Love is complicated.
It’s not a straight road, filled with rainbows and butteries and the makings of a Hallmark movie.
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The truth is, it can be drama-filled and even include a breakup or two. If the love is meant to be, some couples find their way back to one another.
That was the case with these 10+ celeb couples who gave their love a second go!
1. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend
These two have been together through thick and thin — including Chrissy’s recent bullying scandal .
In the past, John also tried to break up with Chrissy. And in true Chrissy fashion, she didn’t let him.
“I was really stressed and busy,” Legend told *The Guardian*. “I was just like, ‘I’d just be happier single right now.'”
Teigen shared her side to the story on Twitter, writing ,
“He was on tour and his voice hurt and he was being a whiny face about everything and so yeah, I was like ‘no.'”
2. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel
After a romantic start (JT asked Jessica if he could call and ask her out), the pair dated from 2007 to 2011.
But it was clear that Justin missed Jessica during this time apart when he gushed about her to Vanity Fair . They were back on months later.
3. Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler
The Hills alum was actually engaged to Jay twice throughout their relationship. Three months after they first got engaged in April 2011, they split.
“At that moment, something wasn’t right,” Cavallari wrote in her book, Balancing in Heels .
She continued on, writing that she broke up with him to prove how serious she was.
When they got back together in November 2011, a lot had changed for the better.
Their communication improved and they also saw a relationship therapist. Sadly, though, they are now in the middle of a divorce.
4. Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo
The early days of the married couple’s relationship wasn’t easy.
That’s because the Maroon 5 crooner broke up with the Victoria’s Secret model and started dating another model. They eventually got back together and had two children .
5. Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade
Since they’re rumored to have started as an affair , their relationship has been plagued with drama since the beginning.
This may have contributed to their 2013 breakup after four years of dating.
Not much could keep them apart, though, as they rekindled and got married a year later.
“At the end of day, we came back together and said, ‘Listen, we want to continue this. We want to try to continue to get better each day,’” Wade said on The Tonight Show .
6. Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green
They may be majorly off right now (Megan is currently in love with her twin flame, Machine Gun Kelly ), but this isn’t the first time the former married couple broke up.
The first break in their relationship was when the *Jennifer’s Body* star was only 23.
They got back together a year later, got married, and had two sons.
Fox filed for divorce in 2015, but that was postponed and the pair had another baby in 2016.
7. Kelly Ripa And Mark Consuelos
Even the perfect examples of true love break up sometimes! This was the case with the couple who broke up right before they got engaged .
Their engagement was short: the next day, they flew to Las Vegas and eloped .
8. Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin
While they’re happily married now, the pair once broke up in 2016.
“I felt like I found my footing in my career and on my own and as a young adult,” Justin has said about their time apart. “I did a lot of work by myself and on my own before we got together.”
The pair eventually got back together in 2018.
That summer together in 2018 was life-changing. Both had individually grown a lot during their separation.
They got engaged shortly after and then married in two ceremonies in 2019.
9. Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik
The two new parents are extremely private about their relationship, so there are no known reasons for their 2018 split .
All we know is that they rekindled sometime after that and welcomed their a baby girl.
10. Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick
These two are the epitome of off-again-on-again.
Since 2006, their rollercoaster relationship and has gone through many difficult times , including cheating allegations, Scott’s drinking problems, and many breakups. Currently, they’re still apart, with Kourt dating Travis Barker.
11. Patrick and Jillian Dempsey
The Grey’s Anatomy star has been married to the hairdresser since 1999. However, they briefly separated in 2016.
When they reconciled, Patrick revealed the sweetest reason for calling off the divorce.
“Our marriage was not something I was prepared to let go of,” he told *People*.
“I didn’t feel like we had done all the work. And we both wanted to do that work. That’s where it started,” he said .
The pair have three kids.
12. Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard
It’s hard to believe that one of Hollywood’s best couples ever broke up. But this happened after dating for a while.
“He sat me down and said, ‘I can’t have this right now,” Bell told PopSugar .
The *Parenthood* star also admitted to seeing other people.
Bell was obviously crushed. But after coming to his senses, Dax came back to her.
The pair got married and welcomed two children. Will Kristen ever let Dax live their breakup down? Nope!
13. Prince William and Kate Middleton
The Duke and Duchess broke up briefly just before they wound up getting engaged. As Kate explained to Marie Claire UK , “I, at the time, wasn’t very happy about it. But actually it made me a stronger person.”
14. Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus
Liam and Miley were together for a little more than a decade. Their relationship was able to endure its first breakup but sadly things weren’t meant to be. Miley is now single and Liam has been dating model Gabriella Brooks.
15. Chloë Grace Moretz and Brooklyn Beckham
This pair first found one another back in 2014. From the get-go, the nature of their relationship was tumultuous and at the best of times could be described as on-again/off again.
Chloë and Brooklyn officially called it quits in April of 2018.
16. Pink and Carey Hart
Ironic as it may seem, Pink says that taking breaks from her marriage with Carey Hart is what eventually wound up saving their relationship.
“We’ve had two breaks,” Pink explained to Ellen DeGeneres. “The first one was about a year . And the second one was 11 months.”
17. Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito
Rhea and Danny have been together for over 40 years and during that time have split multiple times. The couple maintains that they are still together , even though they are currently separated and live in different homes.
18. Snoop Dogg and Shante Broadus
Snoop Dogg and his wife have been married since 1997. Back in 2004, things were looking bleak and Snoop actually wound up filing for divorce , citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Despite the planned legal proceedings, the couple was able to stick it out and make their relationship last.
19. Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade
As Dwayne explained during an appearance on The Tonight Show , “We supported each other, but we took a step back for a little while. At the end of the day, we came back together and said, ‘Listen, we want to continue this. We want to try to continue to get better each day.’”
20. Chris Evans and Jenny Slate
Chris and Jenny had plenty of people hoping and cheering that the second time around would be different than the first. Sadly, despite an array of twitter-pated tweets, these two just couldn’t find a way to make their schedules work.
