Julianne Hough’s estranged husband Brooks Laich treated himself to a splashy new mohawk this Thursday.
The hunky 36-year-old former hockey player posted selfie footage to Insta Stories of himself sitting in the barbershop and getting his new do.
His barber of choice was one Paul Nemec who works in Coeur d’Alene, the lakeside Idaho town where Brooks and Julianne held their wedding.
There it is: Julianne Hough’s estranged husband Brooks Laich treated himself to a splashy new mohawk this Thursday
‘The man is an artiste with that straight raiser – ooh! – the blade,’ said Brooks, as Paul applied what he called ‘the finishing touches’ to the hairdo.
On this past Sunday’s episode of his podcast How Men Think, Brooks revealed that despite the breakup of his marriage ‘I hope to be a father one day.’
Julianne and Brooks announced their separation at the end of last month less than three full years after getting married.
The pair have been beset by rumors of marital problems ever since they went into lockdown separately amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Looking fab: The hunky 36-year-old former hockey player posted selfie footage to Insta Stories of himself sitting in the barbershop and getting his new do
Location, location, location: His barber of choice was one Paul Nemec who works in Coeur d’Alene, the lakeside Idaho town where Brooks and Julianne held their wedding
‘We have lovingly and carefully taken the time we have needed to arrive at our decision to separate,’ Julianne, 31, and Brooks, 36, told People together.
An insider told People they ultimately decided to split after discovering they were ‘perfectly happy and fine being apart’ while self-isolating in different states.
The Dancing With The Stars alumna is hunkering down in Los Angeles, while the ex-professional hockey player remains in Idaho.
Two days before the separation announcement, Brooks posted ‘THIRST TRAP!’ shirtless photos from Idaho and Julianne commented that they were ‘awesome.’
Chop chop: ‘The man is an artiste with that straight raiser – ooh! – the blade,’ said Brooks, as Paul applied what he called ‘the finishing touches’ to the hairdo
A People source said Julianne is a ‘deeply different person than she was when they got married,’ and is ‘proud of those differences and changes she’s made and she doesn’t want to go back. He is the man he is and he shouldn’t change a thing. But they shouldn’t spend the rest of their lives together – not as spouses, anyway.’
During an Instagram Live interview with Oprah Magazine in April Julianne said of being in lockdown without Brooks: ‘I don’t feel lonely, but I definitely feel alone.’
Earlier last month amid rumors of marriage trouble with Brooks, Julianne wrote on Insta Stories: ‘Never betray yourself to be loyal to others.’
‘Love and respect’: ‘We have lovingly and carefully taken the time we have needed to arrive at our decision to separate,’ Julianne, 31, and Brooks, 36, told People together
Amid the lockdown, during an Instagram Live session for her dance-influenced Kinrgy workouts she spilled that she was ‘Releasing all this stagnant energy built up from what’s going on personally and in the world.’
Julianne, who has described herself as ‘not straight,’ was glimpsed in mid-April on a stroll with dashing 38-year-old English actor Ben Barnes who is an old pal of hers.
Meanwhile that month on his How Men Think podcast Brooks gushed that he was having a ‘great’ time in Idaho with his ‘awesome’ husky Koda.
Good terms: Two days before the separation announcement, Brooks posted ‘THIRST TRAP!’ shirtless photos from Idaho and Julianne commented that they were ‘awesome’
Calling himself an ‘introvert by nature’ he acknowledged: ‘I love having my dog – if it wasn’t for my dog, I’d probably be a little more antsy with the isolation.’
Brooks drew notice in January when he said on How Men Think that he wanted to ‘really explore learning about sexuality’ going forward.
However on a later episode of How Men Think he clarified that he was looking into ‘exploring my sexuality, and by that I don’t mean if I’m gay or straight.’