trying to make themselves look better. They are acting like a couple of immature kids which I would expect of Julianne since that is what she is and I guess her immaturity has rubbed off on Chuck. It really is pathetic and sad and you can add me to the list of former fans who want nothing more to do with these two cheating and self serving phonies.
Kaye says:
The same thing happened to me Maria. Either CMT is censoring the comments or else something is just wrong with the board and posts are being erased. I would like to think that the problem is with the board since I don’t think any of the posters here have been so offensive that their comment needed to disappear. Unfortunately the fans are upset and the only people responsible for this are Julianne & Chuck. It might sound harsh but instead of pointing fingers for blame, they need to look in the mirror. It’s one thing to move on in a relationship and it’s another thing to handle it the way that these two have with no regard to the feelings of anyone else involved.
Actually the way that Julianne & Chuck are dealing with this mess has told me a lot about their character and also showed me that they are not worth my support anymore. I join the list of FORMER fans who have been so turned off by Chuck & Julianne’s antics that I will never again buy another thing associated with either one of them. They might not care now but eventually karma is going to catch up to these two shallow people and they will come to see that the games they are playing with everyone will come back to haunt them. It’s a hard lesson to learn but Julianne will have to remember that when Chuck cheats on her just like he cheated on Heather. What goes around comes around and it’s only a matter of time before Julianne will have personal knowledge of how hurtful her actions have been when the breakup is splashed across all of the media.
I feel awful about all of this since I have supported Julianne from the beginning. But this is not the same person that saw win her first dancing trophy. This is a sorry replacement of the girl that I thought I knew who has obviously allowed a little fame and some publicity make her head swell and her ego explode. To compare her to Faith Hill is an utter insult. The only way that they can be compared is that both have blond hair and sing country music. You can dress Julianne up in cowboy boots, put on all kinds of makeup, and tell her to talk with a fake country accent but she will never be half the person that Faith Hill is because Julianne has no CLASS!
JulieM says:
Amen to that Kaye. If CMT is censoring the comments because they are not favorable to Julianne and Chuck, then that is just sad. These comments are what people truly feel. I went to Julianne’s label’s website when her CD was first released. There were many negative comments about her music but they quickly disappeared. The same happens on the DWTS message board. I used to be a fan but can no longer stomach her. She is not the same girl that she was the first season of DWTS. I hate that the sites try to censor negative comments about her. The truth hurts I guess. I will be happy when this phony girls 15 minutes are up. He CD is not that great and she has no business being in the country music industry. Hopefully she will fade away fast!
Sue says:
Just thought everyone would like to know that Julianne said in a recent radio interview that she and Chuck have written a song together and they may perform it in the future. The song is about a girl and boy and one of them is more in love with the other one and the other person is numb to this love.
They will also be performing on a Valentine cruise with a radio station the week of Valentine’s. So to the poster upstream who predicted they would do a duet together, you were right. I’m just glad Julianne had common sense not to share if the song was written about one of their past relationships.
Chuck also said in a recent radio interview that it is no secret he and Julianne are very much in love. Just giving you the latest info. I’m still holding back commenting on my opinion beyond that, I’m trying to stay positive about both of them.
Kerry says:
Well of course they are doing a duet together Sue. And a Valentine’s cruise — isn’t that just perfect for our new little “Faith and Tim”. What will they try to sell us next - a proposal on the cuise? Wait. Julianne has already been there and we know how she treated her last fiance so I’d be careful if I was Chuck. Could these two be anymore fake and nauseating?
And what an interesting song to be writing when you are supposedly “very much in love”. You can do better than that Chuck. Remember the song you wrote for Heather. I think it was called “Stealing Cinderella”, right?!? If these two spent half as much time trying to be get better as country singers as they do in trying to sell this phony relationship, they might actually have a chance of being something more than 3rd and 4th billing on a tour! Besides, I can’t see Julianne being happy playing the little bars and the other small appearances that Chuck does so if I was her I wouldn’t hang up my dancing shoes just yet. That is where she really shines NOT country music.
mike says:
I agree with you Kerry. I also cannot see Julianne being happy playing in some of those smaller spots. She has the potential to be a major star so I hope that she doesn’t settle for these lesser appearances just because that is what Chuck does. Besides right now Julianne has just turned 20 years old and isn’t even old enough to drink so I don’t think bars are the best place for her to be showcasing her talents. She has always maintained that she wanted to be a good role model for kids and I hope that desire hasn’t changed just because she is involved with a much older man. I really think that Julianne needs to do what is best for HER and stop trying to satisfy everyone by becoming part of this package deal with Chuck. She can do better and I worry that she will never achieve this if she continues on the path that she is right now.
Beth says:
Okay this is getting ridiculous. I was just getting ready to respond to a comment by someone named Kendall and now it is gone.
What is going on? Is there something wrong with the blog or is someone deleting posts that are not totally favorable to Julianne and Chuck? Is anyone else having the same problem because quite frankly right now I’m afraid to post my opinion.
After seeing comments disappear, I’m wondering if she is right and this blog is being censored in order to protect the image that Julianne & Chuck are desperately trying to promote right now. I hope that’s not true since most of the negative feelings about Julianne & Chuck have come from things that THEY have said and done. The country music fans are only reacting to what has been put out there and unfortunately it’s not very pretty. But that isn’t our fault. The blame has to go directly to the people who have caused the problem and that is Julianne & Chuck!!
Toni says:
I saw that also Beth but I tend to think that there is something wrong with the blog right now which is erasing some comments. I don’t believe that anyone would actually delete posts just because they might not go along with the image that Chuck & Julianne are trying to portray. That would be so wrong on so many levels that I don’t even want to think about it.
Chuck & Julianne have obviously made some mistakes and used poor judgement in how they have handled some things. People are hurt and angry because they feel like they are being deceived. Country music fans are forgiving but they are not stupid and right now it is a little hard to believe anything that either one of them say.
That makes me sad because I was a big Julianne Hough fan. However I’m not sure who Julianne Hough is right now and I’m not even sure she knows who she is. If I’m honest I don’t like who I see and I cringe at the negative influence Chuck has had on her. I can only hope that Julianne realizes that she is capable of making it on her own before it is too late.
Tonia C. says:
To Toni - I don’t think it’s all Chuck’s doing. People are underestimating Julianne. I find her to be far more sophisticated & savvy than people see. She uses people to further herself. To me I see a girl who discards people once their use is done. She maybe young but she’s hardly innocent or naive & what’s been happening proves it more & more.
Kelsey says:
I wish people would just let Chuck and Julianne do their own thing. If they are happy then let let them be. Who cares if he is 9 years older than she is. If they are happy then thats all that matters. They are both beautiful and very talented people.
Ben says:
I have always been a fan of Julianne’s and always will be. She is the same girl she was when she began DWTS. She is multitalented. She is an amazing dancer and much more than just a mediocre singer. If people have a problem with her right now, I believe it’s because she isn’t fulfilling their fantasy of who they want her to be and who they want her to be with. I don’t believe it has anything to do with Julianne.
Since becoming aware of Chuck, I have become a fan of his too. He has a great voice and is a wonderful songwriter.
Rebecca says:
I find it amusing that every time someone doesn’t like what is being posted they blame it on the fact that the poster must want Julianne to be with someone else. WHY? Maybe they just don’t like the way Julianne is handling this whole fiasco?
I’m one of those ex-fans. I really could care less who Julianne is dating at the moment - all I would like is to feel like I’m not being played in order to sell CDs and win dancing competitions. Julianne has shown herself to be extremely two-faced with a different personality when she is in Nashville (fake country accent included) and a completely other one when she is in LA. Who is the real Julianne Hough and does SHE even know the answer to that question? Right now I see a young girl being pulling in about a million directions in order to benefit whatever the agenda is at the moment.
It’s sad for me to see this because I do think that Julianne has some talent and if she would work on it she could achieve a good deal of success in whatever she chooses to do. However I get the feeling that Julianne feels that she has already made it and is entitled to all of the advantages that she is receiving. That type of attitude is a dangerous one to have since even the most successful person is not perfect. And Julianne’s recent behavior has definitely been less than perfect.
Chuck is a whole other matter. At almost 30 years old, I do think that he should have been able to handle this whole mess better. Julianne is young and relatively new to “stardom” but what is Chuck’s excuse? I do think he has some talent as a songwriter and I loved the song he wrote for Heather. But I have seen him in concert several times and watched his videos and his performing ability leaves a lot to desired. Now after seeing the way that he has treated his ex, I think his integrity could use some improving also.
Simone says:
Okay — I don’t know what I said that was so terrible but the comment has disappeared. The post after mine has also vanished but I would expect that since it mentioned by comment and it would look stupid for that post to be left when mine was gone. I’m sorry to whoever that person is and I hope that they come back and post again. I can see that other people have had the same problem and I would suggest that CMT try to figure out why this blog is deleting posts or else explain what can and cannot be said on this blog. If it is being censored to the point where country music fans cannot express their disgust and unhappiness with the way Julianne & Chuck have acted in this mess then they need to just tell us that.
LeighAnn says:
Simone…I gave you a thumbs up to your now deleted comments as well as someone I think was named Beth that was near yours. They really are all gone! Wow, I guess there is censorship and fans aren’t allowed to express their real feelings. There was nothing that I would have thought was bad in any of those comments. I’ve noticed other comments are missing too. How silly! You can’t hide the truth and how people truly feel. I’m sorry to once again say the Julianne is a mediocre singer at best and not the same person I orginally thought she was.
Simone says:
Thank you LeighAnn. I’m sorry that I couldn’t remember your name and I’m happy to see that you posted again. I think in the future I am going to copy posts so that I know exactly which ones are being taken out. And I would be careful because when you call Julianne a “mediocre singer and not the same person you originally thought she was” you stand a very good chance of having your comment go *poof*. However I have now copied it so I will know for sure if that happens. Everyone needs to realize that just by deleted the comments of disillusioned fans does NOT make those feelings disappear - it just makes the comment on this board disappear! And quite frankly most of the comments are this board are positively tame compared to some of the other country music boards.
Trisha says:
I just read on fox news that Julianne did indeed dump Zack Wilson for Chuck in June. Zack was so upset he left the country and went to Thailand for 6 weeks so he didn’t have to hear about the tour or their relationship. You would think Julianne and Chuck would have had sensitivity in the way they have handled this whole mess. I guess 6 weeks wasn’t long enough to stay away from how public they are with their relationship.
Julianne did a prank video for Chuck that was played by Brad at the last concert. Julianne publicly “dumps” Chuck. When she first heard about doing the video (Brad’s idea), she said she was hesitant to do it knowing it would be played in front of 10,000 fans and she didn’t think it was a nice thing to do, even if it was a prank. She did it anyway. What about the publicity surrounding her and Chuck’s relationship and how it has been all over this whole time?
It seems to quote Jennifer Aniston, both Chuck and Julianne have a sensitivity chip missing when it comes to how all this publicity has affected their exes. Zack probably thought 6 weeks (he left in July) was enough time for the media attention to die down. Apparently, Chuck and Julianne want to keep it going.
Laura says:
GEEZ….these two people are adults and it is thier own decision to leave their significant others and start a new relationship. When I was 20 I had lots of relationships, but I sure wasn’t sleeping with all of them. Everyone is so judgemental. And, as far as him being 29 (or 30) and not willing to date a virgin….that is a load of crap. I have friends of mine that got together and even though neither of them were virgins, together they decided to wait for marriage before they had sex. So, yes it is possible. The article compares them to Tim and Faith, and while I agree it is too early to tell some people are so quick to say “no way” but that must mean you forget that Faith Hill was engaged when she began her relationship with Tim. She dumped her fiance for Tim when they started touring together. I am sure there were people judging her back then too. Chuck and Julianne are both very talented with successful careers — they will both go far, together or apart. I, for one, wish them all the best.
Laura Beth says:
I just want to comment on what Tricia posted and say that I completely agree. I think that this phony FLING is ridiculous and the fact that Chuck and Julianne’s poor ex’s have to deal with seeing this day in and day out breaks my heart for them! :(
I was just checking on Julianne’s vlog about the video too and I was disturbed by the fact that most of the people on there thought this was funny. I think that it is just cruel and immature the way that she and he both are handling this relationship and the publicity coming with it.
I am a HUGE Chuck Wicks fan, have been to ALOT of shows, and have met him many times….I guess I just thought him better than to be a 30 yr old man just trying to get as much publicity as he can. She, I have not been a fan of and it does not surprise me that she is acting like a 20 yr old would flaunting around her new, gorgeous, older boyfriend. I am just thoroughly dissapointed!!!
P.S. Did yall see that she said they bought the dog together - moving quickly, huh!?
Suzy says:
So Julianne dropped Zack for Chuck. That to me sounds like Zack was cheated on. This is prove that he and Julianne were dating and she broke up with him to be with Chuck.
A poster up above mentioned that the exes probably wanted to leave the country when this all came out. Sounds like Zack did just that. Good for him! Too bad he had to come back to all of this happening. I bet he and Heather had no idea it would ever be this public. I wonder how Heather feels to know there was a video at Chuck’s concert seen by many of the country fans that were once fans of her.
I honestly can’t think of another celebrity romance that is this much OUT there with videos, blogs, interviews, articles, you name it. People magazine said Julianne was gushing about Chuck after last Monday’s DWTS show. We hear you, you too are dating.
I’m really trying to be nice here, but this just reminds me of celebrities who want any publicity, good or bad. Even though Faith left her fiancee for Tim, they weren’t flaunting it in the media every chance they got and rubbing the salt in their exes’ wounds after blindsiding them by falling for someone while they were still respectively involved with Zack and Heather.
The fact that they are dating isn’t what bothers me as much as the complete insensitivity shown to people who cared about them. Julianne and Chuck need to step back and stop talking about their relationship for a while. The sympathy people feel for their exes is what is fueling most people’s anger about how this is being handled.
If they were making their celebrity status strictly about their careers and this had happened in a queit way, I would have more respect for them. It just seems so wrong on so many levels.
Allie says:
I saw the “prank” video and there were a couple things that stuck out to me right away. First of all, Julianne has a future in acting since she delivered her lines perfectly and was totally believable in her role. But I’m not really surprised since I think she has been acting and playing the fans all along.
But since I have been a Chuck Wicks fan and had seen Heather at many of the shows and escorting him to the many events, I was shocked to see how Julianne looked. The way she wore her hair and talked reminded me a lot of Chuck’s ex and it really does seem like Julianne is becoming a younger version of Heather. Now is she trying to do that or is Chuck trying to make that happen? Either way I think it’s creepy and I feel for Heather who appears to be the innocent victim in this charade. After reading above about how hurt and probably blindsided Zack was by this affair, I feel sorry for him also.
All of this just makes it even harder to understand why Chuck/Julianne would be so insensitive with this new hookup. The constant need to flaunt her new “trophy boyfriend” is disgusting and there are time that I really do feel like Julianne is trying too hard to convince everyone that this is all real.
I’m beginning to believe that maybe Chuck wasn’t the only one “pranked” by Julianne. I think the country music fans have also been “pranked” in order to make Julianne seem more country and more famous.
Jason says:
Oh no! Julianne & Chuck better get ready because it seems like her ex is tired of looking like a chump and is starting to tell his side of this disgusting affair. And from the article that I read, it is not going to be pretty for Miss Hough. But I guess it really shouldn’t be considering all of the cheating and lying that has gone on. Do we think that Heather will be next? Fasten your seatbelts - this could be a very bumpy road for the not so perfect pair.
Joey says:
I read the short article about Julianne dropping Zack for Chuck. I didn’t see anything that insinuated Zack was going to tell his side of the story. Just a short statement from an insider that he was upset by the break up and went to Thailand for 6 weeks. It’s true that the article confirms the fact that Julianne and Zack were dating and that he was blindsided by the breakup.
Is there another article besides the small one at Fox News under Pop Tarts? I agree that it’s one thing to break up with someone because you have feelings for someone else, it’s another to be insensitive by broadcasting the new relationship everywhere. If Julianne and Chuck want to date, it’s their choice. It’s the way they’ve handled the publicity around their relationship that seems extremely insensitive, especially knowing the exes were caught off guard and would be hearing and seeing every statement made about the relationship.
Alicia says:
Julianne and Chuck Wick’s can have each other. As someone said on this board they seem to be missing the sensitivity chip. There has never been another couple that ever has had this need to constantly use the kind of tactics that Julianne and Chuck Wick have to keep their relationship in the media, not even in Hollywood, let alone Nashville.
Heather and Zack both seem to be class acts and I don’t think they have any intention of lowering their standards to those of Juliannes and Chuck Wicks and saying anything, if you can call they way they have acted towards Heather and Zack standards.
All Julianne and Chuck Wicks had to do was to show some respect for the the people they hurt, Heather and Zack. If they just had kept the relationship quiet for a couple of months then I don’t think the fans have been upset, but it’s like Julianne and Chuck Wicks want to fan the flames and put the fire in Zack’s and Heather’s faces. Neither Zack nor Heather did anything to them so I don’t get it.
After Julianne’s little trip the hospital with a “tummy ache” where she was curled up in the fetal position, she seemed surprised when Ryan Seacrest asked her about pregnancy. Sorry to say this but when you are 20 years old dating a guy ten years older than you and you insist on keeping your personal life public then when people think that you might be pregnant or has a miscarriage don’t be surprised. Especially after Julianne stated 7 months in the CosmoTeen girl article that she wanted to stay a virgin until married and she now has come out and said that’s not what she really meant what she meant is that she was talking about the Mormon church when she said that.
It wasn’t too long ago she that she kept saying how she was a “practicing Mormon”, you don’t hear that anymore. I don’t really care what she is or isn’t but Julianne you can’t have it both ways, either you are you aren’t, but do your fans a favor and at least be honest. That bothers me more than anything the Julianne on the first DWTS show seemed totally honest, this one contradicts herself so often that all you can think is that she is a liar although not a very good one since her stories don’t match.
Simone says:
So the posts are “disappearing” again. But like I said above, I have been copying them so I know when they are being either censored or just accidentally deleted. I don’t think that what Beth said was anything bad but now her comment has vanished. She agreed with Alicia above and so do I. What people need to understand (whether that is Chuck & Julianne, their PR people, CMT, or the country community in general) is that sometimes the truth hurts and all of the disillusionment that is being expressed has all started with the main characters in this melodrama - Chuck & Julianne. Without their idiotic comments and actions and their constant need to so public with their affair no matter who it hurts, THEY have caused the problems NOT the fans who are now unhappy and trying to express it!!
Melinda says:
I agree with you Simone and I think this whole mess has started to affect the way people look at Julianne. I have tried and tried to get my country radio station to play her songs but they never do. Instead the only time they mention Julianne is to make jokes about her and gossip about this whole scandal. I can’t believe Julianne wants to be known more for her relationships than her music but unfortunatley that is what’s happening right now. I think that Julianne and her PR people need to consider the things that are being said because the way she is being perceived is hurting her chances of ever being thought of as a legimate country music singer.
Suzy says:
So, just when I think that Julianne or Chuck might seem more sensitive to what their exes are going through, something happens that makes me go hmmm. On tonight’s Dancing With The Stars, Julianne and Cody Linley danced to the song “Whine Up”. For anyone who saw Zack on Dance Wars, this was the song his group sang on the 2nd to last show. Many fans thought this song helped them to win Dance Wars. Interesting that Bruno was the captain of Zack’s team and picked the song Whine Up for his team to sing.
I wonder what Bruno thought about the connection tonight. Julianne could have picked or suggested so many other songs, why this one? Is it a passive aggresive move towards Zack after the insider said that Zack was upset by the breakup?
I do feel sorry for Julianne having appendix surgery tomorrow, I hope she recovers quickly and everything is ok. But, many people watched Dance Wars and know about the song “Whine Up” and what it meant to Zack and his team. Both my husband and I were shocked when we heard it during Julianne and Cody’s dance.
Deb says:
Suzy, Julianne doesn’t choose the music. None of the Pros on DWTS do. The music for each couple is choosen by the producers.
Brett says:
Actually, Jonathon Roberts (a DWTS pro) said in an interview last season that the pros pick the music for each of the dances they want to do. They give their list of songs to the producers. He said they often get the songs they want. Sometimes the producers pick a different song. I don’t think it was a coincidence that Julianne got\picked “Whine Up” for her music.
Theresa L. says:
Yes, the Pro dancers do submit some songs at the beginning of the season but do to clearance issues they very rarely get the songs they would like. Several of the Pros have mentioned this. The song choices are primarily chosen by the producers of the show.
I do think it’s just a coincidence that Julianne got that song. I think she’s had other things on her mind with her health issue and all rather than specifically chosing a song to razz her ex with. I watched Dance Wars and frankly if no one had pointed it out I wouldn’t have remembered it. Dance Wars was a very forgetable show.
Ann says:
I’m going to agree with those that think it was Julianne’s choice of song. Even though Julianne broke up with Zack, I get the impression she’s still trying to hurt him with some of her past comments and how public she is with her relationship with Chuck. Even if the producers were the ones to pick the song, Julianne could have asked for another song knowing the importance of the song to Zack’s team on Dance Wars. I believe this song did help them win Dance Wars.
Bruno seemed to have issue with this song last night. Julianne said in her personal blog that she didn’t understand why he wasn’t happy with the song. Maybe he thought it was somewhat insensitive. Just seems like it couldn’t be just a coincidence.
I do hope her surgery went well and that she can recover. Despite how I feel about how she and Chuck have handled their relationship, Julianne is a phenomenal and talented dancer and showed true professionalism by dancing through the pain and performing the night before surgery.
I just wish Zack could be given the peace and respect he is looking for to heal without more insult.
Meri says:
I think it is impressive that Julianne is talking about her Endometriosis. I’ve been a fan of hers since DWTS - 4 , when she danced with my favorite Olympian: Apolo Ohno. She is an amazing dancer and has the voice of an angel. She’s such a sweet person too. I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Melinda says:
I agree Meri. I hope that Julianne has a speedy recovery and able to be back on the dance floor before too long. I really admire her for being so honest about her condition and I think that she is going to help a lot of people.
However in her last blog she wrote that her “management and other people” around her were trying to think of something else that she could say that was wrong with her but that she wanted to be a good role mode and be honest. Good for Julianne - she is showing a lot more maturity than the people around her. However in an interesting twist, that paragraph of her blog has “vanished” and is no longer there. But fortunately someone had copied it and posted it on a message board BEFORE her management (or whoever) decided to censor Julianne’s blog so you can still read what she originally wrote.
This fact that Julianne’s blog has been altered does make me wonder about what else her management is willing to do to deceive her fans? Could this whole “showmance” also be one of her management’s untruths in order to promote Julianne and sell CDs? I think that if this is the way that her management feels that they should handle Julianne, then Julianne needs to look elsewhere for representation! Honesty is always the best policy and once the fans feel that they can’t trust what you say, your credibility is gone and you’re toast.
Allison says:
Are you kidding me? So now not only is this blog and other message boards being censored (or negative posts are conviently disappearing)but now someone is also censoring Julianne’s own blog!! This is crazy. It’s about time whoever is responsible for all of the “vanishing” posts/comments grow up. From the way that Julianne is handling this entire health situation, it doesn’t look like she needs to be protected.
