Love doesn't always conquer all, especially in Hollywood. Join us as we explore the most notorious celebrity romances that ended in scandal and heartbreak. From secret affairs to public meltdowns, these relationships captivated the world before crashing and burning in spectacular fashion.
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00:00Did you find it a very hard decision, Lady Diana?
00:02I had a long time to think about it, because I knew the pressure was on.
00:08Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most notable
00:12celebrity romances that ultimately crashed and burned in quite a dramatic fashion.
00:17I left Debbie long before there was any magic between Elizabeth and myself.
00:25Number 10. Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez
00:29When you're as famous as Ariana Grande, your love life is basically public property.
00:36Thought I'd end up with Sean, but he wasn't a match.
00:40While Grande's relationships have usually been in the spotlight,
00:44that shifted when she met real estate agent Dalton Gomez in 2020.
00:49The pair got engaged in December after nine months of dating.
00:52The couple kept things low-key, only sharing glimpses of their romance
00:56through music videos and the occasional Instagram post.
00:59After quarantining together during the pandemic,
01:02they married in a private ceremony in May 2021.
01:05Ariana also shared photos of the gorgeous decorations where the couple said,
01:09I do.
01:10But cracks started to show when Grande moved to England to film Wicked,
01:14leaving Gomez in LA.
01:16While there, she began dating her co-star, Ethan Slater, who was also married.
01:21This relationship stirred some controversy after both parties filed for divorce
01:26from their respective partners, fueling speculation that they'd been cheating with each other.
01:31While discussing the backlash to her relationship, Ari says,
01:34the most disappointing part was to see so many people believe the worst version of it.
01:39Number 9. Billie Crudup and Mary Louise Parker
01:43Leaving your partner for someone else can seem like a jerk move,
01:46but doing so when they're heavily pregnant with your child is unforgivable.
01:51Look, nobody's feelings are getting hurt here.
01:54That was the exact stunt Billie Crudup pulled on his then-girlfriend, Mary Louise Parker.
02:00The two actors met in 1996 while starring in a Broadway play,
02:04and began dating soon after.
02:06However, just two months before Parker was due to give birth,
02:09Crudup ended the relationship and moved on to actress Claire Danes,
02:14whom he had met on the set of the film Stage Beauty.
02:17What do you know of love, sir? Or loyalty? Or adoration suffered in deepest silence?
02:29The only love you know, sir, is what you act on stage.
02:33The love triangle grabbed public attention, though none of them had addressed it until years later.
02:38I didn't want to write anything because of the subject matter
02:41that would seem like I was trying to elicit sympathy.
02:44Because I don't, I certainly don't want any, and like I say in it,
02:47I could be the bad guy in someone else's story.
02:50As fate would have it, after just three years together,
02:53Danes left Crudup for her now-husband, Hugh Dancy.
02:57Number 8. Sandra Bullock and Jessie James
03:01In March 2010, Sandra Bullock was at the peak of her acting career,
03:05capping an impressive awards season with a Best Actress Oscar for her turn in The Blind Side.
03:11Tony, here's your quarterback, alright? You protect his blind side.
03:14When you look at him, you think of me, how you have my back, how you have his, okay?
03:20However, just days after her win, it was reported that her husband, Jessie James, had been unfaithful.
03:26To my husband, there's no surprise that my work got better when I met you,
03:33because I never knew what it felt like for someone to have my back.
03:36From the start, Bullock and James seemed like an odd pair.
03:40She was America's sweetheart, while he was a rough-around-the-edges motorcycle builder.
03:45Here's a guy who was living life right on the edge.
03:48And then he married me.
03:51Regardless, they appeared happy during their five years together,
03:54and had even initiated the process of adopting a child together.
03:58But when the cheating scandal broke, those plans unraveled.
04:01Bullock's triumphant season was overshadowed,
04:04forcing her to cancel appearances due to unforeseen personal reasons.
04:08By the following month, she had filed for divorce.
04:15In the late 1990s, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's love story captivated the world.
04:20We still have a good laugh, we're good at getting bleep on the table, okay?
04:26And then she tells other people and I get mad.
04:28Does that sound like something you said?
04:29She tells other people I get mad.
04:30Oh, yeah, yeah, that's right.
