Audiences love a good love story, especially when it transcends mediums. Whether these stars were playing on screen love interests or merely working together, they all wound up falling for each other and, well, none of it wound up working out.
So how do you handle having to go to work and see your ex everyday? These celebs had to figure that out the hard way.
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1. Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably familiar with CBS’ seemingly eternal smash hit, The Big Bang Theory . Its stars (and on-screen love interests), Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco, who began dating during the show’s early seasons.
The IRL Penny and Leonard split
The two wound up splitting after two years together in 2009. They’re still on good terms, though, with Johnny posting a heartfelt message to Kaley on her wedding day. They still work together on screen.
2. Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder
Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev met on the set of the CW series, The Vampire Diaries , where they quickly began dating. Their on screen counterparts, Elena and Damon, naturally followed suit.
Delena forever
After three years together, the couple called it quits —but were both still contracted to work on TVD.
Nina wound up leaving the show, but not to worry! The couple remain on good terms.
3. Blake Lively and Penn Badgley
Back before Blake Lively became #couplegoals with Ryan Reynolds, she was hooking up with her Gossip Girl co-star, Penn Badgley. The two were a couple on screen as Serena and Dan, who wound up marrying in the show.
Working Professionals
Outside of the show, however, Blake and Penn couldn’t make it work. That didn’t mean things got ugly, though— the two handled the breakup like champs, hiding the breakup from the cast and crew and continuing on as professionals.
Respect.
4. Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray
One Tree Hill skyrocketed stars Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray into the forefront of pop culture. The couple were together on screen as Brooke and Lucas–and off screen, they wound up getting married.
Bad Blood
According to Sophia, the entire relationship wasn’t one she enjoyed, and she felt their divorce was exploited by the show. Recently, Chad and Sophia came to blows on Twitter. Yikes.
5. Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz
Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz have a more unique story: they didn’t exactly meet on set, but they sure wound up on one.
The two met at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards , and began dating soon after.
“Bad Teacher”
The two split after three years. However, that didn’t end their relationship–in fact, they landed on set together in 2011’s Bad Teacher , where they played love interests!
The two are obviously still friends.
7. Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper
As Sky and Sophie in Mamma Mia, they captured the world with their whirlwind of a romance. Off screen, Amanda and Dominic found love with each other, too. They began dating while filming the film, and wound up staying together for three years.
Here We Go Again
Ten years after they first got together, Amanda and Dominic were reunited for Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! Dominic said, “It was a pleasant atmosphere. It was really interesting to see how different our lives are after 10 years. It is a long time and it was nice to spend time [with her].”
8. Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick
Things always happen quickly on Keeping Up With The Kardashians , but one particular piece of drama seemed to burn for ages and ages: the slow split of Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick.
Co-Parenting Done Right
The two’s marriage ended before our very eyes, but that didn’t mean the love between them was gone.
Kourtney and Scott have proven that they can still parent their kids together while remaining friends — and have fun doing it.
9. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
Every millennial remembers this couple. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson not only portrayed Twilight’s main characters, Edward and Bella, but also fell for each other off screen. It’s every fan’s dream.
Breaking Dawn, Breaking Up
The two split after almost four years together. Amid cheating scandals (on Kristen’s part) and the finale of the Twilight franchise, their relationship struggled and finally ended in 2013.
10. Mindy Kaling and BJ Novak
Ah, Mindy and BJ. The ultimate, “Are they? Wait, did they? Are they again? What’s happening?” You know how it goes. Whether it was on screen as Mindy and Ryan. in The Office , offscreen as Mindy and BJ writing Mindy and Ryan, or otherwise, their relationship was always interesting.
11. Laura Dern and Kyle MacLachlan
Talk about a blast from the past. Laura Dern and Kyle MacLachlan met while shooting David Lynch’s Blue Velvet , and fell for each other there and then. In fact, they wound up dating for four years.
David Lynch Runs Everything
Fast forward to 2018: Laura and Kyle are reunited in the Twin Peaks reboot, thrown together into a love scene very logically laid out to them by David Lynch.
Kyle told Ellen DeGeneres, “Yeah, it was weird. We had a couple of laughs for sure.”
12. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
Jennifer Lopez met her future husband-to-be, Marc Anthony, in 1998. According to her, the first words he said to her were, “One day you’re going to be my wife.” And he was right.
After drifting apart for a few years, the two married in 2004. However, after two children and five years, they separated. That wasn’t the end for them, however!
The two still work with one another, and even released an album together. Aw.
13. Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult
Jennifer met Nicholas on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past , and they started their on-again-off-again relationship until they split in 2014.
They still had to work together, however, but at least they were both mature about it!
14. Chris Evans and Jenny Slate
The pair met while working on Gifted , and began their relationship shortly after. They split up for a period of time, but still had to promote the film together. They made it work!