Bravo Julianne for trying to be honest with your fans. You are showing a lot more maturity than your management and the people that are around you who think they are trying to help you out by deceiving the fans. All they are really doing is reflecting poorly on you and they need to stop before they make it hard for us to believe anything that is said about you.
Get well soon and I can’t wait to see you dancing on the show again.
Alicia says:
I’m glad that Julianne’s surgery went well and that she is recovering, sorry to hear via Derek that she is still in a lot of pain but no matter how the docs invade your body, the body knows there has been an invasion. And I think it was very brave of her to go public it should help a lot of women. Hope she is up and running soon.
It just crossed my mind the other day if Julianne is still a practicing Mormon and if she and CW decide to tie the knot, since they are so in love, how is she going to explain to their children about daddy drinking beer with his lunch and dinner since the Mormon church frowns on that?
I can just see it now, don’t worry kids it’s o.k. for daddy to drink beer but you can’t, that will work really well since kids tend to parrot what their parents do. That sets up quite a double standard. Maybe Julianne has decided that no religion is the best religion but that doesn’t really seem like who she is.
Even with all the conflicting stories she has told (and now I’m very suspicious of her spin doctors) I don’t think she would want to raise her children without them having some kind of faith. It’s one thing to have a fling with a guy but when it gets to the serious part then a lot of things have got to be looked at.
The stars that have managed to stay together usually have managed that because they attend church together and their faith keeps them grounded. And I just don’t see Chuck Wicks converting to the Mormon church and Julianne very well may have left it which will work fine right now but when children become involved it’s a whole different ball game.
Crystal says:
I don’t think you ever have to worry about that Alicia. Julianne’s dad was adamant that nothing could ever happen between her and her dance partner because he was not of the Mormon faith and he happened to be an Olympic gold medalist who is known for his integrity and honesty and treated Julianne with a great deal of respect. So I’m thinking that a 30-year old man who has made lewd and suggestive comments about Julianne, who drinks and is not a Mormon, and who cheated on his long time girlfriend in order to be with his “little girl” would be an even more objectionable choice. Julianne is having some fun and getting tons of publicity out of it but I don’t think you have to worry about what to tell the kids because in the words of her dad — It ain’t happening!
Natalie says:
I agree with you Crystal. For me, this whole thing between Julianne and Chuck is nothing more than a “showmance” that they are using to try and deceive the country music fans in order to sell more CDs and promote two struggling artists. Julianne’s management team has proved that they will go to any lengths in order to spin the way Julianne is perceived. It’s too bad that the innocent exes have gotten hurt but maybe they are in on this whole thing and know exactly what is going on. Time will tell.
Alicia says:
Natalie you’re right time will tell. It’s interesting that Chuck Wicks attended some huge function where Julianne’s father, who is prominent in the Republican party, was hosting and it was reported Julianne and Chuck Wicks were smooching in the back.
Maybe Julianne’s dad has a double standard, she can can date a guy, maybe even marry him, who can help her career even when he makes lewd jokes about his daughter and cheats on his previous girlfriends. Whereas a Olympic gold medalist, who is a 100% class act, doesn’t fit the mold because he can’t further Julianne’s career, not that there was ever any romance there since Apolo was dating someone during his stint on DWTS.
Julianne’s dad may be fine with Chuck Wicks as a son-in-law, who isn’t Mormon, if it helps to make Julianne famous. I hope that isn’t true because most of the practicing Mormons I have ever met are, with the exception of a few, are ethical people.
I can’t imagine any father, who is a practicing Mormon, being thrilled to have his daughter dating a guy 10 years older than she is, who has a lewd sense of humor and can’t wait to drink that first beer with his lunch, has a history of cheating on his girlfriends, being happy with the situation.
Since Julianne’s dad attended Apolo’s first world cup this season in Salt Lake city, even though romance was never in the cards, I would assume Julianne’s dad (family), who love extreme sports, are friends with Apolo even though he isn’t Mormon.
Zack looks like a saint compared to Chuck Wicks. Zack has a moral compass whereas Chuck Wicks moral compass….well what can you say, he’s cheated on his last two girlfriends and as long as Julianne is useful to his career he probably won’t cheat on her at least for awhile.
Julianne’s spin doctors may want to think about the way fans are reacting to all this and Julianne’s inconsistent answers. Many of the country radio stations are laughing their behinds off and they won’t play either Julianne’s or Chuck Wicks songs even when they are requested.
It’s also interesting that Chuck Wicks doesn’t seem to sit with Julianne’s mom and sisters when he’s attending DWTS. What’s that about? He’s the love of her life and he doesn’t sit with her family? And if Chuck Wicks was thinking he’s get any media attention in L.A., he’s not a big enough name for the press to waste their time on.
T.J. says:
There is no way both of the exes are in on anything. Why go through such public humiliation? Heather was genuinely hurt and Zack felt so betrayed he left the country for 6 weeks. Why would Chuck come across as a bad guy on purpose? I can’t see anyone (Julianne, Zack, Chuck, Heather) thinking any publicity is good.
I think Julianne and Chuck really love each other. Given that, they haven’t always handled things right with the way they share their relationship with the public, and there is the question of whether both or one of them cheated on their exes. But overall, I think they share a lot of things in common (country singers, touring with Brad, songwriters).
I don’t think Julianne’s Dad ever had anything against Apolo. He knew she was still involved with Zack and so he said that nothing was going to happen with Apolo. Plus, I don’t think Julianne and Apolo ever had any romance. They were and are good friends, period.
Julianne’s brother, Derek was raised Mormon but doesn’t live the lifestyle. While Julianne’s Dad may want her to date someone of the LDS faith, I don’t think he ever disliked Apolo and now Chuck just because they aren’t Mormon.
I also don’t believe Julianne and Chuck’s relationship is just a “showmance”. Years ago, maybe people in Hollywood did that for publicity. With all the invasion of privacy that celebs receive, who in their right mind would make up a romance for publicity? Sorry, I’m not buying any of it. They love each other and are together.
T.J. says:
What I meant by the statement that none of them would think any publicity is good is that no one involved (Julianne, Chuck, Zack, Heather) would think it was worth it to be a part of any sham just to get publicity, whether that publicity was good or bad.
Laura Beth says:
Hmmmm you seem to be sticking up for Chuck and Julianne alot and Chuck’s “merch guy,” and close friend, is named DJ….coincidence???? ;)
T.J. says:
Sorry, Laura Beth. I haven’t ever heard about the guy you are talking about, someone named DJ? I’m a girl that goes by T.J., so no, I’m not that man. I didn’t realize I was sticking up for Julianne and Chuck. I just thought I was stating my opinion about supposed “showmances” and conspiracies that involve their exes (whom I have great respect for — Heather and Zack).
Chelsea says:
Chuck & Julianne really love each other?!? Don’t make me laugh. The only think that these two are in love with is themselves and the publicity that this whole scam is generating. Once the publicity and CD sales cool off, so will this great “love affair” and they will move onto people that can further their careers more. We already know that Julianne’s management team is willing to “stretch the truth” in order to make her look better so why should the fans believe anything that comes out of their mouths.
Hallie says:
I agree Chelsea. You can’t believe anything that Julianne or her people tell you. Now they are saying that Julianne needs to stay in bed after her surgery and can’t make it back to her commitment on the dancing show for next week. However, I would bet that this surgery doesn’t stop her from flying to Nashville and doing that CMA pre-show. Don’t need to rest when that is happening and I can feel an instant recovery just in time. Then if Julianne is really lucky, the dance partner that she is neglecting will get voted off and she will never have to go back to the show that made her and it can’t even be blamed on her tanking it. The perfect plan!
Gigi says:
Glad Julianne’s surgery went well and she’s on her way to recovery. Good for her for speaking out on the illness and wanting to be “honest” and a “role model.” I laughed out loud when I read those words, words had not been heard for a very long time with regards to the person who is now Julianne Hough.
Julianne sure is lucky ABC still wants to promote her, after she tanked Season 6 and tanked the first few weeks of Season 7 and treated her partner like crap. How convenient the surgery is two weeks before the CMT awards, where Julianne is now scheduled to do a red carpet event - just like when she tanked Season 6 and was able to attend the CMAs. The timing is also convenient because Chuck has time off from touring and he can be portrayed as the “good boyfriend” and stay in Los Angeles while she is recovering. Must be crowded at Julianne’s apartment with her mother staying there. Her mom has been in Los Angeles for five weeks, always finding something else to stay for. Both Julianne and Chuck are getting positive publicity now and I’ll bet they are hoping and praying fans will forget how they cheated and lied and shoved this “showmance” down every throat they could and hoping radio stations will play their music, instead of just gossiping about them and laughing at them.
nashvegas says:
You can bet she will be on that red carpet at the CMA awards if they have to roll her bed out there. She wouldn’t miss the chance to market herself in that venue for anything. I was happy to see her off of DWTS this week. I think her partner is weak and was tired of watching her over-dance around him to make him look good like she did with Helio. Maybe this time a star that can actually dance will win. I do think it is a unfair advantage to air her performing her new single on DWTS. I think she has disillusioned fans that vote for her on that show and not the most talented star. I think if they give her the spotlight and let her sing it is very unfair to the other people on the show.
Lana says:
I just heard that Chuck and Julianne got engaged last weekend. Is this true? Supposedly he proposed to her in LA, gave her a beautiful diamond ring and she said Yes. Has anyone else heard about this?
monica says:
I heard the same thing yesterday about an engagement. I just thought it was a rumor, but maybe not. Julianne & Chuck have both been gushing about how in love they are and how Chuck stayed by her side during her recent operation.
Their behavior is a tad over-the-top for my taste. I prefer those who keep their personal lives private.
An engagement wouldn’t surprise me though. I think she only dated Zack Wilson for a few months before they got engaged. Those Mormon gals usually go for quick courtships and short engagements. At this rate they’ll probably be married by the end of the year. I don’t think it will be an LDS wedding though, probably just a minister.
Whatever.
Bella says:
I noticed Zack removed all the pictures of him and Julianne from his MySpace page. I really wish the best for him. He seems like a really genuine and kind person, plus he is incredibly handsome. It must have been unbelievable hard to have to hear so much about Chuck and Julianne in the last 5 months.
It seems Chuck and Julianne have stopped talking about their relationship for the most part. That is showing respect for their exes. If they are engaged, I just hope they haven’t rushed into things. Some Mormons have long relationships and long engagements, they aren’t all short or quick. It just depends on the couple. Unless Chuck converts to the LDS faith, I doubt they would have an LDS wedding.
Gena says:
Julianne is still gushing about him. I read an article on E! online yesterday. E online said “Speaking of hallelujahs, Hough says that boyfriend Chuck Wicks has been by her side throughout the whole ordeal.”
Julianne than added this regarding Chuck - “When somebody can take care of you, and really care to take care of you, instead of someone taking care of you because you have to, you can tell they’re a keeper,” she says.
She’s calling him a keeper - so maybe they are engaged and they’ll announce it tonight on DWTS or next week at the CMA awards.
Lana says:
Thanks everyone for responding to my question regarding an engagement. I still don’t know if they are engaged or not but I found an article this afternoon in case you are all interested. Julianne had this to say about Chuck on PEOPLE online today:
Hough was nursed back to health by her mom, Mariann Nelson, and her boyfriend, country singer Chuck Wicks, who she says “got to see me at my lowest point. You can really tell when someone loves you because they mean it. They are not just taking care of you because you need it, they WANT to take care of you. He’s a sweetheart.”
Gus says:
Sounds to me like Julianne is trying to make someone else jealous with comments like, “You can really tell when someone loves you because they mean it. They are not just taking care of you because you need it, they WANT to take care of you.”
monica says:
Gus, I appreciate your comment, however I really don’t think she is trying to make Zack Wilson jealous. That guy was always there for her.
Gus says:
Monica, I’m not talking about Zack Wilson. ‘Nuff said.
David says:
There never was an Apolo and Julianne and there never will be. Nuff said.
Bella says:
Wow! Obviously I spoke too soon saying that Chuck and Julianne are being quiet about their relationship. After seeing the interview on People and the one on E!Online I’m wondering if they can be anymore public.
It’s seems like she’s going out of her way to tell the public the details about their relationship and what an incredible man Chuck is. And what’s with all the references Julianne makes about how you really know someone loves you because they WANT to be with you? Are they really necessary? Are they digs at Zack?
If they are, that is really sad because Zack put up with all the psychotic witch hunts from the shippers and stood by her even when she was saying she was single. He moved to L.A. to be by her and tried to make it in the Entertainment Business to share interests with her.
He seems like a man who stood by her and unconditionally loved her. I’m inclined to think that even though she broke up with him, he was becoming disenchanted with Hollywood and the way she was changing. Possibly he saw the way her management wanting her to spin things by saying she was single, etc.
I think they had a lot of differences towards the end about how to be a part of Hollywood without letting it change you. Maybe Julianne didn’t like that he thought she could and should handle things differently. Maybe she is taking small digs at him to show him she’s with someone new. Maybe she really loved Zack but met someone who uncanningly looks like him but doesn’t mind all the Hollywood attention and publicity.
It took him 5 months to take down the pictures of her on his MySpace. Seems he loved her a lot and took some time to get over her. I’m sure he would still be a friend and support her right now if it didn’t seem like she was taking digs at her. Maybe he is still her friend. If he is, I admire him immensely.
Thankfully, Chuck hasn’t been making references that can be interpreted as digs to his ex, I’m sure Heather appreciates that. Someone mentioned about Julianne dancing with Cody to the song “Whine Up” the night before surgery and how that song meant a lot to Zack’s team on Dance Wars.
IMO, all these little things add up to getting back at Zack for some reason. The comments about being with someone who’s independent, being turned on by someone who has a career and ambitions, being with someone who WANTS to take care of you, being with someone who loves you because they mean it, dancing to “Whine Up”, publicly “breaking up” with Chuck in a video, etc. (That video just had to bite for Zack, given how she broke up with him.)
I think she thought Zack would be there through everything. I think he wanted to be but noticed changes in her and had concerns. He left the country specifically so he wouldn’t have to hear about Chuck and Julianne’s relationship and their tour. Now, it seems like he has to deal with all these innuendos about she’s with the greatest man on the earth who treats her unlike anyone ever has.
I’m a fan of Zack’s. He could really go public not only with details of the breakup, possible cheating (I think she was flirting with Chuck in May), and how he feels about all these comments.
Bella says:
Sorry my post was so long. I’ve just kept quiet for so long about all the comments, innuendos.
Judy says:
I think some things have obviously been digs at Zack. But, I agree with the other post here about there possibly being digs at someone else who couldn’t give her what she would have liked. That’s my opinion. There are some strange things being said that don’t seem at all to apply to Zack. That’s just my opinion.
And I serously doubt Julianne and Chuck are engaged. She was just recovering from surgery last weekend and reportedly still in a lot of pain. Seems like a very unromantic time to propose to someone, that would be very odd. Besides, if if they were to get engaged it will probably be officially announced through People magazine just like the grand announcement about them ”dating.”
Lara says:
“There never was an Apolo and Julianne and there never will be.”
Oh yeah, there was. Not sure it matters now, though. Whatever makes her happy.
Abe says:
There’s no way that person can be Apolo. Nothing happened there. Even if she had a crush on Apolo, they realized they were not compatible. They are friends and stay in contact. Both have admitted that in recent interviews.
She supposedly isn’t talking to Zack or directly answering questions about him since they broke up. In August she was interviewed by a newspaper that said she avoided questions about Zack.
IMO, Zack is the target. He put the song up on his MySpace in June that let her and people know he thought she had changed. I think all of this is her way of responding. Maybe she thought Zack would be jealous of her new relationship with Chuck. She’s in love with Chuck but seems to still have issues with Zack. The song “Whine Up” just wasn’t coincidence. Like someone said, if the producers picked it for her, she could have asked for a different song. IMO, she is sending Zack a message because she isn’t over him or is trying to convince herself how happy she is with Chuck. Zack really can’t catch a break!
Sam says:
Long engagements are frowned upon in the LDS faith. The reasoning is that if you make that commitment and extend it, the temptation to have pre-marital sex is great. Very short engagements are encouraged and I really wouldn’t doubt it if Julianne and Chuck were engaged and married shortly. Many have wondered how a “wordly” man like Chuck could stand being involved with a young girl who will stay a virgin until she marries. Maybe he can’t. Maybe neither of them can. If it’s true, I wish them both well.
Leanne says:
Honestly, I don’t think she gives Zack that much thought anymore.
I agree that nothing ever happened between Apolo and Julianne but it doen’t mean there were never feelings there whether admitted to or not. I’m sorry, but the way they interacted with each other and I’m talking off the dance floor, there was just a little too much electricity between them and too many things said that make me think this. Julianne’s own words in a radio interview last November were, ”Who knows, maybe something could happen.” You don’t say that about someone you only think of exclusively as a friend. On Rachel Ray’s talk show, Rachel told Apolo that he and Julianne should rethink the possibility of maybe starting a relationship in the future, Apolo pretty much nodded his head as in saying yes, that it was possible. No denials when the question of them dating in the future was phrased in that way by RR. I’ll always be convinved that there were feelings there beyond friendship but the timing wasn’t right and they never acted on those feelings. Apolo is a very practical individual who leads with his head. Julianne seems to want to lead with her heart, and therein, I think was the difference.
James says:
Why is this turning into a blog about Apolo? He has nothing to do with country music or Julianne and Chuck’s relationship. I can see how comments made about Heather or Zack relate to the topic here. These are people Chuck and Julianne ACTUALLY dated! I think Julianne is trying to show Zack she is now with someone new.
What about getting back to talking about how this affects us Country Music fans? I’m all for talking about the people Julianne and Chuck were actually involved with and how Chuck or Julianne’s comments relate to how they are handling the publicity of their relationship. Frankly, I could care less about whether anything happened between Apolo and Julianne. They both DENIED it multiple times.
Let’s stick to the original topic and how it concerns our feelings about Chuck and Julianne in regards to THEIR relationship and the exes who were blindsided by the timelines.
Darcy says:
The more I read about this so-called relationship, the more I now think Julianne has met her match in the manipulation department. I saw an interview Chuck Wicks did and he admitted he has been in adult relationships since he was 15 years old. The relationships last several years. When he breaks off the relationship (by cheating or not), he immediately gets into another one. He’s very experienced in what he needs to say, needs to do, needs to act, to get what he wants and needs. Of course he is by Julianne’s side, taking care of her - this role is expected of him as the “boyfriend.” I wonder if Chuck Wicks also has Julianne’s mother manipulated. Julianne claims to be independent, but, IMO, she is a very needy, immature young woman who was ripe for the picking with this very experienced guy. I think Julianne manipulated poor Zack until he could not take it anymore. He is a good, loyal man and I hope he has moved on with his life, both professionally and personally.
Nina says:
Heather Sue Hines is such a sweet person. In my opinion, Chuck Wicks isn’t even worthy to walk Addie & Ace, her precious dogs. Zack Wilson had proven to be a loyal friend to Julianne Hough, even after their relationship soured. It takes a big man to not trash talk a girl after she broke off their engagement while dancing on a reality show that 20 million people watch. It’s actually a blessing in disguise that neither Heather nor Zack ever ended up marrying their respective exes. They both deserve better.
I can not believe that the sweet, innocent, honest girl that I watched on DWTS 4 has transformed into a cheating, man hungry, dishonest media whore.
I’ve seen Julianne and Chuck both perform their Country Music acts. Believe me, they ain’t no Tim and Faith.
Regardless of whatever romantic feelings she & Apolo Ohno once shared, I’m glad that any future romantic relationship between them is now dead. Keep her only as a friend Apolo, she’d sink your Olympic career quicker than the Titanic.
Dance Fan says:
It’s nice to see the people from Apolianne.com have found a new place to hang out.
jessica says:
I actually wish that Heather would give her side of the story because I think it might be the only one that the country fans could believe. She is well known and respected by the fans since she was with Chuck for so long. But I respect the fact that Heather has more class than the other players in this melodrama and wishes to remain silent. From reading all of the comments before me, Julianne & Chuck should be saying their prayers that she continues to stay silent because the picture she paints could be very unflatering and ugly.
But I don’t know how much Julianne has benefited from all of this. Her name might be fresh in the country music scene but when they talk about her it has nothing to do with her singing. The country music stations in my area don’t even play her songs and the only time they mention her is when they are making fun of the whole situation. She’s become a joke instead of a legitimate singer and I don’t think that was what she was hoping for when this whole thing started.
Claire says:
Do you still keep in touch with Heather Marty?
I admire you for your support of your friend during this difficult time.
I’ve actually seen Heather at lots of events in the past with Chuck and she has always been very friendly and sweet. I feel bad that is seems like she has been replaced by a younger version. It’s actually eerie how similiar Julianne is starting to look like Heather.
But looks would be the only thing about Julianne and Heather that are similiar because Julianne can’t seem to keep her mouth shut no matter who she hurts or disrespects while Heather has taken the high road. I’m with Jessica — I would love to hear Heather’s side of the story.
I think that both exes are lucky to have gotten rid of these two self-centered manipulative cheats. It might not feel like it now but in the long run they will be thankful because they will get the last laugh.
Bella says:
Just think if Heather and Zack did an interview together! Now that would be an exclusive. It is a melodrama indeed. I think Julianne and Chuck are good singers and could do well in country music. But all of this personal stuff being revealed seems excessive. I wish they would focus more on their music.
Bella says:
Amen to that Marty. Same goes for Zack. There’s a new interview today with more details about Chuck and Julianne and him helping her to recover. Seems like there’s new info out there every week.
Wonder if Zack asked her not to talk about the relationship or personal details when they were together, especially at the end. Makes sense since the Apolo\Julianne shippers were keeping track of his every move and using their supposed “CSI” skills to “analyze” the relationship. She was very private about her personal life during this time. Oh wait, except for the occassional comment about who she thought was Hot! Zack, you are so better off, dude.
Anyone who wonders what Zack looks like, there is a great video on Youtube that someone made about his time on Dance Wars. The username that produced it is ZackWilsonVideos. No, that’s not me, I just came across it today. He’s an awesome dancer and has a great voice. Just don’t hate on him, he’s had enough of that from the shippers to last 5 lifetimes.
James says:
Geez! I posted a comment that had a link to the Youtube video about Zack and it was deleted, which I thought might happen since I don’t think we can post links.
So I reposted the comment without the link but was trying to respond to Bella. I accidentally put her name in the name spot instead of mine, but used my correct email. Just realized my error. Sorry about that Bella. So the post that says it’s from Bella at 6:40 today is actually from me.
To respond to Bella, I was going to add that an interview with Heather and Zack would be very interesting indeed.
James says:
This is really weird. I just looked and my original post with the youtube link is now there. Sorry about any confusion. It says it is “awaiting moderation”. So it still may get deleted.
Nina says:
Some guy from Nashville named Lee posted this on Julianne’s Myspace yesterday, “Hey Julianne! Great seeing you today out & about! Thanks for the chat and it was good to see you again! Thanks so much and have a great day!!”
So much for still resting or planning on helping her dance partner. I guess instead of practicing with Cody, Julianne feels as though she is above the show that made her famous. Aren’t the Pros on DWTS supposed to be available for their Celebrity partners?