04:33They quickly became Hollywood's it couple,
04:35marrying in a private ceremony in Malibu in 2000.
04:39Theirs was a picture-perfect relationship,
04:41until it came crashing down in 2005 when they announced their split.
04:46When we finish the show, we'll go backstage and we'll talk about it.
04:49I'll tell you what it was like.
04:50Apparently, while filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith,
04:53Pitt had fallen for his co-star, Angelina Jolie,
04:56and rumors of an affair began swirling.
04:58Yeah, it's great.
04:59So you guys are, you're fine?
05:02Yeah, couldn't be better.
05:04The scandal exploded when Pitt and Jolie were photographed together on vacation in Kenya,
05:10seemingly confirming their relationship.
05:12It all became a very public affair,
05:15with fans split into Team Aniston and Team Jolie.
05:18Ultimately, Pitt divorced Aniston and married Jolie.
05:22Though their union also ended in divorce in 2019.
05:26I don't want to say very much about that,
05:29except to say it was a very difficult time.
05:31Number 6. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver
05:35Famed actor and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger
05:38first met TV journalist Maria Shriver at a charity tennis event in the late 70s.
05:44I remember very clearly when I met her the first night,
05:47and I saw her dancing out on the dance floor,
05:49which was at the Robert F. Kennedy Tennis Tournament.
05:51Their connection deepened over the years,
05:53and they eventually got married in 1986,
05:56blending his Hollywood fame with her ties to the prominent Kennedy family.
06:00The couple stayed married for 25 years until 2011,
06:04just after Schwarzenegger left office as the Governor of California.
06:08It was then that he publicly admitted to having an affair with the family housekeeper,
06:13which resulted in a child who was born just days after Shriver gave birth to their youngest.
06:19Apparently, Schwarzenegger has been keeping this secret for years.
06:23The revelation triggered a media frenzy that dominated the news for weeks.
06:27Shriver later filed for divorce from Schwarzenegger,
06:30which was finalized in 2021.
06:33I mean, you learn that one stupid mistake
06:37that maybe you think is good that moment
06:42can really destroy a lot of things.
06:46Number 5. Tiger Woods and Ellen Nordegren
06:49In 2001, Ellen Nordegren was working as a nanny
06:53when she met the world's top golfer, Tiger Woods.
06:56They tied the knot three years later and soon welcomed two children.
07:01Then in 2009, Woods' personal life and career both came crumbling
07:06with the swing of a club, and it wasn't even on a golf course.
07:10I need an ambulance immediately.
07:12I have someone down in front of my house.
07:15They hit a pole.
07:16Nordegren had chased Woods out of their house with a club
07:19after discovering his infidelity, causing him to crash his car nearby.
07:24This led to the affair being exposed,
07:26and soon over a dozen women claimed they had also been involved with him.
07:31Tiger pursued me, and over time I fell in love with him.
07:35And he told me he loved me too.
07:38The fallout was devastating for Woods.
07:40Not only did he lose his marriage,
07:42he also forfeited several sponsorships,
07:44and his career was thrown in jeopardy.
07:47For all that I have done,
07:52I am so sorry.
07:54Number 4. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
07:57These Hollywood stars began a romantic relationship
08:00after meeting on the set of the 2011 film The Rum Diary.
08:04Are you doing what I'm doing?
08:07I don't think so.
08:09What are you doing?
08:11Escaping a dreadful party.
08:13They seemed like a perfect match,
08:15even gaining notoriety when they ran into legal trouble in Australia
08:19just months after their 2015 wedding.
08:21I am truly sorry that Pistol and Boo were not declared.
08:25Protecting Australia is important.
08:28Declare everything when you enter Australia.
08:30However, the following year, Heard filed for divorce
08:33and obtained a restraining order,
08:35accusing Depp of physical and emotional assault.
08:38Things escalated even further
08:40when Depp sued Heard for defamation
08:42over a 2018 op-ed
08:44where she implied she had suffered domestic violence.
08:48The resulting trial became a public spectacle
08:51and revealed shocking details about their tumultuous relationship,
08:54with both sides accusing each other of assault.
08:57Ultimately, Depp won the defamation case,
09:00but the trial left both their reputations severely damaged.
09:05Wait a minute, what's your name?
