As the song so succinctly goes, "love hurts."
But not before it feels great.
So great, that some of these stars raced down the aisle within months, weeks, or even days
of meeting each other.
How'd that all work out?
Here's the scoop on celebs who basically married strangers.
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee met on New Year's Eve 1994, but their first date wouldn't happen
until six weeks later, when they decided to take an impromptu trip to Cancun, Mexico.
According to People magazine, they got married on a whim just five days into their vacay,
on February 19th, 1995.
The reason behind the former Baywatch star's decision to wed the rock star?
Anderson explained,
"It was just instant, mind-blowing, animal attraction."
Unfortunately, things weren't quite so pretty after that.
After one of their marital spats, Lee was hauled off to jail on charges of, quote, "spousal
abuse, child abuse, and unlawful possession of a firearm," all of which he denied, according
to Entertainment Weekly.
Anderson attempted to leave Lee multiple times during their brief marriage, with E! News
reporting she filed for divorce in November 1996 but changed her mind after a successful
reconciliation.
Then, she filed again in February 1998, and that time, she went through with it.
Julia Roberts
After Julia Roberts met singer Lyle Lovett on the set of the film The Player, the twosome
got engaged and married in the span of three weeks, according to Entertainment Weekly.
"He's, um, he's just, he's perfect."
Unfortunately, things weren't as picture-perfect as they appeared.
People revealed that two days after their June 1993 wedding, Roberts jetted off to Washington
D.C. to finish filming The Pelican Brief, and during most of their marriage, Lovett
and his bride, quote, "rarely spent more than a week at a time together."
Kind of hard to get to know someone when you're always apart, don't you think?
The pair announced they would legally separate after less than two years of being husband
and wife.
Khloe Kardashian
We were all rooting for Khloé Kardashian's happily ever after to finally come true when
she met basketball player Lamar Odom.
People reported Kardashian and Odom met at a party in 2009, and just one month later,
they were getting married in a televised wedding ceremony.
They got matching tattoos, starred in their own spin-off show, and even began fertility
treatments to have a child.
But Kardashian quickly realized she was in way over her head.
Rumors that Odom was carrying on an affair, as well as his alleged drug abuse, as reported
by TMZ, threw their marriage into a tailspin.
Kardashian filed for divorce in 2013, but before a judge signed off on it, she stopped
the petition after Odom was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel in November 2015, according
to CNN.
She then re-filed in 2016, finally putting an end to a marriage that was all sorts of
shaky from the start.
Britney Spears
After a courtship that lasted less than three months, Britney Spears confirmed in July 2004
that she and backup dancer Kevin Federline were officially engaged.
Her mom, Lynne Spears, was even on board with Spears' fast-track proposal, telling People
magazine,
"You can't put a time schedule on relationships.
My best friend got married within six months, and they've been together 28 years.
It's all a risk."
Unfortunately, two months after the birth of their second son in September 2006, Spears
reportedly texted Federline that she wanted a divorce, E! News revealed.
Looking back on her marriage to the man she hardly knew, Spears said in the 2008 MTV documentary
Britney: For the Record,
"Instead of following my heart and doing something that made me really happy, I just did it for
the idea of everything."
Renee Zellweger
After Renee Zellweger met country singer Kenny Chesney at a 2005 tsunami relief fund, the
pair had a brief long distance relationship.
They decided to bridge the physical gap between them in May 2005, just four months after they
met, by getting hitched at a small wedding in the Virgin Islands, according to People
magazine.
Chesney's longtime friend told the publication,
"[Zellweger] said she's been waiting for all these years for the right person to come into
her life.
When she met Kenny, she knew.
She said she didn't want to wait to find out if it was right."
Well…
Zellweger quickly realized what happens when you marry someone you barely know.
Four months after exchanging vows with the singer, the Oscar-winning actress filed for
an annulment, citing "fraud."
The couple also released a joint statement, saying, in part,
"The miscommunication of the objective of their marriage at the start is the only reason
for this annulment."
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