Celebrity status has a strange way of amplifying things, especially when it comes to marriage. Yet more often than not, stars seem to find themselves falling out of love faster than they fell into it.
To help illustrate my point, I’ve compiled 10+ celebrity marriages that couldn’t make it to a year. Have a look and rediscover all the former celebrity power couples you’ve definitely forgotten all about.
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Mario Lopez and Ali Landry
While Mario was away in Mexico for his bachelor party, he wound up cheating on Ali just days before their wedding.
Not long afterward, photos of Mario with another woman began to surface. Ali filed for divorce 2 weeks after saying “I do.”
Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock
Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock at one point in time seemed destined to be together forever — and then Sacha Baron Cohen released Borat .
Kid Rock wasn’t happy with Pam’s involvement in the film and wound up divorcing her just 4 months after their wedding.
Cher and Gregg Allman
Cher married Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band just 4 days after divorcing her first husband, Sonny Bono.
After being married to Gregg for just 9 days, Cher filed for divorce — citing Gregg’s substance abuse as the reason.
Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly
The Dumb and Dumber co-stars were secretly dating for months before they announced their plans to wed. But just 10 months later, Jim and Lauren had filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences .
According to rumors, career competition was breeding ugliness.
Drew Barrymore and Tom Green
Tom Green is one of the godfathers of the internet. He appeared alongside Drew in the first reboot of Charlie’s Angels and the two young stars were wed not long after.
Recently, Tom and Drew reconnected for the first time in 15 years in order to discuss their 5-month-long marriage.
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito
In Jennifer’s memoir titled “Jennifer’s Way,” Esposito writes that Bradley had plenty of red flags that she should have paid more attention to, and also that he was a master manipulator.
Not surprisingly, this couple was divorced just 4 months after the wedding.
Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd
Poor J-Lo, she always seems to have the most difficult time when it comes to love.
Cris Judd met the iconic pop star on the set of her “Love Don’t Cost A Thing” video. They were divorced just 7 months into their marriage.
Nicolas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley
Believe it or not, Nic Cage has had more than one marriage not make it to the 12-month mark, but more on that later.
The couple divorced after only 3 months and according to Presley — should never have gotten married in the first place.
Fred Armisen and Elisabeth Moss
Elisabeth Moss has been blunt when describing her marriage to comedian Fred Armisen in the press.
The star of The Handmaid’s Tale told New York Magazine that of all the impressions Fred has mastered — pretending to be a normal human being is his greatest trick.
Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush
Chad and Sophia met on the set of the wildly popular teen drama One Tree Hill . When news broke that they were engaged, fans rejoiced!
But according to Sophia, the external pressure was part of the reason why their relationship seemed destined to fail; 5 months later they were divorced.
Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman
You could be forgiven for forgetting that Carmen Electra and former NBA superstar Dennis Rodman were an item — I’m sure that they likely have.
Carmen and Dennis were married in a whirlwind of chaos and emotion; 9 days later, they filed for an annulment .
Nicolas Cage and Erika Koike
I told you that Nic would be back! Only this time, his marriage lasted just a few short days.
Nic and his ex-wife Erika Koike went before a judge and explained that they needed an annulment because neither one was sober enough to understand what they were doing.
Renée Zellweger and Kenny Chesney
Renée and Kenny’s relationship seemed puzzling to most people. When the couple decided to divorce 4 months after walking down the aisle, Renée cited “fraud.”
This created rumors that Kenny had been dishonest about his sexual orientation . Claims which he vehemently refutes.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries
There couldn’t be a more perfect GIF to sum up Kim and Kris’ incredibly short-lived nuptials. The former NBA star and social media mogul called it quits just 72 days into their marriage.
According to claims made by Kris (backed up by Amber Rose) Kim was cheating on him with Kanye West.
Britney Spears and Jason Alexander
The early ’00s was a turbulent and emotional period in Britney’s life, so she did what most would do and turned to a childhood friend for support.
She wound up at A Little White Wedding Chapel in Vegas, and at 5 AM the happy ‘couple’ eloped. They were divorced 55 hours after that.
