Ravens forever! One Tree Hill may have ended in 2012, but the casts’ friendships have stood the test of time.
“We’ve known each other for almost two decades now. Our friendships have changed immeasurably,” Sophia Bush, who played Brooke Davis on the teen drama, told Us Weekly exclusively in December 2020. “We’ve been through so many stages of life together. But I think something that we really cherish — Hilarie and I were talking about this not too long ago — is just having, interestingly enough, as we’ve all gotten older, having our friendships deepen even more.”
Bush, Hilarie Burton and Bethany Joy Lenz — who played Peyton Sawyer and Haley James Scott, respectively — appreciate the bond they formed while working on One Tree Hill, especially considering the toxic work environment that show runner Mark Schwahn fostered on the set.
“[We’re] actually friends … not fair-weather friends,” Burton said to Refinery29 in January 2017 about how the women’s experience on the show helped them stay close. “I think, underneath, there was an understanding between the two of us, like, we’re in this to win it.”
She continued: “I think now, as grown-up women, we can look back, the same way Brooke and Peyton could, and be like, ‘Man, we survived some stuff together, huh?’ And that’s a good feeling. I think when you’re in the trenches with someone, whether you agree with each other at the time or not, once you’re past it, there’s a bond there you can’t deny.”
The trio even reconnected to start a One Tree Hill rewatch podcast, “Drama Queens,” in June 2021. “Those girls are my family and we spend so much time together, whether it’s on FaceTime or whether we’re recording episodes of ‘Drama Queens,'” Bush told Insider in March 2022. “We’ve forged such a friendship and been able to, as a unit, reclaim so much of what was good and joyful about our first job together while taking out the respective trash.”
The Chicago P.D. alum continued: “We’re just more in love with each other than we’ve ever been.”
Lenz echoed those sentiments that same month, telling Variety that the podcast has been healing for them. “Our time on One Tree Hill was so tempestuous; there were so many great times and so many hard times and we were scared to go back and revisit it,” the singer explained. “That’s why doing the podcast has opened up all these doors inside of ourselves, to explore this new way of working together that’s been so healthy and healing.”
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Keep scrolling to relive some of the trio’s sweetest BFF moments through the years:
In November 2014, the Incredibles 2 star gushed about her years-long friendship with Lenz. "Today I'm #grateful for long lasting friendships that, like fine wine, just get better with time," Bush wrote via Instagram. Courtesy of Sophia Bush/Instagram
The threesome all signed their name to an open letter published by Variety in November 2017 alleging that the show's creator, Schwahn, had sexually harassed them and many other women who worked on the show. In June 2018, Bush opened up about his misconduct during an interview on Andy Cohen's radio show, revealing that "the first time Mark Schwahn grabbed my ass, I hit him in front of six other producers, and I hit him f—cking hard." The next day, Burton retweeted an article featuring her former costar's quotes and praised her for speaking out. "My soul sister. I love you, ya gutsy, no bulls—t broad!" she wrote via twitter, to which Bush responded: "And I you, sister. #BurnItDownSis.” iHeartRadio/Drama Queens
Several of Burton's One Tree Hill costars attended her October 2019 wedding to Jeffrey Dean Morgan and both Bush and Lenz commemorated the occasion on Instagram. "My Missy sister is a Mrs WIFE! It was perfect. Just like them," Bush wrote at the time, while Lenz gushed in a post of her own that she and her costars are "family for life." "I couldn’t be happier," she continued. "My sis got hitched in the BEST WAY. @hilarieburton you were stunning and I wept my way through the night watching you and @jeffreydeanmorgan choose each other forever. Your family & journey is a gift to everyone you meet. CONGRATULATIONS to the coolest brood I’ve ever met. I’m seriously inspired." Courtesy of Sophia Bush/Instagram
"I thought the story line between Peyton and Brooke was the love story of the show. The love stories with all the boys, those were fun, those were important, but Sophia and I had to fight for our own friendship," Burton confessed in May 2020 during an appearance on the "Chicks in the Office" podcast. "A lot of people wanted to pit us against each other. ... She and I now can look back at it and be like, ‘All those bastards. No, no, no. We’re the love story.' The female friendships were important on that show." Dave Allocca/Starpix/Shutterstock
While reflecting on her decades-long bond with her former costars, Bush told Us that they understand each other better than anyone else. “We all got to go through this wild ride together and it’s a thing that’s ours. No one else can really share it with us in the way that we can,” the Love, Victor actress said in December 2020. “It’s such a special thing to leave a journey like that and maintain really deep and trusted connections and we all are able to support each other and inspire each other and it’s something I just really cherish.” Courtesy of Sophia Bush/Instagram
The Good Sam star recruited her two friends to appear on an episode of the medical drama that aired in March 2022. "I think it was probably just me gabbing about the girls so often that led to my wonderful showrunner, Katie Wech, seeing an interview ... where I said, ‘Oh, my God, if the ‘Drama Queens’ came on Good Sam, I would die. It would be the best thing in the world,’” Bush told Variety. “She texted me and said, ‘Hey, you’re going to get the script for 108 and there’s these two sisters in it. Should we get Joy and Hilarie to come do it?'" Courtesy of Danielle Blancher/CBS
When asked about a potential One Tree Hill reboot in March 2022, Bush explained that she and her friends were looking towarddoing new projects. "We’ve always been like, ‘Leave us alone! Let us do other stuff together,'" the John Tucker Must Die star told Variety. "I think what’s been so fun about it and what the podcast made us realize is, we can do whatever we want with Brooke, Peyton and Haley." Courtesy of DramaqueensOTH/Instagram
The trio shared gushing tributes via Instagram to commemorate the one-year anniversary of their "Drama Queens" podcast. "[I had] no idea that I could feel more affection for @sophiabush and @joylenz . My sisters. My cohorts. My support and confidants," Burton wrote in June 2022. "We are all so different and so much the same. We are growing together and healing together and learning together. And laughing a whole helluva lot along the way! I weep for loving you." Bush shared similar praise for her former costars. "[Hilarie and Joy] have taught me love on a whole other level, and made me a more complete me," she wrote in her lengthy anniversary post. "It is my honor to ride alongside these women. To witness them. To create with them. To cast spells with them. To ponder with them. To get raw with them. And to love and be loved by them." Lenz revealed that the OTH followers are the reason the podcast cohosts are still so close. "Thank you to everyone who shows up every week to listen to @dramaqueensoth. You guys are the reason we became friends, are friends still, and why we have this incredible gift of restoration and revitalization 🌳," she explained. Shutterstock (3)
The trio got to fangirl together while introducing rock 'n' roll legends at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival. "It was an absolute dream for us @dramaqueensoth to introduce the legend herself Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo @benatargiraldo at the @iheartradio festival in Vegas this weekend," Bush shared via Instagram in September 2022 along with photos from their night in Sin City. "We were positively GIDDY! We may never recover. She is everything. They are just unreal together. And their musical history and love story combined!? A rock n’ roll fairy tale that’s just so damn cool. What a moment. This was one we’ll never forget." Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
During the New York stop on their “Drama Queens” podcast tour in October 2022, the trio channeled the creepy twins from The Shining while posing for pics in their colorful, matching dresses. Courtesy of Sophia Bush/Instagram
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