Longtime celebrity couples who shocked quit after decades together | Gallery

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Marriages in the entertainment world often come to an end, but when a couple who’s seemingly beaten the ratings call, it hits differently. Wonderwall.com sums up the shocking Hollywood splits that occurred after a couple were together for a decade or more, starting with this divorce… Late Hollywood legend Jerry Lewis had a run of 35 with his first wife, singer Patti Palmer. The couple shared six children – all boys, five biological and one they adopted together. Despite their seemingly happy union, once they broke up in 1980, the truth about their marriage began to come out. In 2011, Jerry himself opened up about his affairs with Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Dietrich, explaining why Patti was the one who filed for divorce.

Keep reading for more couples who have thrown in the towel after long marriages…

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver married in 1986 and became a power couple in Hollywood. They welcomed four children together but shocked the world when they announced their separation in May 2011. The same month they shared they were going their separate ways, news broke that Arnold had fathered a child with one of their domestic workers, shedding light on the true reason for the disappearance. of their 25 years of marriage.

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Clint Eastwood’s first marriage, to Maggie Johnson, was incredibly long by Hollywood standards. The couple married in 1953, welcomed two children and were married for 31 years before going their separate ways. But in retrospect, it’s understandable why the partnership dissolved: Clint fathered two children out of wedlock during their time together.

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Clint Eastwood’s second marriage also lasted a long time and surprisingly ended after 17 years in 2013. In 1996 he married news anchor Dina Ruiz; they welcomed his youngest child, daughter Morgan, the same year. The couple surprisingly had an E! reality show, “Mrs. Eastwood & Company,” which debuted in 2012 and followed Dina’s life — and their marriage actually ended when the show was broadcast. The couple actually quietly split in 2012, with Clint allegedly getting angry at the reality show and the airing of his normally private life. He would then have been contacted by Erica Fisher, the ex-wife of one of Dina’s high school friends, Scott Fisher. Erica was worried that Dina and Scott had recently struck up a close friendship, and unfortunately, once the cameras stopped rolling, the real drama began: Clint reportedly started dating Erica as his marriage to Dina was coming to an end. Dina then married Scott in 2016.

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Has the curse of reality TV struck again? Hulk Hogan married Linda Claridge in 1983. The couple welcomed daughter Brooke and son Nick during their marriage and later starred on a VH1 reality show, “Hogan Knows Best,” beginning in 2005. The show ran for two years and the same year. it ended, so did their 24-year union. Linda filed for divorce in 2007 and later revealed she suspected Hulk had an affair around the time of their separation.

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Two members of the band Sonic Youth had a very long marriage in the world of rock ‘n’ roll. Singer-guitarist Thurston Moore and singer-bassist Kim Gordon married in 1984. Ten years later, they welcomed daughter Coco. They were married for 27 years – until Thurston had an affair with an art book publisher 20 years her junior who torpedoed her marriage in 2011. Their divorce was finalized in 2013. Kim said more later to ELLE: “We seemed to have a normal relationship inside of a crazy world. And in fact, it ended in a kind of normal way – midlife crisis, starstruck woman.

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Kris Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner married in 1991 and appeared to have a solid union when their reality show, ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’, debuted in 2007. Viewers watched their happy family – they shared the daughters Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner and Caitlyn served as a stepfather to Kris’ four children from a previous marriage – on E! for six years before announcing their surprising separation in 2013. Their divorce was finalized in 2015, and soon after Caitlyn publicly came out as a trans woman.

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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale were a match made in rock ‘n’ roll heaven. The musically and genetically gifted duo had been together for nearly 20 years before ending their relationship. After nearly 13 years of marriage and three sons together, the couple found themselves in the middle of a nanny cheating scandal in 2015 and went their separate ways.

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Harrison Ford’s second marriage, to screenwriter Melissa Mathison, lasted 17 years. Two of her four children are from this union, which began in 1983. They separated in 2000, although their divorce was not finalized until 2004. Melissa walked away with one of the biggest settlements in divorce from Hollywood history at the time – an amount of $85. million, according to Forbes. She died of cancer in 2015.

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Chris Rock and Malaak Compton-Rock, who said ‘yes’ in 1996 and welcomed two children, had been married for 20 years when they pulled the plug in 2014. Chris later admitted he cheated with three women for two decades of marriage.

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Although they never married, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins had a very long relationship that began in the late 80s. The duo moved in together in 1988 after meeting on the set of “Bull Durham and went on to welcome two children – sons John and Miles (she also had daughter Eva with Italian filmmaker Franco Amurri before dating Tim). They separated in 2009 after 21 years together, shocking Hollywood.

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A split that rocked the reality world is coming! Nine years after debuting their hit TLC show, “Little People, Big World,” stars Matt Roloff and Amy Roloff have announced their shocking split. The couple met at a Little People of America convention in 1987 and married the same year, then had four children together. They announced their divorce in 2015, then finalized things the following year – with cameras continuing to roll thereafter.

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Anthony Hopkins’ second marriage reportedly came after an affair he had during his first. He married Jennifer Lynton in 1973, a year after his separation from his first wife. He and Jennifer have been married for 29 long years. They never had children. The duo reportedly split up after moving between the UK and Hollywood, with Jennifer ultimately opting to stay in England.

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News of Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet’s marriage ending rocked Hollywood in January 2022. The couple had been together for 16 years – since Jason met the actress at a jazz club – and married for four when they revealed they were ending their romance, during which they welcomed two children together.

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The country music world was stunned when legend Reba McEntire and manager Narvel Blackstock divorced in 2015 after 26 years of marriage. They married in 1989 and a year later welcomed their only child, racing driver Shelby Blackstock. Reba later revealed that the split was not his choice.

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Robert Redford’s first marriage, to Lola Van Wagenen, lasted nearly three decades. They married in 1958 and welcomed four children together before finally divorcing in 1985. The couple notoriously kept their relationship very private and never disclosed the reason for their separation.

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Bravo fans watched Erika Jayne and Tom Girardi’s sweet relationship for years on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” It meant the news that they were ending things in November 2020 after 21 years of marriage – they married in 1999 after meeting at a restaurant where Erika worked as a waitress – came as a shock to many. The reason for their separation became a little clearer a month later when it was revealed that Tom and his law firm were in serious financial trouble.

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Captain & Tennille weren’t just a successful musical group – they were also a power couple in the music business for 39 years. Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille married in 1974 and a year later their song “Love Will Keep Us Together” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and went on to win a Grammy for record of the year. Their surprising split came in 2014 due to intimacy issues, Toni told the “Today” show. “Sex is not love, sex is not intimacy,” she said. “He just couldn’t be affectionate, he couldn’t just hug me. … And I don’t blame him because he came from a very, very difficult family and had a famous but overbearing father. “, she continued. referencing bandleader-composer Carmen Dragon, adding, “He was raised very differently from me. None of this is his fault.”

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In Hollywood, reaching nearly two decades of marriage seems like an impossible feat. Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas nearly made it, but missed a few years when they announced their surprising split in 2014, 18 years after they married.

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Morgan Freeman’s second marriage lasted nearly three decades, but surprisingly ended in 2007. He was married to Myrna Colley-Lee from 1984 – shortly after his first marriage ended – until their divorce was finalized in 2010.

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Some couples just seem destined to be together — like Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. Their fairytale romance began on the set of ‘Step Up’ in 2006 and led to a 12-year relationship that came to a surprising end in 2018 when the couple broke up after nine years of marriage and one child together, daughter Everly.