From cheating rumors to open relationships to a prison sentence,
Hollywood marriages can get downright messy. But they seem to make it work.
Russell Brand was infamous for his admitted womanizing ways before settling down with
second wife Laura Gallacher in 2017. But the New Age-loving comedian's become quite
traditional in his home life since being married again. Brand told Sky
News that raising daughters Mabel and Peggy was a challenge. He admitted:
"I am dedicated to it, devoted to it, but I am still surprised when it's like,
'Oh my God, this is f—ing really hard and it's so exhausting.'"
He said that Gallacher wouldn't leave the kiddos in his charge for more than
24 hours because he's not great at nap time or making sure they eat proper meals. But
Brand declared that having his first child made him embrace feminism. He explained to Grazia:
"The thought that my daughter would be restricted, held down in any way
or disqualified on the basis of her gender is one I really don't care for at all."
The eccentric star hasn't ditched his well-known persona altogether. The Get Him to the Greek
actor won a charity special of The Great British Bake Off after baking cookies he claimed shared
a likeness of his wife's privates. He titled his creation "The Portal to All Life Biscuits."
"Birth as a concept, the cosmic vagina as the portal to all life."
Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer dated for a short period of time and flew way under the
radar before tying the knot. They became Instagram official after attending Ellen
DeGeneres' birthday party together in early February 2018 and married just days later. But
apart from the speed at their nuptials, there's even more weirdness than what meets the eye.
Schumer met her chef husband through her assistant, Molly, who is Fischer's sister.
She met Molly through her own former publicist and manager, Carrie Byalick, who briefly dated
Fischer a decade before he and Schumer even met. After Schumer and Fischer got hitched,
Page Six reported that the comic fired Byalick and unfollowed her on Instagram. Byalick told
the media outlet that while their business relationship ended for multiple reasons,
the decision was not about Fischer, and the duo were still on good terms.
When asked by E! News what the best part of being married was, the comedian said:
"The best part is just having a partner and being like 'I got a team.'"
"You got someone to go through life with together
that you love and you want to be partnered up with."
And the pair have become a team in a different sense:
Schumer gave birth to a baby boy in May 2019.
Chatter about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's relationship began when Jada told
HuffPost in 2013 that they shared an open marriage. But she later posted
on Facebook in an attempt to clarify her initial remarks. The post read in part:
"Will and I BOTH can do WHATEVER we want, because we TRUST each other
to do so. This does NOT mean we have an open relationship... this means we have a GROWN one."
The Smiths later elaborated on their marital status during a 2018 episode of Red Table Talk
after August Alsina alleged that he and Jada had a relationship. Will explained that they
had to go through a marriage break up to get back on track, but that divorce was never an
option for them. Despite open marriage musings, Jada added that their marriage was forever.
"We're gonna be together, we're gonna be under the
same roof. You might be on the other end of that joker with somebody else"
The revelations kept coming about their marriage in Will's self-titled 2021 memoir,
before he got himself in hot water at the 2022 Oscars by slapping Chris Rock over a
comment about Jada's appearance. Even if the Academy responded by banning their
best actor winner from future ceremonies for a decade, his marriage seems to be going strong.
"'If I wasn't with you, I'd be searching in vain for the rest of my life.' 'aww, Willard.'"
Whether they're hanging out with their sons and their sons' godmother, Lady Gaga,
Sir Elton John and David Furnish have continued to be downright wonderful together. While they've
appeared to be blissful, tabloids have claimed that their marriage might not be what it seems.
The longtime couple officially tied the knot in 2014. Just two years later,
the National Enquirer interviewed a businessman named Daniel Laurence who alleged to have had a
sordid affair with Furnish. And before that allegation, The Sun reported in 2015 that
Furnish had purchased a home for a dancer named Danny, whom he'd been spotted with
frequently without John. Both Danny and sources close to Furnish and John said they were just
pals. Upon the publication of the National Enquirer's story in 2016, John requested a
court privacy injunction to block the British press from mentioning his or Furnish's names.
The couple isn't letting the negative energy of
the occasional tabloid scandal into their happy marital bubble.
"Our life is the same as anyone else's. You know, sitting around the breakfast table, looking at the
newspapers, drinking coffee, watching television, playing with the dogs, playing with the kids."
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' romance seemed to come out of left field. But it turns out that
Jonas had been eyeing the actor for a while before they became public. The couple revealed to Vogue
in 2018 that Jonas initiated contact by slipping into Chopra's DMs in 2016. After a number of text
exchanges, they met in person for the first time at an Oscar after-party in February 2017.
Two weeks later, they attended the Met Gala together but wouldn't see each other or make
another joint public appearance for a whole year. Us Weekly reported that they were a
full-blown couple following the 2018 Met Gala. They became Instagram-comment official, attended
a Jonas family wedding together, and hung out with Chopra's family in Mumbai in June of that year.
A month later, he proposed to Chopra on her 36th birthday. And at the start of 2022,
they became parents via surrogate.
Aside from the speed of their courtship, it's the sponsored content surrounding
their romance that's made this pairing weird. Jonas' bachelor party appeared to
be sponsored by multiple brands, while the couple had a well-documented and
vocal obsession with Tiffany's amid their engagement news. And their Amazon-sponsored
wedding registry was reportedly almost as long as their actual wedding celebrations.
Marvel star Chris Pratt married into Hollywood royalty when he tied the knot
with Katherine Schwarzenegger in 2019. And this duo have since become known
for having their fair share of oddities in their marriage. The pair faced backlash in
2021 due to an Instagram post where Pratt thanked his second wife, writing in part:
"She's given me an amazing life, a gorgeous healthy daughter."
