Celebrity breakups can be very messy and very, very public. Still,
some couples manage to stay close afterwards. Wondering which “Friends”
star is still friendly and flirty with her ex-husband? Keep watching to find out.
When Rita Ora and Calvin Harris broke up in 2014, they seemed to be on very different
pages — especially regarding the actual breakup. Evidently, according to Insider,
Ora didn't realize she wasn't in a relationship with Harris until she
read his public tweet to his millions of followers. The "Summer" hitmaker wrote,
"To address speculation — myself and Rita ended our relationship some time
ago. She is a beautiful, talented woman & I wish her all the best."
While together, Harris wrote and produced Ora's hit song "I Will Never Let You Down."
In order for Ora to perform the song, she needed legal permission from her ex to do so.
However, according to Billboard, Harris wasn't having any of it. This meant that
Ora was unable to perform the song she wanted at the upcoming Teen Choice Awards that year.
She explained on "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" the situation.
"He has to approve anything TV-wise for anybody who doesn't get it. And obviously
he owns the rights to it and he didn't approve the Teen Choice Awards."
Shortly after, Harris insisted on Twitter that he had a good reason for stopping her
from performing his song, though we don’t know what that was. It's not all bad though.
During a 2017 appearance on "Watch What Happens Live"
she revealed she and Harris are "good friends" and that she doesn't hold any grudges.
“A usual breakup, you don’t see your ex all over the place, but, you know,
you just kind of take it with a pinch of salt and keep going with your own life.”
That same year, a source told The Sun on Sunday
that they "sorted things out" and were able to put things behind them.
When Ariana Grande collaborated with rapper Big Sean on her single "Right There" in 2013,
they were just friends. But after they teamed up two more times for "Problem"
and "Best Mistake," rumor had it that the two were actually a couple. That rumor was pretty
much confirmed by the time they attended the MTV Video Music Awards later that year.
The following February, the duo made their red carpet debut at the Grammy
Awards and the two weren't shy about their public affection.
Alas, the romance fizzled out in 2015. An inside source told E! News,
"It hasn't been easy though with both of their busy schedules lately and they
know it's going to get even harder in the next few months. This was really difficult
for them to publicly call it quits, but they thought it would be better this way,
so people know there is no bad blood between them at all."
Grande and Sean have remained on good terms — so much so,
he was all for her referencing their failed relationship in a lyric. In the first verse
of her 2018 No. 1 single "Thank U, Next," Grande simply said Sean, quote, "wasn't a match." During
a chat on "The Zach Sang Show," Grande shared that Sean didn’t mind being referenced at all.
“Yeah, he was very supportive. He loved it.”
Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz may no longer be romantically linked,
but they have not severed ties — and it seems to be working out just fine for them.
As noted by People, the pair eloped in 1987 after originally meeting as friends. The following year,
the pair welcomed a daughter, Zoe Kravitz. However, by 1991 they'd gone their separate
ways and had their divorce finalized in 1993. Lenny told Rolling Stone in 1995,
"I was in a tremendous amount of pain when we broke up,
tremendous. For, like, six months, I only slept for two hours a day,
from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. The rest of the time I was just up, like a zombie. I was floored."
Despite all the pain, Lenny and Bonet have remained very close. The duo can
often be seen on red carpets celebrating their ongoing friendship with the public,
even attending the 2015 Met Gala together. When Bonet tied the knot with actor Jason Momoa,
the "Fly Away" rocker maintained a tight bond with his ex. Lenny explained to ET in a 2020 interview,
"We all love each other and we all support each other. I'm so proud to be Zoë's dad and that
God saw it fit for us to all experience each other. It's been the most beautiful gift."
After two private marriages to James Debarge and Rene Elizondo Jr.,
Janet Jackson was very out in the open about her relationship with hit producer Jermaine Dupri.
During a discussion with rapper T.I. on his "expediTIously" podcast,
Dupri revealed he met the music icon backstage at one of her concerts in the early 2000s.
On a 2006 episode of "The Tyra Banks Show," the usually shy Jackson opened up about their
love life, revealing to the public that he was, as she put it, "off the charts" in bed.
“You can’t — can’t compare.”
That same year, the duo worked on music together and released
the Grammy Award-nominated album "20 Y.O."
During the aforementioned podcast interview, Dupri told T.I. they split because they weren't
willing to get married to one another and that they never lived together.
“I started thinking like marriage for me wasn’t gonna — wasn’t gonna work.”
However, another factor was revealed during Jackson's 2022 two-part documentary, "JANET."
Dupri, who appeared in the doc, admitted he was reckless during their relationship
and confessed he cheated on the megastar. He said,
"One of the weird things about dating Janet is that dating Janet attracts other women.
Girls wanted to talk to me more because I was dating her, which was really weird."
Regardless of their past, Jackson and Dupri are still friends. In 2021,
Jackson took to Twitter to honor him on his birthday, writing,
"Sending luv to u today @jermainedupri."
Before No Doubt achieved worldwide success in the late '90s,
frontwoman Gwen Stefani and bassist Tony Kanal were an item. Stefani told The Guardian in 2005,
"All I ever did was look at Tony and pray that God would let me have a baby with him."
Unfortunately, he broke things off in 1994. she admitted to SPIN in 1996,
"I was in denial. For, like, a year, he didn't have to come to my house when I demanded it.
