Hollywood drama alert! We're diving into the juiciest stories of celebrities who absolutely owned their cheating exes. From epic revenge tactics to stunning career comebacks, these stars proved that karma is real and revenge is best served with a side of success.
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00:00I used to love you. Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the finest examples of famous people who owned their unfaithful exes.
00:12Because it's obvious that life just has to play out the way it's meant to, and how can I complain with the way it's ended up?
00:20Number 20, Halsey.
00:22The Without Me singer split from rapper G-Eazy gave us some iconic pop culture moments.
00:27He's got his head, I'm on my mind. We got that love, the crazy kind.
00:32While it has not been explicitly confirmed that he cheated, Halsey, whose real name is Ashley, has often alluded to it.
00:38In 2018, a day after announcing their split, she tweeted,
00:42Pumpkin Eater, as in what comes after Cheater Cheater.
00:45A year later, she plastered Ashley I Cheated on a wall during her SNL performance.
00:50Man, I got you off your knees, put you right back on your feet, just so you could take advantage of me.
00:56Probably the most memorable moment, however, was when they were still together and performed Him and I on Good Morning America.
01:02Rumor has it, she found out about him cheating right before they went out on stage, and boy did it show on her face.
01:10Number 19, Kourtney Kardashian.
01:13She may still call ex Scott Disick her soulmate, but that doesn't mean she didn't walk away from their relationship a winner.
01:19Every time I become too good of a person,
01:22No, that's not true.
01:26No, that's not true.
01:28In the several years they were together, during which time they welcomed three lovely children, Disick allegedly stepped out on her multiple times.
01:40Although it took a while, Kourtney Kardashian eventually left him for good and found love with Travis Barker.
01:45He reportedly had a tough time with their engagement, and has since expressed his regret over losing Kourtney.
01:50As for the Kardashian sister, she is now thriving with her new hubby and their growing family.
01:55Do you want red wine, or do you want sake?
01:58Whatever my baby wants.
01:59Number 18, Ariana Maddox.
02:03Do you want anything?
02:05For you to die.
02:07Well, that's inevitable.
02:08When your cheating ex becomes a hashtag, you know you've come out on top.
02:12Vanderpump Rules stars Tom Sandoval and Ariana Maddox made headlines when they confirmed their romance in 2014.
02:18So, when they broke up in 2023, they shook the internet once again.
02:33It turned out, Sandoval had been cheating on Maddox with none other than her bestie, Raquel Levis.
02:38Talk about being messy.
02:39The controversy came to be known as hashtag Scandoval, which was brought to a sizzling climax when Maddox rocked up to the VR Season 10 reunion,
02:47in what fans called a Scarlet Revenge dress.
02:50Slay!
02:51You're a Dementor. I know you like Harry Potter.
02:54Number 17, Anna Marie Tendler.
02:57The subject of many a John Mulaney joke, Anna Marie Tendler stuck by the comedian through his experience with substance use disorder.
03:03My wife said, what the hell did you do?
03:05I said, no, no, I might have lung cancer.
03:07She said, oh, thank God.
03:10Yet, word on the street is, he left her for actress Olivia Munn, his current wife.
03:14Mulaney says he got together with the Newsroom star in the spring of 2021, a very short time after separating from his ex-wife.
03:20I met your mom and I met Olivia's mom. That's Olivia's mom.
03:23Oh, yeah, but you know, like you said, we got married, so that's, you know, that I call her mom now.
03:30The math of their relationship timeline isn't really mathing, especially not when Munn gave birth to their son in November that same year.
03:36Meanwhile, all Tendler revealed about their split, quite gracefully, was that she was heartbroken about Mulaney ending things.
03:43Today, her memoir, Men Have Called Her Crazy, is a New York Times bestseller, and she's reviving her photography career.
03:49You go, girl.
03:50Yeah, I feel very proud of myself for where I have come to.
03:58This act of payback is so unforgettable.
04:01We'd say it warrants a new verse in Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats.
04:04Oh, and he don't know.
