ENTERTAINMENT: Julianne Hough: “I thought Ryan Seacrest was gay”

So singer-dancer Julianne Hough of Dancing With the Stars fame is dating American Idol host Ryan Seacrest.

No one is more surprised than she is it seems.

TMZ reports Julianne as admitting to friends at a dinner in North Carolina: “He was after me since I was 18 … he totally wasn’t my type … I thought he was gay. … After a few years, he was persistent … so I went out with him on a date and I realized how much I liked him.”

And I thought Hough was a self-proclaimed virgin with a capital V! (sorry Seacrest, not the best choice for a beard!)