He didn't have to do anything, but when he felt like it, I was there. It was horrible."
Like a lot of heartbroken singers, Stefani channeled that energy and turned her hurt into
music. That body of work would become No Doubt's 1995 breakthrough record,
"Tragic Kingdom," which put the band on the map globally and contained their signature hits
"Don't Speak" and "Just A Girl." Despite the pain within the lyrics of the songs,
Stefani and Kanal managed to work things out, remain bandmates,
and enjoy their success together. However, during a 2012 television interview for "CBS
News Sunday Morning," Kanal admitted performing those songs initially was hard to deal with.
"You would go back to the room emotionally, physically, spiritually — like everything was
drained. It was brutal. I look back on it now, but we got through it.”
After "Tragic Kingdom," Stefani and Kanal were able to put their past behind them.
In fact, Stefani's solo single "Cool" was written about their
friendship and featured Kanal's wife in the video.
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon shocked fans when they announced they had gotten
married just weeks after forming a relationship. According to Brides,
the "We Belong Together" hitmaker tied the knot with the former "America's Got Talent" host in
the Bahamas in 2008. Three years later, they welcomed twins Monroe and Moroccan.
In 2014, the pair made headlines when they announced their divorce,
which was finalized in 2016. Carey explained in her 2020 book, "The Meaning of Mariah Carey,"
"Honestly, I think Nick and I could have worked it out between the two of us,
but egos and emotions got inflamed,
which can translate into many billable lawyer hours, and ultimately it did. It was tough."
In 2019, Cannon stated he has no plans of ever getting re-married during an appearance on
T.I.'s "ExpediTIously" podcast, but he would make an exception for a certain pop icon.
"If I was to do it again, it would be to her!"
Cannon added that Mariah is somebody he will always love.
Since splitting with her, Cannon has welcomed five more children with other women.
In early 2022, he announced he's expecting his eighth. In a 2017 interview with ET,
Carey had nothing but kind words to say about her ex. She said,
"He's a good guy. It's not that hard to make it work. Now we can laugh,
and joke, and do the good parts of when we had a relationship."
Madonna got married to her first husband, actor Sean Penn, in 1985. During their relationship,
Madonna put out the single "True Blue," which happened to be inspired by Penn.
That song ended up being the title track off of her third full-length
album. According to People, she wrote in the liner notes,
"This is dedicated to my husband, the coolest guy in the universe."
Even still. they split up in 1989. This would not be either party's last marriage or divorce.
In 2015, Madonna defended Penn when it was alleged he had previously assaulted her
during their relationship. She stated in an affidavit obtained by People,
"While we certainly had more than one heated argument during our marriage,
Sean has never struck me, 'tied me up,' or physically assaulted me,
and any report to the contrary is completely outrageous, malicious, reckless and false."
That same year, Penn attended two of Madonna's concerts in New York during her "Rebel Heart"
tour where he watched her perform "True Blue," according to the Daily Mail. In 2016,
she attended a charity gala at Art Basel with her ex and was filmed
saying that she was "still in love" with Penn while on stage with him at the event.
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Hilary Duff's first husband, former professional hockey player Mike Comrie,
married the "Younger" actor in 2010. In 2012,
Duff revealed on Twitter that she had given birth to their first child, writing,
"Welcome to the World Luca Cruz Comrie!
Tuesday evening, we became proud parents of a healthy 7 pound 6 ounce beautiful boy."
However, they decided to split just a few years later. She told Cosmopolitan in 2015,
"Mike and I were very in love when we met. We both really wanted to get married. I'd
been working since the age of 11 or 12, so making that choice at a young age seemed right for me.
Maybe it wasn't, but we spent the majority of our time together really happy. It wasn't
working well enough to stay together, but there was still a lot of love involved.
It was just a slow set-in of us not being the match that we used to be.
I'm lucky for the person he is and I am and how we decided to handle this."
E! News reported that their divorce was finalized in 2016. Duff's rep explained
the pair were still best friends and that their priority was to raise their son.
Duff has since welcomed more children with her second husband, Matthew Koma — daughters Banks
and Mae — but still finds time to enjoy days out with Comrie and Luca, according to the Daily Mail.
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were arguably the prom king and queen of Hollywood. As recapped by
Marie Claire, they struck up a connection in the late '90s, announced their engagement while on
stage at a Sting concert in 1999, and got married in 2000. However, after five years of marriage,
they shared a joint statement that revealed they were calling it quits. They said,
"This decision is the result of much thoughtful consideration.
We happily remain committed and caring friends with great love and admiration for one another."
After working on the movie "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" together in 2004, it was alleged that Pitt and
Angelina Jolie fell in love while on set, resulting in a media frenzy. They went on
to start a family shortly after and faced years of wedding rumors. Finally, in 2014, they got
married in France. But, just like Pitt's first marriage with Aniston, it came to an end in 2016.
Aniston moved on as well, marrying Justin Theroux in 2015. They split up a couple years later.
Since then, Aniston and Pitt have been able to reunite and put their past fully behind them. The
pair looked relieved to be in each other's company again at the 2020 SAG Awards. One year later, they
had fans freaking out when they both appeared in a flirty virtual table read of the 1982 film "Fast
Times at Ridgemont High" for charity. Needless to say, their dynamic seems anything but bogus.
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