There are some aspects of their personal lives that are almost as spicy and dramatic as the films in which they appear. As a celebrity, the reality is that anything you do behind closed doors almost always comes to light — after all, you have an entire posse of paparazzi following you around at all times! Despite the fact that these celebrity pairings started out as scandalous – and that many people were likely injured in the process – they’ve managed to weather the storm for the sake of LOVE. Prepare to be amazed: we’ve compiled a list of 25 celebrities who went from mistress to wife in the span of a few short years.
20+ Celebrities Who Married Their Third Party
Miranda Lambert
“We were singing as part of a duets concert that CMT was putting on,” Shelton remarked after the pair performed at the CMT 100 Greatest Duets show in 2005. They paired me with Miranda, and we were on stage for a rehearsal when, for reasons I don’t understand, something happened and we both realized it. ” Although he was still married to Kanyette Williams at the time, he pursued Lambert despite the fact that they were still together. Shelton and Williams divorced in 2006, and after four years of dating, he proposed to Lambert in 2011 and the couple tied the knot the following year in Las Vegas. This relationship would also come to an end for a variety of reasons that we will discuss later.
Miranda Lambert
Angelina Jolie
This was a true heartbreaker for me! During the production of Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2004, their chemistry really started to blossom. Jennifer Aniston, Brad’s ex-wife, was still with him at the time. In 2005, Pitt and Aniston divorced, and “Brangelina” was born a year later, this time with a child on the prowl. Brad and Angelina will officially call it quits on their relationship in the year 2016.
Angelina Jolie
Britney Spears
In 2004, the pop diva began dating backup dancer Kevin Federline, and the two became engaged after only three months of dating. The couple has two children. The only snag was that Federline was already married to Shar Jackson, which was a minor setback. On top of all that, Shar was also pregnant with her second child with Federline at the time of the incident. However, Spears and Federline were married a few months later and went on to have two children together. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline ended their marriage in 2006.
Britney Spears
LeAnn Rimes
In 2009, LeAnn Rimes appeared to be a sweet and innocent country singer, until she met actor Eddie Cibrian on the set of the Lifetime television series The Northern Lights. They appeared to be completely unaffected by the fact that they were both married at the time of their first meeting. In reality, they divorced their husbands in 2011 and got married the following year. During the time of the affair, Cibrian was married to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reality actress Brandi Glanville, with whom he had two children. On the show, Brandi Glanville speaks candidly about the entire disaster. Let’s just say she isn’t a huge fan of LeAnn Rimes’ music at this point.
LeAnn Rimes
Tori Spelling
Spelling and McDermott were convinced they were “soul mates” from the moment they first met on the set of Mind Over Murder in 2005, and they were right. It was only a problem because they were both married to other people at the time. Each of them filed for divorce a month later, and by 2006, they were on their way to marriage equality! The couple has four children, all of whom were born to them.
Tori Spelling
Wade Union
Union and NBA legend Dwayne Wade were rumored to have started dating while he was still married to Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, the mother of his two children — though Union strongly denies this is true. When Wade filed for divorce, Siohvaughn didn’t take it well, and she even went to court on her children’s behalf, suing Union for the emotional harm her children had suffered as a result of the affair. The situation continued to deteriorate. It has been revealed that Union and Wade are in a relationship, but they have chosen to proceed cautiously after watching their respective marriages fall apart.
Wade Union
Alicia Keys
Who doesn’t enjoy the music of Alicia Keys? As soon as we realized she was the “other woman,” it became even more difficult to dislike her. When Alicia Keys first started dating Swizz in 2008, he was married to R&B singer Mashonda and the couple had a newborn child together. Swizz and Mashonda had already decided to end their relationship, according to Alicia, and it was only a matter of completing the divorce, but you can bet Mashonda has a different point of view on the matter. Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys tied the knot in 2010 and are the parents of two children. Who knows why, but it’s impossible not to like this dynamic duo!
Alicia Keys
Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts met her future husband Danny Moder on the set of The Mexican, who happened to be a cinematographer at the time! They began dating despite the fact that Roberts was still in a relationship with Benjamin Bratt and Moder was married to cosmetics artist Vera Steimberg at the time.