Nina says:
One more thing. Thank you Marty for sticking up for Heather. I used to see her at Chuck’s concerts and she is a very lovely lady. I commend her for taking the high road.
James says:
Now the post with the link is gone. If I type in “Youtube Zack Wilson From Dance War” using google it will bring it up.
That’s really low that some media outlet would use a statement Julianne said about watching videos in bed with her mom, dog and Chuck and spin it into she gets to spend more time in bed with Chuck. That is classless! No matter how I feel about all the interviews she gives, that’s taking it to a new level.
Meri says:
Where did Marty’s post go?
Nina says:
Well said Jennifer! I didn’t find your comment to be offensive at all. You are right about choosing the words role model, honesty and virgin.
Lots of young girls looked up to Julianne as a role model because of that CosmoGirl interview she gave several months ago. Julianne stated that she was a virgin. She said she wants “to be with that special person … and [waiting to have sex] will strengthen that relationship. I’m not trying to preach consequences here, but I think when you say no, down the line it will be a better decision.”
But lo’ and behold only 3 months later she snatches Chuck Wicks away from his sweet girlfriend of 4 years. Miss Hough is proud of it and brags about it constantly.
I bet there are alot of young girls who are now disillusioned when it comes to Julianne. Lots of girls who bought her CD, attended her concert, read that CosmoGirl article and watched DWTS are probably just heartbroken because they were all lied too.
This is not the sweet, innocent, honest, humble and charming girl who danced with Apolo Ohno during DWTS4 - that’s for sure.
Meri says:
I miss the sweet, humble Julianne too Nina. Something seems so wrong with this picture. Based on Julianne & Chuck’s timeline, they began dating in June. But I know that he was dating Heather in June. I just can’t see Julianne ever going after another gal’s man. She has never struck me as either man-hungry or a cheater. Yet this is how she is coming across to her fans.
Jennifer says:
Be careful what you say people. The censors are out in full force protecting Julianne & Chuck. I know of at least 5 comments that have disappeared including two of mine. I just wish CMT would just come clean and tell us that they only want us to post positive comments and that negative comments will be censored. It would really make everything so much easier. It’s just sad because the posters might have been unhappy but they were also speaking the truth. Sometimes the truth hurts but I guess that doesn’t matter when you are talking about Julianne.
Annette says:
Hey, my post was deleted. I got a post censored!! Wow!!
All these long posts about shippers are so amusing - I really enjoy reading them. They are not even part of this equation. This is a blog for country music fans. I just wish people would stick with the story - Julianne and Chuck Wicks. Chuck Wicks is one lucky fella and he knows why. Julianne told everyone about it in her interview with People magazine.
Only me - you are also very self-righteous and hypocritical. You have outted yourself. Your lust is disgusting for a woman.
justin says:
Being a guy I would be lying if I didn’t admit that the main reason I like Julianne is because she’s hot. Her dancing is fantastic too and she has a good voice too. But, yeah. If she didn’t look like that I probably wouldn’t have ever noticed her.
I’ve read all the comments here and some are pretty harsh but if some of the things are true about exactly when Julianne and Chuck started seeing each other then it certainly is an eyebrow raiser. I’m not sure I even understand why this whole dating thing was ever put out in public. I can’t think of one celebrity, singer or not, who has ever allowed the media to know their personal business. Makes me wonder if there isn’t a bit of a publicity thing behind it. I don’t know much about Chuck except he had that one hit song a while back. I can’t help but wonder about him though since I saw a picture of his former girlfriend and she looks like an older version of Julianne. Out with the old, in with the new?
oh, and Only me, whoever you are, I’m not sure you should be calling anyone a hypocrite. When I read your post I looked up that website you named and found that you must register to even see the forum there so that means you are a member there and you got a lot of nerve coming here to complain. As for harsh comments about Julianne, have you read the things that have been said here? Um, I’d say they are very critical and accusatory. You obviously have an axe to grind. Otherwise you wouldn’t have blatantly named the website. Sour grapes?
Lara says:
Justin said, “I can’t help but wonder about him though since I saw a picture of his former girlfriend and she looks like an older version of Julianne. Out with the old, in with the new?”
Exactly. What Julianne may not realize just yet, at her tender age, is that there will always be a younger, cuter version of “you” out there. A guy who is willing to this once will generally be willing to do it again. She’d be wise to keep a wary eye.
Joann says:
If you look at pictures of Chuck and Zack side by side, they look like long lost twins. So it’s not just Chuck who found a different version of Heather, Julianne found someone who looks like Zack and who already had a career in this business. The youtube video of Zack that is mentioned above gives you an dea of what he looks like.
I have to admit the resemblence between the two exes and Julianne and Chuck are incredibly similar. If Julianne and Chuck are happy, good for them. Given the timelines and the fact that Zack’s friend told Fox News that Julianne dump him for Chuck and Heather was seen at concerts in June, I personally would have never been this public about a new relationship.
Now, with all the fan comments being made, and if it is true that some radio stations won’t play Julianne’s music but joke about her personal life, I think Julianne and Chuck would be careful about offering more personal details until things die down. I’m surprised by the disregard to their exes feelings.
It’s one thing to be considerate if you broke up with someone and there was no 3rd party involved, and you give the new relationship time without broadcasting it. It’s another thing when the exes are reeling from the breakup and they have to hear about your new relationship from friends, family, etc.
It’s a whole other element to have the relationship play out in public with Julianne and Chuck choosing to put it out there. This isn’t a case of the media making up rumors to keep their names out there, this is one or the other of them gushing to the media many times. Add to this, making references about your new love and how you know it’s real, etc. that seem to be taking a potshot at someone from your past. To me, it seems incredibly insensitive - especially to Zack.
Jennifer says:
I’m not convinced either Allie. Everything is just too “perfect” to be real. Have you noticed how something big happens with Julianne & Chuck right when they are trying to promote themselves for something? I think that all of Julianne’s major events (the release of her CD, the premier of her video, etc.) all tie into major dates with her popular TV show. The thing that bothers me is that Julianne obviously doesn’t want to be on that show and has tried very hard to distance herself from dancing so that the country music fans will think she is a legimate singer. Yet DWTS is okay when she needs to use them to promote herself. For me that is hypocritical and just makes Julianne look bad.
Right now Julianne is showing herself to be totally unprofessional while she runs off to Nashville and ignores her obligation to her partner on the dancing show. Even if she can’t dance, she could be offering moral support but I guess that is too much to ask of the Julianne we see now.
And be careful Joann. I made the same observation about Chuck being an older Zack and Julianne looking like a younger Heather and the censors deleted my post. But don’t worry I have copied your comment so even if it disappears your voice will still have been heard.
Brian says:
I tend to agree with everyone above me who believes that this whole Chuck/Julianne thing is one big publicity stunt. However I think that the PR people have definitely miscalculated how the country fans were going to react expecially for Julianne.
I listen to country music stations all the time and I have NEVER heard Julianne’s song on the radio. Not once. At least I heard her last song a couple of times but this new song is a dud on the radio. The only mention they make of Julianne is to joke about her and make lewd comments about the nature of her relationship with Chuck.
It’s disgusting to hear what they are saying about Julianne and what they are implying. I can’t even imagine what her parent must be thinking when they hear these type of things being said about their “little girl”. Her father must be mortified.
I just want this whole thing to go away since it is tainting country music. Unfortunately for that to happen Chuck & Julianne are going to have to keep their mouths shut and I just don’t see that happening anytime soon.
allie says:
I’m a Chuck fan first. I saw him on the show Nashville and I really liked him. I got to see him perform 2x after Stealing Cinderella came out. I remember hearing all about how he wrote that song, Heather was the inspiration for it. In my eyes, they seemed like a great match. They are both 29 years old, college educated, low-key, similiar interests and etc…
I’m not as familiar with Julianne Hough. I don’t watch Dancing with the Stars. I did hear her first song played on the radio and thought it was - meh. I only read the April 2008 CosmoGirl article after I heard that she hooked up with Chuck. When I read that this girl stated that she was a virgin and a practicing Mormon, I was like. “He cheated on Heather with this girl? This has to be a publicity stunt.”
In my opinion it just seems so over the top.
Once again, going back to the original question on this blog: Is Chuck Wicks Stealing Julianne Hough?
I still vote NO!
Nancy says:
I don’t think it is a publicity stunt at all. I think they really are in love, they just haven’t handled all of the publicity in a good way. I don’t think either Chuck or Julianne would go along with this being only a “showmance”. Why hurt the exes like they have intentionally or unintentionally if it isn’t real?
I think celebrities know better than to play with the media like that. I see that country fans aren’t upset about the relationship, but by the possibility of either of them cheating and how the constant exposure is unfair to the exes.
I think Julianne is still a virgin. Just because she tried to clarify her answer, she didn’t deny being one. I think they are both really in love. No one could have predicted how this whole thing could have played out. I’m sure they didn’t think they would get this much negative publicity.
Angie L. says:
You reap what you sow and eventually this will come back and bite Julianne big time because what goes around comes around and pay backs are a b*tch.
allie says:
I appreciate your thoughts Nancy. However, I disagree with you. There is something here that isn’t ringing true to me. Regardless of what everyone is saying, I just can’t believe that Chuck would ever cheat on Heather with a girl practically 10 years younger than him.
I certainly may be wrong on this, but once again, going back to the original question on this blog: Is Chuck Wicks Stealing Julianne Hough?
I still vote NO!
Cassie says:
Allie - earlier you said that Chuck had more in common with Heather than he does with Julianne. Unfortunately it looks like the one thing that Heather didn’t have was the name recognition and celebrity that Julianne has. So even though Heather might be a better match, Julianne can help his career more. That’s an ugly thing to think but that’s what it looks like right now.
I was always under the assumption that Chucks fans really liked Heather. Since you are such a huge fan, is that true? And if it is true, how are all of those fans feeling now that he looks like he has cheated and dumped Heather to hook up with Julianne? Do they resent Julianne since Chuck has made it seem like she is the one who pursued him before the tour?
I just don’t see this great love connection between Chuck & Julianne. They just don’t look or act like two people “crazy for each other”. Crazy maybe but not crazy in love. Every time I hear something from Julianne it is almost like she is trying so hard to convince everyone but maybe she is really just trying to convince herself. That is why I think this is just a publicity stunt and who knows how much further they will take this in order to really make a name for themselves. I shudder to think of what they will do next in this soap opera to shock the fans.
Kendra says:
Put me in the column of people who think this whole thing is a scam on the fans in order to give two non-stars more publicity. And it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they have planned some grand gesture of their “love” right in the middle of the CMA Awards. What better way to really get publicity while having the added bonus of humiliating the exes and deceiving the fans all at the same time. I bet Julianne is calling People magazine right now.
Jackson says:
Kendra - Even though I do think most of this stuff between Julianne and Chuck is for appearances, I just can’t see Julianne going along with any grand gesture. I know that some people above me talked about an engagement rumor but Julianne & Chuck haven’t even known each other that long and he just came out of a long term relationship. If anything like that were to happen then I would definitely think that this whole romance is the handy work of some very creative PR people.
I still have to believe that Julianne has not changed that much and that she has not totally forgotten the values and morals she was brought up with. I think her honesty over her illness is a good start and hopefully she will stand up more and not allow herself to be manipulated into continuing this ridiculous showmance since she is the one who is really getting most of the criticism. Radio stations don’t play her songs, her dancing fanbase is unhappy, and the country music fans haven’t accepted her because her management has made her come off looking like a fake and that is unacceptable in country music. So the sooner she becomes Julianne Hough instead of Julianne & Chuck the better off she will be. I just hope it’s sooner rather than later when there might be too much damage done to her reputation for her to recovery.
Nancy says:
So are those of you who are saying their relationship is a publicity stunt or “showmance” saying that Heather knew all about it and that playing the songs and putting her mood as betrayed on MySpace are just part of all of it? What Zack playing the song he played?
What about both exes removing pictures of either Julianne or Chuck and removing them from their friends list? Heather and Zack were extremely hurt. Was Zack going to Thailand to get away from it all just a ploy?
I know there are people who watched DWTS and thought they saw Julianne in love with someone she has emphatically denied she even dated. Trying to compare this relationship with Chuck and the way they act to something that is really more of a fantasy, we’ll comparing Julianne and anyone to a fantasy will always come up short. To me, Julianne and Chuck look and act like they are in love. I admit they are too public about things for my taste, but I think all of it’s is genuine. Heather and Zack were hurt, period.
James says:
Great post Nancy. I agree. Implying any of this is a publicity stunt is ignoring the impact it had on the exes. Zack already had people doubting he was her boyfriend in the past. No one involved in this (Julianne, Chuck, Heather, Zack) need people negating their true feelings.
It’s important to remember that saying this is all a ploy totally ignores Zack and Heather’s experience.
ITA, Julianne and Chuck are in love. People would take them more seriously if they were respectful of their exes and toned down the publicity. Well, most people would.
Elle says:
Interesting comments here everyone. It’s occured to me though that these publicity seeking celebs and their PR people thrive on all kinds of attention, positive or negative. As long as your talking about them that’s all that matters. Look at all the comments still generated on this blog that was written months ago. They must be thrilled with all the hits it’s getting on a daily basis. That, in itself, constitutes popularity in the showbiz world. Even if all the commments are negative, people still feel passionate enough to make the effort to comment. Maybe if we show disinteret and don’t feed into their need for attention more of a message will be sent. Just a thought.
Mike K says:
Elle you hit the nail on the head! You are correct; publicity seeking celebs and their PR people love this kind of attention. Whether it be positive or negative comments, your talk is what matters most. If hits constitute popularity, in my opinion Julianne Hough is doing very well. Let’s see: her mom has a blog dedicated to her, Julianne has a fancast blog, an official website, 2 MySpace pages, at least 2 or 3 very, very active websites dedicated to her and her first dance partner. I would imagine since quite a few of those members post here, that those message boards generate many, many hits. This place gets quite a bit of traffic along with some other message boards. I would say all in all, Julianne’s online traffic is probably pretty impressive. I think her PR people are probably jumping for joy.
Come to think of it, even the Speedskater benfits from those hits. (I hope he remembers to send one of his best friends a bottle of Champagne after the 2010 Olympics, afterall it’s because of her public romances to others that still generate hits for him. It keeps his name out there, yet he doesn’t have to say anything. That’s a rather sweet deal for the Prince of Seattle).
Regarding her public romance with Chuck. She is a grown woman who moved away from home at the age of 10. She’s not naive. Did they hurt Heather and Zack? Who really knows? Neither Heather or Zack are trash talking, so take that for what it’s worth. The bottom line - whether it is real or not, does it really matter? Chuck and Julianne say that they are in love. This is a public blog, so state your opinion if you like.
Or you could do what Elle suggested, “Maybe if we show disinteret and don’t feed into their need for attention more of a message will be sent.”
SuzieQ says:
I was a fan of Chuck’s and have gone to several of his shows and even met Heather. This whole episode is disgusting and I have lost total respect for him and his actions. You can also add Brad Paisley into that mix since even his “joking” has continued this myth and I really thought he was above that kind of sophomoric behavior but apparently not. I never really had any respect for Julianne since to me she is really only a dancer trying to “play” country music singer. Her history with her dance partners preceded her so I wasn’t surprised in the least that she would pull this kind of stunt. Now why Chuck fell for it or went along with it, I don’t think we’ll ever know.
And lastly I have lost all respect for CMT which I’m sure will get this comment deleted. Trying to censor comments from fans that are not positive toward these two people that appear to have cheated in order to hookup is disturbing. Why are we trying to protect Chuck & Julianne at the expense of taking away the fans right to free speech? Maybe it is not CMT but rather the country music PR that want to make everyone think that this is the next “golden couple”. Good luck with that but it isn’t working. Julianne’s music isn’t played on the radio, her pre-show is hardly being carried on any of the ABC stations, and Chuck & Julianne are like some punch line to a horrible joke.
So I agree with both Mike and Elle. Showing disinterest is the best way to go and what would really hit this media hungry pair where it hurts the most. I’m going to have no more to say on this subject.
Alicia says:
Just a quick update Zack has removed all the pictures of Julianne from his MySpace page.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
I just received a link to this blog from a friend through an email. She said that I might want to take a look. After reading many of your comments, I felt compelled to say something in support of Zack. I don’t know Heather, but feel sad for her, the pain she must be experiencing also.
I am so disappointed in both Chuck and Julianne, and their heartless approach to their “new love”. Juliane wouldn’t know what love is if it smacked her in the face. She lives in a fantasy world full of perfect sparkles, and someday she is going to wake up and see what a fraud she has been, and how many hearts she has broken along the way. All the fame in the world can’t make up for her lack of integrity. She speaks out of both sides of her mouth! She protrays herself as a down to earth, hometown girl with morals. We all are just laughing at some of the things that she says, and lives contrary to what she is saying!?
She is a girl that was too young and not grounded enough to handle the fame that came so fast. She has used people right and left..including us, her friends. She wonders why we are phasing out of her life…we are tired of being used. We are tired of watching her continue to do such distructive things that hurt so many people around her.
I have known both Julianne and Zack personally for many years. And have loved them both. I watched them fall in love, and get engaged. For Zack it was very real and he was ALL in. He sacrificed alot for her, and would have done anything for her as any one of their friends would agree with. He would have put aside everything to be there to help her through her surgery, so her comment about how nice it is to have someone who is there for your because they want to be not because they had to be…was cruel. Zack was the giver in the relationship, and Julianne was a taker. Why does she keep saying things that are obviously jabs at Zack? Is she completely heartless? He has done nothing but love her.
Zack loved Juliane long before she had any stardom…so he had nothing to gain but love when he asked her to marry him. She was so excited and led everyone to believe that it was going to be wonderful. What became very clear after the spotlight hit, was that Juliannes first love was Julianne. Zack was still supportive and so good to her. Then she started cheating on him with different celebrities which will remain nameless except for her last conquest..Chuck. And yes it was while both Chuck and Julanne were in their longterm relationships.
That was all Zack needed to let Julianne know that he deserved more, and that she was living beneath who he believed she really was. He was right. She has been living a lie for so long that all of us..(friends of both Zack and Julianne) were relieved when Zack finally backed out of the relationship.
We love both of them, but were tired of watching Julianne cheat and sneak behind Zacks back. While he did nothing but be loving and supportive. She needs a good dose of reality. If Julianne wants to do all the stupid things that she is doing…fine, but at least be honest about it. Have some integrity. Quit pretending that she is one way, and living a completely different way.
So, to answer the question, “Is Chuck Wicks stealing Julianne”? I think that they have stolen each other, What a fairytale beginning.. lol! It doesn’t matter how cute or talented they are, you have to have a heart for people to really love you. So I agree with many of you…They are in love with themselves, and will use anyone, and anything to further their own agendas.
Chuck can’t even hold a candle to Zack. Zack is a man of kindness, gentleness and integrity. He still has never said anything unkind about Julianne even after all she has put him through. He just reminds us that she will find her way. Lets hope so, because right now it is hard watching her sell herself so cheaply.
Zack and Heather, you lucked out. True colors arent always pretty, but they are a tell all. Thank heavens Julianne and Chuck’s true colors have been revealed. You are both better off.
CJ says:
I’mjustsayin’, I applaud you for posting. Just so you know, some of the posts here are being deleted. So copy your post and then you can repost it. I don’t know if the CMT board is deleting some posts or if the blog is accidentally doing it. Only a few have been deleted since the article first appeared.
What you say rings so true for those of us who have seen it play out. I think so highly of Zack and have always thought he and Heather were treated so badly, not just by the cheating but by the way Julianne and Chuck are going out of their way to rub salt in open wounds. Who Julianne is being now really is the true Julianne. I’m thinking the Julianne Zack saw was someone who wanted to be the way he thought she was, but she didn’t want someone who couldn’t benefit her career.
I don’t think Julianne’s upbringing was all that great as far as role models are concerned. The Ballas probably taught her incredibly discipline, dancing skills and choreography, performing skills and how to be “on” for the audience. Julianne probably didn’t have people who gave her grounding and taught her self love. Her Dad seems to try and help her now although she may rebel against his advice. I always saw Zack as someone who was trying to provide calmness and grounding for her and saw what she was lacking as far as stability. He seemd to provide that for her. No one gives him enough credit for being there for her and loving her unconditionally.
You may want to tell Zack that he has fans around the internet. The Vizu site (yes, the one that originally crucified him under the article about her and her first partner) has fans of Zack that post there. That site has become a hodge podge of people who are anti-shippers. Some great posts have been written about Zack in the last couple of months. If he or someone he knows can shift through all of it to find the gems. Maybe as a friend, you could cut and paste the great things said about him. Many people (even some shippers) have seen how he is handling all this by being a true gentleman and taking the upper road.
Tell him he definitely has fans out there who will support him if he decides to go for a career in the Entertainment Business. Any girl would be lucky to have him.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
Thanks, CJ…I don’t know the first thing about blogging…so I wouldn’t even know how to cut and paste any of the good things said about Zack, or how to even copy my comments. This is my first experience with it. However, I am not worried about Zack. He is a very positive person by nature, and always sees the glass half full. He is moving on, and seems to be very happy in his life. He is truly an amazing person. There is not a mean bone in his body.
Julianne on the other hand, (who I have known and loved for years) is who I worry about. She is very immature, and both she and Chuck have been very cruel to say some of the things that they have said, knowingly hurting their ex’s. The people who really know all of the people involved, are really the only ones who know the truth. The media will do whatever it takes to get the publicity that it needs. But in the end, truth will always win. One day, Julianne will be alone because she has used and abused everyone in her world, and then maybe she can look at herself in the mirror and begin to see what she has done. Right now…she is taking and using what ever she needs to get what she wants. But there will come a time when she will have to ask herself the question, “Was it worth the price?”. Then maybe she can grow up and have a healthy relationship. Until then…she is like a ship without a rudder. Going whichever way the wind blows. Letting the media use her for their gain. Letting Chuck use her for his gain…and visa versa. It’s a pretty sad commentary on our society that this is acceptable behavior.
How can anyone call what they are doing “cute”, or right in any way? And to compare them to Tim McGraw and Faith Hill was ridiculous. If no one had ever seen Julianne dance, they would have never heard her sing. Bottom line. She has a nice voice, but the next Faith Hill or Carrie Underwood?…Not even close. Don’t get me wrong, she definitely has talent, but who would have looked at her if she had not already become a national figure through her dancing? (which by the way, I think that she and her brother are two of the greatest dancers in the world) I don’t think so. Blonde country singers are a dime a dozen, and I just hope she sticks to her day job.
Kaitlyn says:
Very interesting…I literally just posted here and mysteriously it’s gone already so here it is again…
“Come to think of it, even the Speedskater benfits from those hits. (I hope he remembers to send one of his best friends a bottle of Champagne after the 2010 Olympics, afterall it’s because of her public romances to others that still generate hits for him. It keeps his name out there, yet he doesn’t have to say anything. That’s a rather sweet deal for the Prince of Seattle).”
First of all Apolo Ohno doesn’t need Julianne and her boyfriend’s lowlife escapades to help keep his name out there…he has his own fanbase and he was smart enough to distance himself from her and her nonsense a long time ago. Good for him.