04:08She may have dug her key into the side of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive, but Haddish, uh, pooped in his shoes.
04:15Okay, maybe we can massage the lyrics a little bit there.
04:17But yes, upon learning that her ex-boyfriend cheated on her, on her birthday, no less, Haddish took matters into scatological territory.
04:25Look, the line is shorter over there. There's a long line in the bathroom here. Just go for it.
04:30We have no doubt that effectively destroying this man's brand-new Jordans taught him a lesson he'll never forget.
04:38When it comes to holding grudges, the South Park creator is next to none.
04:44He was once close to marrying his high school sweetheart when she cheated on him with an a cappella musician.
04:49As payback, he created a horse character in his film Cannibal the Musical and named it after his ex, Leanne.
05:01If the name sounds familiar, it's because that's also Eric Cartman's mom's name in South Park.
05:08Suddenly, it makes sense why she's constantly shamed for being, eh, free-spirited, if you will.
05:14Someone clearly isn't letting his resentment go.
05:21Remember when the fancy rapper said she hated ex-fiancé Nick Young when they first met?
05:26That was some solid unintentional foreshadowing.
05:31The former NBA player ended up cheating on her while they were engaged.
05:37What's more embarrassing for him is the fact that his fellow Lakers hooper, D'Angelo Russell, sneakily filmed him bragging about the affair.
05:47Although the couple didn't break up right away, they did split eventually, and Azalea certainly left a burning last impression.
05:53She set actual fire to his clothes. Yes, even the designed ones. Never mess with Miss I-G-G-Y.
06:11Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh were once called the Golden Couple of Britain.
06:24Which maintained so politic a state of evil that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them.
06:31So it wasn't just the Howard Zend actress whose heart Branagh broke when he cheated on her with his Mary Shelley's Frankenstein co-star, Helena Bottom Carter.
06:38This betrayal hurts our soul to this day, even more so because she said it left her, quote, half-alive.
06:44Being the incredible artist she is, Thompson harnessed her heartbreak to portray Karen in Love Actually.
06:54So next time, when you watch that gut-wrenching scene where Karen sobs quietly after realizing her husband's having an affair,
07:00just remember, it's something the actress went through IRL. You'll probably need an extra box of tissues then.
07:15What better way to expose your two-timing husband than a tell-all?
07:19Suffice it to say, Demi Moore did not hold back when she wrote her memoir, Inside Out.
07:40She revealed that her ex, Ashton Kutcher, convinced her to invite third parties into their intimate life
07:46and then used that to justify his subsequent cheating, saying that the third party blurred the lines.
07:51Moore also recalls finding out about his infidelity through a Google alert.
07:59What is most painful, though, is that she fell into substance use disorder following their split after years of maintaining sobriety.
08:05Nevertheless, today, she's a Golden Globe winner and, at the time of this writing, an Oscar nominee, while he has a golden raspberry.
08:13How's that for a last laugh?
08:31When the queen of Latin music writes a diss track about you, you know you're cooked.
08:36Sorry, baby, hace rato.
08:39Former footballer Gerard Piquet allegedly cheated on her with her trainer and good pal, Ana Kaiser.
08:45At the time, a viral theory suggested that she found out about his affair after noticing an empty jam jar in her fridge when no one in her family liked jam.
08:53Although she shut those rumors down, the timeline of Piquet's new relationship still fueled distrust among Shakira fans.
09:00The artist went off on him in her song Bizarrap Music Sessions Vol. 53, with lyrics like
09:05I'm too good for you, and that's why you're with someone just like you, and
09:09You traded a Ferrari for a Twingo.
09:11Not even his new flame, Clara Chiamarti, was spared.
09:14You're too good for you, and that's why you're with someone just like you.
09:24In the late 90s, this emerging starlet had just a handful of screen credits to her name, yet freeway and even fear kept her progressing forward.
09:32Do you want me?
09:33Yes.
09:36Tell me.
09:39Tell me you want me.
09:44I want you, David.
