These Hollywood breakups are still leaving us hurt and confused.
Anna Faris And Christ Pratt
Anna Faris and Chris Pratt broke the hearts of many fans, after announcing their decision to split in August 2017.
They met back in 2007, on set for the movie ‘Take Me Home Tonight’ and were engaged a year later.
In 2009, they got married in Bali and then had their only child in 2012.
They each posted the devastating news, Chris on Facebook, and Anna on Twitter, letting fans know that they “tried hard for a long time and they’re really disappointed.”
Lady Gaga And Taylor Kinney
Lady Gaga started dating Taylor Kinney in July of 2011. They actually met on the set of Lady Gaga’s music video for ‘You and I ‘.
The pair got engaged on Valentine’s Day, in 2015, and seemed extremely happy together.
But in 2016, Lady Gaga announced the split from Taylor Kinney, due to ‘conflicting work schedules’. Thankfully, there wasn’t any bad blood in this breakup.
In fact, Lady Gaga shared a post on Instagram, saying: “Taylor and I have always believed we are soulmates. We’re just like everybody else and we really love each other.”
Seal And Heidi Klum
Seal and Heidi were married in May of 2005. The couple had 3 children together.
They actually renewed their wedding vows every year for all 7 years of their marriage.
Many were shocked about their divorce since they looked like the perfect, happy, couple on the outside. But the two of them decided it was for the best and announced their decision to split, in 2012.
They made a statement saying:
“While we have enjoyed seven very loving, loyal, and happy years of marriage, after much soul-searching we have decided to separate. We have had the deepest respect for one another throughout our relationship and continue to love each other very much, but we have grown apart. This is an amicable process and protecting the well-being of our children remains our top priority, especially during this time of transition.”
Zac Efron And Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron met back in the days of Disney’s hit movie, High School Musical. While they played on-screen love interests, they actually started dating in real life too, in 2005. However, the pair broke up after 5 years of dating, in 2010.
Part of the problem in their relationship was not only the media but the fans that chased after Zac.
In 2015, Vanessa opened up about the breakup and shared that jealousy got in the way of their relationship.
“I went through a phase when I was really mean because I was so fed up. Girls were running after him, and I was giving them death stares. Then I realized that’s not what that’s about. ‘Spread the love, be a good person, they support you, be nice.'”
Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie met while on the set of the film ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’, in 2005.
Their relationship was confirmed in January of 2006 after Angelina announced she was pregnant with Brad’s child.
In 2008, Angelina had twins and she also had adopted 3 other children, totaling their family to 6 children.
The couple was together for a decade and married for 2 years. After their second wedding anniversary, Angelina filed for divorce from Brad, due to differences in parenting styles.
Angelina eventually spoke out about her decision to divorce.
“I don’t want to say very much about that, except to say it was a very difficult time and we are a family and we will always be a family, and we will get through this time and hopefully be a stronger family for it…”
While dealing with the divorce, Jolie requested physical custody of their 6 children. Brad Pitt got visitation rights to the children.
Jennifer Lopez And Marc Anthony
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony met in 1998, while Marc was in a Broadway musical called, ‘The Capeman’. They dated for a bit but then moved on to other partners.
In 2004, they found each other again, dated for 6 months and then got secretly married that June.
By 2008, the married couple became parents to twins: a boy and a girl. However, Jennifer and Marc officially filed for divorce in 2011, finalizing the divorce in 2014.
After the divorce, Jennifer spoke out in a 2016 interview, about how she felt about the divorce from Anthony.
“When my marriage ended, it was not easy to find forgiveness. It wasn’t the dream that I had hoped for. But Marc is the father of my children, and that’s never going away. So I have to work to make things right. And that is, by far, the hardest work I do.”
Demi Lovato And Wilmer Valderrama
Demi Lovato met ‘That 70’s Show’ star, Wilmer Valderrama, in 2010, while filming a Public Service Announcement for Voto Latino.
But after 6 years of dating, they just realized that they are better at being friends than being in a romantic relationship.
They decided to publicly announce their split, with both Demi and Wilmer posting on Instagram in June 2016.
_”_After almost 6 loving and wonderful years together, we have decided to end our relationship. We will always be supportive of one another.”
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake
Britney Spears first met Justin Timberlake while they were both a part of the Mickey Mouse Club in the early 1990s.
While Justin was promoting his music with, boy band, NSYNC, he stopped by to visit Britney, in 1999. After reconnecting, Britney and Justin started dating.
However, in 2002, there were rumors going around that Britney cheated on Justin with choreographer, Wade Robson. This ultimately led to their breakup and the ‘it’ couple broke the hearts of many fans.
