10 Celebrity Ex-Couples That We Still Talk About Today

Well, folks. It’s over. After almost 7 years of weirdness, Kim Kardashian announced in February 2021 that she was putting the kabbash on her marriage to Kanye West. Although they’re getting divorced, their relationship will continue to be talked about for years to come. That’s just how it goes. There’s nothing else going on in this world. In honor of this occasion, let’s take a trip down memory lane and look at a few other celebrity ex-couples who made a huge splash in happier times.

1. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin

The actress and lead singer of Coldplay got married in December 2003, in a quiet ceremony. After 10 years, Paltrow proclaimed a “conscious uncoupling,” which is just weirdo speak for “we’re getting divorced, but still get along a-okay.” Their marriage would produce a daughter (Apple) and a son (Moses). We will be left to wonder for all eternity what a third child would have been named. Our hunch is Tupperware.

2. Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise

The most memorable thing about the marriage between Holmes and Cruise was the notorious way in which Tom announced it: by appearing on Oprah and jumping up and down on her couch like a mad man as he professed his love (for Holmes, not Oprah. Although that would have been interesting). Things were okay for a while, but it sounds like Scientology got in the way of their marriage. Holmes filed for divorce in 2012 after 6 years.

3. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth

The couple began dating in 2009 and it was one of those off-and-on relationships until they finally decided to tie the knot in 2018. But after a mere 7 months, apparently understanding why things had been so unstable through the years, they were donezo. Cyrus went on to date singer/actor Cody Simpson, but that was short-lived as well.

4. Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas

Unlike the other celebrity couples on this list, this one lasted more than just a few years. Try two decades; married in 1995 at the peak of their careers, they remained together until 2015. Together they had a daughter — Stella del Carmen Banderas. Griffith has a tattoo of Banderas’ name on her arm, and her daughter Dakota Johnson has referred to Banderas as a “bonus dad.”