09:07Let's keep that a secret.
09:09Well, I don't even know it.
09:11Well, then you'll keep it even better.
09:13Number 3. Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
09:16It was one of the most scandalous love triangles in Hollywood history.
09:20Eddie Fisher left his wife, Debbie Reynolds,
09:22to be with her close friend, Elizabeth Taylor.
09:25Fisher and Reynolds, who had gotten married in 1955
09:29and had two children, embodied the perfect all-American family.
09:33We think it's wonderful to have you both together.
09:36Congratulations on the recent ceremony.
09:39They were also close to Hollywood power couple,
09:41Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd.
09:43But after Todd died in 1958,
09:46Fisher stepped in to comfort Taylor
09:48and seemingly never left.
09:50Good morning.
09:52How many persons do you have living here?
09:55Just one, me.
09:56Well, that's not nearly enough.
09:59In 1959, he divorced Reynolds
10:02and married Taylor mere hours after the divorce was finalized.
10:06And then, of course, our lives changed
10:07because my husband became her husband.
10:09Naturally, that does change things.
10:11It was Hollywood's most scandalous love triangle.
10:13The fallout was immense,
10:15even leading to the cancellation of Fisher's variety show.
10:18Ironically, Taylor later had an affair with Richard Burton
10:21while still married
10:23and ultimately wed Burton ten days after divorcing Fisher.
10:27Number 2. Woody Allen and Mia Farrow
10:30There existed a deep artistic bond
10:32between filmmaker Woody Allen and actress Mia Farrow.
10:36This soon blossomed into a 12-year relationship,
10:39during which Farrow starred in 13 of Allen's films.
10:43I never should have told you
10:44my weakness is going to the movies in the daytime.
10:47I go all the time with my niece.
10:49It's wonderful.
10:50You know, it's like playing hooky.
10:52That's what you said yesterday.
10:53We were late then, too.
10:54We weren't late.
10:55We didn't miss anything yet.
10:56Although they never got married,
10:58Allen helped raise Farrow's adopted children,
11:01and they had one biological son together.
11:03Their relationship seemed solid until 1992
11:06when Farrow discovered that Allen
11:08was romantically involved with her adopted daughter,
11:11Soon-Yi Previn,
11:12whom he ultimately married.
11:14Woody gave a press conference
11:16where he talked about being wildly in love with Soon-Yi.
11:19A few months later,
11:20Farrow publicly accused Allen of inappropriate behavior
11:24with their adopted daughter, Dylan.
11:26Mia didn't want these allegations to be true
11:29because this was completely unraveling her entire life.
11:33Allen denied this allegation,
11:35attributing it to Farrow's anger
11:37over his relationship with Previn.
11:39While he was never criminally charged,
11:41the accusations have followed Allen for decades,
11:44turning him from celebrated auteur
11:46to Hollywood pariah.
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12:04Number 1.
12:05King Charles and Princess Diana
12:07Then the Prince of Wales,
12:09King Charles first met Lady Diana Spencer in 1977.
12:13Their fairy tale romance was met with great public excitement,
12:17leading to a lavish wedding in 1981.
12:20As far as the nation was concerned,
12:22the heir to the throne had found his fairy tale bride.
12:26Soon they welcomed two sons,
12:28and to the outside world,
12:29their life seemed perfect.
12:31Behind the scenes, however,
12:32the marriage was strained.
12:34But by 1992, the rift was clear.
12:37Charles remained close with his former flame,
12:39Camilla Parker Bowles,
12:40which left Diana feeling isolated
12:42and led to her own infidelity.
12:45This affair became a scandal
12:46when tapes of Charles' phone conversations with Bowles were a leak.
12:50This was followed years later
12:52by Diana's infamous Panorama interview,
12:54which further exposed the cracks in their marriage.
12:57I don't think many people would want me to be queen.
12:59Actually, when I say many people,
13:01I mean the establishment that I'm married into.
13:03With such irreconcilable differences,
13:06the couple divorced in 1996,
13:08one year before Diana's tragic death.
13:11Were you rooting for any of these ill-fated celebrity relationships?
13:15Let us know in the comments below.
13:17I wish that you could be left alone
13:19and just have a, you know,
13:20it's like literally every week,
13:22I'm just like, really?
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