Years after their breakup, Justin Timberlake spoke up about it, blaming it on their age and the attention surrounding them.
“I just don’t think we were normal; there was nothing normal about our existence. We spent too much time being the biggest thing for teenyboppers.”
Miranda Lambert And Blake Shelton
Miranda Lambert first met Blake Shelton after being paired up to sing together, on the stage for Country Music Television.
But at the time of their initial spark, Blake Shelton was a married man and Miranda didn’t want to cause any issues. Also, Miranda was dating someone from 2003-2005.
A year after meeting, Blake divorced his wife and got together with Miranda in 2005 and married in May 2011. But Blake apparently had an issue with flirting that Miranda had to keep an eye on. Trust issues ensued, which eventually led to their divorce. While Miranda was the one who wanted to try to work things out, Blake didn’t and told her he was filing for divorce.
The divorce was finalized in 2015.
Selena Gomez And Justin Bieber
Selena Gomez first met Justin Bieber, in 2009, after his manager Scooter Braun set him up with her through Selena’s mother.
In 2010, the quietly started dating and then became public about their relationship in 2011. After many reported fights, the couple broke up in 2012, but then reconciled in 2013, and then broke up again.
Then in 2014, the on-and-off couple briefly got together, once more, but finally ended it for good.
Justin mentioned that the couple had trust issues and identity issues with each other, thus leading to their terminated relationship.
Nina Dobrev And Ian Somerhalder
Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder met on the set of ‘The Vampire Diaries’ TV show.
In 2010, Nina and Ian started a romance after being on the show for over a year.
Nina finally confirmed their relationship after a year of dating.
In 2013, after 3 years together, news broke out that Nina and Ian had ended their relationship.
Nina spoke about it in a mature manner, saying: “I love him and the friendship is still strong and I think he’s great and I care about him. And that didn’t change. Yes, we’re professional and that’s fine. We were friends long before we dated and we still are now.”
Katie Holmes And Tom Cruise
Katie Holmes met Tom Cruise, in 2005, during the times of ‘Mission: Impossible 3’.
They immediately got together and were engaged after only 3 months of dating. Katie and Tom also got pregnant soon after, having a daughter in April 2006.
A few months after having the baby, the couple got married in Italy, in November 2006.
In 2012, Katie wanted a divorce from Tom and secretly went about it while Tom was filming in Iceland.
Protecting her daughter, was one of the reasons why Katie felt the need to divorce Tom.
Ryan Gosling And Rachel McAdams
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams met while filming the iconic movie,’The Notebook’.
While the two of them were playing on-screen lovers, they didn’t get along with each other, at first.
After the movie wrapped, in 2005, Ryan ran into Rachel in New York and started dating each other. But their relationship couldn’t last forever.
In 2007, they called it quits, but rekindled their flame in 2008 – only to break up again. Busy schedules were one of the reasons, to blame for the breakup.
Ryan once revealed other reasoning to their split, saying: “The only thing I remember is we both went down swingin’ and we called it a draw.”
Jordin Sparks And Jason Derulo
Jordin Sparks And Jason Derulo started dating in September of 2011. They went public with their relationship in 2012, and Jason even featured Jordin, in his 2013 music video for his song ‘Marry Me’.
In 2014, Jordin and Jason parted ways, and there were too many conflicting stories coming from both sides.
After their breakup, Jason spoke out in a 2016 interview, basically saying that he got the short end of the stick when it came to their breakup. “Things could’ve been different had different choices been made from her side. I felt some kind of way because the world thought it was my fault, and I broke up with her.”
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were the ‘it couple’ when the ‘Twilight’ movie came out. The pair met on the set of ‘Twilight’, as they played each other’s love interests. Twi-hards were in love with their off-screen romance, and understandably disappointed when it all came dumbling down.
The couple broke up in May of 2013, due to Kristen’s cheating scandal and constant issues with Rob. The cheating scandal was revealed after Kristen was photographed, making out with the (married) director for ‘Snow White And The Huntsmen’ movie, Rupert Sanders.
Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey first met in 1999 at a Teen People event. After a brief breakup and getting back together, the couple got engaged in February 2002 and were married in October 2002.
By 2003, Jessica and Nick were given their own reality show called ‘Newlyweds: Nick And Jessica’. The show lasted for 3 seasons, until 2005.
In November 2005, the couple announced their split in a statement saying: “This is the mutual decision of two people with an enormous amount of respect and admiration for each other.”
In July 2017, the ‘Newlyweds’ producer spoke out about the tensions the couple had with one another, even before they divorced. “They were very different people. He was a blue-collar guy — he did a lot of things himself, *like he and his brother would build things. He was frugal, and she had an excessive taste.”*