Amber Heard
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are said to have met on the set of The Rum Diary in 2009, and their relationship is said to have started there. According to reports, Depp had a strong attraction to Heard, 28, and ended his 14-year relationship with Vanessa Paradis, the mother of his children, in order to pursue a relationship with her. Perhaps it was karma that resulted in Depp and Heard’s relationship coming to an end in a public spat over allegations of reciprocal abuse.
Amber Heard
Claire Danes
Danes’ relationship with actor Billy Crudup began while working on the set of Stage Beauty. Crudup had to leave his pregnant wife because the relationship had developed into something more serious. What a complete and utter disaster. Evening costar Hugh Dancy was the subject of Danes’ second repeat crime in 2006, when she became romantically involved with him while on the set of the film. Crudup was the only one who had survived this time! Danes and Dancy tied the knot in 2009, and they welcomed their first child in the following year.
Claire Danes
Melanie Griffith
This Hollywood power couple first met on the set of the film Two Much. Both of them were married at the time, but they fell in love with each other and divorced their spouses relatively quickly. The couple got married shortly after the divorce papers were signed and went on to have one of the most stable relationships in Hollywood, which is still going strong today. Griffith recently filed for divorce in 2016, after 20 years of marriage, so this statement is no longer valid for him.
Melanie Griffith
Jennifer Lopez
Lopez and Anthony were married less than a week after Anthony’s divorce from former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres was finalized, so it’s only natural that they began dating while Mr. Anthony was still married. Lopez and Anthony have two children together. In 2004, the couple tied the knot and went on to have two children together (twins) before divorcing in 2011.
Jennifer Lopez
Soon-Yi Previn
Yes, this was a strange one to say the least… With actress Mia Farrow, who he had been dating for ten years before they were married, Woody Allen had a ten-year relationship that ended in one of the most infamous scandals in Hollywood history! Soon-Yi Previn, Farrow’s adopted daughter, was found to be having a sexual relationship with Allen after it was discovered that she was adopted. As a result of Farrow discovering nude images of her daughter at Allen’s home in 1992, the connection between the two became public knowledge. Even though Allen was 56 years old at the time, Soon-Yi was only 21 – talk about a time of family strife! Early in 1997, Soon-Yi and Allen tied the knot, and they went on to have two children of their own.
Debra Missing
Debra Messing’s romance with co-star Will Chase from the television musical Smash was revealed shortly after she filed for divorce from her ex-husband Daniel Zelman. The two met while working on the show Smash. Chase was married at the time, but the couple eventually divorced. Due to the fact that Messing’s relationship with Chase ended in 2014, she never became Mrs. Chase, as was expected.
Debra Missing
Gisele Bunchen
Is Gisele in the midst of a breakup? No. Is it possible that she snatched someone’s baby daddy from underneath their noses? Yes. Bridget Moynahan, Tom Brady’s three-year partner with whom he was expecting his child, was dumped in favor of the supermodel. The stunning couple tied the knot in 2009 and are the parents of two beautiful children.
Gisele Bunchen
Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall
They first met in 1970 while competing in a polo tournament and went on to date for a while. In the following years, they divorced, remarried, and had children with other people – Prince Charles married Princess Diana in front of more than 750 million people around the world, while Camilla married Andrew Parker Bowles in a far less public ceremony. The two had always maintained a close relationship, and rumors of an affair began to circulate in the 1980s. They eventually divorced their spouses, and the couple made their first public appearance as a couple in 1999, according to People magazine. A year later, in 2005, the couple announced their engagement, and two months later, they tied the knot.
Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall
Traci Lynn Johnson
Following his retirement from the National Football League, former NFL player Tiki Barber was on his way to pursue a new broadcasting career when he met intern Traci Lynn Johnson. Johnson and Barber’s affair was in full swing while Barber’s 11-year-old wife was eight months pregnant with twins and at home with the children. In only eight days after Barber’s divorce was finalized, Barber and Johnson were united in marriage. The couple has become the proud parents of a little girl.
