The truth is that not every Hollywood romance begins with love at first sight, and not every meet-cute ends with love at first sight. There are times when relationships begin both literally and figuratively behind the scenes. We all know that divorce isn’t uncommon in this business, but affairs are also quite common. When you get involved with someone who is in a relationship or even married to someone else, things can get messy. This is made even worse if you have a partner! Certain sparks, on the other hand, refuse to go out. You probably didn’t realize that the following pairs met this way.
LeAnn Rimes And Eddie Cibrian
LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian collaborated on the Lifetime Channel film Northern Lights in 2008. They couldn’t deny that they’d always had good chemistry. If they weren’t already married to other people, this would have been fine. After two divorces, they were finally able to make it public. Rimes told People, “I take responsibility for everything I’ve done. I hate that people got hurt… But I don’t regret the outcome.”
LeAnn Rimes And Eddie Cibrian
Swizz Beatz And Alicia Keys
Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys have known each other since they were children. She explained that at the time, “I didn’t really like him that much. I thought he was too ostentatious. Everything with him is really over the top. I used to see him and think, ‘He is so annoying.’” He married a few years later before they started working together. Their professional relationship blossomed into a romantic one, prompting him to divorce his wife and marry Keys.
Swizz Beatz And Alicia Keys
Blake Shelton And Miranda Lambert
Blake Shelton was already married to Kaynette Williams when he met Miranda Lambert as one of the judges on The Voice. When they performed “You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma” on the show, he knew the marriage was doomed. She was aware that he was married, but she couldn’t resist his allure. “I knew better, like, ‘this is off-limits.’ My parents are private investigators, for God’s sake. I’ve seen this my whole life—affairs, and of all people to know better, I know better than this.”
Blake Shelton And Miranda Lambert
Blake Shelton And Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani was already married to Gavin Rossdale when she and Blake Shelton started working together on The Voice. He and Miranda Lambert, on the other hand, were a married couple. The chemistry between Shelton and Stefani, on the other hand, was impossible to ignore. It was on once both couples divorced. Nobody knows if anything was going on before that, but they did announce their relationship not long after the legal proceedings were completed. Interesting.
Blake Shelton And Gwen Stefani
Prince Charles And Camilla Parker Bowles
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles met for the very first time in the 1970s. They hit it off right away, but they had to keep their relationship under wraps. They broke up and married other people, but their love for each other never faded. In the end, his marriage to Princess Diana came to an end as a result of their relationship. They finally got to walk down the aisle in 2005. Even now, they appear to be in good spirits. It’s great for them.
Prince Charles And Camilla Parker Bowles
Russell Crowe And Meg Ryan
Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan were dubbed the “It” couple in the 1990s. They were surrounded by a large number of supporters. The news that the actress was having an affair with Russell Crowe must have come as a shock. How did you feel after the divorce? Ryan said years later, “I felt the effect like I was the bad guy or whatever the story was… But I remember letting go of needing to correct anybody. Divorce is hard. Love is hard. All those things were so personal. They weren’t for mass consumption.”
Russell Crowe And Meg Ryan
Kelsey Grammer And Kayte Walsh
Kelsey Grammar hadn’t always had a boring love life, after all. When he and Kayte Walsh fell in love, he was married to Camille, his third wife. When it was taped for Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the drama blew up even more. Kayte later admitted that she was embarrassed by how things began. In any case, despite their rocky start, they are now happily married.
Kelsey Grammer And Kayte Walsh
Antonio Banderas And Melanie Griffith
Antonio Banderas and Ana Lenz were married at the start of this story. Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, on the other hand, were in the same boat. On the set of Two Much, Banderas and Griffith became fast friends. He said, “We just thought this may be one of those, you know, infatuation moments that we have when we shoot movies because we got to play together a couple, so let’s just go home.” They did not return home in the end, and they married for the next two decades.
Antonio Banderas And Melanie Griffith
Britney Spears And Kevin Federline
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline got engaged after three months of dating. This isn’t even the most exciting part of the story! He met her when his girlfriend was pregnant with his child at the time. We’re not surprised that Spears and Federline’s relationship did not work out. He was divorced after she had been married to him for two years. For the two children, it was a tumultuous and protracted custody battle. He was granted sole custody of the two young boys.
Britney Spears And Kevin Federline
Claire Danes And Billy Crudup
Claire Danes began an affair with actor Billy Crudup when she was 24 years old. He chose to abandon his wife, Mary Louise Parker, in order to be with her. At the time, the young actress had no idea what any of this meant. She stated, “I was just in love with him. And needed to explore that and I was 24… I didn’t quite know what those consequences would be.” We all know what it is like to be young and in love!
