These Hollywood stars don't think that monogamy is the key to a lasting relationship
Jelena's roller coaster romance dates back to 2011, and includes several breakups, makeups, and songs to match. They were back on around November 2017. What followed was a montage of biking around LA, going to hockey games, attending Bieber's dad's wedding, and generally enjoying each other until they broke up for good in May 2018.
The 'Last Song' co-stars got together on set in 2009, though they broke up in 2010, apparently due to the singer’s schedule. Later that same year they got back together, and became engaged in 2012. But one year later, the engagement was off. Yet in 2016, Cyrus put the ring back on and the pair were married on December 23, 2018, in a low-key ceremony. The marriage didn't last long and their divorce was finalized in 2020.
Though they're now couple goals, Shepard actually broke up with Bell after they'd been dating for three months. Bell said he sat her down and told her that he couldn't do it and that he was still seeing other people. She says she "liquefied and fell to the ground," but also respected him for saying it outright. But Shepard quickly realized he made a huge mistake, and the pair got married in 2013 and now have two children.
The power couple started dating in 2009, before taking a brief hiatus in 2013 in order to better understand each other. They then got back together and were married one year later. Wade opened up about their relationship on 'The Tonight Show,' saying that they always supported each other but needed to actively choose to continue to get better, and to do it together.
The two, who had been dating since 2017, broke up shortly after they released 'Him & I,' which featured the lyrics: "We've got that love, the crazy kind." After a few months apart, they were seen holding hands at a VMAs after party and smooching on Labor Day Weekend. But they reportedly broke up again in October 2018.
Though Baldwin was famously a Belieber from a young age, she and Bieber first dated briefly in 2016, before ending on bad terms. She told a UK newspaper, "We went through a long period of time when we weren't friends." The two, of course, went back to each other and were engaged within a month of reuniting.
The two met on set of the 2008 film 'Jumper,' got engaged, broke it off, started dating again, had a child, and after almost a decade of being on-and-off, split in 2017.
After the birth of their daughter in November 2016, things looked solid, until they broke up just one month later. They then went back and forth from being in love to screaming profanities at each other on TV, and now they're both taking each other to court for a multitude of messy reasons.
The 'American Horror Story' co-stars began dating in 2012, but things ended in 2013 when Roberts was arrested for allegedly attacking Peters. The following year, they reconciled and got engaged. Since 2014, they have been engaged, broken up, got back together, broken up again, got back together, and then finally broke up one more time.
Ryan's on-screen romantic history is entertaining, but her relationship with Mellencamp is real. The two were together from around 2011 to 2014, and while the split didn't seem friendly—"She hates me to death," Mellencamp told Howard Stern—they were back together in 2017, engaged in 2018, and house-hunting in 2019, but broke up later that year.
The Emmy Award-winning actors and parents of three got married in January 1982, after a decade of being in each other's lives. In more recent years, they've split up a couple of times, and they reportedly remain separated but not divorced. Rhea told The New York Post that they have a lot of love and history between them, and they don't want to completely ruin everything with a messy divorce.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's relationship began as an affair, but they ended up getting married, twice. They divorced in 1974 and remarried in 1975, and Taylor famously said that if Burton hadn't died, they might have gotten remarried again.
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Fox and Green began dating when the actress was 18 (and he was 31). They got engaged when she was 23, but broke up before they could get married. A year later, the two got back together, were married in 2010, and had two sons. Later, in 2015, Fox filed for divorce, but they postponed it when they had another baby in 2016. In May 2020, however, Green confirmed they had split up.
The two began dating after The Weeknd wanted her in his music video for 'In the Night,' but they broke things off in 2016, and he started dating Selena Gomez. It's rumored Gomez broke up with The Weeknd to reunite with Justin Bieber. What is certainly true is that The Weeknd got back together with Hadid after this period. They broke up in 2019.
Apparently, Legend once tried to break up with Teigen, but she didn't let it happen. She tweeted about the world's shortest hiatus: "It wasn't a typical breakup. He was on tour and his voice hurt and he was being a whiny face about everything and so yeah, I was like 'no.'" Who knew you could just say no?
Trevor Noah and Minka Kelly first got together in 2020 and seemed to be taking their relationship pretty seriously, as Noah bought a house for them to share. However, they reportedly split for a while in May of 2021. They were officially back together by December and were seen traveling together in South Africa, but by May of 2022, the relationship had ended again.
The TV personality and NFL star decided to end their marriage in 2020, but Cavallari revealed that they gave their relationship a second chance after the divorce. In a podcast interview, she shared that they went on several dates to see if it was worth rekindling their relationship. The answer was a resounding no: "Going back and dating him a little bit made me reaffirm it like, 'No, I know that I'm doing the right decision.'" Cavallari went as far as to say that they would probably never speak to each other again if it wasn't for their children, and described their marriage as a "toxic relationship."
Actress Ashley Benson and singer G-Eazy had dated for less than a year when they split in February 2021, though their end was reportedly amicable. The two reportedly reconnected without ever confirming it publicly, but by 2023, Benson was getting married to Brandon Davis.
