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Brooks Laich Talks About His Desire to Be a Father, One Week After Confirming Split from Julianne Hough

Brooks Laich and his estranged wife Julianne Hough announced their breakup just over a week ago and now he’s opening up about his desire to have kids one day.

The 36-year-old former hockey player opened up during the latest episode of his podcast How Men Think, which was released on Sunday (June 7).

Brooks, co-host Gavin DeGraw, and guest Scott Evans were discussing racism in America and Brooks talked about how he hopes the world will be a better place when his kids are growing up.

“It’s important to me. I hope to be a father one day,” he said. “I hope to have the world be a better place for them … one day.”

One year ago, Brooks had revealed that he and Julianne were going through the IVF process to increase their odds of becoming parents.

Julianne Hough & Brooks Laich Confirm They've Split After Almost Three Years of Marriage

Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich have decided to separate after being married for nearly three years.

The 31-year-old dancer and actress and the 36-year-old former hockey player have been quarantined separately amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to speculation about their relationship.

Brooks has been spending time in Idaho while Julianne has been at home in Los Angeles. She was also photographed with a hunky actor last month.

Julianne and Brooks confirmed their separation in a joint statement.

“We have lovingly and carefully taken the time we have needed to arrive at our decision to separate,” they said (via People). “We share an abundance of love and respect for one another and will continue to lead with our hearts from that place. We kindly request your compassion and respect for our privacy moving forward.”

A few weeks ago, Brooks opened up about his sex drive while isolating separately from his wife.

Julianne and Brooks started dating in 2014, got engaged in August 2015, and tied the knot in July 2017.

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Julianne Hough Has This to Say About Husband Brooks Laich's Thirst Trap Photo

There is a lot of chatter about Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich‘s marriage – specifically with regard to rumors that they may be facing marriage troubles.

In fact, the couple is actually quarantining separately during the pandemic, and they’ve spoken about why.

Now, the couple had a comment exchange that has fans thinking maybe they’re not separated.

It started when Brooks posed shirtless on his Instagram account and showed off his very chiseled body.

“THIRST TRAP! I just heard that term a few weeks ago, and our @howmenthinkpodcast producer @torrbelle challenged me do my best ‘thirst trap’ photo for this weeks episode!” he captioned the post.

Check out what Julianne commented on the photo, and see how Brooks responded by clicking through the comments in the gallery of this post…

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Julianne Hough & Husband Brooks Laich Are 'Fighting For Their Relationship'

Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich have been living separately while quarantined in different parts of the country during the pandemic, but sources say they are still “fighting for their relationship.”

Last month, Brooks revealed that he’s isolating in Idaho with his dog and he explained why he and Julianne are apart at this time.

Sources told E! News that the couple hasn’t made a decision about the future of their marriage as of now.

“They continue to spend time apart and are doing their own thing. They are still in contact and have not committed to any future decisions,” the source said. “They are happy doing it this way and will see what happens.”

“They have so much love for one another and just want to make sure the other one is at their best and the happiest they can be,” the source added. “They are staying present and in the moment. This is the way it looks for right now.”

Here is what Brooks had to say about his sex drive while in isolation.

Julianne Hough Reveals She & Brooks Laich Never Tried to Get Pregnant

Julianne Hough is revealing that she and her husband Brooks Laich have never tried to get pregnant and instead, chose to freeze her eggs due to her endometriosis.

The 31-year-old actress and dancer, who married Brooks in 2017, actually spoke out about her diagnosis last year and how the condition impacts her sex life.

“I think the healthier I am from the inside out—as far as my beliefs, my energy, what I’m putting into my body—the better prepared I’ll be when the time comes,” Julianne told Women’s Health about the possibility of getting pregnant one day. “We never actually tried to get pregnant. It was more of a precautionary measure: Let’s do our due diligence for the future by freezing eggs.”

You may be surprised to learn how Julianne and Brooks are spending their quarantine.

Brooks Laich Speaks About His Sex Drive in Isolation Away From Julianne Hough

Brooks Laich is opening up about his sex drive while in isolation by himself, away from his wife Julianne Hough.

“I’m in Idaho, my wife is in L.A., so not much of that [sex] going on here,” the 36-year-old former NHL athlete said on the “How Men Think” podcast. “I would probably lose my sex drive when stress ramps up, that’s just what I feel in this situation.”

“It’s all Idaho bush, I’m cutting down trees, clearing brush. After that, I took supper and I make a fire and then I’m wiped out, I really don’t have a sexual charge, I’m so wiped out,” he continued. “During this quarantine time, I’m not in the proximity to my wife. I’m not in the same room with her, and with what I’m doing here, that my sex drive wouldn’t be at its peak.”

Find out which actor Julianne Hough has been spotted with in quarantine.

Brooks Laich Explains Why He's Isolating in Idaho, Away From Wife Julianne Hough

Brooks Laich is explaining why he is quarantining in Idaho.

The 36-year-old former NHL player is currently at his property, which he owns with wife Julianne Hough, while she is quarantining separately in Los Angeles. He brought his husky, Koda.

Koda is awesome, man. I’m up in Idaho, I’m at my house in Idaho. I spend all day outside. I’m outside from like, 7:30 until 5 o’clock. I have 10-and-a-half acres here. Our property’s pretty big and I’ve just been doing a mass cleaning of it. Like, everything. Building some rock walls, chainsawing down some trees, clearing brush, you name it,” Brooks said on his iHeartRadio podcast, How Men Think, about how he took this opportunity to take care of his property.

“I’m about 15 minutes out of town. I have one neighbor that lives a couple hundred yards away, and then another neighbor that lives another couple hundred yards away, and that’s all that’s out here,” he added. “I see them when they walk their dogs a little bit, but don’t see them much. We’re practicing social distancing, but I’ve been good with the isolation.”

“I think I’m an introvert by nature, I love having my dog — if it wasn’t for my dog, I’d probably be a little more antsy with the isolation,” he continued. “I bought this place in 2014, and I’ve never spent enough time here. I come here like, a week a year and it’s my dream property. So I wanted to spend more time here.”

“The place needed an overhaul,” he continued. “It really needed a cleaning — a landscaping and a cleaning. It got overgrown, it’s kind of in the bush. … So I’ve really been able to manicure it and landscape it. And … with my dog, we have a yard in L.A. and we go for trail runs and stuff, but here he’s outside all day long.”

“I can fish any day,” Brooks continued. “And I have a buddy that I can go hunting with. … So there’s lots to do. And I just love being up here. I’ve never spent enough time here, so I’m doing okay with it. But I’ve always been that way, even when I was younger. When I was a young kid, I didn’t need to be around friends all the time. I liked it, I had great friends, I still have great friends to this day, but there’s a part of me that enjoys isolation and there’s a part of me that actually gets drained when I’m around too many people.”

He also added that he does “miss the friendships and companionships where you do get to hug somebody and be in the same room.”

If you missed it, Julianne was actually photographed with another male celeb during the quarantine.