Keeping up with the Kardashians may seem hard, but keeping up with the status of Emma Roberts
and Evan Peters' volatile on-and-off relationship makes that look easy.
Although the American Horror Story ex-costars are officially over, their relationship was
filled with drama.
Here are some of the reasons Roberts and Peters called it quits.
Is there a story that tabloids love more than a celeb relationship gone horribly wrong?
Not even after a year of dating, TMZ broke the news that Roberts and Peters' relationship
had gotten physical.
As the outlet dished in July 2013, police were called to the pair's Montreal hotel room
after a fight was heard.
Once the cops arrived at the scene, they spotted Peters with a bloody nose and bite mark, and
immediately arrested Roberts.
As sources close to the actress told the outlet,
"Emma and Evan were hitting each other and she was arrested because he had obvious physical
injuries."
The timing couldn't have been worse for the actress, as only days after the news broke,
her interview with Nylon hit the stands.
Ironically enough, Roberts spoke about her public image, claiming,
"A lot of people perceive me differently...I can't say I'm never going to mess up, but
if I do, I'll definitely be very sorry."
Peters decided against pressing charges, and his girlfriend was released a mere few hours
later.
While the incident was brushed off at the time, perhaps this was mental wound that never
truly healed?
The topics that surround each season of American Horror Story can make the show pretty grueling
to watch.
With the themes so dark, you'd think that the cast would try to keep things upbeat while
the cameras aren't rolling.
For Roberts and Peters, however, it looks like that wasn't an option.
As it turns out, the co-stars had trouble separating their personal lives from their
professional ones.
By the time they already shot a few seasons of Horror Story together, the couple was allegedly
driving the cast mad with their turbulent relationship.
As an insider revealed to OK!,
"[On set, the pair was either] constantly kissing or fighting...As soon as the director
yells 'Cut,' Emma and Evan are making out.
That is, if they're not screaming at each other."
By 2019, after the couple's final breakup, Peters quit the show, at least for the time
being, and according to The Sun, he claimed it was due to the "exhausting" nature of taking
on such dark roles.
While that may be the case, perhaps he wanted to close the final chapter of his own romantic
horror story.
Breaking up is hard, but doing it in front of millions of people?
The pressure must be nearly impossible to manage.
In a 2019 interview with Cosmopolitan, post-breakup, Roberts admitted how hard it is to live in
the public eye and have fans pay so much attention to her personal life.
She explained,
"It's hard enough to be with someone by yourself, let alone with an audience.
Growing up is hard.
Sometimes it makes me sad that I can't have a private moment.
Because of Twitter and Instagram, there's a whole other element where everybody can
comment on what you're doing, and no one knows the real story.
That's hard."
"We love Emma here."
"Oh you do, good, I do too."
"Yeah, she's great."
The actress echoed a similar sentiment to LA Mag later that same year, saying,
"Relationships are hard enough between two people, let alone two people and the entire
internet.
People say, 'Why's it so hard for celebrities to have relationships?'
My answer?
'Do people photoshop their face over yours with your boyfriend?'
It's just a weird thing."
While photoshopped photos may not have been the cause of Roberts and Peters' breakup,
it's probably safe to assume the cyber-bullying didn't help.
Considering Peters and Roberts had their ups and downs over the course of seven years,
the real reason they broke up may have simply been that it was time for their relationship
to be over.
In fact, it's a sentiment that's been echoed by those closest to the former couple, too.
As an insider told Just Jared back in 2015,
"Their three years together just ran its course.
They have so many great memories together but couldn't make it work in the end.
The breakup was amicable, there was no drama whatsoever."
It looked like the same thing happened with the pair's 2019 breakup, as well.
A source revealed to US Weekly,
"Emma and Evan were heading for a split and now are just friends.
Evan has moved out.
It wasn't a bad breakup."
As for either celeb speaking out about what happened?
As of early 2020, their lips are sealed.
As Roberts so succinctly put it to Cosmopolitan,
"I think I know what's true, and I know what happened in my own life and so do the people
who love me and who I love."
There's no denying that Peters and Roberts' relationship was one filled with turbulence.
All things considered, it looked like the couple got too serious, too fast, as well.
Since then, it appears that both stars have moved on to healthier, if not slower romances.
Making it official with Garrett Hedlund shortly after her breakup with Peters, the actress
seems to be taking things at a leisurely pace with her new beau.
A source close to Roberts told People,
"Emma is newly single and neither she nor Garrett are in the right headspace to be in
a serious relationship.
They're just having fun hanging out and hooking up."
As for Peters?
He's been linked to singer Halsey since September of 2019, although the couple only confirmed
their relationship in October when Halsey went on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and called
Peters her boyfriend.
Much like his former fiance, however, it looks like Peters is taking his time with this blossoming
courtship.
As an insider dished to E! News,
"A friend connected them and they had also been chatting over social media before deciding
to hang out.
It's still very new, but they are both interested in dating each other and hanging out."
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