Some interpreted it as a dig towards his ex-wife, Anna Faris, and their son,
Jack, who was born prematurely with a cerebral hemorrhage and has since
dealt with various health issues. "Pratt's use of the word 'healthy'
is a dig at his ex-wife, actress Anna Farris, and their adorable nine year old son, Jack."
Pratt was also criticized for the way he praised Schwarzeneggar. Commentators
pointed out that Pratt exclusively wrote about how much Schwarzenegger loved him,
rather than complimenting her as a person. He wrote in the post:
"Find you somebody that looks at you like that!"
In a 2022 Men's Health interview, Pratt addressed the accusations that he was
being egocentric and tactless. The actor insisted that the papers were
targeting him unfairly and that it brought him to tears. He said:
"A bunch of articles came out and said, 'That's so cringeworthy. I can't believe Chris Pratt would
thank her for a healthy daughter when his first child was born premature.' [...] And I'm like,
'That is f—ed up. My son's gonna read that one day. He's nine.'"
William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman are one of the longest-lasting couples in Hollywood.
Huffman told the Chicago Tribune that they dated off and on for 15 years, during which
Macy popped the question on multiple occasions before she finally agreed to marry him in 1997.
But the actors hit a bump in their marriage when their role in a college admissions scandal was
exposed in 2019. Huffman was convicted and went to jail for conspiracy to commit mail fraud after a
much-publicized trial. The prosecutors explained that Huffman paid $15,000 for their daughter's
SAT math scores to be forged. According to the Los Angeles Times, Huffman wrote a letter to the
judge, saying she only wanted to be a good mother and help her daughter have a fair shot. She said:
"I see the irony in that statement now because what I have done is the opposite of fair."
Macy defended his wife by explaining how much she regretted harming her
daughter's self-confidence and chances at college.
Huffman only served 11 days in a California federal prison before she was reunited with
her husband. And their relationship still seems to be going strong. Macy told Parade in 2023
about the importance of evolving alongside another person in a marriage. He said:
"I believe in love. The older I get, the more I believe in it."
Alec and Hilaria Baldwin have been raising eyebrows with their
26-year age difference since they first got married in 2012. But the
couple has stuck together through bizarre and tragic circumstances.
In 2020, they faced viral accusations that Hilaria had faked her Hispanic accent and
passed herself off as Spanish despite growing up in Boston with English as her first language.
"'You know it feels different' 'But the accent is
gone in this video she just posted.' 'So, there's been some questions…'"
Hilaria responded on Instagram by saying:
"My parents raised my brother and me with two cultures,
American and Spanish, and I feel a true sense of belonging to both."
Alec also came to his wife's defense, saying in part on Instagram:
"There's things that have been said lately about people that I love,
that I care about deeply, which are ridiculous. I mean, just ridiculous."
A Hulu miniseries and Netflix documentary about Pamela Anderson led to a resurgence
of interest in her '90s relationship with rock star Tommy Lee. And questions
started emerging about Lee's current wife. Despite their 24-year age gap,
he began dating social media star Brittany Furlan in 2017 and married her in 2019.
Furlan has been criticized for publicly feuding with Anderson,
who was physically abused by Lee during their time together. In 2018, the Baywatch star commented on
Lee's recent fight with their son, Brandon, by insisting that the musician's struggle
with alcohol addiction made him dangerous and unpredictable. Anderson published a statement
on her website, alleging that Furlan was enabling Lee's drinking. She added:
"This is what he wants — someone to behave badly with."
Furlan responded on Twitter by threatening to retaliate,
saying Anderson dismissed her from the start and had blocked her on all social media after
she and Lee began dating. Furlan later told Fox Digital that she had been hurt, saying:
"It was just so ridiculous and really awful."
In February 2023, Furlan made a since-deleted TikTok where she used a filter that made her
look like Anderson and joked about their feud. After being criticized
for stirring up controversy immediately after Anderson opened up about her trauma in Pamela:
A Love Story, Furlan insisted that she wouldn't respond to the hate.
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn are still one of the most infamous celebrity couples nearly three
decades after the affair between the filmmaker and his ex's adopted daughter was first uncovered.
Soon-Yi was adopted at a young age by André Previn and actor Mia Farrow, whom Allen started dating
in 1980. The relationship between Allen and Soon-Yi was revealed in 1992 when Farrow found
revealing photos of Soon-Yi at Allen's apartment. Soon-Yi was only a college student at the time.
In 2018, Soon-Yi gave an interview to Vulture, accusing her adoptive mother
of physical abuse and neglect, as well as fabricating stories about Allen. She
recalled how she bonded with Allen after she broke her ankle in the 11th-grade.
Allen and his adopted daughter soon began attending Knicks games together. But Previn
adamantly stated that she already had a father, and it wasn't Allen. She said:
"Mia never married Woody, nor did they ever live
together. He was my mother's boyfriend, plain and simple."
She also dismissed Allen's daughter, Dylan Farrow,
after she accused her father of sexual abuse. Previn claimed that she and Allen had only
received new attention in recent years because Mia took advantage of the #MeToo movement.
Dylan responded in a statement on Twitter, accusing Soon-Yi of infantilizing her and
rejecting any claims against her mother. Dylan insisted:
"I continue to be an adult woman making a credible
allegation unchanged for two decades, backed up by evidence."
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