Robin Wright fell for the widespread confusion that Derek and Julianne Hough are married.
Throughout an ungainly interview second on the 2026 Golden Globes red carpet, Wright advised the “Dancing With The Stars” professional that she thought his youthful sister was truly his spouse.
“Wait, you’re the brother of Julianne? I really like her,” Wright, 59, questioned Derek, 40, as they chatted with “Extra.”
“Can I inform you one thing? After I first noticed her dance, I used to be like, ‘They’re married.’”
Derek admitted to Wright, “I’ve acquired that typically.”
The “Forrest Gump” star went on to gush over the brother-sister duo and their dance movies.
“You guys are wonderful collectively. I observe you guys on Instagram and watch you guys transfer,” she advised Derek.
The choreographer thanked Wright for her variety phrases and pivoted the dialog to her being nominated for a Golden Globe award for her function within the Prime Video restricted sequence “The Girlfriend.”
Derek and Julianne are the youngest of the 5 Hough siblings who grew up in a Mormon family in Utah.
The brother-sister duo rose to fame collectively on “Dancing with the Stars.” Derek is at present a choose on the present with Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli, whereas Julianne co-hosts with Alfonso Ribeiro.
In Sept. 2025, Julianne opened up about how one of many pair’s earliest collaborations on the “DWTS” stay tour created confusion about their relationship.
“Carrie Ann was the one who choreographed every thing, and she or he acquired us to do a rumba collectively. You guys, that’s the dance of affection that my brother and I needed to dance collectively,” she mentioned on the “Chicks in the Office” podcast.
“Our names in this system had been ‘Derek and Julianne Hough,’ so everyone thought we had been married and had been doing this rumba,” the professional dancer continued. “When individuals came upon we had been brother and sister? I bear in mind there was one venue, and we simply heard, ‘That’s simply flawed!’”
Julianne was beforehand married to former NHL star Brooks Laich from 2017 to 2020. She dated Ryan Seacrest for three years earlier than breaking apart in 2013.
Derek, for his half, has been married to fellow dancer Hayley Erbert since 2023. The couple welcomed their first child together, daughter Everly, final month.
Julianne congratulated her brother and sister-in-law on their particular information within the feedback part of their Instagram announcement, writing, “Welcome to the world candy angel Everley 💗.”