Ben Stiller and his 'Zoolander' (2001) co-star Christine Taylor seemed like a match made in heaven. The actors got married in 2000 and had two children together, but separated in 2017 after almost two decades of marriage. Now, five years later, the co-parents are back together again. Stiller revealed that he and Taylor reconnected during the pandemic. When lockdown began in 2020, they decided that Stiller should move back into the family home so he could be with their two children. As they lived together in close proximity month after month, they slowly rekindled their former romance. Stiller says that learning to accept and respect each other's differences was a key factor in their reunion.
After a whirlwind engagement between the most unexpected celebrity couple, actress Shailene Woodley and NFL star Aaron Rodgers amicably split in February 2022, with a source telling E! News that "They are two very different people. They are both focused on their careers but it took them in separate directions." The pair were spotted hanging out again in March, sparking rumors of a reunion. In April, a source told ELLE that Woodley gave things with Rodgers another shot but quickly saw nothing had changed. They're now over for good.
After 20 years of waiting for the right moment, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married in Las Vegas on July 17, 2022. Lopez shared the happy update in her newsletter On the JLo, saying, “Stick around long enough and maybe you’ll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever with." Lopez and Affleck were one of the biggest "it" couples of the early 2000s, but they broke off their engagement in 2004 before they could walk down the aisle. They shocked fans with their reunion in 2021, almost 20 years after they first started dating. However, the couple have reportedly finalized divorce papers.
Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker dated for two years until news of their separation broke at the end of June 2022. Sources close to the couple said that they hit a rough patch and had decided to break up. They reportedly felt they weren't aligned in their lifestyles and hopes for the future, and chose to take some time apart. By the end of the summer they were back together, but in November, it was confirmed that they had split for good.
Actors Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart got married in 2004 and stayed together for 14 years before filing for divorce. They split in 2018 but continued to co-parent their two daughters, Billie and Georgia. They've been sparking rumors of reconciliation since the summer of 2022 when they were spotted taking a family vacation together. They have since been seen together on numerous outings and trips, refusing to comment on whether or not they're back together or simply co-parenting successfully.
Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes dated for two years before announcing their split in 2021. The 'Señorita' singers made a joint statement saying that they had started out as best friends and were still best friends, despite their decision to call it quits romantically. They both sparked dating rumors with new love interests in the subsequent year and half, but were spotted kissing and embracing in the crowd at Coachella in 2023. Sources said they briefly rekindled their romance before deciding to call it quits again.
Infamously on-and-off, Cardi made things more concrete when she filed for divorce in September 2020, citing an "irretrievably broken" marriage. But, less than two months later, she has submitted a dismissal in her divorce case, meaning they're back together and still married.
Avril Lavigne and Tyga surprised everyone with their unexpected romance in 2023, but it was hot on the heels of Lavigne's broken engagement with Mod Sun, so it wasn't a surprise that it didn't last very long. However, they continued to date on and off for several months before finally calling it quits for good.
JT and JB started dating in 2007, but broke up in March of 2011. The break didn't last for long, however, after the singer revealed in a Vanity Fair interview that Biel was the most significant person in his life, and that it hurt to talk about her, thus melting hearts around the world. But all was not lost, and they got back together that October and were engaged by December.
One of the biggest music power couples of the early 2000s recently made their comeback, and now they're starting a family! Nelly and Ashanti were together from 2003 to 2013, through the heights of their music careers. The pair hadn't been seen in public together since 2012, but more than a decade later, rumors of a rekindled romance began to spread. On April 17, 2024, the pair revealed that they're taking the next step with their relationship in more ways than one. The revelation that Ashanti is both pregnant with and engaged to Nelly has sent longtime fans into a tailspin.
In fall 2022, comedy stars Bill Hader and Ali Wong were first reported to be dating. Hader had recently confirmed his split from actress Anna Kendrick, while Wong went through an "amicable" divorce from husband Justin Hakuta earlier that year, and fans speculated that it was a rebound for both of them. Rumors of their split came a couple of months later, reportedly due to their busy schedules. This isn't surprising since Hader had just come out with season 4 of his hit show 'Barry,' while Wong was working on the explosive Netflix series 'Beef.' However, Hader referred to his "girlfriend" in an interview on April 17, 2023. His reps later confirmed that he was referring to Ali Wong! By the time the Golden Globes came around in 2024, they were still very much together.
Breaking up can seem like the worst thing in the world when you're in a relationship, but sometimes calling it quits can be the wake-up call people need to realize that they've just lost the one person they actually want to be with for the rest of their lives. Or, you know, the next few months, until they break up again.
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Breaking up can seem like the worst thing in the world when you're in a relationship, but sometimes calling it quits can be the wake-up call people need to realize that they've just lost the one person they actually want to be with for the rest of their lives. Or, you know, the next few months, until they break up again.
Check out this gallery of celebrity couples who broke up only to get back together.