Before Brangelina: 9 Shocking Hollywood Splits (Photos)
The Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie divorce news has shocked the Hollywood-obsessed public, but it’s not the first explosive celebrity split. RIP Brangelina.
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
Before Angelina, there was Jennifer, and the public was equally obsessed. Aniston’s name is still frequently brought up in the tabloid press in connection to Brangelina, more than 15 years later.
Amidst allegations of domestic violence and a very public contentious battle, Depp and Heard finalized their divorce just a little over a year after they first got married.
Their whirlwind romance, quick wedding and pregnancy took everyone by surprise, but probably not as much as Holmes filing for divorce 5 years later, with fear of Scientology’s influence over their daughter Suri a prominent reason.
Before Holmes, Kidman was married to Cruise for over 10 years. During one memorable post-split talk show appearance, Kidman quipped, “I can wear heels now,” referencing their noticeable height difference.
Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards
Personifying the ugly Hollywood divorce, leaked e-mails and text messages and allegations of abuse and addiction plagued this divorce, which happened just three years after they married. And Sheen hadn’t even hit peak crazy yet.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
After breaking up the marriage of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds to marry him, Taylor married Burton, and the two had a legendary tumultuous relationship, leading to two divorces from each other.
A nasty custody battle between the “Marrying Man” co-stars culminated in a leaked voicemail where Baldwin was heard calling their daughter a “rude little pig.”
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
Though they were never married, when paparazzi caught Stewart cheating on her “Twilight” co-star with a married director, it was the scandal of the summer, and led the press-shy actress to publicly acknowledge their relationship for the first time, in a statement begging Pattinson for forgiveness published in People magazine.
Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon
The politically active couple were together for more than 20 years and never married, but their split in 2009 still sent shockwaves throughout Hollywood and the tabloid-reading public.
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