Claire Danes And Billy Crudup
Billy Bob Thornton And Angeline Jolie
As some of you may know, Billy Bob Thornton and Laura Dern used to be a couple. When he began work on Pushing Tin, they were together. Angelina Jolie, who fell in love with him, had undeniable chemistry with him. He forgot to break up with Dern after they tied the knot! “I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my boyfriend got married, and I’ve never heard from him again,” she said.
Billy Bob Thornton And Angeline Jolie
Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie has had boyfriends from a variety of people. Laura Dern was one of them. When Brad Pitt landed the lead role in Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2005, he was married to Jennifer Aniston. He left Aniston to be with Jolie after the two stars fell in love on the set of the show. Brangelina divorced in 2016, citing “irreconcilable differences” on paper. They’re now co-parenting their brood of children together. Aniston maintained her friendship with Pitt despite their differences, which must have taken a lot of courage on her part.
Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie
Justin Theroux And Jennifer Aniston
Justin Theroux and Heidi Bivens had been married for fourteen years when he and Jennifer Aniston met on the set of Wanderlust. This was the beginning of a whirlwind romance. He divorced his wife in order to pursue a relationship with the actress. The couple married in 2015 and have been together for three years. They may have ended up divorcing, but she has managed to maintain a friendship with him.
Justin Theroux And Jennifer Aniston
Johnny Cash And June Carter
June Carter and Johnny Cash are one of the most well-known couples in music. It may surprise you to learn that their relationship began as an affair. He was still married to a woman named Vivian Liberto when he fell in love with her. Their daughter spoke to People about growing up with two mothers. “It seemed inevitable, though it was so painful for my mom. I had two really good examples from women in my life. My mom gave me this powerful sense of discipline, family, mothering and detail orientation. And June gave me this sense of expansiveness and how to live life as a performer,” she said in the interview.
Johnny Cash And June Carter
Julia Roberts And Daniel Moder
During the filming of The Mexican, the actress had a relationship with Benjamin Bratt. This was the time she fell in love with Daniel Moder, a cameraman. He was married to Vera Steimberg, a makeup artist, at the time, but he divorced her to be with Julia Roberts. After the divorce, they went public with their relationship and have been married for nearly two decades.
Julia Roberts And Daniel Moder
Katharine Hepburn And Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn met while working on the film Woman of the Year in 1941. This was the start of a 26-year relationship that ended with his death. Despite the fact that their romance had been a well-kept secret in the industry, he had no intention of divorcing Louise Tracy to be with the actress. Angela Lansbury, for example, once said, “We all knew, but nobody ever said anything. In those days it wasn’t discussed.”
Katharine Hepburn And Spencer Tracy
Debra Messing And Will Chase
Daniel Zelman and Debra Messing married in the year 2000. She was one of the most popular TV stars at the time, starring in Will and Grace. They divorced in 2016, a year before the sitcom’s reboot. Will Chase, one of her Smash co-stars, became her boyfriend. She made her new relationship public after the divorce was finalized. Unfortunately, it was not meant to last, and they broke up two years later. But oh well!
Debra Messing And Will Chase
Bruce Springsteen And Pattie Scialfa
Bruce Springsteen and Pattie Scialfa met in the early 1980s. After that, he invited her to join him on his tour. Although he couldn’t help but be attracted to Julianne Phillips, they had instant chemistry. He married the latter but soon realized she was not the right woman for him. The Boss divorced his wife at the time after he and Scialfa went on another tour and eventually began a relationship with his friend. Springsteen and Scialfa married in 1991 and have been together ever since.
Bruce Springsteen And Pattie Scialfa
Humphrey Bogart And Lauren Bacall
Bogie had a reputation for being a ladies’ man. When Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall collaborated on To Have And Have Not, he was married to his third wife. He fell in love with her, but it took a year for him to divorce Mayo Methot. After that, he remained in a happy relationship with his costar, eventually marrying her. They remained together until 1957 when he died. Four years later, she married Jason Robards.
Humphrey Bogart And Lauren Bacall
Jason Aldean And Brittney Kerr
Jason Aldean, we’re sure, was not pleased with the way his affair with Britney Kerr turned out. When reports surfaced that he had been kissing the American Idol contestant in public, he was still officially married to Jessica Ussery. It was difficult for him to save the marriage when he was caught red-handed, no matter how much he wanted to. Ussery divorced him in 2013. After that, he married Kerr two years later. They now have two children together.
