Some of the biggest Hollywood stars have seen their seemingly rock-solid marriages crumble right before their eyes.
Often, the private split turns public and NASTY!
Some of the world’s highest-paid stars have even ended up handing over a huge chunk of their fortune to their former lover.
These are Hollywood’s most bitter splits…
Some of the biggest Hollywood stars have seen their seemingly rock-solid marriages crumble right before their eyes. Often, the private split turns public and NASTY! Some of the world’s highest-paid stars have even ended up handing over a huge chunk of their fortune to their former lover. These are Hollywood’s most bitter splits…
The ‘…Baby One More Time’ hitmaker tied the knot with backing dancer Kevin in 2004 and went on to have sons Sean Preston and Jayden with him. The pair called it quits in 2007 over “irreconcilable differences”. K-Fed is thought to have received $1.3 million as well as child support from Britney. Kevin still has custody of their children.
The Queen of Pop was married to British director Guy from 2000 until 2008 but he later accused her of becoming “obsessed” with the Kabbalah religion, which is thought to have led to their split. It is thought that he received $76 million from the ‘Material Girl’ songstress , who later said that she “stepped into a soap opera” with the marriage and “lived in it for a long period of time”, but she did not regret the union because they had sons Rocco and David together.
The former ‘Dawson’s Creek’ actress wed Hollywood superstar Tom in 2006 and had daughter Suri with him but the pair divorced in 2012. The split reportedly happened because Katie – who was raised Catholic – wanted to remove herself from her husband’s association with the Church of Scientology. Despite receiving a reported $400,000 per month in child support, Katie has claimed that Tom is no longer a part of his daughter’s life. Katie said: “She does not go to see his movies and he has no part in her life.”
The Beatles legend married former model Heather in 2002 but began divorce proceedings just five years later after finding it “increasingly difficult” to maintain a civil relationship. In the legal battle that followed, Heather – who has daughter Beatrice with the ‘Hey Jude’ singer – sought more than $100 million as a settlement but was eventually awarded just under $30 million, however, Heather was “very very pleased” with the result. Heather – who lost her left leg below the knee after being hit by a police motorcycle aged 25 – later said: “I was absolutely devastated and numb. I didn’t know what to do. Losing my left leg in a motorcycle accident was 20 times easier to deal with than losing my marriage. The thing that kept me going was Beatrice and my friends and family.”
The record producer – whose real name is Andre Romell Young – had been married to Nicole for 26 years and had children Trudy and Truice with her when they called time on their marriage in 2021. Irreconcilable differences were cited as the reason behind the split and Nicole received a reported $100 million as a settlement. Prior to the settlement decision, court documents claimed that Dr Dre had kicked her out of their home and “plotted to secretly transfer their assets, to deny Nicole her equal share”.
The ‘Easy On Me’ songstress tied the knot with Simon in 2018 after several years of dating but split less than a year later and completed divorce proceedings two years later. Adele – who gave birth to their son Angelo in 2012 – is thought to have handed Simon half of her reputed $180 million fortune and later described the whole process as “exhausting”. She said: “It was just exhausting trying to keep going with it. It’s a process. The process of divorce, the process of being a single parent, the process of not seeing your child every single day wasn’t really a plan I had when I became a mum.”
The reality superstar married rapper Kanye in 2014 and has North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm with him, but the pair called it quits in 2021 and they were divorced the following year. In the time that has followed, Kim has been subjected to various accusations from her ex-husband, including that she had an affair with rapper Drake and she had been denying him access to her children. Kim later said: “I’m stuck with this for the rest of my life, and I’m just so overwhelmed.”
The former ‘Friends’ actress and ‘Fight Club’ star Brad were one of Hollywood’s hottest couples in the early 2000s and but the pair divorced in 2005 amid rumours that he had become infatuaded with ‘Mr and Mrs Smith’ co-star Angelina Jolie, whom he later went on to marry and is currently enduring another messy divorce battle with her. Jennifer – who is thought to have got 50 per cent of what Brad had earned during their time together – later said when Brad had established himself with Angelina: “I can’t say it was one of the highlights of my year. Who would deal with that and say, ‘Isn’t that sweet! That looks like fun!’? But s*** happens!”
These Hollywood stars were married from 2005 until 2018 and have three children together. But Ben later explained that he divorced the ’13 Going On 30′ actress because it “didn’t work” and implied the relationship had driven him to booze. He said: “We had a marriage that didn’t work. This happens. It was somebody I love and respect but to whom I shouldn’t be married any longer … what I did was [I] drank a bottle of scotch and fell asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution.” It is thought that Jennifer received $125 million in the settlement. Ben went on to marry former flame Jennifer Lopez in 2022.
The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star could not have had any idea when he married ‘Aquaman’ actress Amber Heard in 2015 that their marriage would eventually become one of the messiest splits of all time. The former couple – who divorced in 2017 – were embroiled in a six-week defamation trial over an op-ed in The Washington Post that Amber wrote in 2018 in which she suggested that she had been a victim of domestic violence at Depp’s hands. The ‘Edward Scissorhands’ actor ultimately won the case, during which every sordid detail of their toxic marriage was revealed and reported on. Depp was awarded $10 million in damages after winning all three of his defamation claims while she was awarded $2 million after winning one of her three countersuit claims.
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