Traci Lynn Johnson
Jerry Seinfeld
In this particular instance, the mistress was none other than Mr. Seinfeld! In just a few days after returning home from their honeymoon, Jessica, his now-wife, filed for divorce from him in favor of a comedian she met at a gym! After only a month had passed since Jessica’s divorce was finalized, the two became engaged in 1998, the same year that Jessica and her first husband tied the knot – a momentous year for Jessica. The happy couple has three children, all of whom were born to them.
Jerry Seinfeld
Ryan Shawhughes
Your husband decides to keep the nanny, which is every mother’s worst nightmare come true. That’s exactly what Ethan Hawke did to his wife, actress Uma Thurman, in 2004 when they were separated. Hawke’s six-year marriage to Thurman came to an end when she discovered that he was having an affair with their nanny, Ryan Shawhughes, who was in charge of their two children at the time. What a source of embarrassment. However, Hawke and Shawhughes did not give up on their relationship and were married in 2008, with two children as a result. Because of what her now-husband is capable of, you’d have to believe that Shawhughes screens her nannies with a much more critical eye than the majority of other women!
Ryan Shawhughes
Kayte Walsh
During the same time that his wife Camille was making her reality television debut on Bravo’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Kelsey Grammer was having an affair with a British flight attendant named Kayte Walsh, who was 25 years younger than him. Kelsey made his new relationship public after his wife Camille filed for divorce in 2010 — the divorce was a highly publicized and unpleasant experience. Two weeks after their divorce was finalized in 2011, Grammer and Walsh were united in marriage at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. As a result of his second marriage to Camille, Grammer has two children, bringing his total number of children up to six. He already had two children with Camille, and he had two more with his first wife at the time of their divorce.
Kayte Walsh
Brittany Kerr
In 2012, these two were caught in the middle of a massive PDA moment. It was reported that country singer Jason Aldean had kissed former American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr in a bar on the Sunset Strip, prompting widespread media coverage. Aldean’s first reaction was to blame it on the alcohol and drag his then-wife, Jessica Ussery, to various media outlets to demonstrate that she stood by her guy – the father of her two daughters – and that humans make mistakes. Aldean has since apologized for his actions. He had filed for divorce by 2013, and a year later he was engaged to his former mistress, who had been his mistress since 2007.
Brittany Kerr
Rebecca Romijn
We recently discovered that Romijn and O’Connell began dating when O’Connell was still not quite single at the time. When he was cheating on his then-girlfriend, E! News presenter Giuliana Rancic, he was cheating on her with Romijn, who had recently divorced from her ex-husband John Stamos. There was no property damage, but Rancic did leave with a broken heart as a result of the incident. Romijn and O’Connell were married in 2007 and are the parents of two sons and one daughter.
Rebecca Romijn
Patti Sciafia
They ran into each other at their place of employment! When Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band member Patti Scialfa were on the Tunnel of Love Express Tour in 1988, the two became romantically involved. While on tour, Springsteen was married to actress Julianne Phillips, but their marriage came to an end just as the tour was about the wrap up its final leg. After getting married in 1991, Scialfa and Springsteen went on to have three children together.
Patti Sciafia
Oksana Grigorieva
Despite having been married for 30 years — one of the longest in Hollywood history — Gibson’s decision to leave his wife Robyn Moore for young Russian beauty Oksana Grigorieva, who happened to be pregnant with his child, didn’t appear to weigh too heavily on him. The couple never exchanged wedding vows. Do not be concerned, Karma took its course and the couple divorced six months after Grigorieva gave birth to their child. In the end, things got ugly when Grigorieva was forced to file for a restraining order against Gibson, and recordings of Gibson threatening to kill Grigorieva were leaked online and made their way into the hands of the general public.
Oksana Grigorieva
Michelle Williams
Having been married to late actor Heath Ledger at the time of his tragic death, Michelle Williams has a long history of Hollywood relationships. In 2018, she tied the knot with Phil Elverum, a songwriter and record producer. After a year of marriage, Williams began an affair with filmmaker Thomas Kail, which led to the dissolution of his union. Williams and Kail were married and had a child in the year 2020.