Jason Aldean And Brittney Kerr
Jessica Sklar And Jerry Seinfeld
Jessica Sklar and Eric Nederlander had just returned from their honeymoon when they ran into Jerry Seinfeld at the gym in 1998. Sklar and Nederlander found themselves in couple therapy even though they were still newlyweds. The chance encounter at the gym was the final straw. In 1999, she divorced him and married the comedian. Later, Seinfeld claimed that the story had been misinterpreted. He said, “The true story of what happened has never been printed, No. 1, because it’s not nearly as interesting as the gossip, and No. 2, because my wife, to her great credit in my opinion, doesn’t have much interest in setting the tabloid record straight.”
Jessica Sklar And Jerry Seinfeld
Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck
When Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez started dating, they were both in other relationships. He was with Dayanara Torres at the time. She was engaged to Ben Affleck, on the other hand. We’ll leave it to you to figure out what happened next. She called off the actor’s engagement while he filed for divorce. It only took them four days to get married after the divorce was finalized. They married for seven years and had two children together, but things did not work out in the end.
Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck
Kim Kardashian And Kanye West
Kim Kardashian was previously married to Kris Humphries, an NBA player, before marrying and having children with Kanye West. Her first marriage, unfortunately, did not last more than 72 days. Soon after Kim K and Yeezy made their relationship public, the athlete called her out for having an affair while they were still married. This didn’t accomplish much. The new couple went on to have four children in the end. However, they have since broken up, which is unfortunate.
Kim Kardashian And Kanye West
Ethan Hawke And Ryan Shawhughes
When it was revealed that Ethan Hawke and the nanny had an affair, the rumor mill went crazy. When the actor allegedly began his romance with Ryan Shawhughes, he was estranged from his wife, Uma Thurman. He has refused to say whether or not this was the case. “My relationship with my present wife is thrilling to me and I’m committed to it. But neither she nor I know what shape the future will come in… fidelity can’t be the whole thing you hang your relationship on. If you really love somebody you want them to grow, but you don’t get to define how that happens. They do.”
Ethan Hawke And Ryan Shawhughes
Megan Fox And Machine Gun Kelly
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green were married for ten years. It came to an end when she met a new lover. She admitted to seeing Machine Gun Kelly not long after filing for divorce from the actor. Green was angered by the news and responded with a photo of his three children. She was accompanied by two of them. Surprisingly, he shared the photo after she posted a photo declaring her love for the rapper.
Megan Fox And Machine Gun Kelly
Ingrid Bergman And Roberto Rossellini
The truth is that Roberto Rossellini was always a favorite of Ingrid Bergman’s. She fell in love with the director while they were working on Stromboli together. She was still married to Peter Lindstrom at the time, so the affair got her blacklisted in Hollywood. She drew so much attention that she had to be denounced on the Senate floor. One senator even went so far as to say that the actress “had perpetrated an assault upon the institution of marriage.” Her banishment lasted seven years, ending when she landed a part in Anastasia.
Ingrid Bergman And Roberto Rossellini
Nicolette Sheridan And Michael Bolton
Harry Hamlin and Nicolette Sheridan married in 1991. She met Michael Bolton the following year. She was swept off her feet by the musician. They made their relationship public after their divorce. In 2019, her ex took to Twitter to express his feelings about the relationship. He said, “Re Fake News! What’s it called when your wife of one year suddenly goes to bed with a pop singer?” How bitter does he sound?
Nicolette Sheridan And Michael Bolton
Frank Sinatra And Ava Gardner
It’s no secret that Frank Sinatra was a Casanova from the start. Throughout this marriage, he struggled to remain faithful to Nancy Barbato. His affair with Ava Gardner was the final nail in the coffin. Gardner remained with Sinatra until 1954 when she married Luis Miguel Dominguin. The divorce wasn’t finalized until 1957, but the two exes remained friends throughout the ordeal.
Frank Sinatra And Ava Gardner
Jack Nicolson And Rebecca Broussard
Before he called it quits, Angelia Houston and Jack Nicholson had been together for 17 years. Why? Actually, the actor and Rebecca Broussard were expecting a child. Of course, this news did not sit well with Houstonians. She narrated in her memoir, “He was coming out of the bathroom when I attacked him… He was ducking and bending, and I was going at him like a prizefighter, raining a vast array of direct punches.”
Jack Nicolson And Rebecca Broussard
Mel Gibson And Oksana Grigorieva
Robyn Moore divorced Mel Gibson in 2009 after three decades of marriage. You probably weren’t surprised by this turn of events if you read the tabloids. Even though he was married, the actor began dating Oksana Grigorieva! The fact that she was pregnant with his child was perhaps the worst part. They broke up a year later. He had legal issues as a result of his divorce. He also had to defend himself in front of the public because he reached an out-of-court settlement with her.
Mel Gibson And Oksana Grigorieva