09:45Around this time, Reese Witherspoon met Ryan Phillippe, two years her senior, and also a rising talent in Hollywood.
09:57About half a dozen years after their 1999 marriage and co-starring roles in Cruel Intentions,
10:02Phillippe allegedly got a little friendly with Stop-Loss actress Abby Cornish, which precipitated an immediate divorce in 2006.
10:10Afterwards, Phillippe and Cornish split in 2010, and his career digressed into direct-to-home video titles,
10:16while Witherspoon made the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and earned her second Oscar nomination for 2015's Wild.
10:22My mother used to say something that drove me nuts.
10:25There's a sunrise and a sunset every day, and you can choose to be there for it.
10:32You can put yourself in the way of beauty.
10:35Number 9. Sophia Bush
10:37Back in 2004, this One Tree Hill actress said yes to co-star Chad Michael Murray.
10:42I want to be with you, Brooke.
10:47What?
10:48But their 2005 marriage dissolved after only five months, as Murray reportedly cheated on Sophia Bush with a young socialite named Paris Hilton.
10:55Besides, I've been late before. I want to know for sure. I promise to talk to him, okay?
11:01Murray earned plenty of Hollywood cred, so much that he quickly paired up with One Tree Hill extra Kenzie Dalton.
11:06Over the years, Bush has maintained a successful television career, most notably as Aaron Lindsay on Chicago PD.
11:13On the flip side, Murray stayed busy too, but his work has been sporadic at best.
11:17In a nutshell, you're you and I'm me.
11:21Yeah, but if I was you, well, then you'd be dating yourself.
11:26Number 8. Maria Shriver
11:28If you didn't already know, this American journalist is the niece of the late John F. Kennedy, and obviously Robert F. Kennedy too.
11:35I felt lost growing up a lot of the time because I was always a Kennedy without a first name and without really my own identity.
11:42She's also the woman that Arnold Schwarzenegger cheated on with the family housekeeper.
11:46After a quarter century of marriage, which began shortly after Schwarzenegger starred in 1985's Commando, the pair separated about a week before the scandal went public.
11:55It was just so horrible, what it did to the kids and what it did to my wife.
12:01And so, California's former governor admitted to his transgressions, while Shriver moved on, literally setting up shop a few miles away in a $10 million pad and going back to working for NBC News.
12:11I think the important thing is for us to stick together, for us to let each other know that we care, that we're there for them.
12:18But acknowledge that we don't really know what tomorrow's going to be like because it's not contained and the winds are still, can blow either way is what we're being told.
12:29Number 7. Ellen Nordegren
12:31Perhaps you're familiar with the name Tiger Woods, a golfer who used to rule over the PGA.
12:42Woods experienced a rough year in 2009, largely for the infamous scandal that revealed he had not had one affair, but rather over a dozen, with some sources alleging the number to be up to 120.
12:53As Ellen pointed out to me, my real apology to her will not come in the form of words. It will come from my behavior over time.
13:04Obviously, the embarrassment set Woods back a bit, and the psychological damage had a horrific impact on his career that still lingers to this day.
13:11Nordegren rose above the fiasco, though, as she first received a $100 million divorce settlement and later earned a psychology degree in 2014 from Florida's Rollins College.
13:20And I believe we each have a responsibility to pass on the importance of education to our children and future generations.
13:28Number 6. Halle Berry
13:31For the early part of her career, this Cleveland native was known for her exquisite beauty and natural on-screen chemistry.
13:45Halle Berry also became the first African-American woman to win a Best Actress Oscar for her revealing performance in 2001's Monster's Ball.
14:01Not long after, husband Eric Benet received treatment for compulsive sexual behavior, which preceded the couple's 2003 separation and eventual 2005 divorce.
14:11Berry later married actor Oliver Martinez in 2013, yet he also allegedly cheated.
14:16While Berry could have easily drifted from the public eye or disappeared entirely, she's maintained her A-list status throughout, all while looking nothing short of breathtaking.
14:31Number 5. Jennifer Aniston
14:36During her iconic run as Rachel Green on Friends, this American actress hooked up with Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt.