Those people who think they truly are a couple in love, yes they are a couple in love with what their deception has given them…keeping their names in magazines and on the internet. BTW, the new People magazine came out…Julianne is again telling the magazine that called her a ‘homewrecker’ about her and Chuck’s nauseating relationship. She also said that she’s on birth control pills because of her surgery…how convenient for Chuck that she gets to supply the birth control for them under the guise of it being for medical purposes. I shudder to think what other details they’re going to “share” with us. Talk about two people who deserve each other.
CJ says:
I’mjustsayin’. I copied your 2 posts and my that is in between in case they get deleted. Is it ok with you if I post them again if they get deleted?
Could you tell Zack or someone he knows to check out the posts at Vizu? I know it is the place that was so cruel to him. Some of his fans have tried to redeem the place by writing positive things. There are still weird posts made by some not quite balanced people, but here are there are well thought out posts about him and what he has possibly gone through. It’s the site with the article by Vizu wondering if Julianne will fall for Apolo written in Season 4. Some people have been right on with how it played out. Zack calling the last shot and walking away after going through so much not only from Julianne but from the shippers.
I am so grateful that Zack is doing ok. Most people wouldn’t be able to pick themselves up and be positive after going through what the shippers and Julianne did to him. I know you don’t want to share too much personal info about Zack. I and others have always wondered one thing. How did he feel about all the things the shippers said about him during his relationship with Julianne? How did he deal with it? Some of us have never seen so much hatred aimed at one person.
I’m sorry it is hard as a friend to see Julianne do what she is doing. I think she will start facing the music as she sees how her country fans are viewing her. The truth really does always prevail. People have been defending Zack at various places on the internet, even a few posts on DWTS message board a couple of months ago.
Sacrificing who you are for fame is never worth it. Julianne and Chuck are talented but do need to see what they are doing to others to get where they want to be.
CJ says:
I’mjustsayin’: On second thought, if Zack has never visited this Vizu site before, there were some really nasty things said about him in the beginning as responses to the article, so I would hate for him to read the things up until July or August of this year. But around that time and especially in the last few months, there are posts with evidence that people care about him. It takes a long time to load this article and associated blog because it is os long.
Again, thanks for the insight into what is really happening.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
CJ..What are shippers? lol! Obviously I am new to all of this. What I do know is that Zack stayed off the message boards after the first few messages that were so hurtful. I think that he realized that it really didn’t matter what other people were saying…he knew the truth. He has never been caught up in reading about himself.
CJ says:
Shippers are people who wanted Apolo and Julianne to be together. They devoted websites to them and ran Zack down believing he was never her boyfriend. Good for him for staying away from the message boards. My respect for him increases with everything you say. People have always believed he was an incredibly talented and compassionate person that Julianne took for granted way too much. I guess just pass on to him that people adore him and think he was way too good for her.
nashgirl says:
I’mjustsayin’…Great post. Thank you for the inside information and your thoughts. Zack has always seemed like a class act to me but that just confirms it. I hope he finds the true hapiness he deserves as well as Chuck’s ex, Heather. Chuck and Julianne however disgust me with their actions. It seems like they are just living for the moment with no consideration for others.
James says:
Just wanted to add that I too have amazing respect for Zack. He deserves someone who is loyal and realizes how great he is. Seems like he has many female admirers from his time on Dance War. I wish him tons of good luck because who knows how long Julianne will continue to take potshots at him through the media? He can be assured people are seeing through it and realize it is completely unnecessary to make all the comments she continues to make.
Her interviews of late aren’t just about giving an update. She appears to be deliberately and excessively rubbing it in Zack’s face (secondhandedly hurting Heather in the process). Hopefully Zack will realize it goes to show that she is the one really hurting by him walking away, she can’t seem to let go.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
Thanks! Nashgirl,James and CJ:
This has been an eye opening experience for me. I think the real point that we all need to focus on is, how each of our choices affect those around us…especially those that we love and who love us in return.
Julianne and Chuck could have chosen to keep their romance private, and then we wouldn’t even be having these discussions. Zack and Heather could have been given the dignity to deal with their losses in private, and not splattered all over the media almost daily.
This is the most pathetic part of what Julianne and Chuck have created. It speaks volumes of their selfish motives, and lack of concern for all of the people that their choice to flaunt their affair has affected. Has our society stooped to such lows that this has become “entertaining to us”?
There are celebrities out there who maintain a respectable amount of privacy about their personal lives. These are the people who are the examples of how to live in this crazy entertainment business, and not allow it to change them. They must have a greater sense of who they are without needing the media validating that they are “someone special” all the time. I wish that Chuck and Julianne would take notes on those couples. They might have to do some research…because they are not in all the papers and magazines! These are the people that we respect and admire.
Just because a celebrity makes it into a magazine, or in an article or on the internet…does not make them any more special than who they already are. If at the end of the day they can’t look at themselves in the mirror and know that they are special wether they were in all the tabloids or papers or not, then how sad for them.
However, those celebrities that seek after these things (like the above mentioned) become more and more pathetic. It is all an illusion, and when the articles stop, and the pictures are gone…they are left only with who they really are… and if who they really are hasn’t lived ’special’ then all of the articles and pictures etc. don’t really matter.
I don’t know much about Chuck, but what I do know has not impressed me. However, I do know Julianne, and feel sad about how much she has changed. She use to just sparkle even without the sequins and makeup. Where is the sparkle now? Maybe it is only apparent to those who new her personally..I just miss her sparkle. I hope she can remember that it isn’t all the publicity that makes her special. She started out special…Be that girl–Julianne.
It doesn’t really matter now that Chuck and Julianne are together or that they have broken alot of hearts along their way…what does matter is what they choose to do from here on. I for one hope that they choose to live their lives with more sensitivity and integrity and more privacy. I hope that they are kind to each other and treat one another with greater respect than they have treated their former partners. If we can all learn from our mistakes then we are all the better for it…right?
I’mjustsayin’ says:
I don’t know how some of these messages are being deleated, but I have noticed that a couple have already been deleated. I don’t know how to copy my posts, but if anyone wants to copy and repost anything that I have written, I give you my permission.
CJ says:
I’mjustsayin’: It is weird how some of them stay and some of them are deleted. I am copying your posts and mine and if they are deleted, I will repost them. I can’t guarantee the ones I repost won’t be deleted, but I’ll try. I really haven’t seen rhyme or reason to the ones that disappear. Most of mine have stayed but I know some of them get deleted. Kendra’s got deleted and I think one of James’ responses to you.
I just wonder, and you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to. Is Zack still wanting to have a career in the Entertainment Business? I think he is talented enough to try for it. Again, thanks for your insight. It’s been great.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
CJ:
Zack is still very much interested in being involved in the entertainment business, but is not putting all of his eggs in one basket. He is continuing his education while auditioning for different things. From the last time I talked to him (within the last month) He said that he has had several offers, but he is wating for one that would fit his moral standards. (I just saw his video on youtube. key words zack wilson dance. It was awsome so spread the word!)
Zack is in the new High School Musical Movie, and has a few really good shots. He was hired by Kenny Ortega (after he won Dance War) to fill in for Zac Effron for a few weeks while Zac was finnishing up another project. They needed someone who could learn the dances quickly, and then teach them to Zac Effron when he returned. Then they decided that he was so amazing, that they wanted him to be in some of the production numbers. He had a blast, and He loved working with the amazing Kenny Ortega and is looking forward to working with him again.
In the mean time..he is attending school and loving it. It doesn’t matter what Zack does..he always works very hard at it. He really is one of all or our heros! I sound like I’m in love with him, but I am just a great admirer of him as a person.
Having had a taste of the entertainment business, and seeing how brutal it can be, and how people allow it to change them, Zack is approaching it very cautiously. He knows that it wouldn’t change him, because he is confident in who he is. I’m not saying that he doesn’t like the spotlight..he has been in it one way or another since he was a kid…but it isn’t what defines him. All of his friends admire that about him.
One of our friends that is also a friend of Julianne, was saying some negative things about her, and he stopped it immdiately. He wishes her nothing but the best. He has seen her under tremendous pressure in this industry, and he believes that she will have the best chance of surviving it if we all just focus on the good things that she is doing and not so much on the negative. She is young, and sometimes needs to listen better to the people who love her, and have her best interest at heart. If she would take a hard look she just might see what she is creating, but he believes she will figure it out. He hopes its sooner than later.
That is a little harder for me to do, but I really respect him for his defense of her even though she broke his heart.
Paul says:
I must say, Zack has an enormous amount of integrity. He really is a classy guy. If a girl did that to me, I can honestly say, I would not hestitate to tell the world my side of the story. I totally respect the man. I wish him all the best of success in whatever venue he chooses.
CJ says:
I’mjustsayin: Thanks for responding. It’s great that Zack is staying in the business while realizing you don’t have to change yourself in the process. He really is as amazing as you say. I think there are a lot of women and girls who fell in love with him while he was on Dance Wars. I agree with Paul, Zack is incredibly classy. I’m glad he is taking his time to choose projects that reflect who he really is. Kenny Ortega is amazing and wants to bring family values back to entertainment - so that’s a great resource for Zack in the future.
I think there are people who wouldn’t blame Zack if he gave his side of the story, but it shows unbelievable maturity for him to stand up for her even with friends who see all the wrong things she is doing. Not just to herself but to Zack.
I hope this hasn’t tainted his expectations of finding someone who will make him happy, someone who would never think of cheating on him because they would see what a class act he is. Many people watched Dance War not just because of his talent, but because his integrity and goodness really does shine through.
I think Julianne is testing the waters in all areas of her life and trying to find herself. If she doesn’t completely lose faith in what is really important, she will eventually find her way. I think it may take longer because she has had so much fame so young and has had an incredible amount of media exposure either from the media seeking her out or her and Chuck giving out personal information.
It must be so hard for Zack (and Heather) to hear the daily radio and print interviews or see her on the media shows. Even tougher to watch DWTS.
Dee says:
Forgive me for being a bit skeptical, but I usually take posts that claim to be by a celebrity ”friend ” on a public forum with a grain of salt. What also makes me suspicious of I’mjustsayin’ and her posts are that they are similar in tone to what has been posted at that Visuble sight that was linked here. There is a small group of those of the Mormon faith that are supporters of Zack who are going around to certain forums and trying to elict sympathy for Zack and vaugely paint his side of the story. I don’t believe these people really have any inside infornation, just speculation that has already been bantered about in some instances elsewhere. I think there is natural sympathy already for Zack that stems back from when Julianne broke her engagemnet in the first place.
Zack isn’t a celebrity and the fact that he has chosen not to speak out leads me to believe that he would prefer people who claim to be ”friends” not do so either. I’m sure he’s trying to get on with his life without being mentioned in this whole mess.
I apologize if my assumptions about this poster ”I’mjust sayin”’ are incorrect. But after years of visiting forums on the net a pattern is easily recognized when posters make certain claims that don’t seem entirely authentic. Although I appreciate she wants to speak up for someone she admires. It could be done in a different manner.
CJ says:
Dee, I’m not LDS so I don’t know how you would think any supporter of Zack’s would automatically be a Mormon. Fans are fans, period. I understand there can be skepticism when people who know celebrities post, but that doesn’t mean I’mjustsayin’ isn’t a friend who is reaching out. I’m been to some of the forums and I know people who have posted. I’ve only posted on country forums.
Not one of my friends who has ever posted about Julianne or Zack at any forums is a Mormon. Empathy for Zack and Heather goes beyond broken engagements. It is because of confirmed cheating and the massive publicity surrounding Chuck and Julianne.
I tend to disagree with the fact that Zack isn’t a celebrity. The shippers with their constant mention of him and obsession with his every movement when he was with Julianne put him in that status. Additoinally, he was on a national reality show.
Country fans have wanted to know more about him and Heather to be able to fairly judge this situation with Chuck and Julianne. We want to be fans of theirs but are scratching our heads from all the comments and constant media attention surrouunding them.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
Dee:
I can understand your skepticism. To be honest, I have never even been on any other sights. This was my first. The only reason I got on this one was because of an email someone had sent me saying that I may want to read some of the messages here.
I was really touched by many of the messages in support of both Zack and Heather. I don’t know Heather, but am very close to Zack…and have a vested interest in him. I have watched first hand the good and the hard things he has gone through. I would love to just put the WHOLE story straight, but you are right about Zack..he wouldn’t want that. So maybe this was a bit selfish of me.
It is hard to watch people you love hurt so much, and then to have Julianne be so heartless and just flaunt this new relationship that she had begun before there was closure to her relationship with Zack… has just infuriated me.
I know and love Julianne too, but she has shown nothing but selfishness and self centeredness through this whole ordeal, and I am very disappointed in her. Both she and Chuck could have handled it with so much more class.
So, I appologize if this was not the right forum to handle my frustrations. I saw an opportunity to share some of the heartache that those of us around Zack have experienced, and watched him experience, and stand up for him in his behalf.
I know that Zack isn’t a celebrity, but he has been hurt by alot of the things that Julianne and Chuck are doing and saying right now. I appreciate that there are people who recognize that how Chuck and Julianne have handled their relationship has been hurtful to both Zack and Heather.
It was cathartic for me to be able to finally say a few of the things that I have wanted to say for a LONG time. I have no intention of becoming a permanent poster on this sight. I have said everything that I felt the need to say, and am grateful to everyone who has been sensitive to the feelings of both Zack and Heather.
As far as Chuck and Julianne go…I just wish they could show some class and restraint. This has been a problem for Julianne from the beginning, but I chalk that up to her being so young, and needing some guidance from a publicist or someone with experience, but Chuck should know better by now. Just because they are famous, doesn’t give them the right to publicly stomp on other peoples hearts.
CJ says:
I’mjustsayin’: I usually don’t post a lot here either but was touched by the comments you made. I and others have wondered a lot about Zack and how he is doing. Please don’t feel like you can’t continue to post here or other places in the future. Your posts are insightful and helpful. I don’t see you as being harsh with Julianne, just frustrated and concerned about both her and Zack.
The reason people here and other places are commenting on things is they are seeing the excessiveness of the comments and innuendos made by Chuck and Julianne. It’s one thing to say you’re dating someone and proud of them. It’s another to go out of your way to advertise it, over and over again, day after day. I really feel like Julianne is doing it to let Zack know she is unhappy about him being the one to finally break it off.
I think it has to do with her knowing on some level she let him get away and still cares about him. She must know she was crazy to let someone like him leave her. I also think it has to do with control issues, she was the one who was in control of blasting to the media about the broken engagement (I think while he was on tour and not in the country). There was no reason she couldn’t have waited to announce it until DWTS season was over.
That must have been extremely tough for him even if he knew she was going to break it off. She used the media then and people have criticized that. I’m sure she is used to getting her way with guys because of her looks, talent and bubbly personality. Maybe he was the first guy to take a stand with her.
She was in control of saying she was single while he was with her and supporting her from the background, and while she was commenting about who she thought was hot, or saying there was no one special in her life while he was silent and supportive. That has got to bite big time!
She was no longer in control when he ended it. So now, she has control of running him down publicly without mentioning names. How convenient since she didn’t acknowledge him as her boyfriend for the last part of their relationships so maybe she’s thinking only those who really knew they were together will get it. So many people know they were still together because of the Mexico pictures on the Internet.
What she and Chuck are doing isn’t fair and is tasteless. People are seeing that and getting it. She knows Zack would never stoop to her level even if she is trying to drag him through the mud publicly. So, she feels safe doing it and thinks he’s an easy target. It’s seems personal and she must not be over him.
As of that wasn’t enough to hurt him, it must twist Zack up to see how PUBLIC she is with Chuck (more than is normal) after Zack was in the background and never received this kind of support and adoration from her in public forums or places. Not that he was seeking it, but he was after all her boyfriend and she wasn’t acknowledging it. You’re right, she isn’t thinking about anyone but herself. Same goes for Chuck. She would only try to hurt Zack because she cares for him a lot. Enough that she isn’t thinking through her actions and their implications. Hopefully Zack knows better never to take her back.
I welcome your point of view anytime.
bootsie says:
I think that the Chuck - Heather relationship was waning at the start of the tour. In my opinion, the trip to Mexico was Julianne’s last ditch effort to fall back in love with Zack. Zack, on paper, is the perfect match for Julianne and she seems love him, her family seems to love him, they have the same faith, but the biggest stumbling block to continuing a relationship seems to be her feelings for him started turning platonic. Letting go of someone you almost married is quite difficult. I think it took a while for Julianne accept that she needed to let Zack go.
Bella says:
Thanks I’mjustsayin’ for your informative and insightful posts. I think the world of Zack too. It makes so much sense knowing that Zack is the one who broke up with Julianne. That is why she is acting out and gushing about Chuck. Not just to prove to Zack that she is “happy” but to possibly convince herself. Maybe someone needs to tell her enough already. Zack gets it, you’re dating Chuck and you’re proud of it. Could she want Zack to come running back and want to be with her and then turn around and reject him? Who knows. I think the video of Zack on YouTube is great. Hopefully that users makes more.
Bootsie: I think Mexico was Julianne’s swan song and was her chance to prove to Zack that she could be faithful. Obviously, she failed that test and he broke up with her. It took Zack a while to see HE needed to let her go.
Does anyone know how Heather is dealing with all of this?
After reading these comments from a friend of Julianne’s and Zack’s, I understand so much more about the huge publicity. Chuck is loving it and thinking Julianne is so in love with him. They both get publicity. Both Heather and Zack get to hear what they are missing out on!?!.
Nothing like putting the nail in in the coffin for the exes. It just goes to show that Julianne and Chuck are in a rebound relationship. Honestly, I hope they are as happy as they can be. They are a great match for loving the spotlight as much as they do.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
bootsie:
I could go into alot of detail and tell you the truth, but I won’t. However, I would like to clear a couple of your comments up. It was Zack who needed to let Julianne go, not visa versa. It took great courage to walk away after investing so much of his time, heart, and life into loving her. He worries because she is so naiive and vulnerable. Zack and Julianne may be members of the same church, but Julianne is choosing to do things contrary to its teachings. This was too important to him to compromise on and be with someone who couldn’t walk the walk with him. Bottom line, Julianne cheated on him several times, and he was true and faithful to her from the beginning to the end of the relationship. So he walked away with his integrity intact. For what ever reasons someone cheats…there is no excuse for it. Have some integrity, and break things off first. Letting go of someone is not wrong in and of itself, sometimes it is necessary…but at least have the decency to let go before you get with someone else. Then it is not cheating! That seems to be such a novel idea these days…especially in Hollywood/Nashville etc.
Justine says:
WOW! I haven’t been back here for a while. After catching up on the posts, all I can say is WOW! I agree with Bella, CJ and I’mjustsayin’. Julianne and Chuck are going out of their way to send a clear message how in love they are or think they are. Julianne is out to hurt Zack with her comments. It’s all falling into place about the huge media attention they are seeking. Kudos to Zack, Heather and their friends for staying quiet this long. I can understand why you want to explain things. I pretty much came to the conclusion a while ago that Julianne wasn’t really following the teachings of her church. I know she has said she struggled with modesty issues in the past, but it seems like it started getting worse towards the end of the relationship with Zack and even more so on the tour. Not that she dresses worse than any of the celebrities, just surprising for a practicing Mormon. Even some of her dancing moves seem different.
So true about cheating. Most people who cheat can’t be honest with themselves and therefore with the person they cheat on. They are looking for excitement, what they think is “love”, attention or testing the person they are with to prove their “love” for them by acting jealous. Zack doesn’t seem like the jealous type, possibly that prompted Julianne to act out to get him to respond. I can see her pushing him in many ways to change himself because she saw herself as becoming the celebrity and wanted him to change with her. And poor Heather, after Chuck wrote that song about her. Well, if people cheat on someone to be with their current lover, that lover has no guarantees it won’t happen again. In Julianne and Chuck’s case, they both should be on the lookout. I’mjustsayin’, stick around and jump in when you want to clear things up. Here’s wishing Chuck and Julianne get it and change their ways before they hurt each other.
Mike K says:
I’mjustsayin’, so when you are going to start trashing the Olympian?
Meri says:
Yeah, I’m with Mike. It sounds to me like I’mjustsayin’ wants to just start trashing all of the guys that Julianne supposedly cheated on Zack with. I mean why mention that she cheated on Zack with any celebrities in the first place. Since neither she nor these guys she supposedly dated have ever admitted to this so called cheating, why do you feel the need to open up a can of worms? Are you going to start with the first guy? It’s no secret that she went on a few dates with that guy from Entourage. Helio certainly made enough innuendos to apply that something may have happened between them. We know that he gave her gifts. So that eliminates them, they aren’t secrets. Who are these secret celebrities? Be careful how you answer that one I’mjustsayin’, there are eyes and ears here and your e-mail can be easily traced.
Mike K says:
Meri, Apolo & Julianne are only very good friends. If I’mjustsayin’ says or implies anything else, the poster is sadly mistaken. However I wouldn’t be surprised if I’mjustsayin’ starts trashing the Olympian. I’m disgusted at how this supposed friend is trashing Julianne. It sickens me.
If Zack has an ax to grind, let him do it himself. He was the one who was engaged to Julianne not I’mjustsayin’.
As I stated on Sunday, regarding her public romance with Chuck. She is a grown woman who moved away from home at the age of 10. She’s not naive. Did they hurt Heather and Zack? Who really knows? Neither Heather or Zack are trash talking, so take that for what it’s worth. The bottom line - whether this romance is real or not, does it really matter? Chuck and Julianne say that they are in love. This is a public blog, so state your opinion if you like.
Or you could do what Elle suggested, “Maybe if we show disinteret and don’t feed into their need for attention more of a message will be sent.”
I’mjustsayin’ says:
Mike K.and Meri:
I don’t want to ague with anyone. I am just hoping that Juliane and Chuck show a little more sensitivity and compassion, and quit throwing jabbing remarks at their ex’s. It is uncalled for, and is so not classy.
I don’t care who Julianne or Chuck date.. I just wish that they could have had the decency to break up with whom they were already in commited relationships with before flaunting their ‘new love’ publicly..I don’t think that is trashing anyone.
However, If anything I have said has been taken as “trashing on anyone”, then I appologize. That has never been my intention. I believe that I have put my point accross as honestly as possible. There are many hearts that have been broken by this careless couple.
I realize that there are many who will agree with me and many who will not. That’s okay. I know what the truth is.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
I forgot to say that I have great respect for Appollo. He Julianne and Zack many times, and was always honorable. There was no romantic relationship between them. Just really good friends.
KB says:
I’m sorry, but there is no way that Julianne cheated with Helio. So whoever stated that above is wrong. She looked like she could barely stand him. Also, I’d really like to know if Julianne cheated on Zack when he went to China. I don’t believe that Apolo & Julianne ever had a relationship, but she has never shown that much chemistry with anyone but him, not even Chuck. I’m not talking about dance chemistry either. I think Julianne & Chuck are definitely a rebound relatinship and I don’t see them lasting longer than a year. I’m not a shipper, but I do have eyes and know what I saw.
justin says:
I told myself to stay out of this but here I am again. I guess it’s curiosity. Yes, I like Julianne but as I’ve said before I don’t really care much if she’s singing or dancing. She’s just gorgeous. I did recently see her without the makeup and was shocked at how young she looked. Like a kid really. I know she’s 20 but damn she doesn’t look a day over 14 without all her makeup. This makes me wonder a little about Chuck though. It’s one thing for your girlfriend to look great all dressed up but I can’t help but wonder what goes through his mind when he looks at this very, very young looking girl sans makeup. To be honest here, there is no way I could date a girl who looked that young. I’d feel like I was robbing the cradle big time. It’s sort of weird. Also seeing her without her face and hair done I can completely see how immature she could be in her attitudes.
