They say "living well is the best revenge," but don't tell that to these bitter celebs.
Despite being rich and famous, these stars all went out of their way to treat their exes
like trash.
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani
Months after his quickie divorce from country starlet Miranda Lambert, musical cowboy Blake
Shelton made his romance with pop princess, and fellow Voice coach, Gwen Stefani, exceedingly
public, confirming their romance to the press right before the CMA Awards in November 2015.
"He came out about his new girlfriend, Gwen."
"Did he?!"
"Yeah, lots of announcements today.
Where have you been?"
Stefani filed for divorce from Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale less than two months before
stepping out with Shelton, and according to TMZ, Rossdale was already suspicious.
How else is someone supposed to take it when their spouse writes a song called "Used to Love You"?
Brad Pitt
Friends star Jennifer Aniston filed for divorce from actor Brad Pitt in April 2005.
Only a few months later, Pitt and Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie posed as sexy
parents for a 60-page retro photo spread in W Magazine.
"Tell me what it was like, the first time that you laid eyes on Angelina.
Was it like one of those classical love stories like when, I dunno, when Ross first saw Rachel."
The bizarre move led Aniston, who later moved on with actor Justin Theroux, to tell Vanity
Fair that Pitt had a "sensitivity chip missing."
No kidding.
Charlie Sheen
Despite their on-and-off relationship and attempted goodwill, Denise Richards couldn't
stay on ex-husband Charlie Sheen's good side… but who really can?
"You picked a fight with a warlock, you little worm.
Remember this!"
Sheen tore into Richards on Twitter in June 2015, calling her "the worst mother alive"
and accusing her of being a member of ISIS, despite the fact that she once had temporary
emergency custody of his kids... and those are the nicest of his comments.
As of January 2016, Richards claimed Sheen was trying to evict her and her daughters
from their home, but later that year, the pair were again spotted together anyhow.
Rob Kardashian
Reality bro Rob Kardashian lashed out at ex Rita Ora on Twitter in December 2012 so badly
that it sparked a hashtag about her alleged cheating.
Kardashian even blamed the singer for his weight gain on an episode of Keeping Up with
the Kardashians.
Ora never responded to Rob's freakout — beyond simply denying that she ever dated him in
the first place.
Ooohh… burn.
Kim Kardashian
If you've ever watched TV, you know that the Kardashians are obviously no stranger to really
rocky relationships.
Kim infamously married basketball pro Kris Humphries for 72 days, and their divorce proceedings
lasted longer than their entire relationship, with Humphries alleging Kardashian faked the
entire romance for ratings.
While that would actually surprise no one, the NBA star couldn't prove it in court.
Even worse, in Keeping Up with the Kardashians episodes airing after the split, footage conveniently
made Humphries look like a clumsy, mean-spirited oaf, and the clan often mocked him in the
press.
"I'm ready to get out of here.
When's this thing over?"
"That's his friends' table.
Oh, so he's going to sit with his friends and not me.
That's fun."
Lesson learned: don't foul a Kardashian.
And speaking of those in the Kardashian orbit...
Kanye West
You'd think that since rapper Kanye West is happily married to Kim K, he'd give up trying
to diss his most famous ex, model-turned-talk radio host Amber Rose.
But that hasn't been the case.
In February 2015, West told The Breakfast Club,
"If Kim had dated me like, when I first wanted to be with her, there wouldn't be an Amber Rose."
He also said…
"It's very hard for a woman to want to be with someone that's with Amber Rose.
I had to take 30 showers before I got with Kim."
That's not how any of that works, Kanye.
Not at all.
Justin Timberlake
When pop power couple Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears split in 2002, the one-time
N*SYNC singer went on a full-on press tour insinuating that Spears cheated on him, allegedly
with choreographer Wade Robson.
Whether or not she was actually unfaithful remains a mystery, but Timberlake released
his hit "Cry Me a River" video, featuring a Spears doppelganger, to drive home his damning
narrative.
John Mayer
After singer John Mayer split with singer Jessica Simpson, he gave a now-notorious interview
with Playboy detailing the couple's bedroom exploits and referring to Simpson as "sexual
napalm."
Simpson was humiliated by the press and told Oprah she would not accept his apology, and
she wasn't even the only victim of his interview.
Mayer also embarrassed ex Jennifer Aniston, dispelling rumors that he was dumped because
he was on social media too much, while making a subtle jab at Aniston's age and declining
stardom, saying,
"...her success came before TMZ and Twitter.
I think she's still hoping it goes back to 1998."
Radar Online reported that Aniston still has bad blood with Mayer, which, given those sorts
of comments, isn't surprising.
Mayer later made a very public, tearful apology, mid-concert.
"So I decided that I would try to be as clever as possible all the time.
And I did that at the expense of people that I loved, and that feels absolutely terrible."
Selena Gomez
Pop headliners Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber are either addicted to each other or to the
drama they both bring to the table, because they just can't leave each other alone.
In March 2013, Gomez and some friends posted a choreographed dance to "Everybody Knows,"
featuring a Bieber look-alike she called a "douchebag."
A week later, she mocked Bieber in an interview with David Letterman.
"I made him cry."
"Well, then, that makes two of us."
When Bieber finally moved on in August 2016, Gomez instigated a very public Instagram feud
after he posted some selfies with his then-girlfriend, model Sofia Richie.
Which is not to say that he didn't probably deserve it.
Most people want to give Bieber a smack anyhow.
"Ow."
Taylor Swift
Where to even start with Taylor Swift?
Her music video for "Style" is a very clear jab at boy band ex Harry Styles, featuring
his paper airplane necklace and name-dropping the title of a One Direction album.
She openly mocked pop star Joe Jonas in her SNL monologue in 2009.
"You might think I'd bring up Joe, that guy who broke up with me on the phone, but I'm
not gonna mention him in my monologue!"
When her romance with musician John Mayer went south, she wrote "Dear John," then told
Glamour he was "presumptuous" for assuming it was about him.
Obvious clues in her album booklets and music video helped the world figure out that "We
Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" was likely about actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
But if you ask her about all that, she'll just have her squad mean-mug you at an awards
show.
Not all of Swift's exes took her attacks lying down.
When Swift and the equally-vindictive Calvin Harris split in summer 2016, she tried to
slam Harris on a professional level, taking credit for penning Harris' hit "This Is What
You Came For" under the name Nils Sjoberg.
Harris fired back in a series of since-deleted tweets, writing,
"I wrote the music, produced the song, arranged it and cut the vocals, and initially she wanted
it kept secret, hence the pseudonym…I figure if you're happy in your new relationship you
should focus on that instead of trying to tear your ex bf down for something to do…
I won't allow it."
But then what would she write songs about?
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