When Robin Thicke and Paula Patton split up, he took extreme measures to win her back.
Who did he recruit to help out in this crusade, and what made him finally realize it was a
lost cause?
Keep watching to find out.
Aaron Carter and Hilary Duff started dating when they were both just 13 years old, and
then he famously dated Lindsay Lohan before getting back with Duff.
Carter and Duff's on-again, off-again romance ultimately ended in 2003 after he linked up
with her best friend.
Despite all this, he never stopped thinking about her.
Then in 2014, Carter retweeted a picture of Duff, along with a caption in which he called
her "flawless."
And in another tweet, he announced,
"I'll spend the rest of my life trying to better myself to get back to her.
I don't care what ANY of you think."
Duff responded in an interview with BuzzFeed, as she admitted,
"I don't know how I feel.
I mean, that was so long ago, and obviously I'm still married, and I have a baby and we
kind of just..."
She also addressed the public pleas during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live.
"I don't know.
I don’t know what to say about it.
It was so many years ago.”
“Right.”
“I literally haven't seen him in…
So it's uncomfortable."
“Right.”
Robin Thicke and Paula Patton
"Blurred Lines" singer Robin Thicke made several cringeworthy public pleas to try to win back
his estranged wife Paula Patton, who filed for divorce in 2014, citing "irreconcilable
differences" as the reason for the split.
Thicke later admitted during a deposition to struggling with drugs and alcohol before
his marriage ended, as he also confessed,
"I told my wife the truth.
That's why she left me."
A year before the divorce was finalized, Thicke debuted his single "Get Her Back" at the 2014
Billboard Music Awards, as he opened the performance by declaring,
"All right, y'all, help me get her back now."
He also dedicated his 2014 BET Awards performance of "Forever Love" to Patton.
Both songs were featured on his 2014 album Paula.
Viewers surely got the point, but the public pleas didn't work on Patton, as Thicke appeared
to just further embarrass himself.
In 2015, he spoke with The New York Times about an honest review of his BET performance
that he received from a longtime friend.
As he explained,
"I said: 'Oh yeah!
What did you think?'
You know — excited.
And he goes: 'I gotta be honest with you, buddy.
You're kind of playing yourself.
You look like a sucker.'
And it hit me that I'd lost my perspective."
Migos rapper Offset publicly addressed infidelity rumors after his wife, fellow rapper Cardi
B, filed for divorce in 2020.
He took to Instagram to apologize for being a "selfish and messed up husband" and shared
that his birthday wish was to reconcile with Cardi.
He also addressed infidelity claims, by claiming that he didn't sleep with his alleged mistress,
while also apologizing for making Cardi look "crazy."
Offset's other public pleas included getting a billboard for Cardi's birthday and surprising
her during a performance by having a massive flower arrangement wheeled out that was designed
to read "Take me back Cardi."
She wasn't exactly pleased, though, as she announced afterwards on Instagram Live,
"This is why I don't like surprises."
Despite Cardi's initial embarrassment, she and Offset eventually worked things out, as
she filed to dismiss the divorce in November 2020.
They also welcomed a baby boy in September 2021, and for Valentine's Day 2022, they gave
each other tattoos of their wedding date and even filmed it for Cardi's Facebook Watch
series Cardi Tries.
During his stint on Celebrity Big Brother in 2022, former NBA player Lamar Odom mentioned
several times that he wanted to get back together with his ex-wife Khloé Kardashian.
The couple separated back in 2013 after four years of marriage, though their divorce wasn't
finalized until 2016.
Odom has been open about his infidelity and drug use during their marriage, but he now
seemingly has his sights set on making things right.
On one episode of Big Brother, he told his castmate Todrick Hall about how much he misses
his ex and that he had a dream about her.
"I wish I could take that time back."
In another episode, Odom told his roommates that he was even going to try to reconnect
with Kardashian.
As he put it,
"I would just probably want to take her to dinner.
It will be a blessing just to be in her presence.
Just to tell her I'm sorry and what a fool I was.
She has the right to never ever want to see me again for the things I put her through,
but time moves on and people change."
And Odom isn't the only NBA player who regrets screwing up and losing Khloé Kardashian.
In a 2020 episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Tristan Thompson, who shares a child with
her, begged her to give him another chance in the wake of his infidelity.
They did end up getting back together, though they then called it quits again in June 2021.
Many of Kanye West's social media posts in early 2022 seem like a cry for help to some
observers, while his public pleas to his estranged wife Kim Kardashian are a clear example of
love bombing.
The rapper, who now goes by just Ye, has shared several posts, some of which attack Kim's
current boyfriend, Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson.
He's also asked Kim to reunite with him.
In one instance, he posted a picture of Kim and their children from a Vogue cover shoot,
writing, in all caps,
"GOD PLEASE BRING OUR FAMILY BACK TOGETHER."
And on Valentine's Day, Kanye customized the side of a truck to read, "My vision is krystal
klear," while also filling its bed with red roses and delivering it to Kim's house.
He also made headlines back in December 2021 when he pleaded for Kim to give him another
chance in front of a packed Los Angeles audience during a benefit concert with Drake.
As he performed his song "Runaway," he sang,
"I need you to run right back to me, baby.
More specifically, Kimberly."
If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic abuse, you can call the National
Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233.
You can also find more information, resources, and support at their website.