Michelle Williams
Gwen Stefani
We promised you that we’d be back in Blake Shelton, and here we have been. Shelton and Miranda Lambert divorced in 2015, reportedly due to Shelton’s affair with Gwen Stefani, the lead singer of No Doubt and a co-judge on The Voice. Gwen Stefani is also a judge on The Voice. Stefani was, ironically, in the midst of a divorce from Gavin Rosedale, whom she accused of cheating on her. Blake and Gwen’s relationship has been going well so far, and the couple will be married in 2021 if all goes according to plan.
Gwen Stefani
Kevin Hart
Torrei Hart, Kevin Hart’s ex-wife, claims that the comedian began seeing Eniko Parrish behind her back, which resulted in their separation and divorce. Hart and Parrish exchanged wedding vows in 2016. It appears that not everything that happens in Hart’s life is filled with joy and laughter.
Kevin Hart
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Boggart, then 46, divorced his wife Mayo Methot after having an affair with his 19-year-old costar Lauren Bacall on the set of To Have and Have Not. It is arguably the most well-known instance of a celebrity leaving their spouse for a mistress in the history of the entertainment industry. Boggart was clearly head over heels in love with Bacall, because he married her six months after their divorce and they remained together for the next 12 years, until Boggart’s death.
Humphrey Bogart
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux co-starred in the 2012 film Wanderlust, and the two were said to have begun dating while on set. Theroux ended his 14-year relationship with his long-term girlfriend in order to publicly initiate a relationship with Aniston less than two years later. The couple got married in 2015, and they filed for divorce the following year.
Jennifer Aniston
Triple H
When Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Joanie “Chyna” Lauer were together in the late 1990s, they were the most dominant couple in professional wrestling, both on and off the screen. As long as it was done behind Lauer’s back, Levesque and his on-screen “wife” (wrestling is weird) Stephanie McMahon were in a relationship off-screen until Lauer discovered it. The marriage of Levesque and McMahon took place in 2003, and the couple is poised to rule the WWE for decades to come. Lauer, on the other hand, succumbed to a drug addiction and passed away in 2016. Isn’t it true, though, that it doesn’t always work out for couples after an affair? Continue reading to find out which of your favorite celebrities had affairs, but things didn’t exactly work out for them after they got back together…
Triple H
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have been married for more than 25 years at this point, but their marriage has been marred by controversy. Apparently, Arnold fathered a son with his housemaid, Mildred Baena, which has caused some controversy! The couple divorced in 2011, but they have remained married until this day.
Jesse James
When many different women came forward and admitted to having affairs with James in 2010, despite the fact that he was still married to Sandra Bullock, it became a national scandal. It wasn’t long after all of these revelations that the couple announced their separation.
Hank Baskett
Despite the fact that he appeared on television with his wife, Kendra Wilkinson, Baskett had an affair with her while she was pregnant. Everyone was, to put it mildly, taken aback. Baskett attempted to explain the situation by referencing a previous incident in which he went to the bathroom and two transgender women were making out and attempted to involve him in the situation. Since then, the couple has reconciled and moved on while still remaining together.
Alex Rodriguez
Madonna had an affair with Rodriguez, who was married to Cynthia Scurtis at the time. Rodriguez was having an affair with Madonna. As soon as it was all revealed, Scurtis fled to Paris, where he later told People Magazine that the Madonna affair was the “final straw.” It all came to a head with a divorce. Madonna, who was also married at the time, denied having an extramarital affair.
Hugh Grant
However, despite the fact that he was dating actress Elizabeth Hurley at the time, he was apprehended and arrested while having sexual relations with an undercover sex worker inside a car. This allegedly occurred in 1995, when he reportedly paid $60 for oral sex with another man. The couple attempted to reconcile and move past their differences, but they eventually separated permanently 5 years later. Grant and Hurley, on the other hand, have remained friends ever since, with each of them serving as godparent to one of their children.