So I said I was curious. This is what I’m wondering about. Reading all these comments and I’ve seen similar ones on other blogs around, I’m wondering why one of the tabloids hasn’t picked up on this juicy story. The whole age difference thing, the supposed cheating on exes, the actions of Julianne lately being so not Mormon which is what she claims to be, and also the weird thing about Julianne and Chuck looking so much like their exes. It just seems that this would be just the kind of story the tabloids love to have. Of course that would give more publicity to Julianne and Chuck but maybe it would be a wake up call for both of them to see just how much they’ve damaged their reputations lately.
I don’t know. Just a random thought I had really.
CJ says:
I’mjustsayin’: I’m going to step in and say you may be surprised at some of the comments that start coming out. I believe you are courageous for stating what you know as a friend of Julianne and Zack.
You said earlier you didn’t know what a shipper was. Well, here’s a short education. Some of the responses seen here in the past and future may be from “shippers”. Apolo and Julianne had obsessive fans from DWTS Season 4 who thought they had a passionate affair and that Zack was supposed to leave Juliane’s life after the broken engagement and let Julianne and Apolo have what the shippers thought was the greatest romance in history. They thought Zack was hanging around all that time and Julianne didn’t want him in her life but was just being kind to him. It sounds weird, but the shippers do exist. I would put the name of one of the websites here, but we can’t provide links to another website on these posts. But if you do a search on “Apolo and Julianne” you may find what you’re looking for. Their 2 names together without an “and” is a big clue.
They are ardent, bordering on obsessive fans of Apolo who latched onto Julianne. There are websites devoted to these two. You have to be a registered user to access these websites but anyone can join. They have written fictional stories about Apolo and Julianne and how they believe she cheated on Zack to be with him. So your claims of cheating are probably feeding into their fantasy. I believe you when you say Apolo and Julianne never were involved romantically. These fans have devoted all their time and energy making YouTube videos and analyzing pictures, video of DWTS dances from Season 4 and the 2007 summer tour of Apolo and Julianne. It is somewhat disturbing.
They have discounted Zack being in her life from the time of the broken engagement up until Chuck. To feed into their denial of Zack’s importance in her life, they have criticized him in the past as being lazy, clingy, riding Julianne’s coattails, unable to hold a job and finish school. ANYTHING to support their fantasy and to dismiss Zack from their minds as her boyfriend at the time.
They have found pictures of Zack, Apolo and Julianne and analyzed their idea of chemistry between Apolo & Julianne to what they saw in their minds as not enough chemistry between Zack and Julianne. They still believe Apolo and Julianne will get together if he retires from Speed Skating in 2010. They see them married with babies. The fact that she didn’t publicly acknowledge Zack as her boyfriend after the broken engagement and that she said she was single only fed into their obsessive fantasy.
They visit this blog at times and defend Apolo. They can be fanatical. They have been in depression since Julianne was so public about Chuck. Some still think she is using Chuck as a coverup to hide a hidden relationship with Apolo. When you said Zack stopped reading the message boards in the beginning, I was relieved. He may not be aware of these fans who are now very upset at Julianne because she hasn’t lived up to their fantasy. Just a head’s up if you are confused by some of the comments. Stick to your guns and do what you feel is right. About tracing the email address, that’s very hard to do. You have to fill out the email address field to post here, but it doesn’t have to be a legit email address.
You have supporters who believe you are telling the truth.
CJ says:
I wanted to add. For those who think I’m attacking the shippers, I’m not. I’ve tried to stay objective through all of this and joined the Apolo\Julianne message board to understand the criticism of Zack. I’ve been shocked by some of the things I read judging Zack at that time.
I’mjustsayin’, the shippers aren’t focused on Zack anymore. They are now focused on being upset at Julianne and criticizing Chuck. If you ever have the need to join their message board to understand what I’m talking about, you do have to give a legitimate email address to join there. I never post anything and just “lurk” or observe so no one really cares about me or goes looking for my info. Your email address is only known to the message board admin and not published if you ever post there.
I hope I haven’t confused you. Most people who post on this CMT country message board are country fans who are trying to understand why Julianne and Chuck are being so public.
Sammy says:
I’mjustsayin’:
I appreciate your comments. Like CJ said, post what you feel when you feel. You have helped me understand all of this better. I wanted to know something. If you are uncomfortable ever provided any answers, no problem. So were Julianne and Zack together the whole time from the broken engagement to the time Zack broke up with her when she started cheating with Chuck? I believe they were.
Recently, there was a short article at Fox News online (around Oct 23) that quoted an insider as saying that Julianne dumped Zack for Chuck and that Zack was so upset he went to Thailand for 6 weeks so he wouldn’t have to hear about their relationship or their tour. That was pretty much all it said. Do you think that article is representative of how Julianne saw things happening? I just was curious if it was someone from her camp that initiated the article or if it was a concerned person who knew Zack. The only reason I ask is I wondered if Julianne or someone who wanted to support her public image supplied that info making it look like she broke up with Zack BEFORE she was with Chuck. Again, I understand if you don’t want to comment. You may not even know where it came from.
jenny says:
This blog is dedicated to Chuck & Julianne. It’s OK to talk about their exes, but seriously please stop bringing Apolo’s name up. I’mjustsayin (the insider who knows Zack & Julianne) said that Apolo and Julianne are just good friends. If you are a fan of Apolo Ohno - please just drop this stuff about he & Julianne. They never hooked up nor will they ever hook up.
Apolo has been back together with Allison Baver for quite awhile now. They are going to get married after the 2010 Olympics. It’s not a secret in the ST world. Anyone who claims otherwise is either a Shipper or just not in the know. Apolo is very well aware of the Shippers who attend his ST meets. He knows that they go back to their little shipper message boards and post lots of pictures and so-called reports. He certainly isn’t going to parade his relationship with Allison in front of them. She’s a nice girl who doesn’t deserve trashing from a bunch of people who are convinced that Julianne and Apolo are soul mates. They aren’t.
Apolo is honest, private, genuine and very loyal.
Can you honestly see him with Julianne?
Stick to the topic: Chuck & Julianne
Curtis says:
Justin, I think the reasons the tabloids haven’t picked up on any of it is that why Julianne may be a favorite of the Acess Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight producers, they only talk about things that attach her to DWTS. We only hear about her country connections during an actual DWTS season.
Who’s dating who in the country world just isn’t a big deal to the mainstream world. Chuck is not well known and Julianne doesn’t really have a fan base on these shows unless it’s connected to DWTS. Their romance just isn’t a big news story. If Julianne and Chuck continue to do everything possible to be in any news, given time, maybe some tabloid will be interested in their love story.
Since no one in Zack or Heather’s circles are talking to the media, there is no story of cheating. Chuck and Julianne have been lucky so far. They are burning bridges daily not only with fans but with those who used to support them. Maybe they think they are untouchable because no one’s been willing to sell the real story.
Mindy K. says:
Jenny, that’s interesting considering that there was an article a few weeks ago before the SLC World Cup event where Allison Baver was commenting on the event and she’s refered to as ”Apolo’s former girlfriend.” I tend to believe her. In the past she has said they were”on/off.” ”Former” seems to say it’s over.
Just an FYI here for some who are unaware. There are people who are ardent”anti shippers” who will denounce anyone who thinks they saw something between Apolo and Julianne. They are as fanatical as the ”’shippers” in their agenda.
Back to the topic of this blog…
CJ says:
Mindy, I haven’t seen an agenda of anti-shippers. If they are out there, I’ve not seen evidence of it. Just to clarify, I’m not an anti-shipper.
Tony says:
Is Chuck Wicks Stealing Julianne Hough? Yes indeed that is the question. There was a marvelous post here last week by Marty that got deleted. I wonder why. Was it because Marty claimed to know Heather? Was it because Marty called this Chuck & Julianne thing a showmance in his opinion? Was it because he showed the many personas of Julianne Hough?
Oh yes Chuck & Julianne want you to believe that they cheated on Heather and Zack, have been dating for 5 months and are head over heels in love. Whether or not this a showmance or not is beyond me. However here are the many images of Miss Hough. Im my opinion her persona has changed greatly. You be the judge:
DWTS4 - Julianne’s persona: Wholesome, charming, honest, sweet, innocent, Mormon virgin engaged to a guy who completed an LDS mission named Zack. She danced with Apolo Ohno that season. During DWTS 4 she was scheduled to marry Zack Wilson in a LDS Temple Ceremony on August 8, 2007 in Salt Lake City. However, during late April she cancelled the wedding and stopped wearing his engagement ring. Around this time she & her dance partner were taking side trips. Some were paid for by ABC others weren’t. Rumors abounded that there was a romance blossoming, yet both vehemently denied it and still do even until this day. Strangely though both she & her dance partner said that they welcomed the romance rumors because that meant they were doing a good job manufacturing chemistry. Did you catch that?
My question to Miss Hough - if the broken engagement wasn’t about gaining publicity then why couldn’t you wait until after DWTS4 ended to publicly announce the canceled wedding? The romance rumors with the Olympic Speedskater only went into high gear AFTER the broken engagement. Their dancing got alot sexier and steamier too. She also made Zack Wilson look like a complete schmuck when he was over in China. She claimed he was still her boyfriend, but the way she hung all over Ohno told a differnt story in my book.
DWTS 5: Julianne’s persona - Single pretty girl who accepts gifts from older guys. Julianne and Zack break up at the end of Summer in 2007. Well at least that is what they said.
Julianne went on a few dates with Kevin Connolley and accepted a diamond ring from him. Helio Castroneves’ ex-fiance stated the Helio also gave Julianne some expensive things. She choregraphed that kiss after the Quickstep - not once but 2x. The day after she won with Helio, Ali announces the broken engagement. In reality we discover that Helio and Ali actually broke up in September 2007, however Ali, being the sweet girl that she is didn’t want to ruin Helio’s chances of winning DWTS - so she waited until after the competition ended to dish about their nonexistant upcoming nuptials. It’s not really a shock that PEOPLE magazine would call this girl a homewrecker is it?. Yet Julianne acts shocked and states that she isn’t going to date anyone until age 20. She says all guys want is one thing.
DWTS 6: Julianne’s persona: We are now back to the wholesome, innocent, Mormon virgin only now dating a guy named Zack. Remember she danced with Adam Carolla this season. Julianne is now back with Zack but denies to the press that they are dating yet he is seen with her everywhere. Zack though says that they are dating and that he and Julianne hope to get married someday. Julianne even does the CosmoGirl article in April 2008 stating that she is a virgin and a practicing mormon. She is going to wait until marriage.
Summer of 2008 - DWTS7: Shazam! Julianne has now reinvented herself once again. This time she ditches Zack and is now transformed into the man-stealing, publicity whore that you now see. She comes complete with a fake southern accent too. Guess who is the first magazine Julianne tells about her new beau? Bingo, it’s PEOPLE magazine. The same magazine that called her a HOMEWRECKER.
So to answer your question - Is Chuck Wicks Stealing Julianne Hough? I don’t have an answer. Who knows? Maybe old Zack will be back again. Maybe she’ll marry Chuck. Maybe she set her sights on someone more famous. Who knows?
I’m really disappointed in Chuck. I expected more from him. I thought that he and Heather made a beautiful couple. I really don’t see what he sees in Julianne. She may be cute on the outside, but I don’t see anything remotely genuine on the inside.
That’s sad.
allie says:
Tony, that was a brutally honest assessment. It gives me some food for thought. It sounds like old Chuck might just be a rung on her ladder to stardom.
Teresa says:
Why would Chuck and Julianne want anything to think they cheated on their exes? Why would any celebrity want anyone to think that? Julianne hasn’t made great choices, but she isn’t calculated enough to have an agenda. She seems lost, perhaps vulnerable. Why would both Chuck and Julianne want to go from looking like good people to getting bad publicity? I don’t think they planned this out.
I think they are being way too public, but Julianne is only 20 and Chuck has never had to deal with this much attention. They are inexperienced and perhaps dumb in their decisions and sometimes inconsistent in what they say. Calling Julianne a publicity whore is over the top, no matter what she’s done.
allie says:
But Teresa, Tony pretty much laid out what really happened at least on Dancing With the Stars. It sure looks like she changed her image to suit whatever role she needed to play.
Bella says:
Um, Zack broke up with Julianne, she didn’t ditch him. She would be lucky if she was ever back with Zack.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
It really doesn’t matter anymore who did what to whom. The damage that Chuck and Julianne have done by their lack of sensitivity to their ex’s is already done. So, where could they go from here?
They could act with a lot more class and keep their cutting comments that are obviously aimed at their ex’s, to themselves. It speaks so much more about their need to be famous, and less about their need to be human. It’s not attractive, or cute by any stretch of the imagination.
They may be cute…but their actions have been ugly.
They could be more discreet, and less public with their process of getting to know each other. The odds of there relationship turning into anything permanent is pretty slim. Building a relationship on the destruction of their former relationships (ie cheating) is never a good formula for sucess. They have both shown a huge lack of integrity and have been deeply insensitive, which when the public really sees it for what it is (and it sounds like many of you do already) then their public support will diminish.
I would like to see a public appology to Zack and Heather, but I know that won’t happen, but they could give a private appology..I’m sure that they have Zack and Heathers numbers. Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do when you have been hurt so deeply. But, it makes it so much easier if the offender asks for forgiveness.
I still think that there is hope for them, but it would take a big person (actually 2) to fix this. First of all, Be honest! Think before they act or talk…think how what they choose to say can hurt their ex’s, and then don’t say it. It can’t be that hard, and would be so much more classy. To say anything that remotely infers that their ex’s weren’t enough, especially since they were the ones who supported you through thick and thin on your journey to success is just cruel. Zack and Heather deserve so much more respect and honor than you have shown them.
Yes, the damage is done, but there are things that could still save their image. Keep the private part of their life..private! They don’t have to answer EVERY question directed to them. They don’t owe answers about their private life to anyone. They could just answer, “I’m not answering questions about my private life, but if you have a question about my career, then ask away”. Could it really be that hard? It would not only show more class, but would be a much more wise choice for both of them and could protect their relationship, as well as give Zack and Heather the respect and honor that they deserve>
Just because they are public figures, doesn’t mean that the public anything other than sharing their music.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
It really doesn’t matter anymore who did what to whom. The damage that Chuck and Julianne have done by their lack of sensitivity to their ex’s is already done. So, where could they go from here?
They could act with a lot more class and keep their cutting comments that are obviously aimed at their ex’s, to themselves. It speaks so much more about their need to be famous, and less about their need to be human. It’s not attractive, or cute by any stretch of the imagination.
They may be cute…but their actions have been ugly.
They could be more discreet, and less public with their process of getting to know each other. The odds of there relationship turning into anything permanent is pretty slim. Building a relationship on the destruction of their former relationships (ie cheating) is never a good formula for sucess. They have both shown a huge lack of integrity and have been deeply insensitive, which when the public really sees it for what it is (and it sounds like many of you already do) then their public support will diminish.
I would like to see a public appology to Zack and Heather, but I know that won’t happen, but they could give a private appology..I’m sure that they have Zack and Heathers numbers. Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do when you have been hurt so deeply. But, it makes it so much easier if the offender asks for forgiveness.
I still think that there is hope for Chuck and Julianne, but it would take a big person (actually 2) to fix this. First of all, Be honest! Think before they act or talk…think how what they choose to say can hurt their ex’s and their families who have loved them dearly, and then don’t say anything that could cause more hurt. It can’t be that hard, and would be so much more respectful and classy. To say anything that remotely infers that their ex’s weren’t enough, especially since they were the ones who supported then through thick and thin on their journey to success is just cruel. Zack and Heather deserve so much more respect and honor than they have been shown.
Yes, the damage is done, but there are things that could still save their image. Keep the private part of their life..private! They don’t have to answer EVERY question directed to them. They don’t owe the public answers about their private life . They could just answer, “I’m not answering questions about my private life, but if you have a question about my career, I would love to answer”. Could it really be that hard? It would not only show more class, but would be a much more wise choice for both of them and could protect their relationship, as well as give Zack and Heather the respect and honor that they deserve.
Just because they are public figures, doesn’t mean that they owe the public anything other than sharing their music/dancing.
Julianne has a song on her album that could have been written for both of them..It’s title is “Hello”. And Chuck needs to think about what happens to Cinderella when the clock striks midnight. And he may just find out that the shoe doesn’t fit.
Last of all…Be REAL! Julianne needs to drop the southern accent. It sounds very forced, because it is. She never had a southern accent before all of this.
Meri says:
After reading through all of this stuff again, I think this thing between Julianne and Chuck is just a showmance. I think Zack has only been a friend since Julianne broke off her engagement with him. Julianne hasn’t acknowledged him as anything else since late summer 2007. All throughout DWTS 6, she simply stated that he was only a good friend. Even though they were seen together, she always referred to him as her ex-boyfriend. Why does she owe Zack an apology?
Clarisse says:
No matter what people think, Julianne and Zack were together after the broken engagement. Julianne admitted in a Southern magazine this summe that she was in the same relationship during her first 3 seasons on DWTS. That would be Zack. Who knows why Julianne was saying she was single during that time? She is known to be inconsistent. I’mjustsayin’: Do you know why she was continually saying she was single, even during this last spring when she and Zack were together? People still want to minimize Zack’s importance in her life up until Chuck.
Lara says:
If Julianne was in a mood to be honest with herself, it was over between her and Zack a long, long time ago. What, did she think no one saw it? Hello, Julianne?
Julianne and Zack went in separate directions, and their values became very much out of alignment. Why did Julianne drag it out for so long? Why did she try to pull the wool over Zack’s eyes? Because she “loved” him?
And what on Earth is the point of her taking public pot-shots at him now? (yeah, they’re well concealed, but we get them, we really do.)
Grow up, little girl.
Lara says:
Jenny said, “Apolo is honest, private, genuine and very loyal.
Can you honestly see him with Julianne?”
Good point!
Jenny also said, “Apolo has been back together with Allison Baver for quite awhile now. They are going to get married after the 2010 Olympics. It’s not a secret in the ST world.”
Okay, that’s stinkin’ hilarious. They were together two years…and how many weeks?
I hope that Allison really wants that medal, because (at best) that’s all she’s going to take away from Vancouver.
But if she needs to live in Fantasyland a little while longer, no one can stop her.
IMO, Julianne is having a pleasant fantasy as well.
Ain’t surprising says:
As someone upstream said, it’s “nice” to see the Apolo\Julianne shippers have found somewhere else to hang out.
James says:
Seriously, why is this blog always turn into an Apolo fan club? This is about Chuck and Julianne who cheated on their exes, Heather and Zack. Doesn’t Apolo have websites devoted to him? Please stay on topic. It’s been overwhelming established Julianne and Apolo were NEVER together. Enough already!
CJ says:
I’mjustsayin’: I really think you hit the nail on the head. The damage has been done, it’s what Julianne and Chuck do from this point on that really shows who they are and their maturity. I agree that no relationship can have a foundation that is built upon a lie. The victims in this story really are Zack and Heather.
What must they think about the way the people they loved are cutting them down to get ahead? I know you’ve shared things about what really happened for Zack and Julianne. It has answered many questions and opened up even more questions. Watching Julianne change over the last year and a half I wonder how much of what she has said has been the truth from the beginning. I’ve never understood why she kept saying she was single when she was with Zack. Did Zack know she was going to publicly announce the broken engagement? It seemed like she didn’t have to do that. Was that the start of Julianne seeking so much attention?
Was her management or record company telling her to say she was single to sell records? Was she choosing to say it for the same reason? Was Zack pulling away some at that time and starting to see Julianne in a different light? Was she getting back at Zack or as someone suggested, trying to make him jealous? Around that time is when I started seeing inconsistencies in her comments and her behavior. Or was she always like this and we as the public were starting to see it? I think she is talented. She has fans and people who want to buy her albums and see her dance. Why create controversies? Is it all part of seeking the spotlight? How did Zack feel about all of it? I ask these questions because I don’t want to see her go down a path of self destruction, but it seems she loves any kind of publicity.
Many people online have said that Zack was the one that was truthful in interviews. I know when he was on Dance War some people tried to make it sound like he was a ringer because of his relationship with Julianne. He was talented in his own right and deserved to be there. If he was such a ringer, he would have the recording contract now. When did Julianne start changing? I know other people wonder about all of this because she is a young woman trying to make it in Hollywood and Nashville. She has the opportunity to fulfill so many of her dreams. Why not take the upper road and be known for her talents?
Kendal says:
James,I don’t think anything has been overwhelmingly established. No one really knows what exactly happend or who was together and who wasn’t. After all the inconsistiencies and untruths how can anyone claim with certainty that they know exactly what happend between Apolo and Julianne? Do you really believe they would admit to anything? Lack of admission isn’t real proof of anything not happening. Only they know for sure. The rest is speculation. Anyone else who claims to absolutely know anything is ridiculous.
And,from what I’ve seen, I think Apolo is definitely somehwat relevant to the conversation of Juliane’s realtionships. She broke her engagement to Zack during her time with Apolo on the dancing show. She and Apolo Ohno are two very good looking people, who seem to have had a great deal in common by their own admission, who spent an enourmous amount of time together, and were seen looking cozy enough together that even others on the Dancing With The Stars set were wondering if something was going on. There is such a thing as emotional cheating on someone. While she and Apolo Ohno may not have actually dated, it sure seems there was something going on in terms of feelings being more than platonic. And that was the beginning of the end for Julianne and Zack it seems.
James says:
Kendal, While I appreciate your assessment of Apolo and Julianne, I disagree that Apolo is relevant to the conversations on this blog. This is about Julianne and who she was with when she cheated with Chuck. That would be Zack, not Apolo. Apolo, Julianne, Zack and their friends said nothing happened. I believe what “I’mnotsayin’” is stating about Julianne, Zack and also Apolo. Julianne and Apolo were friends, nothing romantic. Flirting, possibly, but no more. Let’s stay on topic. There are places to discuss Julianne and Apolo and speculations about them.
bootsie says:
I am not about to crucify Julianne just because her relationship with Zack did not work. Zack was around 24 when he proposed to Julianne who was just a teenager. They got engaged when she was eighteen and had planned to marry sometime the following year when she was 19. Zack might have loved her with all his heart but Julianne needed some growing up time and finding herself time.
Lara says:
I think it was over between Julianne and Zack when she broke her engagement to him — maybe not technically over, but emotionally over. Why she dragged it out after that is beyond me. I think the start of her changes date back to that time, and that they accelerated in the fall of ‘07 when she was dancing with Helio and dating Kevin. I think that she was trying to find herself, but in truth was rather lost.
