From amicable splits to scandalous breakups and cheating allegations. These celebs managed
to keep their divorces on the down-low using some seriously impressive methods.
Former golden couple of country music Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton announced their split
in 2015, on the very same day their divorce was finalized. According to TMZ, Shelton filed just
weeks before they made any public declaration, and the whole thing was finalized mere hours
after they officially confirmed their divorce. In a statement to Us Weekly, the former couple said,
While fans loved Shelton and Lambert together, there was evidently trouble in paradise behind
the scenes and cheating allegations ran rampant. Even so, they tried to keep up appearances for
as long as possible. In fact, according to TMZ, former "The Voice" coach Shelton
had been spotted wearing his wedding ring two days before the announcement. After his
split from Lambert was made official, Shelton moved on with his "The Voice"
co-star Gwen Stefani. In 2019, Lambert married a police officer named Brendan McLoughlin.
"That cop's hot."
On October 28, 2022, Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen announced
their separation. In an Instagram Story, the Buccaneers quarterback explained,
That same day, Bündchen also confirmed the news on Instagram, writing,
While the duo's marriage might've seemed like a dream on paper,
their divorce didn't exactly come out of the blue. As it turned out, Brady's decision to
return to the NFL after a brief retirement period supposedly was their breaking point. For months,
there were rumors that the football superstar and the supermodel's marriage was on the rocks.
Weeks before Brady and Bündchen went public with their relationship news, Page Six reported that
the two had apparently hired divorce lawyers and were indeed done with their marriage.
"Glee" star Dianna Agron managed to keep her divorce from Mumford & Sons guitarist
Winston Marshall really quiet. She basically didn't confirm the split
until she was spotted with someone else years later. In 2020, Us Weekly broke
the news that Agron and Marshall were going their separate ways, with a source saying,
However, neither has ever made a public statement about their breakup. Fast-forward
to November 2022 when the Daily Mail shared photos of Argon with artist Harold Ancart,
confirming that her marriage to Marshall was definitely done.
While the breakup may have come as a surprise to some, the quiet way they handled the split
was pretty much par for the course. The two were notoriously shy when it came
to speaking publicly about their personal lives during their time together. In fact,
neither Agron nor Marshall ever even acknowledged their wedding on social
media and both largely shunned being photographed together.
Did you know Hulk Hogan divorced his second wife, Jennifer McDaniel,
before he told you? Because he thought you did. Hogan only confirmed he'd actually split from
McDaniel after he was spotted out and about with new girlfriend Sky Daily. Rumors then
began to swirl that the former WWE star may have been stepping out on his wife,
whom he married in 2010. However, that actually wasn't the case.
In February 2022, Hogan put a stop to the infidelity rumors,
and shared that he'd been divorced from McDaniel for quite some time. The former wrestler tweeted,
TMZ later reported that the "Hogan Knows Best" star had filed for divorce
from McDaniel in October 2021, and that their split had been officially finalized
the same year. Evidently, the Hulkster just didn't make a big deal out of it.
When gymnast Mary Lou Retton was ready to announce her divorce, she didn't go to the
tabloids. Instead, she took it to the ballroom. When Retton appeared on "Dancing with the Stars"
in 2018, she revealed that she and her football player husband, Shannon Kelley, had split after
around 27 years of marriage. Retton shared the news onscreen with her dance partner.
"I went through a divorce. People don't know that. It's the first time I've said it publicly."
Elaborating on what had happened, Retton explained,
"It was hard. I felt very alone."
The Blast reported that Retton had actually filed for divorce in November 2017. It was
also revealed that Retton had asked to get a temporary restraining order against her ex,
with official documents explaining,
When David Duchovny and Téa Leoni officially ended their marriage in 2014, pretty much no
one knew about it. While TMZ eventually broke the news, the outlet didn't get the scoop until
September 2014, which was around two months after the pair had finalized their divorce.
According to the terms of their very quiet divorce settlement, Leoni had primary physical
custody of their two children, while they shared joint legal custody. It was also
reported that "The X Files" star would pay his former wife monthly child support of $8,333 as
well as other expenses for their kids, plus another $40,000 in spousal support. Leoni
later made it clear that there was no bad blood between them, telling Parade in September 2014,
In February 2015, she revealed that she didn't
have any regrets about calling time on her 17-year marriage, telling More,
"Pawn Stars" icon Rick Harrison managed to have a secret divorce that the rest of us
didn't find out about until months after it happened. In August 2021,
TMZ reported that the reality star had filed for divorce from his former wife, Deanna Harrison,
in July 2020 after approximately seven years of marriage. By September 2020,
the pair had reached a settlement, though Rick's relationship update pretty much went unnoticed.
When the news finally broke, Rick told TMZ that he'd already moved on from the marriage,
and that going their separate ways was a joint decision. It's also worth noting that this wasn't
Rick's first rodeo, either, as Deanna was actually his third wife, and third divorce.
"Everybody Loves Raymond" star Brad Garrett managed to keep his split from his wife of
seven years, Jill Diven, totally secret. It wasn't until August 2006 that Garrett
confirmed that they'd officially divorced to USA Today. According to the outlet, his nearest
and dearest were not made aware of the divorce until he was ready to go public with the news.
While the two decided to call it quits, Garrett still had nothing
but sweet things to say about the mother of his two children, telling USA Today,
The actor also decided to share a little insight
into what went wrong in his marriage, telling the outlet,
TMZ reported that Garrett had managed to keep news of his divorce out of the
spotlight by using his real last name, Gerstenfeld, on divorce documents.
"The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" star Anthony Mackie's secret divorce proved that all those
important Marvel secrets and spoilers are more than safe with him. He and his wife of five years,
Sheletta Chapital, ended their marriage in 2017 and finalized their divorce the
following year. However, the news didn't actually hit the headlines until May 2019,
almost two years after they actually broke up. E! News confirmed the split
and noted that the pair had known each other since they were children.
"It's funny because we've been dating off and on since we were seven years old."
Mackie and Chapital had been notoriously private throughout their romance and kept
pretty much every aspect of their life under wraps. For one thing,
the two never officially spoke about their own wedding day. In June 2015,
Page Six confirmed that they'd tied the knot, more than six months after the actual wedding.
Sean Hannity and his wife of more than 20 years, Jill Rhodes, reportedly divorced in secret in
June 2020. Page Six seemingly confirmed the news several months after the divorce was finalized.
The outlet revealed that, despite a lack of media attention, the former couple had unsuccessfully
been working on their relationship for years. Friends of the former couple even suggested that
the divorce was finalized more than a year before the public found out. A source also revealed that
the pair still spent time together for the sake of their family. When asked for comment,
Hannity and Rhodes confirmed they'd formally gone their separate ways via a spokesperson, saying,
The same month his divorce hit the headlines,
Hannity was romantically linked to "Fox & Friends" anchor Ainsley Earhardt, per Page Six.