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Another decade comes to an end and here is another list to ponder upon. In the last 10 years, we have experienced some interesting celebrity couple pairings. Some that most of us knew would never last, yet we followed, liked, and rooted for them to our complete cores.
Watching these couples crash and burn was an eyesore, and now we are making you all re-live it so we can reminisce on some of the most outrageous, awkward, and messy celebrity breakups from the last 10 years. Buckle up as we take this deep dive into some of the most notable celebrity breakups of the last decade.
Selena Gomez & Justin Bieber
Wasn’t this the couple that everyone thought would get married? They were always together, very high-profile, and they even seemed like everything was healthy and normal.
They dated from 2011 to 2018 with a few small bumps in the road, but mostly it looked like everything was going to be okay. When the couple broke up we assumed they would be back together soon, but Justin went ahead and proposed to Hailey Baldwin, so that put the nail in the coffin. Selena, however, seems unbothered, and that’s really all that matters.
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
This relationship started with a scandal and ended with an even bigger one. The couple who got together on the heels of Brad’s divorce from Jennifer Aniston in 2005 were together for 11 years (and married for about 3 years).
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016 and spoke about the issues that she faced in her relationship with Pitt. Jolie described the divorce in an October 2019 interview as being “deeply sad”. She is now focused on rediscovering joy, her children and passing that joy to them.
Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries
From the beginning of this relationship, fans thought it was a reality TV set up. Kim and her family have been accused for years of staging events and showing up to watch it play out. In 2011, Kim’s marriage to basketball player Kris Humphries was apparently no different.
Watching on the show, fans could see how different they were and uncomfortable they both seemed around one another. So when they got married it was surprising. What wasn’t a surprise was the divorce papers they filed a short 72 days later. Their divorce proceedings actually lasted longer than then their marriage, and the relationship was dissolved a whole 536 days later in 2013.
Ashton Kutcher & Demi Moore
At the beginning of the decade, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were on the tips of everyone’s tongue. The couple, unfortunately, didn’t last long into the new decade. They divorced in 2011 after fans started to hear about cheating rumors.
Don’t be too sad though, they had a pretty good go of it. They got married in 2005 and lasted a solid 6 years. Kutcher is now married to Mila Kunis and they have 2 kids together. Demi just wrote a book about her life and spilled the beans on her divorce and a lot of other skeletons in her closet.
Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner
In 2015 after 10 long years of marriage, only one day after their 10th wedding anniversary, the couple filed for divorce. With three kids in the mix and them being one of Hollywood’s power couples, it was quite a shock.
After a marriage this long a divorce could take years, and it did. The couple’s divorce wasn’t finalized until November of 2018. After their divorce fans noticed that Affleck wasn’t making the best decisions, and he eventually had to take some time to reflect in a treatment center. We can only assume his sobriety had something to do with the couple’s divorce.
Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin
The “conscious uncoupling” of this couple was talked about for years, and it was 2014 when this couple decided to end their 10-year marriage. Gwyneth used her luxurious lifestyle website, GOOP to announce that she and Chris were going their separate ways.
One thing this shocking split did was showed people that Hollywood couples can split without all the tabloid-bashing and bad blood. They regularly present themselves as a family for the sake of their two kids and that is a beautiful thing.
Arnold Schwarzenegger & Maria Shriver
25 years of marriage, 4 kids for one, 5 for the other, and now divorce. It is impressive to be a celebrity, in politics and from a family with a very popular legacy and survive 25 years of marriage.
To be honest, we never thought that Maria and Arnold would ever divorce, even after the scandal about his love child came out. But somewhere along the way, the couple’s marriage broke down and well, it was a bit awkward. The two are pretty hush hush so we don’t know what their love lives look like now, but they recently reunited for daughter Katherine’s marriage to Chris Pratt.
Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale
After 13 years of marriage, this music power couple called it quits. As shocking as it was, it was bound to happen. Gavin had a child he didn’t even know about pop into his life and then there was this whole nanny cheating scandal.
This was supposedly the straw that broke the camel’s back. 3 kids later and things just weren’t working anymore. Gwen has moved on to another high profile relationship with Blake Shelton. It seems odd but they say opposites attract.
Liam Hemsworth & Miley Cyrus
Break up to make up seemed to be this couple’s M.O. since getting together in 2009. After making up and breaking up for several years, the couple got engaged in 2012 then split again in 2013. They got back together in 2015 and actually got married in late 2018, but a short 8 months later in 2019, the couple broke up again and it looks like it’s for good.
Miley has already moved on to two new relationships, and Liam has more quietly started to move on as well.
Kris Jenner & Caitlyn Jenner
This couple’s break up was a tough one. It’s hard to have to leave behind a relationship, but it is even harder when both sides are not on the same page. The relationship between Kris and Caitlyn Jenner broke down for many reasons but it broke up because Caitlyn wanted to be his authentic self and live his life as a woman.
After 22 years of marriage and watching this couple and their family on TV for several years, it was heartbreaking and a huge scandal. The divorce was official in 2014 and a few months later Caitlyn transitioned into a woman, and they both have moved on while still maintaining respect and appreciation from one another.
Johnny Depp & Amber Heard
One of the ugliest breakups of the decade was between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp. the couple surprised everyone when they hooked up and eventually got married. The 22 year age difference wasn’t the problem here, apparently it was the abuse that Heard was receiving from Depp over the course of their 4-year relationship.
In 2016, the couple broke up and Heard claimed that Depp was both verbally and physically abusive to her. Restraining orders were filed, and eventually, their divorce was finalized. However, this drama is far from over. Depp went on to sue Heard for defamation.