Brooke Davis says:
People keep asking why Apolo is relevant to this conversation. I believe the only reason is that it shows a bit into the shady character that Julianne has. It’s a small piece of this huge puzzle. I have not ever bought into the Little Miss Innocent act that so many people have & each time I hear her speak or see her on DWTS (since I have rarely heard her songs on the radio though her fans on ABC would have you believe she’s blown up the charts)the faker she get’s.
I think she knows exactly who she is but wants people to buy into the naive young girl. But it’s all unraveling.
Rachael says:
Enjoyed the CMA Awards last night but did anyone else notice that while Julianne presented an award and was also shown in the audience with her name there was NO mention of Chuck. Wonder how that is going over when he has been in the business a lot longer and yet Julianne has flown right by him in celebrity? How long is he going to be happy being the purse and coat holder for Julianne? Talk about riding on someone’s coattails. Chuck be a man!
Jesse says:
I did notice that Rachael. Wonder how long Chuck is going to enjoy being Mr.Julianne Hough. Can’t really be good for the male ego to have your gf who has been in country music about 3 seconds leave you in the dust. But maybe all he wants is to play second fiddle since he can’t seem to make it on his own.
Rachael says:
Do any of YOU know matter of factly that he cheated? I just don’t see it. I see a very happy couple.JMO
Cindy says:
Rachael, I had to laugh at your comment. Sounds like Chuck is picking up where Zack left off. And we all know how that story ended.
Ain’t suprising indeed says:
Yep. Looks like ApoloJulianne ships have found a new place to dock their ship. I really wish we could keep this site dedicated to Country Western Fans.
Julianne was with Zack as boyfriend and girlfriend until before the tour, Heather was seen by fans at Chuck’s concerts during June. Julianne and Chuck have said in interviews that they were flirting before the tour started and Chuck teased that Julianne pursued him and kissed him at the start of the tour.
Trying to minimize Zack’s importance in her life or Heather’s importance in Chuck’s doesn’t change the fact that the timelines don’t add up and there is a great possibility of cheating by both Julianne and Zack. Add to that the fact that Heather and Zack played songs on their MySpaces in June that showed they were not involved in an amicable breakup.
Now, Julianne and Chuck are saying things in interviews that many fans are seeing as potshots at Heather and especially at Zack. If Julianne is so in love with Chuck, why say some of these things? So many fans are seeing that she is wanting to hurt Zack. Only explanation for that kind of hurt is he broke up with her and she wanting to eat her cake and have it too by being with Zack while cheating with Chuck. Julianne obviously wanted Zack in her life. Zack wouldn’t put up with stuff and got out of it.
Ain’t suprising indeed says:
Sorry, I meant to say in the last post that there is a great possiblity of cheating by both Julianne and CHUCK. I don’t ever see Zack as the cheating kind. He was loyal and stood by Julianne through so much.
Bella says:
Bootsie: You’re right Julianne was very young when she got engaged. I think she really loved Zack and wanted to marry him. It’s the fact that at 17 or 18 she knows the difference between monogamy and cheating in relationships. Especially given her background.
She lived with the Ballases (Corky and Shirley) in England when she was 10 for 5 years. Shirley Ballas (Mark Ballas’ mom) left her first dancing\partner husband for Corky Ballas (Mark Ballas’ dad) years before Julianne came to live with them. Then, Corky Ballas had an affair right around the time Julianne left England at 15 to come to the US. This affair broke up Corky and Shirley’s marriage.
So she didn’t have great role models, but she definitely knew the definition of cheating and what NOT to do. She simply could have broken things off with Zack before she got involved with someone else. Being young and trying to find yourself isn’t any excuse for cheating.
Lara says:
She doesn’t look like she’s in love with Chuck. In strong like, sure. In love? I’m not seeing it.
Did she cheat on Zack? There’s no doubt in my mind. The veiled potshots at him are just plain weird. If she wanted him, she could have had him.
Bella says:
Lara: I think Julianne loved Zack and wanted to be with him. I think she was used to getting her way with guys and when the spotlight hit she wanted to be immersed in Hollywood and wanted Zack to become a part of it with her.
IMO, he didn’t agree with all of it and maybe she tried to make him change and get his attention by being with others, letting him know others wanted her the way she was becoming. Or maybe just because she wanted to see if she could get away with it. I don’t think she ever thought Zack would leave her.
In the end, he moved on and she wound up with someone who will go along with all the publicity and the way she has changed since going Hollywood.
When she said last spring, Zack was the right guy but marrying him then was wrong time, I think that was very true and she believed they would marry sometime in the future. He represented what she wanted to end up with after she had experienced it all. She wanted to keep him close hoping he’d go along with it. I think she’s taking the potshots because she isn’t happy HE left HER. It wasn’t in her plans.
When he played the song “Hollywood’s not America” she knew others were taking note of it. Instead of playing a song on her MySpace to send a message to him, possibly this is her way of saying what she thinks. Letting him know she is in Hollywood and she doesn’t need him. The problem is she is saying it too loud and too often (with her new boyfriend) to make it sound convincing. Instead, it sends the message she’s mad at him, and not over him. She knows he won’t date her again unless she changes. Maybe not even then.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
Wow! It’s been a few days since I looked at this sight. I am amazed at how many of you are really seeing the truth. Sometimes when you are so close to the situation, you want to somehow get the truth out there, and defend the one that you care about…which is a difficult one for me in this situation. My first loyalty is to Zack, but I care about Julianne also. Just to make things clear, Zack is doing great. He is really moving on in his life. Yes, this has been hard for him, but he has never been a hater. I don’t even think I have ever seen him depressed. He has such an exuberance for life that it is infectious. So, even with all of the pot shots that Julianne seems to be making towards him…he is fine. If it is getting to him, you would never know. He is having fun, and focusing on his goals and his future. Julianne on the other hand, just plain missed out. There are alot of “Chuck’s” out there, but Zack is one in a million. No kidding! She’s the one that I worry about.
Lynn says:
I think Julianne outgrew Zack, plain and simple. It often happens when someone in a relationship attains a great deal more success than the other. Particularly when it involves the showbiz world. Not to mention the fact that Zack seems to be a very devout Mormon. It doesn’t seem as if Julianne was ever as devout as he seems to be. And I think she had a huge realization that living a devout Mormon lifestyle was just not what she wanted anymore nor did it fit in with the new direction her life has taken. I don’t believe Zack broke up with her. I think she finally did the breaking up. But it was wrong to let him hang on for so long when it seems obvious it was over between them when the engagement was broken.
TK says:
James, I wasn’t aware you were a moderator to this blog. The way you admonish others for their opinion. You sure seem to get testy when someone brings up Apolo Ohno. I agree he isn’t the topic of this blog and some of the posts do sometimes meander into off topic. But I have to agree with the point the person upstream was probbaly trying to make, which is, it all plays into Julianne’s relationships. Was Mr. Ohno not the first celeb she was linked to at the start of her career, true or no? You’ve made it clear you disagree that it’s relevant. But maybe others don’t quite feel that way. I appreciate everyone’s view points. If it bothers you just ignore the post.
Bella says:
I’mjustsayin’, I think your posts have helped to fill in the picture. Given all the vieled potshots from Julianne, it didn’t make sense that Julianne broke up with Zack, or like the Fox News article said, dumped Zack for Chuck. Knowing Zack broke up with her is one of the pieces of the puzzle that makes it start to fall into place. I think others here are concerned about Julianne also.
I know some have posed questions to you, would you ever be willing to answer some of them to help fill in other pieces of the puzzle? Like, why was Julianne saying she was single when she was with Zack? It’s hard to be her fan when she does double talk and seems to go out of her way to contradict herself at times. I’d be interested in the answers to some of the questions CJ was asking in a post above.
TK, it seems like some people who post here don’t just want to talk about Apolo, they seem convinced Julianne was with Apolo and not with Zack. It may be possible that James is bothered by that. The shippers are notorious for wanting to pretend Zack didn’t hold importance in her life so they can keep the dream of Apolo and Julianne alive. They are doing the same thing with Chuck, but it’s harder to deny it because she is being very public with him. I, myself, don’t mind mentioning Apolo to understand Julianne, but not to pretend Zack wasn’t with her until the very end. JMO. You’re right, once people start talking about Apolo, some posts get way off topic. I too would like to see this blog stay focused on what country fans have to say. Some posts upstream mimic what the shippers want to believe, rather than focusing on the topic at hand. Again, JMO.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
To answer some of Bella’s and CJ’s questions, when Julianne and Zack broke off their engagement, it was a joint decision because it seemed to be such a huge topic of discussion for the press, and Julianne was getting alot of flack about being so young and already being engaged. She was trying to handle it the best she could, but it was too much for her. They both decided that they would be unofficially engaged..in other words, no ring, but still planning on marriage. Trying to have some privacy for themselves, and to ease the stress of Juliannes first media blitz which was overwhelming. Zack was more than willing to do this, because he was there and saw how difficult it was for Julianne. What they decided to do was to postpone the engagement until things settled down a little bit, but that they were still together. Why Julianne said that she was single…I don’t know. Zack never said that until they were. Julianne has a real problem talking out of both sides of her mouth, and not thinking through a question before answering it. I think Zack saw that she really needed help by a publicist to help Julianne answer questions more appropriately. (Obviously she doesn’t have one yet.) Zack went on several of the trips with her and her partners during all three of her DWTS seasons. Even Adam Carolla said on his talk show that Julianne hadn’t treated Zack very good.. Anyway, there was a period of time when she made some choices that were not working for Zack,(if you know what I mean) and he left her for about 1 month or so, during which time Julianne did some of her public dating. They were still friends, and Zack was trying to be a good friend and support her in the positive things that she was doing in her life and encourage her to stay true to herself. They had been friends for a long time..you don’t just throw that away as if it was of no importance. However, It wasn’t long before Julianne was calling Zack, and wanting to work things out. Zack was reluctant, but decided to put his whole heart into seeing if things could be worked out. He felt he had to give the relationship every chance..not just because he loved her, but because she loved him too, and he had invested so much in their relationship. He did just that. We watched him devote himself completely. He was a great example of forgiveness to all of us friends, and I think to Julianne too. He knew that he could give to Julianne what she needed, but wasn’t sure she would ever be able to reciprocate. How could she help but love someone who was so good in his heart, and tried to do all that he could for her. She loved him but wanted to explore too. That she wanted to explore is natural for her age, she should have just broken things off before she did her exploring. She was just so blinded by all of the spotlights shining on her, she became so self focused, and once agsin she was caught not being faithful. This had happened several times by now, and he just knew that he deserved someone who could give to him what he was giving to her, and he didn’t think she would ever be able to do that, so he walked away from it for good. I think Julianne saw that Chuck was a “celebrity”, and they could be this cute “celebrity” couple traveling on tour, and everyone would look at them and say, “Aren’t they so cute?”… Zack was just Zack. Handsome, sweet, romantic, intellegent,spiritual..etc. But for Julianne, she kept looking for something more or better, or someone who could be a “celebrity” with her. I think she will always be looking, because until she fills the void in her own self with love and integrity, there will always be something missing that she will be looking for. She is just young, and caught up in a very dangerous world. I just hope that she can find someone who is grounded, and solid, and can love her for who she is inside, and not what she looks like, or what they can get from her. Those kind of guys are hard to find anywhere but even harder in the entertainment industry. So many have the same problem she has..there will always be someone better, or richer, or more famous, or whatever… Bottom line, the difference between Zack and Julianne is that Zack comes from a space of abundance, he is a giver, and Julianne comes from a space of scarcity. It will never be enough for her until she is enough within herself.
Bella says:
I’mjustsayin’, Thank you so much for responding. All of it really explains a lot. It makes me feel bad for Julianne. She seems so young and yet comes across as older than she is when she dances or performs. I think she has a lot going for her but definitely needs some guidance (publicist, and people who have navigated the media waters). Many times when talking about personal stuff, less is more.
Both Julianne and Zack seem like people who have a zest for life. I’m sure it was even harder for Zack to break it off the second time after fulling giving of himself wondering if she could do the same.
Julianne is a phenomenal dancer. Sometimes the dances she did seemed to bring more flirtiness into them than some of the other pros, as if she was showing Zack others found her sexy and appealing. A couple of the moves in the dance she did at the 100th episode on DWTS last May made me go…hmmm. Knowing Zack was in the audience, I wondered if he was fine with all of it. Sometimes she seemed over the top, almost like, I’ll show you. Ballroom and Latin dancing can be sexy, but it seemed at times like she was trying to push the limits. Maybe to make him jealous?
I don’t know, maybe she wanted some drama in her relationship and Zack wanted things to be more calm. Were they still dating when they went to Mexico together? I’m sure it was hard to be in that relationship because of all the media attention. Was Zack trying to stay out of the spotlight? To be a celebrity couple would be a trial on any relationship on top of all the regular stuff. I’m glad Zack is doing great. Hopefully, Chuck is someone who can provide some stability for Julianne and they can learn how to handle things more discreetly. Again, thank you for taking time to respond. You do it in a way that doesn’t compromise the privacy of what was Julianne and Zack’s relationship.
Shelley says:
I’mjustsayin’, Some of your acccount involving Zack and Julianne doesn’t seem accurate from what I’ve read in the past regarding Zack and Julianne breaking their engagement. I distinctly remember an article with Zack that came out a few days before Julianne broke the engagement. In that article Zack seemed to think everything was just fine between them. He mentioned how much he loved her and that they were getting married in August, wedding preperations were under way, he even talked about her ring. I don’t think he would say those things if he knew they were soon going to announce that the engagement had been postponed. That would make him look rather foolish if he knew what was coming. He seemed completely in the dark. Then boom, the engaement was broken.
And your comment that Julianne obviously doesn’t have a publicist is not true. It’s been stated that she has a very high powered publicist who also handles Brad Pitt among other A list celeberties.
Clarisse says:
It seems like Heather is still reeling from what has happened. The CMA’s were last night and Chuck and Julianne walked the red carpet. Not that they shouldn’t be enjoying the night, just would be hard for Heather since she was around the country world last year at this time. I have incredible respect for Zack after reading what I’mjustsayin’ wrote. Especially since the shippers were out to make him seem like a villian in their melodrama. Sounds like he took time to walk away without any regrets knowing it couldn’t work unless she was also fully committed to the relationship. I don’t think I could ever take someone back after they had cheated after the first time. Hope he doesn’t let anyone do it to him again. Same goes for Heather. If Julianne and Chuck are in love, I really wish they are able to start building their relationship on trust and honesty.
Kirk says:
Shelly, in the article you are talking about, Zack did talk about the ring and his love for Julianne, he didn’t mention when they were getting married. Julianne is the one who had said August in an earlier interview.
Clarisse says:
Possibly when Zack walked away after he found out she was cheating with Chuck, Julianne ran back into Chuck’s arms. He was there and they were spending time together on the tour. I’m wondering where she thought Zack would fit into all of it when she got caught cheating with Chuck since Chuck was going to be around her all day during the tour.
I agree with a previous poster that she was trying to make Zack jealous and hoped he would react, but not by leaving her. Instead of communicating how she felt, she acted out. Perhaps she liked how devout a Mormon he was while at the same time thought he was too strict with his moral codes and they differed on how much Mormon teachings should influence your life. She really wasn’t around Mormons in England and Derek isn’t living the lifestyle. Zack represented temple marriage and the good guy who wanted to do the right thing. Sounds like Julianne wanted that too, but Hollywood and maybe her management saw it a different way. So she was trying to decide all this while wanting Zack to stay. Seems like she leaned a lot on Zack and needed his emotional support. She has changed since they are no longer together.
Shelley says:
Kirk, yes, I think it was mentioned in the article when they were getting married. I stand by my post above.
No one finds it strange that I’mjustsayin’ who claims she knows Zack and Juliannne didn’t know that Julianne had a publicist… A rather prominent one at that.
Kirk says:
Shelly, the interview in the Seattle Times dated May 6 2007 is the one I think you are talking about where the journalist interviewed Zack. The article describes the ring, says he proposed on Christmas Eve, they met when he was 14 and she was 9, they started dated a year before that and they had NOT set a wedding date. Zack never said in any interview when the wedding was.
I’ve found no fact of who Julianne’s publicist is, just comments on blogs about speculations and things people have heard. If she has the same one as Brad Pitt, the publicist must have split personaliaties because Brad doesn’t share 80% of what Julianne shares. I doubt she has a publicist, if she does, she should fire them and get someone who tells her less is more.
Kirk says:
I read my post and just so it makes sense, Zack and Julianne started dating a year BEFORE the interview on May 6 2007, not a year before they met when he was 14 and she was 9. LOL!
Kirk says:
Shelly, after further investigation I did find out the name of Julianne’s publicist. So I apologize for stating that there wasn’t fact of who it was. People have speculated about who all is part of her management, etc. on other message boards giving a lot of false information. That was what I was referring to.
Her publicist WAS Brad’s publicist before he fired her this last April. Also, publicists can’t always control everything their clients choose to say and when they say it. I agree that Julianne seems to answer questions before she thinks them through, given the many inconsistencies from her interviews. I still say she needs to evaluate all aspects of her management team, publicist, etc. especially given the fact they wanted Julianne to lie or fabricate the truth about why she had surgery and her condition. That on top of Julianne’s inconsistencies isn’t helping her image from the fan’s viewpoint.
Amanda says:
It sure seems that Julianne’s publicist and management in general aren’t always advising her well. It’s been reported that they wanted her to lie about the endometriosis and make up something else rather than what was really wrong. Good for her for sticking to her guns on that. They worry about that, yet, don’t seem to mind other things that truly could use some spin. Some of these Hollywood publicists love all kinds of dust ups involving their clients romantic lives. Just keeping their name out there is all they care about.
Shelley, yes, I do find it rather strange that someone who claims to have been a friend of Zack and Julianne’s wouldn’t know that basic information about the publicist. It’s just another thing that confirms my suspicions regarding that particular poster.
CJ says:
I’mjustsayin’:
That was so great that you responded to my questions. Like others said, it feels in the holes as to why things happened. Everything you say makes so much sense. In the beginning, after or before the broken engagement, I read Zack and Julianne received hate mail and that Zack may have received death threats. If that is true, I can see why they kept the engagement quiet and tried to take the media spotlight off of their relationship.
Were they still boyfriend\girlfriend when they went to Mexico together? Someone who knows Shannon and Derek put up pictures of the Mexico trip on the internet. Having the spotlight on Julianne and Zack’s relationship must have been extremely hard. It probably tore Zack apart to walk away the last time knowing she is young and impressionable and is caught up in the thrill of everything Hollywood and Nashville. I can see why you haven’t been as close to Julianne in the last while knowing all that you know and seeing how tough it was for Zack. Personally, I think she was incredibly stupid to let Zack get away. She seemed to really love him. He could have helped her immensely in dealing with all things Hollywood.
A few of the songs that Heather has put up on her MySpace talk about a guy cheating. If only people knew the complete story behind Julianne and Chuck’s hookup.
Cindy says:
I was just on Heather’s myspace and she has a song called “Best Days of Your Life.” It says a lot about a cheating man. Is it true that Chuck and Julianne are engaged?
Cassie says:
This really is pathetic. I guess if you delete the negative posts then the negative feelings go with it, right? Katie and Vickie have had posts deleted also and I know that they said they copied theirs so I hope they repost. Unfortunately those posts will also be censored because the country music fans who disagree with what is going on with Chuck & Julianne just aren’t going to be allowed to voice their objections. Whoever is responsible for this should be ashamed.
Katie says:
Honestly, what did I post that was so bad? I didn’t copy my post. I wondered about the timeline of things and wanted Zack’s and Julianne’s friend “I’mjustsayin’” to answer some questions about the timeline. Like were Julianne and Zack still boyfriend\girlfriend when they went to Mexico? Did Julianne and Chuck cheat in May back when Chuck interviewed her before the tour? Chuck said (jokingly) in an interview that Julianne was chasing after him at the beginning of the tour. Heather was at shows in mid June. So when did Zack and Heather find out about the cheating? I think that was pretty much what I wrote. I will copy it this time. I don’t remember posting anything negative. Just questions about the timeline.
Katie says:
Good, my post is still there. I wanted to add that I believe what “I’mjustsayin’” says. Not knowing if Julianne has a publicist or not doesn’t say anything except this friend doesn’t talk with Julianne that much. Given the circumstances, I doubt I would either. I know Julianne went to one of Brad’s concerts last April and may have met Chuck then. I just wondered when Julianne and Chuck cheated and how long before the exes found out.
CJ says:
Yea, Bella, I saw that too. It’s surprising. Julianne and her management team\puclicist are definitely putting her name out there every day in every way. I would be so mad if I was Zack or Heather. Julianne is admitting that she and Chuck were together when they were both in relationships. She doesn’t seem to be worried if everyone knows. She is not the person I thought she was. She and Chuck must love any publicity and want to become household names even if that means being know as cheaters. I guess Zack and Heather won’t have to sell their stories, wait long enough and Julianne and Chuck will tell it all.
Justine says:
So why would someone even admit to hanging out with someone if you are both in serious relationships at that time? And what does hanging out mean? A while back I posted a list of songs for everyone to play on their MySpace pages. Heather and Zack could pick so many country songs. “The Best Days of Your Life” by Kellie Pickler is a great one for Heather, and she is already playing it.
Anyone have suggestions for Zack to play? I doubt he would play a song, he seems to really take the high road in all of this. Not that Heather isn’t taking the high road, I would play songs if I was either of them. Brad said in an interview he was trying to help Chuck hook up with Julianne at the start of the tour, sadly he didn’t already know they were “hanging out”. Julianne was down in Nashville in April after she was kicked off DWTS. Is that when the “hanging out” started, or was it sooner?
So, if they weren’t truthful with Brad and the crew about “hanging out” before the tour, were they truthful with Brad and the crew about Heather and Zack who they were still involved with? I’m thinking No. Also, in the radio interview today with Ryan Seacrest, Julianne says she’s in love and she says her publicist probably isn’t happy with her saying that. What else could her publicist not want her talking about regarding her and Chuck? This just seems to get worse. As someone upstream said, it really is “convenient” for Julianne that she didn’t publicly admit to being with Zack after they got back together last winter. This way, she doesn’t look like a cheater no matter how much she talks about when she and Chuck got together.
Sandra says:
The censors have deleted Bella’s long post - I hope she has it copied and will repost it so others can copy it. are at it again. Bella’s long post has been deleted. It appears if you make a non-complimentary statement about these people, question their relationships, question why they keep changing the stories, it is deleted. It will all come out in the end and these people will bury themselves. No one outside the two of them will have to say a word.
John says:
I just listened to Julianne’s Christmas album. It was pretty good except for the duet that she sings with Phil Vasser. It is very obvious that Julianne is copying the singing style of Chuck Wicks. That’s dissappointing cause she must not be happy with her own stlye so now she’s imitating Chuck.
Bella says:
I’ll try again since my post was deleted.
Did anyone else see the people magazine article that says Julianne and Chuck were hanging out before the tour in June? She says they met in January and that Brad and all of the crew members were trying to hook them up during the tour in June but that they were already hanging out before that. Both Chuck and Julianne were in relationships before the tour. If “I’mjustsayin’” is still visiting this blog, can you help clarity the timelines like others have asked. I know she went with Zack on vacation the end of May. Does Julianne not realize that people are already talking about her and Chuck’s possible cheating? Can this help their reputations? She said in an article this summer that she was in a relationship the whole time during her first 3 seasons on DWTS. The 3rd season of DWTS ending the end of May. People saw her with Zack at the Indy 500 on May 25 and then there were the pictures of him and her in Mexico. Heather was seen at concerts in June.
