When people say things like "I do", most add the "'till death do us" part in the end. However,
when it comes to Hollywood, it's more likely to be "till I fall in love with my co-star in my next
movie." It's not an unknown fact that marriages in the glitzy world of celebrities and fame don't
particularly last very long. Whether it's the pressures that come with a life in the public eye,
the constant traveling and being away from their significant other, or the long hours on set,
Hollywood marriages have gotten themselves a reputation of having a pretty poor shelf life.
For fans, the most painful thing to watch is when their beloved celebrity couples split
because they've fallen in love with someone else on set.
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Daredevil
You might not remember this, but Batman was not Ben Affleck's first stint as a superhero.
In 2003, he joined the Marvel universe as Daredevil alongside Jennifer Garner.
Unfortunately, it was a flop at the box office, and received ratings that were almost pitiful.
However, it was successful at one thing, and that was tearing apart an engagement and a marriage.
At the time, Ben was engaged to the gorgeous Jennifer Lopez, while Garner was married to Scott
Foley. Funny coincidence right? Two Jennifers. Yeah, we think that's a bit of an interesting one.
We'll stick to surnames so that we don't get anyone confused here.
While filming Daredevil, Affleck and Garner fell for one another,
and they fell hard too. So all that chemistry you see in the movie, that's all real. After that,
Affleck called off his engagement to Lopez and Garner filed for divorce from her husband, Foley.
"We met on 'Pearl Harbor,' which people hate, but we fell in love on 'Daredevil.'" Affleck admitted
in an interview later, which is pretty scandalous because he was still with Lopez at the time.
No one could have imagined how the singer must have felt, knowing that while she was engaged
to a man that she loved and was supposed to marry, he was busy falling in love with another Jennifer.
After appearing together on the TV show Dinner for Five for an interview, sparks flew again
between Affleck and Garner, sharing long looks of adoration between one another. Their connection
was undeniable, and it was pretty clear that there was something going on between the two actors.
A few months later, Garner announced her divorce from Foley. When asked to comment,
all she had to say was, "We didn't have a shot. He's a really good guy, and we just imploded."
Then just a year after that, Affleck and Lopez called off their engagement,
which shattered the hearts of fans all over the world. But no one could have
been more heartbroken than Lopez, who said "I was eviscerated. I lost my sense of self,
questioned if I belonged in this business, thought maybe I did suck at everything."
In October 2004 the lovebirds were seen as a couple for the first time at the World Series,
where the Boston Red Sox were playing and they were engaged just a few months later.
While Ben didn't live happily ever after with his new Jennifer, and they divorced in 2018,
the couple had three beautiful children during their marriage
and have been amicable co-parents since their split.
Titanic
Everyone remembers the romance between Jack and Rose, and the tragedy behind the fact
that it's been proven that there was indeed enough space for Jack on the floating door.
So what can be more heartbreaking? Knowing that Jack and Rose could have had a happily ever after
or that there was a real marriage that fell apart behind the scenes of the film?
Director of the film, James Cameron is known for his drive and ambition to succeed in the
world of Hollywood. While he was working on the Titanic, he was married to his fourth wife,
Linda Hamilton. However, the long hours on set, along with his obsession with creating
one of the best movies of all time, added a lot of strain to his marriage.
Cameron began an affair with actress Suzy Amis, who played the role of Rose's granddaughter.
The affair continued even after the production of the film was completed. It's alleged that his
wife, Linda, knew of the affair and the derailment of her marriage, but because of the huge amount of
publicity and media surrounding the Titanic, she didn't want to create any negative press.
So when she walked down the red carpet next to James, held his hand and clapped for him when he
won the Oscar, she knew that he was in love with someone else and would probably be leaving her.
James and Linda divorced soon after, and less than a year after the divorce,
he went on to marry Suzy. They're still married to this day, so even though Rose and
Jack didn't get to have their chance, at least the heart really does go on for James and Suzy.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Sir Kenneth Branagh, or as you might remember him as Professor Lockhart, and Emma Thompson
were a U.K. film power couple in the 1990s. They were married for five years
and seemingly going strong. Or at least they WERE until Kenneth met Helena Bonham Carter.
Kenneth met Helena on the set of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
and he couldn't deny his attraction to his co-star. To the extent that he put
his marriage on the line when they had an affair during the making of the film.
Thompson promptly divorced Branagh after news of the affair came to light.
However, Thompson is not the type of woman to hold grudges and has since moved on from the
painful and public ordeal. "You can't hold on to anything like that. I just think… pfft... It's
pointless. I haven't got the energy for it. Helena and I made our peace years and years ago."
House of Wax
Do you know what's hot? Melted wax.
Want to know what's even hotter? Chad Michael Murray in the ‘2000s.
Chad was married to Sophia Bush, his previous co-star from the hit TV show,
One Tree Hill. However, while on set of the horror film, House of Wax, Chad and his
newer co-star Paris Hilton seemed to hit it off behind the scenes when nobody was looking. Paris
was also seeing Nick Carter at the time, so her romance with Chad was more like a secret affair.
Needless to say, Chad and Sophia's marriage quickly came to an end
soon after news of the affair spread and things with Nick and Paris didn't last either.
By the Sea
Everyone knows how Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie got together.
The romance of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the heartbreak that Jennifer Anniston
had to endure. Everyone knows that story, so we don't need to rehash all of that. The
story you might NOT know of is about the film that led to the end of Brangelina.
By the Sea, written and directed by Jolie, stars her and Pitt as a married couple who
are experiencing a tough time during their relationship and endure an intense series of
arguments that test their love for one another. Jolie knew making this movie would test her own
marriage to Pitt, unfortunately they wound up failing the test and getting divorced soon after.
Eyes Wide Shut
For his last movie, Eyes Wide Shut, the legendary filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick chose Tom Cruise and
Nicole Kidman, the IT-couple of the moment as his main characters. Cruise and Kidman played a bored
couple prone to arguing, and eventually, finding ways to "experiment" to make their marriage work.
Everything about the shoot was controversial and hounded by the tabloids,
from its explicit content to the obsession that surrounded Tom and Nicole's marriage.
The pressure of filming, which lasted around 15 months, coupled with Kubrick's unexpected death,
became too much for the pair, which led in part to their divorce two years later.
Proof of Life
Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid were seemingly riding the high of their romance
and their careers until it all quickly came crashing down.The
couple divorced over twenty years ago, but it's only now that Meg has decided
to set the record straight on their split and make sure that everyone knows the REAL story.
In early 2000, rumors that the pair's marriage was on the rocks were starting to spread. At the time,
the press knew almost nothing of what was really going on behind Meg and Dennis's closed doors. It
wasn't until Ryan was spotted with her 'Proof Of Life' co-star, Russell Crowe cozying up with one
another off-set, that the public put two and two together. If the married couple was going through
a rough patch, and Meg was seemingly canoodling with another man … then she must have been having
an affair. Soon, the news of the pair's divorce was announced which sent Hollywood into shambles.
It seemed that Meg and Russell weren't meant to last, since they called it quits just a few months
later. Friends close to the pair at the time said that Russell was very serious about Meg and wanted
to marry her, but she hadn't had enough time to heal the wounds her divorce had left behind.
When it comes to marriages in Hollywood, they're unconventional and sometimes don't
make sense to those who aren't living the life of a celebrity. They do their best just like
anyone else would because although their lives are put on display unlike many others, they're human
just like the rest of us, and all everyone wants is to live their happily ever after.