14:49The press obviously enjoyed the love affair and had a field day when speculation arose that Pitt had cheated on his wife with Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie.
14:57Suddenly, America's sweetheart became a secondary player to the sexy pairing.
15:09While Brangelina seemed destined to last forever, they too abruptly split in 2016, with Pitt being linked in the tabloids to Allied co-star Marion Cotillard,
15:18though parenting differences were cited as the official reason for Jolie's divorce filing.
15:22By this time, Aniston had moved on to bigger and better things, and she seems to be doing quite fine given her continued success in mainstream cinema and TV.
15:37Number 4. Gwen Stefani
15:39Since the mid-90s, this artist has long been a central component of pop culture.
15:44During her rise to fame, Gwen Stefani hooked up with Bush singer Gavin Rossdale, with the two marrying in September 2002.
15:51But in 2015, Stefani learned of her beau's long-time love affair with the family nanny, which unfortunately called for a divorce filing a year and a half after the birth of the couple's third child.
16:04While Rossdale continues on with his band, Stefani remains a highly influential artist.
16:08Oh, and she also got married to country music superstar and The Voice colleague Blake Shelton.
16:23Number 3. Britney Spears
16:26Everything we thought we knew about the Toxic singer's relationship with Justin Timberlake changed completely when her memoir, The Woman in Me, came out.
16:39In it, Spears not only got candid about Timberlake's constant cheating, but also opened up about having to terminate a pregnancy because he said he wasn't ready for fatherhood.
16:48Although she also admitted to having an affair herself with dancer Wade Robson,
16:52Spears claimed it was after Timberlake had already been unfaithful.
16:55We don't know about you, but Timberlake hiring a Britney lookalike for his Cry Me a River music video to depict her as a cheater doesn't seem like fair game.
17:06Per Spears, it shamed her when she couldn't even defend herself.
17:09Thankfully, her truth has come out now.
17:16Number 2. Shania Twain
17:19For years, this Canadian superstar ruled over the country and pop charts.
17:31Behind her numerous crossover hits was none other than Robert Mutt-Lang, a well-known producer and also Twain's husband.
17:38From an outsider's perspective, the two seem to be living the good life in Switzerland.
17:49But after a lengthy marriage, Twain stepped away upon learning that her husband Lang had been snooping around with his wife's best friend.
18:01Yeah, betrayal is really a devastating thing. At the end of any marriage, it's very sad.
18:06And it's devastating in itself, especially when there are children involved.
18:09But betrayal is a little bit... that's harder to take.
18:14Unsurprisingly, the couple divorced in 2010 after separating two years earlier.
18:19And Twain actually married the ex-husband of her cheating best friend, which surely made for many late-night laughs,
18:24along with the multiple awards and honors she received for her music.
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18:48Number 1. Sandra Bullock
18:50In Hollywood, there are some actresses that make audiences melt, and Sandra Bullock is one of them.
19:02A really good friend.
19:04When she married reality TV star Jesse James in 2005, many scratched their heads.
19:09But the important thing was that Bullock found happiness.
19:12To my husband, there's no surprise that my work got better when I met you.
19:18Because I never knew what it felt like for someone to have my back.
19:22Unfortunately, a rather public scandal commenced in 2010, with Jesse being linked to various women,
19:28and he quickly moved on with fellow reality star Kat Von D.
19:31Fortunately, Bullock has moved on with her life, especially given her 2010 Oscar win for Best Actress.
19:36Meanwhile, James and Von D struggled mightily and experienced their own chaotic heartbreak,
19:41which only made the public love Bullock even more.
19:44I used to think that my vulnerability was this utter weakness and fragility, and it's not.
19:53It's not.
19:55And I'm not embarrassed about it anymore.
19:58Do you feel love now?
19:59Oh, yeah.
20:00Which of these cheating exes angered you the most? Sound off in the comments.
20:04Would you wait around to find out if it's just a necklace, or if it's sex and a necklace, or if, first of all, it's a necklace and love?
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