Bella says:
I broke the post up. Here’s the rest of it.
This makes me have even more sympathy for Zack and Heather. It must have been hard for Zack to take her back the second time, then things happen with Chuck. Maybe he regrets ever taking her back. I wonder if she and Chuck were keeping in contact from January on. I would really like to hear what I’mjustsaying’ thinks about this new info. I am trying to stay objective and then Chuck or Julianne say something new that give more information about when they hooked up.
Also, Brad and the crew were trying to get she and Chuck together at the beginning of the June tour without Brad or the crew having any idea she and Chuck were already hanging out.
Lara says:
“Hanging out” with a guy is her M.O.
Spending large amounts of time with an unmarried man when you are supposedly in a committed relationship with another man is unwise and disingenuous at best. It also doesn’t speak very well of the so-called commitment.
Jason says:
Once again Julianne finds herself being the “other woman” when a long term relationship breaks up. Guess her only talent isn’t just dancing and singing. While I gave her the benefit of the doubt when People Magazine called her a “homewrecker”, she is proving me to be a fool every time she opens her mouth. Julianne is once again showing her true colors. Her insensitive and self-centered behavior is disgusting and I’m just surprised that ABC is still promoting her. Julianne needs to be careful because without ABC, she is nothing. Everything that has been given to her on a silver platter has come from ABC. DWTS, the Indy 500, the CMA Pre-Show, the AMA nominations & show, the CMA Music Festival that she hosted with Kellie and Taylor all were on ABC. Without ABC she is just an ordinary young blond singer trying to make it in country music. It’s time that Julianne remember her roots and be grateful for all that she has been given.
carrie says:
What blows me away is how Chuck Wicks could even be interested in a girl who isn’t even of legal age. This girl can’t even get into the bars that he performs at. She’s not even old enough to buy a beer. When Julianne Hough doesn’t wear makeup, she looks about 12. She is like jail bait. This whole thing is really creepy.
Crystal says:
I think Julianne is beautiful and a very talented dancer. She has a nice voice but I’ve never heard anyone sing with such a pronounced country twang, especially when she doesn’t speak with one. Her “country twang” is espeically pronounced on her Christmas album.
I see her as a chameleon that changes and adapts to whatever environment she is in. I think she likes the attention and uses it to keep the focus on her. Maybe her publicist and management know she isn’t as talented a singer as Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill or Martina McBride and doesn’t have the fan following of Taylor Swift or the uniqueness of Kellie Pickler, so they are keeping her name out there in anyway they can. Being linked with Chuck may give her some country acceptance since he has been a part of Nashville longer.
The day after she posted in her blog that she was taken next season of DWTS off and didn’t know about Season 9 in the fall because she didn’t think she could be taken seriously as a singer if she stayed on the show, ABC took an unprecedented step and announce that she would INDEED be back in the fall. She still has one season left in her contract. Based on what Jason says, Julianne needs to make sure she doesn’t burn bridges with ABC (Disney). They are a huge corporation and you don’t play around with them. By stopping any speculation about whether or not she would be on, she can’t use the “maybe, maybe not” card until then.
Hopefully, she learns to show gratitude for what DWTS and ABC has done for her. She does bring in fans and viewers for ABC, but they are powerful in their own right. Zack walked away from her because he’d had enough. I sincerely hope she learns to be consistent in what she says and does. She can be liked and taken seriously if she focuses on her talent instead of being inconsistent in interviews and putting the focus on her personal life.
Lara says:
Crystal said, “I see her as a chameleon that changes and adapts to whatever environment she is in.”
I think she’s a chameleon with men as well, and that’s the mark of a girl who doesn’t know who she is. Perhaps in time she’ll get it figured out.
I agree wholeheartedly that she needs to focus interviewers’ attention on her career as opposed to her personal life. That alone might help fans to take her more seriously.
I’mjustsayin’ says:
I’ve been gone for a while..but I completely agree with what Crystal and Laura just said…and many more of you. Julianne was trained to be a chameleon. She had to learn to adapt to “whatever environment she is in”. I don’t fault her for that, because I think it has been one of her survival mechanisms. However, we all are a bit “wounded” from how we were raised…no matter how great or not so great our parents were. Her parents may have made some poor decisions, but she is not a little girl anymore. We all have to assume responsibility for our lives and our choices at some point. For her to continue in her irresponsible behavior, and treat others like they are just disposable, is just sad. To use people to get to the next place she wants to be, is unexcusable. Someday, she will end up alone and wondering what happened. Chuck is just another pit stop along her “road to success”, or whatever you want to call it. I can hardly stand to watch her or read about her or see her in the magazines…it makes my heart ache. I can only imagine how Zack must feel. She has so much potential to be a role model for good things, I hope she gets a clue soon.
As far as the timeline goes…I know she met Chuck the night that Brad Paisley asked her to tour with him…cant remember exact date, but it was January/February. I have my own opinions about wether or not they already “knew” each other or not and Zack is not talking. He just wants to get on with his life and her to get on with hers. As far as actually starting a relationship before May…absolutely! Just how far before…I don’t know.
nashvegas says:
I just read this and noticed that Chuck mentions that tried a lame pickup line on her when they first met on tour. Wasn’t he still with Heather when the tour first started?:
Country singer Chuck Wicks has a lot going for him these days. Not only does he have two hit singles out from his album Starting Now, but he also has Dancing with the Stars album Julianne Hough on his arm.
“We’re very much in love,” the singer tells to PEOPLE.
The two walked the red carpet together for the first time at the CMA Awards earlier this month, and have been gushing about each other ever since.
Wicks got to know Hough while touring with Brad Paisley over the summer, and admits that he was anxious around the Dancing star at first. “My famous pick-up line was, ‘The catering is great’, and then I walked away I was so nervous,” he says.
Now that the butterflies are tamed, the singer says they “are a laid back, normal couple” whose date nights are usually low-key affairs that include dinner and a movie.
With the holidays just around the corner, Wicks is planning to spend time with his main squeeze and her family. He tells PEOPLE they will have “turkey in Las Vegas” with Hough’s clan and follow it up with Christmas in Nashville.
disgusted says:
Yep he was still very much involved with Heather at that point.In fact,he was with her in June i believe, at the CMA music fest.
Both of them disgust me.I used to be a big fan of Julianne’s but little by little she is proving herself to be nothing like what she has led her fans to believe of her.She has always claimed to have morals which i think was part of her appeal to so many.But i haven’t seem them since she hooked up with him.Probably when he was still involved with his now ex.Which if she did knowingly i can’t see how she justifies it to herself as moral.
But i guess that it doesn’t matter to her as long as she can keep living in her fantasy world.
She is now comparing herself and Chuck to Johnny & June .
Not quite sure if she means their love story or their talents but either way the only thing i can see that they have in common is the way their relationship started both of them being involved with others when they first met.
And of all the country couples out there who may even have similar stories ,nobody else seems to feel the need to sell themselves this hard by comparing themselves to legends who are known as legends because they earned it through their talents and alot of hard work over a lifetime.
Even with all the talent in the world its takes more than a few songs on the radio and a few records sold to become a legend and at this point with both of them putting their foot in their mouths and shoving their ‘love’ down everyones throats ,no matter who gets hurt in the process.
I believe that neither of them will be a legend anywhere but in their own minds.
Lee says:
I don’t know about Chuck, but Julianne is already a legend in her own right, and not just in her mind.
- She is the youngest and only American to win Blackpool.
- She is the youngest pro on DWTS.
- She is the youngest DWTS pro winner.
- She is the youngest back-to-back DWTS pro winner.
- She is the first successful pro in another genre other than dancing. That country album debut at #1 does not lie.
Those facts are undisputable.
disgusted says:
Okay just to clarify.I wasn’t trying to take away from her accomplishments in dancing.She is a phenominal dancer and has PROVEN herself to be a phenominal dancer and EARNED the right to brag about being a world class dancer.
But i’m sorry.1 week at number one that her fanbase from dancing was probably at least 90% responsible for giving her does not a country music legend make.
I’m not saying she isn’t a talented singer and i’m not saying Chuck isn’t either.I’m just saying that they should both focus on establishing themselves as artists in their own right and let their relationship be what it is and not sell themselves as part of a couple to the point that neither of them will ever have any credit as individuals.
If this is what they want they should become a duo and record together instead of as individual artists.
But no matter what they do professionally.
There are some people who will never be able to respect them as people for being so blatantly obvious about the way that they initially hooked up.Because they seem to have no regrets about hurting their exes and in fact celebrate their love in such a public way that there is no chance that the ones left behind won’t hear about it.
I’ve heard Julianne talk about how part of the appeal for her in country music is that you can be yourself and still have your morals and i’ll say it once again.
I don’t see them now.
And knowing personally that she used to be such a sweet girl frankly not only makes me disgusted,but also very very sad.
Lee says:
Their relationship is what it is. If they invite comparison to other couples, so be it. It’s only blatantly obvious because the media asks them about it, and because fans/non-fans hang on to and dissect their every word.
Another fact that no one can take away from them is that Chuck and Julianne are two people who are not legally committed to any of their exes. They have every right to get in and out of a relationship with whoever they want, however they want. It is, after all, the subject of many a song, and that includes country. If it’s perfectly all right to talk about a breakup (like Taylor Swift does in her songs), then it’s fairly acceptable to talk about a hookup.
I recognize that there are some people who do not approve by the outcome, but it’s also true that there are some people who only see the negative side of things. Respect is subjective, and is sometimes overrated. I suspect that both Julianne and Chuck seek the respect and approval of those who matter the most to them.
LOL says:
Julianne said in an interview on Good Day LA today that she doesn’t like to talk about her personal life, but somehow things just get out there. LOL! I honestly don’t know of anything being said about her personal life that she or Chuck haven’t said so blatantly in numerous print, radio or tv interviews. Add to that, the fact that they seem to go out of their way to shout “We’re a couple and we’re SO in love” just in case you didn’t hear them the gazillion times before. Walking away from DWTS isn’t going to help her need for the spotlight. DWTS and it’s publicity fed into Julianne’s craving for attention. Now she and Chuck will need to continue to “sell” their love story to keep their names out there without DWTS. It’s not enough for either of them to go on their talent alone. Why, I don’t know, but they want, need and love the spotlight.
Julianne is a great dancer and has a good voice, Chuck has a better voice, in that respect they can call themselves artists. To me, their biggest art is working the media and inviting the cameras into their personal life. They create the publicity and then say they don’t like to talk about their personal life. That irony is their greatest art, the work of a true artist of manipulation.
CJ says:
I’mjustsayin’, glad to see you back. I’ll bet Zack is trying to just get on with his life! Too bad he doesn’t live in Alaska in an Igloo. Although, Julianne and Chuck would find a way to get the news to him there as well!
Does it seem like they are trying to prove to themselves and others that they love each other? Why contact People numerous times? Why talk about how this love is different than others? Why share such personal details like what your favorite song is to make out to (they shared this on the AMA’s red carpet)? FYI, Chuck said “Let’s get it on”.
Personally, I don’t think Julianne ever saw herself ending up in a serious relationship with Chuck in the long run. I think she has always wanted Zack, but took some stops along the way to taste and experience (Chuck being one of those stops). Zack’s walking away must have devastated her. That’s the only explanation I can find for the extreme lengths she is going to in order to spread the word to the exes via the worldwide media that she and Chuck are a couple.
So, when I originally thought they hooked up on the tour, I was shocked because they were both still involved with others. When I realized they hooked up in May, even more shocked. To think that Zack was still under the impression that he and Julianne were a couple in May when he attended the May 6th dance, Indy 500 and went on vacation, that’s incredible. To think Heather was going out to see Chuck on tour unaware of not just cheating but a relationship going on between Julianne and Chuck, OUCH. To think that they didn’t just cheat once but it was prolonged cheating, I don’t have words to describe the shock.
I’mjustsayin’, I guess that is my question. To your knowledge, was Zack not aware of what was going on with Julianne and Chuck while he was acting like Julianne’s boyfriend through the month of May? I’m assuming that he found out about the prolonged cheating after the Mexico vacation. Is that true?
Today, Chuck said in a People interview that during the tour, he was so never he used a lame pick up line on Julianne to get to know her. He must not have gotten the memo that Julianne told Ryan Seacrest last week that they were hanging out before the tour. They change their stories every interview. This is becoming a soap opera in it’s own right. I would really liked to know if Zack knew before May. To borrow a line from one of Julianne’s singles, this whole mess is beginning to unravel one interview at a time.
CJ says:
I didn’t mean to imply Zack was acting like Julianne’s boyfriend during May, but that he actually thought he was her boyfriend at that time, not knowing she was cheating. Is that correct?
Lara says:
There was a lot that Zack didn’t know, IMO.
It makes me wonder how truthful she’s being with Chuck.
Bessie says:
Lee — you are correct that Julianne is a legend but it’s a DANCING legend. And apparently that just isn’t good enough for Julianne since she is constantly telling anyone who will listen that she is a singer and NOT a dancer. The way that she has left DWTS is a disgrace and she better hope that she never needs the show in the future. She has insulted her dancing fans, her peers on the show, and also ABC/Disney with her insensitive comments. It would be a good thing for Julianne to remember that without ABC and the show she doesn’t probably even have a music career and no one would even know who she was. I don’t think Julianne got the music contract from her 5 episodes of Show Me The Money, do you?
All I know is that I agree with the people above me who said that this is not the Julianne Hough that people fell in love with and wanted to support. Her girl next door image and morals were refreshing to see in this day and age. But now she has just turned into every other media crazy celebrity who is willing to compromise their values and everything real about themselves in order to get ahead in the business. If Julianne thinks that her dancing is the reason that people don’t take her serious, she is sadly mistaken. The country music stations don’t play her music and it isn’t because of her dancing - it’s because they would much rather make fun of her and joke about her always being the other woman in her recent relationships. She is the laughing stock of country music because of her private life NOT her dancing career and the sooner Julianne admits that, the quicker she can try to change that fact.
Prediction says:
I have no knowledge of this, it is just my prediction that Julianne and Chuck will star in a CMT country version of a reality show talking about their relationship, writing and recording songs and touring. Something of a docudrama nature. I don’t know if this will happen, but it wouldn’t surprise me at this point.
Lee says:
Bessie, I for one am glad that Julianne doesn’t stop at just dancing. It would be a shame if she has other talents and she does not take the time to hone it. She has established herself as a dancer in a short time frame. It clearly no longer holds a challenge for her. I don’t blame her for moving on to explore what other entertaining avenues she can apply herself in.
I am a fan, and do not feel insulted, so please do not speak for me :) I don’t believe she insulted Alec and Edyta, either; besides, until these two (or any other pro, for that matter) have ventured out into country music themselves, they really have no business advising on Julianne’s career choices. If ABC really believes Julianne is insensitive, they have enough power to pull her out from presenting at AMA and CMT awards; after all, they are in charge of broadcasting. But they didn’t. Rather, they see her as a good way to cross-promote DWTS. Each of Julianne’s appearances, country-related or otherwise, is a promotion for the show. That’s whether they like or not. That’s also whether Julianne likes it or not.
Julianne has changed, I don’t doubt that. She has to, it’s the nature of the business she chose to be in. She would be crazy to go back to being the girl that she was in DWTS4. That girl, while delightful, would never stand a chance in Hollywood, Nashville or any entertainment hub once the novelty wears off. Undoubtedly she is taking a big risk not coming back to the show next season, but she has taken numerous risks before, and they have paid off handsomely. Irving Azoff, Brad Paisley and whoever chose her for her next tour obviously saw her talent and potential, and I would never believe they would deliberately put “laughingstock material” on their talent roster.
Bella says:
After having heard from I’mjustsayin’ that Chuck and Julianne had a relationship before May, can I just say how much unbelievable respect I have for Heather and Zack. For them to walk away without saying anything negative to the press and then to have Julianne and Chuck add injury to insult again and again by shoving the publicity of their relationship down people’s throats, it’s almost like Julianne and Chuck are being gleeful about how it’s coming across. Even People magazine says they are gushing, IMO, like an overflowing fountain.
They got caught and now they are flaunting it. Classless and completely insensitive. It’s like the immaturity of Jr High saying “Ha! I’m with someone new, na na na na na na.” Heather and Zack are so amazingly lucky to not be dating or married to either one of them. To top it all of, Julianne is coming across to many as America’s sweetheart.
elaine says:
I don’t see anything classy about Zack and Heather’s silence. Let’s face it, if either of them said anything to the press, they’ll just look bitter over the rejection. The only thing they can be applauded on is for having the sense to keep quiet.
Lizzie says:
I don’t want to talk for anyone either but I was one of Julianne’s dancing fans and I have been greatly insulted by her comments and actions lately. I understand that she needs to grow and protect herself in order to survive in the business that she is in but I don’t think she had to lose herself in the process which in my opinion is exactly what she has done. She isn’t Julianne Hough anymore. She’s the next Faith Hill, the new June Carter Cash, Chuck Wick’s girlfriend, and everything that people think a country singer should be with the big hair and the fake country accent. She isn’t a solo artists anymore, she is part of some strange package deal. What happens when this relationship ends? Does anyone even care about Julianne Hough for herself?
So my problem is not that Julianne is moving on and spreading her wings, it’s that she doesn’t seem real to me anymore. Everything that she says and does seems to have a motive and I just can’t believe anything about her anymore. She contradicts her past beliefs and values and things that just a few months ago she said were important to her. That’s a sad thing and it isn’t something that I think needed to happen in order for Julianne to pursue her singing career. There are plenty of successful country artists who have not been part of any of the deceptions and scandals that Julianne has at only 20 years old. Honesty and integrity and being true to yourself are important things to most fans and right now Julianne is lacking in all departments. I hope it changes as she grows up but if I’m honest, I’m not holding my breath.
Lee says:
Lizzie, if you have a problem with Julianne’s career strategy, then please don’t support her. Don’t buy her albums, don’t go to her concerts, and ignore the statements that she makes in the media. You mention that she doesn’t seem so “real” anymore — if that’s the case, by all means, don’t be a “real” fan. Easy as pie, right?
Some of the posters here and on other forums may have spent a fair amount of time, effort and money to watch her dance in the tours, vote for her during the seasons, buy her CD and go to her concerts. Each dance she does, any song she sings, she gives it her all. I’m sure each performance of hers that you’ve paid for, you got your money’s worth; I have yet to see “I want my money back” complaints from any of you here.
Now, if you believed that you can make a difference with what she does with her relationships, or that you may be able to help her see what you believe is important, and acquire the qualities you perceive she lacks, I regret that your “investment” was placed wrongly. She may say contradicting things, but at the end of the day, her personal life, her choices and lessons learned along the way is not for sale.
Tim says:
I base my decisions on whether I am a fan of someone on not only their talent but their strength of character and integrity. Julianne is now saying she prematurely announced her departure from DWTS and may in fact be back for the spring season, admitting she may have put her foot in her mouth. Julianne has talent as a dancer and with voice instruction and losing the country twang, can progress as a singer.
She seems to think she can dictate how it’s going to be (touring, not dancing, etc.) and TPTB will fall in line and obey. I don’t see strength of character in her comments or actions regarding this. Her constant flip-flopping on career moves, relationship timelines, who’s in charge of revealing info about her personal life have shown me she thinks she is more powerful than she really is. Keeping humility in the entertainment business is possible and important in keeping fans. No one has to change more than they think they need to. Many celebrities keep their modesty and humility while succeeding. No, no one here can make her do or say anything they want to. But as people who have followed her career, and as Country Fans, we are free to share our opinion as it changes based on our assessment of her standards and character strengths or weaknesses, not just her talent.
Lizzie says:
It isn’t Julianne’s “career strategy” that I have a problem with. I have a problem with the fact that she is now talking out of both sides of her face as she changes her stories to depend on the situation. To me that isn’t a strategy but rather a sign of her current character. I have supported her with ticket sales to her shows, CD sales, and also votes on her dancing show but I can’t any longer. I know that Julianne probably doesn’t care but if she loses too many of her loyal fans than she will have to rethink her “strategy”. But I have to disagree on one point. I don’t think that Julianne has given it her all for the last two seasons of DWTS. She practically tanked it with her season 6 partner but no one really cared because they knew he didn’t have a chance. However the lack of interest and effort at times with her partner this season was hard to watch. She clearly didn’t want to be there and for the first part of the season her attention was clearly still on her singing. Later into the show her competitive spirit did return but that was until the CMAs came up right after her unfortunate surgery. She seemed to have enough energy to fly back and forth to Nashville, host the pre-show, and then do an exhausting dance with her brother but yet wasn’t “well” enough to even sit in the audience and support her partner that was struggling to adjust to a new partner in the middle of the season. It is all of these types of things and actions that have made me question everything that Julianne now says and does. But you are right Lee — if I’m not happy about Julianne’s “strategy” then I don’t have to support her anymore. And after all of the double speak, I will not waste one more cent on anything that has to do with Julianne Hough.
Beware says:
It is just as I suspected…I’ve seen these points of discussion before. They were being brought up at length at a private forum. I find it extremely interesting that the same phrases recently used there are practically being copied and pasted here, word for word.
I suppose that medium is not enough for some individuals to air their disapproval over Julianne’s actions. They seem to find it necessary to spread their “brand of poison” to the very same market Julianne is attempting to break into, in order to promote their agenda.
But it is nothing new. This is not the first blog/forum these individuals have taken over. The pattern has been applied often enough that it has become quite easy to recognize. Sad to say, some of these individuals would stop at nothing to smear Julianne and her loved ones, which right now happens to include Chuck.
So, to the more sensible readers of the comments of this blog, here’s an unsolicited advice: beware.
John says:
I’m always suspicious of people who bring up things that are from a private forum cause it tells me that they must be a member in order to know this stuff. How do we know that they aren’t the ones doing the copying and pasting and are now just trying to look like the good guy defending poor Julianne? Maybe we need to beware of Beware.
Sorry that was bad but this whole idea that people are trying to “spread their brand of poison” in order to hurt Julianne in country music is just crazy to me and extremely dramatic. You always have some people who love you and some who hate you. I honestly don’t think anyone cares enough and even if they do they don’t have to do anything cause Julianne is doing a good enough job herself.
But if we are giving out unsolicited advice, I would tell everyone who is unhappy to just stop talking about them. Julianne & Chuck thrive on the attention and when that goes away, so will they.
Haylie says:
To the person who said that Julianne was the youngest ever winner @ Blackpool.
Keep in mind that was the Youth division. While still a prestigious win it’s not quite the same as winning the professinal international latin division at Blackpool. I’d compare the Youth division to winning the Little League World Series. Prestigious yes but no where near the same as actually winning the actual World Series.
When she wins the adult International Latin division then she can have a bit more room to brag.
Mike K says:
I see that Chuck & Julianne have already written several songs together. He gave an interview on 11/21 to B93 out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He dished on their relationship and talked about their song writing endeavors.
I hope that Heather Hines is OK. I met her last year at one of Chuck’s shows. She is a beautiful woman. I was shocked to hear that he cheated on her with a girl not even old enough to buy a beer. Go figure.
