Not expected, but not entirely unexpected

There have been successful mergers of the Hollywood-hockey variety before.  (Case study:  Elisha Cuthbert and Dion Phaneuf.)

Unfortunately, the Julianne Hough - Brooks Laich linkage has come undone.  Apparently when Julianne noted to Brooks that she wasn't entirely straight and was not referring to her slapshot, this caused a few warning flags to get posted.

And now, after Brooks has been quarantining mostly alone (except for a dog) up north while Julianne has been Kinrgzing (or something) from her home in Los Angeles, they realized that being apart together was just about the same as being apart by themselves, and they decided that would work.

Too bad though for Hough -- Brooks is pretty hunky with that northwoods beard.  But this was a case of two worlds colliding, and not sticking.

Brooks Laich 'did not want to divorce' Julianne Hough but 'her behavior ultimately pushed him to end their marriage of nearly three years'

Actually, I have it on good authority (my own) that Brooks ultimately gave up on the marriage because he could never get used to the way that Julianne did the laundry.