Kiki says:
I saw this posted this morning by Norm Clarke of the Las Vegas Review Journal. Norm states that, he saw
“Julianne Hough of “Dancing With The Stars” fame, with her family at Lavo (Palazzo) on Friday night to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and her sister Marabeth’s birthday. Hough and her boyfriend Chuck Wicks stayed in a penthouse at Palms Place.”
A penthouse, Chucky is really moving on up. Kaitlyn you hit the nail on the head. It is a no brainer for this guy.
Monique says:
I visited PureHough, the site run by Julianne’s Mom. Her mom stated that People Magazine was at this birthday party too. It seems like Julianne and Chuck really love all this media attention. I am sickened that this girl has changed so much over the past 6 months. What happened to the sweet little pure Mormon virgin? She is now shacking up with Chuck in Las Vegas.
I visited the Las Vegas Review Journal and clicked onto Norm’s Vegas Confidential link. That’s where you’ll read about Chuck & Julianne staying in a Penthouse at the Palazzo.
Livvie says:
SAD
Cheryl says:
Monique - not only is Julianne “shacking up with Chuck in Las Vegas” but it looks like she is broadcasting it!! I think you can now official say the innocent Mormon virgin is gone but maybe she really never existed in the first place.
However Kiki talks about a post from Kaitlyn and I can’t seem to find it. Is that one of the comments that has “mysteriously” disappeared in order to protect the characters in this twisted soap opera?
Kaitlyn says:
Both of my post got deleted so here they are again…
“I was shocked to hear that he cheated on her with a girl not even old enough to buy a beer. Go figure.”
3 reasons why:
1. She’s beautiful arm candy but not the brightest bulb in the box…he can manipulate her to do what he wants under the veil of “true love”.
2. He can be the one to deflower the Mormon virgin girl.
3. Her “celebrity” is bigger than his so he gets more publicity just by being “her boyfriend”
It’s a win, win win for ole Chucky boy..no brainer.
The second one was:
I guess they were in that penthouse working their makeout song “Let’s get it on”…how much you want to bet they’re living together? Next thing is that she’ll end up pregnant and Chuck will be on his cell phone as he’s running out the door, issuing a statement to People Magazine that they broke up and are just friends…complete and total losers, both of them.
Bella says:
Thanks Kaitlyn for reposting and I have copied it in case it vanishes. I think you make a lot of good points except I don’t think Chuck is going to run out the door if Julianne gets pregnant. In fact I bet he hopes that is exactly what happens since that would guarentee his connection to Julianne forever. Right now she is his main means of publicity and I can’t see him letting that disappear without a fight. Eventually Julianne could see how Chuck is using her and then tell him where to go but it’s much harder if they have a kid together. I guess I’m just hopeful that Julianne and her family will wake up before something as drastic as a baby happens but all of the recent news doesn’t give me a lot of faith. Just the fact that they have broadcast that they were staying together in Vegas (and most likely living together in Nashville) has just opened the door to all of this speculation. I can’t believe that this is how a very young supposedly innocent Mormon girl wants to be perceived but things have changed a lot for Julianne in the last 6 months.
Connie says:
Don’t forget Julianne told PEOPLE magazine that she is on the pill supposedly for her Endometriosis. She won’t get pregnant.
Kaitlyn says:
That could be true but somehow I doubt it. A kid is a huge comittment and from what we’ve seen from Chuck in the past, he apparently has an issue with staying “committed” period. Oh that’s right, Julianne is on birth control for “medicinal” purposes, so I guess it won’t happen after all, thank God.
I figure he will stay with her as long as the publicity continues…they might even get engaged, but once that’s been milked that for all it’s worth, it’ll all of a sudden “be over”.
Bella says:
I forgot that Connie. How great for Chuck that his young Mormon girlfriend was prescribed the pill for her illness. That certainly makes things a lot easier for Mr. Wicks, doesn’t it.
Lee says:
There are way too many who are fixated on this “innocent Mormon virgin” perception. No matter what statement anyone releases in the media, one can lose his/her innocence, religion or virginity status at any given time. Julianne isn’t exactly a trendsetter for this type of behavior, so I’m not sure why people find it so hard to believe.
COCO says:
God Bless you Julianne and Chuck. I must reply to all of you fans and ex-fans who are so hurtful towards them: GET A LIFE GUYS! Your comments are very offensive and only reflect your jealousy and your insecurity. So what, if they cheated on their exes, didn’t you ever hear of the old saying: If you are happy at home you don’t look around. I believe that if Chuck looked somewhere else, it’s because Heather did not have what it took anymore. At least, you cannot accuse them of being hypocrits or liars. Julianne is so talented, what if she changes her mind in her comments, she’s 20, she is the best dancer on the planet, she always gave 200% to all of her partners in DWTS, she has a beautiful voice, she is sexy, she has everything going her, she has all the rights to change her mind.(WHO DOESN’T) As for Chuck, who can blame the guy for hooking with Julianne, I presently have five men around me and they would all have done the same thing, including my husband of 35 years and trust me I have a very solid relationship. Julianne and Chuck are powerful people, they are powerful with their talents and with their looks. As for Heather and Zack, well too bad guys like many people before you, you have been dumped so turn the page and get over it. Good luck Julianne and Chuck your way of dealing with your relationship is very normal and healthy and very much your own business, you haven’t done anything wrong. I wish you all the best in your careers.
Tara says:
It would be their business if they would stop broadcasting it. As for Chuck cheating…why blame Heather? He’s the one who stepped out on her. It could have been a clean break but apparantly it wasn’t & then to rub his new relationship all over the media is tactless. Not very classy same with Julianne. Once she was done with Zack suddenly this new relationship is all she can talk about. If she doesn’t want people to talk about her private life she needs to stop putting it out there for media & public scrutiny. Both Chuck & Julianne have exhibited zero class in this situation. Julianne is nothing but a social climber looking for the next big thing & when someone better & bigger than Chuckie comes along she’ll be off with him & leave Chuck eating her pathetic dust.
Jake says:
Wow COCO — do you actually believe what you just posted? And if we are talking about insensitive comments, I think your comment about Heather would be at the top of the list. How anyone can somehow blame Heather in this mess is unbelievable to me. Heather hasn’t done anything but care about Chuck before he was anybody. She was the inspiration behind his hit song. Julianne has to be reminded of Heather every time she hears Chuck sing that song and I wouldn’t think that would be fun.
You also must know some very interesting people if you think that the way Julianne and Chuck are dealing with this relationship is very normal and healthy. And I do agree with you that most times a person’s private life is very much their own business but that isn’t even close to the case in this situation. Julianne & Chuck have invited everyone into their personal lives with the way that they “announce” every aspect of it, mostly to People Magazine. If they didn’t want their fans to comment on it, then they should have kept quiet. But I think that they wanted/needed the publicity so even though right now most of it is negative, Julianne & Chuck have to learn that you have to take the good with the bad. This whole scandal is something that Julianne & Chuck have created and I wish that people would leave the exes out of it. They are the innocent victims here.
Bella Condie says:
I haven’t been back to this sight in a few days. I noticed someone else with the name of Bella posted 2 posts today. That isn’t me. I last posted on November 26 at 1:16 pm. I am changing my username to Bella Condie so there isn’t any confusion. From now on, I will post as Bella Condie in the future. I haven’t had a chance to read through all the posts since my last visit, so I have no further comment at this time.
Bella/Isabella says:
Hi Bella Condie — I’m sorry I didn’t see that you had posted and had the same name as me. From now on I will post as Isabella so that there won’t be any confusion.
Connie says:
Yeah - don’t blame Heather for this mess. She is such a sweet person. All she did was love Chuck.
Julianne on the otherhand is just a social climber. Helio - Kevin - Chuck. The only one she couldn’t have was that Apolo Ohno. He’s a pretty smart guy when you think about it.
Lee says:
Thanks, COCO, for a good dose of reality. No one here has any proof that Chuck and Julianne cheated. The people who are directly affected, Heather and Zack, aren’t even talking — probably because they were as much as fault at the demise of their respective relationships as Chuck and Julianne were.
And yes, God bless Chuck and Julianne, and I wish them plenty of success in their career and their relationship with each other. May their detractors get a life of their own.
Lara says:
Yeah, she couldn’t get Apolo, and I wonder if she even has a clue as to why that was the case. Too bad, he’ll make a great husband to some lucky woman one day.
ITA with Jake, above.
IMO the sweet, virginal girl was gone a long time ago. She’s not even bothering to keep up appearances anymore. It’s no wonder that Zack is long gone.
What Julianne may need to learn the hard way…when you swim with the sharks (the media,) prepare for them to circle when you’re vulnerable to attack. But maybe all publicity is good publicity to her.
Lara says:
Lee, your attitude is admirable and generous, and all I can say is that I hope you never look at either one of them in disbelief and say, “What the heck happened here?”
Because unfortunately, that’s been the experience of a number of other posters, including me.
If Julianne has a successful career in county music, finds wedded bliss (eventually) with Chuck, raises lots of beautiful babies in a cozy Nashville homestead, well I will say is, good for her.
Until that happens, I can’t escape the feeling that I’m watching a train wreck in slow motion.
Bella Condie says:
I finally read the latest posts. Isabella, no problem about using the same name.
I’m wondering if Julianne and Chuck invited someone from people magazine or if that person was just there. Intersting that a reporter from Las Vegas found out where they were staying. Did the reporter look it up or did Julianne or Chuck offer this information?
To those who commented about Heather or Zack being responsile or being just as responsible for Julianne and Chuck hooking up, are you kidding me?? Julianne and Chuck have both admitted in multiple and inconsistent interviews that they met and were together BEFORE the tour started even though fans saw BOTH of them with their exes up until June or the middle of June. Anyone who saw Zack on Dance War could see he was a kind and compassionate person who was loyal and full of integrity. Whoever he ends up with will be a very lucky woman, indeed. I never saw him as someone who would be with a girl who wasn’t appearing interested in him. He stood by Julianne through all of her publicity blitz. He was an anchor in her life. So many people loved the person she was or came acrossed as when Zack was in her life.
HE left her because she cheated once again and he was through with that. Ever since he broke up with her, she has been careening on a downward spiral. I still believe everything she is doing to get public attention has some sort of message to Zack that she is doing “great” and doesn’t need him. That Chuck finds her attractive, sexy and wants to be in the spotlight with her. She wants the spotlight but she and Chuck are going out of their way is ways I could never even imagine to keep the spotlight on them and how much better off they are without their exes.
Whoever predicted they would do a reality show on CMT, they are already doing a reality show with People magazine as the reporter. Can you get anymore personal than telling people what room you are staying in and that you are staying together? Don’t smart celebrities go out of their way NOT to let the public know where they are staying and which club they are at?
Lee says:
“Yeah - don’t blame Heather for this mess. She is such a sweet person. All she did was love Chuck.”
If that’s all she did, then perhaps that’s Heather’s (and, by extension Zack’s) fault. Love and sweetness are not enough to sustain a relationship, especially with a public figure. I love Julianne, but that doesn’t mean I should be in a relationship with her. I also love Zack and voted for Team Bruno several times when he was in Dance War…but if all he had to offer Julianne was love, then I agree with her decision to look elsewhere.
CJ says:
I think Zack did more than love Julianne. He uprooted himself from school to be with her, went to appearances with her, put up with the A\J shippers hatred for him. He never talked bad about her, publicly praised her, let her have the spotlight while her star was rising, supported her from the sidelines at events. Flew to where she was on tour or performing, etc. He put up with the public thinking she broke off their engagement when it was a mutual decision, put up with the rumors about her and Apolo…the list goes on and on and on. This is how she repays him? To cheat on him? Now he keeps silent about the cheating just like he did the first time they broke up.
In my opinion he gave her unconditional love, support, encouragement, and was willing to make huge sacrifices for her career. What he wasn’t willing to do was put up with cheating or compromising his morals.
Julianne did make a decision to compromise the relationship by “looking elsewhere” and cheating. Zack ended it. I don’t agree with her cheating but I agree with her being with anyone else besides Zack, and for that matter Chuck being with anyone else besides Heather. The exes deserve better.
Bethany says:
CJ, perhaps that was Zack’s mistake. He seemed to have given up a lot about himself to ‘’support” Julianne. Perhaps she lost respect for him because he was content in just living in her shadow. Maybe that’s not what she wanted in a man. There is such a thing as being there for someone and supporting them and there is such a thing as making yourself available to someone and losing your own identity. Adam Carolla, who was Julianne’s partner in season 6, questioned why Zack would come pick her up at practice everyday. He wondered why Zack didn’t have work or something else going on to occupy his day. Zack came off more like a babysitter or hired escort than he did a boyfriend. Adam said he actually felt bad for him. He insinuated that Julianne was already playing the Hollywood game and made it sound as if Zack was coming off like a lap dog. I don’t think Julianne was ever in love with Zack romantically. I think she loved him as a longtime friend in her life and as a support. And his being Mormon seemed to be important at the time. But Julianne is a very flirty, touchy feely, out going person and to hear Zack say on Dance Wars that he was not even comfortable saying the word sexy, well, that doesn’t make a good match to say the least. When Julianne was a naive 17 - 18 year old girl, Zack may have seemed ideal. As she grew up quickly with all that’s happened to her with her career the last year and a half, it’s obvious she and Zack just weren’t meant to be.
Justine says:
I’mjustsayin’ said “That was all Zack needed to let Julianne know that he deserved more, and that she was living beneath who he believed she really was.”
This was after she got caught cheating with Chuck. Zack walking away and rejecting Julianne as well as telling her she is living beneath her standards seems to be propelling Julianne in an effort to prove him wrong. I just saw Access Hollywood. Julianne seems to be the #1 celebrity for them. They talked about the Vegas Thanksgiving holiday. Julianne and Chuck kiss for the camera a few times, are in the bathtub together (fully clothed), and her family is also at the penthouse.
Anyway, all of this makes me think more and more that Julianne is projecting messages via the media to Zack. She and Chuck are obviously milking their 15 minutes of fame, but it’s seems more to be more than just the two of them wanting all the publicity. I totally agree with others that she is getting back at Zack. I wonder how he was with the spotlight or this much PDA. I am also extremely curious when he found out about Chuck and Julianne cheating. Was it at the end of May or before the Mexico vacation? For me, nothing else explains how out there and over the top she and Chuck are being. It’s got to be painful for Heather and Zack to see how public they chose to be.
I’mjustsayin’, can you enlighten us as to how he felt about putting his relationship with Julianne in the public eye? When did he learn about the cheating?
CJ says:
Bethany,
I suggest you listen to the radio interview with Adam Corolla where he talks about Zack. He never said anything about Zack not working or wondering why he didn’t have a job. He never wondered anything about Zack. Just said he picked her up from practice. He mentioned Zack was not being referred to as her boyfriend even though he was. He never implied Zack came across as a lap dog. Adam was surprised she was dating someone else. He had sympathy for Zack.
People on DWTS message boards and A\J shipper boards have been misquoting that interview and saying Adam said multiple things about Zack that frankly were never said. Some people listened to the interview and told the original posters they were wrong but many people never went back and checked the resources themselves. I was appalled at how fast people passed on these mistakes and misquotes about the interview. Someone even had the audacity to say that Adam said Zack gave him the stink eye. Adam NEVER said that nor any of the other unfounded facts.
Zack was on Dance War and did prep work for that. He was a dancer and instructor on High School Musical 3 that filmed for 2 1\2 months. Hardly unemployed. He was working on a career in the Entertainment world while dating Julianne. I’m just not going to buy that Zack wasn’t a good enough boyfriend or didn’t love Julianne enough. There is nor will ever be any excuse for cheating. Julianne should have broken it off before she played around.
Hmmm says:
Bethany, are you an A\J shipper? The way you are portraying Zack sounds like the way they want to see him so they can believe it was Apolo she was involved with. The lengths these people would go to to make Zack seem unsuited for their princess Julianne is unbelievable, even comical. I too agree with the others, Zack loved her, Heather loved Chuck.
Amen, CJ, there is no excuse for cheating.
P Sawyer says:
I have a thought..since when is it wrong for the guy to stand in the shadows to allow his girlfriend or significant other to shine? Why all this hate for Zack for wnot wanting to take the spotlight away from Julianne during the time they were together? If roles were reversed noone would think twice if Julianne was the one in the shadows supporting Zack as he pursued his career & then he’d be raked over the coals for cheating. Yet since it’s Julianne in the limelight her diehard fans are willing to “overlook” what happened or somehow point the fingers to Zach for not being “a man”. Well, hate to break it to thoe people. Zack was being the best sort of guy a girl could want. A loving supportive boyfriend who didn’t try to steal his girlfriends thunder. Yet Julianne cheated on him & this is okay with her fans??? Can we say double standard?
Louie says:
If people are saying that Julianne didn’t respect Zack because he just followed her around and lived in her shadow then Chuck better be careful because he is doing the exact same thing. Chuck Wicks is totally whipped and is nowbest known as just Mr. Julianne Hough. What happened to his music career? Julianne leads him around like a dog and tells him what he needs to do for her and the press. As a guy I can understand what Chuck is doing because I would also do anything to get it on with Julianne. She is gorgeous but I still wish that Chuck had more pride in himself than to let Julianne lead him around by the nose. I’m sure that there is a reality show in the future because Julianne needs the spotlight and attention and with her not in LA this would be the perfect way to keep her name in the press. This is Jessica Simpson/Nick Lachey Part 2 with the virgin singer and the older man. Wonder if this will work out any better?
Lee says:
An elaborate extended family get-together, with an expensive penthouse reservation, a birthday party sponsored by People Magazine, interviews filmed by Access Hollywood, just for Julianne to send a message to Zack?
He may be a really great guy and may have dumped Julianne (as one anonymous poster claims), but I doubt that all of this was done just to “project messages via the media to Zack.”
Yes, Zack was being the best sort of guy a girl could want, but he is clearly not what Julianne wants these days. If Zack dumped her, it’s Zack’s loss. And Zack’s loss is Chuck’s gain. Chuck is today, Zack is so last year.
Mia says:
It doesn’t matter if Zack’s loss is Chuck’s gain it doesn’t excuse cheating. If you want to end a relationship give them the respect by doing it the right way so they have time to heal & have closure. It’s funny how some are glossing over the fact that Julianne cheated going by the time line of events.
Like a previous poster stated if roles were reversed Zach would be raked over the coals for this behaviour but Julianne in this instance comes out smelling like roses? Makes no sense.
Chuck and Jules Fan says:
And for me, it doesn’t matter if I look like I am “glossing over” because it’s simply not a fact that Julianne cheated. There is no excuse for cheating…IF it is proven. She’ll never admit it, and until Zack himself says it, no one here (not even “I’m just saying”) knows what really happened, and shouldn’t pass off their speculation as facts.
Also, you can hate them or love them, but the blog is about Chuck and Julianne, not Zack and Heather. If anyone wants to start a support group for the exes, please do so elsewhere.
Hannah says:
Tim and Faith they will never be. That’s an insult to Tim and Faith themselves. Laughable.
Louie says:
I agree with you Hannah but now Julianne is trying to pass them off as the new Johnny & June Cash which is also insulting. Who is next since they obviously don’t think that being Julianne & Chuck is going to be enough. Well actually is isn’t enough so I guess pretending to be something else is their only hope.
Jimmy says:
Well, I’m glad someone thinks Julianne is Chuck’s gain, most people completely disagree. Even if she is beautiful, she is media hungry, insecure, a big flirt, and hell bent on being the most popular celebrity for People.com, Access Hollywood, and Entertainment Tonight. No, I don’t think Julianne and Chuck had People and Access Hollywood at Marabeth’s birthday party just to send messages to their exes. But given the opportunity to speak about their “undying” love, they are so over the top that it looks like they are trying to prove it to the world and their exes. People.com today said that they are talking marriage. Last spring, Julianne said she was too young to marry. Now she’s shouting it to the world. They also say they knew on their first date they thought they would fall in love. My question is, when was that first date? Was it while they were still with their exes, or after they cheated?
Regardless of whether or not you want to believe either of them cheated, they are living a reality show. Julianne or Chuck have been on People.com multiple times in the last 2 weeks. How many times is enough for them to stop? Do they want to be on the front of every tabloid magazine? Heather repeatedly plays songs on her MySpace about cheating. Where is their dignity in keeping things private? If they are opening the door now, they won’t be able to close it once the weekly tabloids start following them around and predicting breakups, cheatings, etc. Will that be enough? They say in interviews they’ve been dating 5 months, then 4 months, then 5 months. Just too many inconsistent details and way too much information to have respect for either of them.
Brandi says:
You bring up a good point Jimy about opening the door to public scrutiny. It reminds me of that whole Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez debacle. Look at how open they were with their relationship & see how well that worked out. They practically screamed it from the rooftops & were on every magazine & in every show. Atleast now since they have each married others they learned that lesson & their private lives are more or less kept private.
Too bad Julianne hasn’t learned from those who have come before her (no matter what genre of entertainment they are from).
I for one never bought into her “little miss innocent act” and it became more & more obvious to me the 2nd season she was on DWTS (when she won with Helio). All of this just reaffirms what I have felt all along about her and I knew eventually it would come back to bite her and it looks like slowly but surely it is and that more and more people are becoming very disillusioned with her.
Chuck and Jules Fan says:
I wish them the best of luck if they are talking about marriage as the people.com article says. I think they should get to know each other better since they have only been dating for a short time, but I hope they can make it work. It is their life, after all.
Bethany says:
Hmmm, no I’m not an ”A/J shipper.” You know it is possible to have a differing viewpoint other than your own and not be a ‘’shipper” of some sort. There seems to be a pattern of some of Zack’s supporters here who immediately call or assume someone to be a shipper if they don’t agree with them. Not everyone sees things in the same way. Zack wanted to be a dentist from what I read, then it was a country music career, then he did the Dance Wars thing. I don’t think it’s too far fetched for some to have gotten the impression that he was just content to follow in Julianne’s shadow. To some that’s jut not a particularly attractive trait in a man.
I think came he off as a very nice guy, and I wish him the best in whatever he decides to do with his life.
CJ, there were several different times that Adam Carrola brought up Julianne and her dating situation besides that interview you are refering to….
COCO says:
Thanks Lee, now you are the one with the good dose of reality and it’s very refreshing.
To KiKi, Monique, Cheryll, Kaithlyn, Bella and Connie, girls you should get together and write a novel, your imagination is very fertile. From the cheating to the dating, to the penthouse in Vegas, to taking the pill (which by the way, she needs), to the pregnancy, to the call where he dumps her after she is pregnant. WOW! it’s like watching a rerun of ANOTHER WORLD. Like Lee said earlier to someone else, you don’t have to like them but you can stop being their fans, I’m sure they won’t miss you and as ChuckandJulesFan mentioned earlier there is no evidence whatsoever of any cheating, SPECULATIONS ONLY! People are making a big deal about two SINGLE UNMARRIED people FLIRTING with each other. BIG BIG DEAL. The significant others of the past did not like it SO BE IT, LIFE GOES ON, LIVE AND LET LIVE.
As for Julianne’s virginal status, which seems to bother people so much, I know one thing when you’re 19 you sometines have very strong beliefs and more than often y