Meg Ryan
When Ryan was working on the popular thriller Proof of Life, he was married to Dennis Quaid, who was also a co-star. Ryan’s co-star on the set was Russel Crowe, and their on-screen chemistry was evidently real after they allegedly had an affair while filming the movie. As a result, Ryan was forced to file for divorce, and Crowe was also involved with Danielle Spencer at the time of his separation from Ryan.
Kobe Bryant
The late Kobe Bryant came under fire not only because he cheated on his wife Vanessa, but also because he was accused of sexual assault. The incident occurred with a hotel concierge, and what appeared to be consensual kissing quickly escalated into an assault. Because the victim refused to testify, the case was dismissed. A few days later, Bryant’s wife was photographed with an enormous ring that was estimated to be worth $4 million. Despite his untimely death in 2020, the couple remained united in their love.
Kristen Stewart
Stewart was in a relationship with Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson at the time of her affair. It all started when she was photographed with Rupert Sanders, and it went downhill from there. Because of the incident, Pattinson and Stewart quickly ended their relationship, and Stewart expressed regret after the fact, saying, “Speaking very candidly, it was a really traumatic period in my early 20s that kick-started something in me that was a bit more feral.”
Hulk Hogan
This was an outlandish scenario to say the least. In 2012, a sex tape featuring Hogan and Heather Cole was made public. At the time, Heather Cole was married to his friend ‘Bubba the Love Sponge.’ It was revealed in court that Cole’s husband had asked her to sleep with Hogan after Hogan filed a lawsuit against Gawker for publishing the tape. We’re not entirely sure what to make of this one, either.
Katherine McPhee
McPhee, who is best known for her work on the television show Smash, was caught having an affair with the show’s director, Michael Morris, according to reports. Moreover, Morris was married at the time, whereas McPhee was engaged to be married to Nick Cokas. McPhee was unapologetic about the situation, which ultimately resulted in divorce. “I don’t have any regrets, all of the choices I made I learned from in a really deep way.”
Michael Morris
The other half of the story that was told on the previous page is now revealed. Despite the fact that he has been married to actress Mary McCormack since 2003, he was photographed kissing Katherine McPhee in the same year. In addition to having three daughters together, the couple appears to have resolved their differences, as the couple is still married today.
Marilyn Manson
Manson first met Evan Rachel Wood when the actress was only 18 years old. They continued to date despite the fact that Manson was married to Dita Von Teese at the time, and even after Manson obtained a divorce, they remained together. After eventually becoming engaged, they decided to call off the wedding before it could take place. Wood revealed to Rolling Stone that she hadn’t quite figured herself out at the time, which resulted in the breakdown of the relationship between the two.
Dean McDermott
When McDermott began working on the television movie Mind Over Murder, he was married to Mary Jo Eustace. They have two children. It was during this time that he met co-star Tori Spelling and the two began their relationship. Both of them got divorced from their respective partners and then got married to each other. “Dean and I met when we were both married to other people, so now that this has happened to me, I know a lot of people are like, ‘Well, karma’s a b*tch,'” McDermott admitted on True Tori: “Dean and I met when we were both married to other people.” She’s not entirely wrong, to be honest…
Frank Sinatra
While he was still married to his first wife, Nancy, the legendary Frank Sinatra had an affair with actress Ava Gardner. Eventually, Nancy and Sinatra ended their relationship, and Sinatra married Gardner in 1951. Although he was faithful to her, he was also unfaithful to her, which led to their divorce in 1957.
Robin Thicke
Singer Thicke was married to actress Paula Patton at the time that pictures of him in a club with another woman surfaced. It was visible in the mirror that Thicke’s hand was resting on her buttocks, thanks to a reflection in it. Soon after, the couple announced their separation. Thicke had attempted to be unfaithful on Valentine’s Day in the past, according to court documents from 2013 (Patton’s words), but had been unable to complete the act due to the effects of cocaine on his performance.
Gavin Rossdale
Rossdale, who was previously married to Gwen Stefani, was discovered to be having an affair with the nanny. Because of the cloud on their iPad, Stefani was able to discover the affair. The photos and explicit texts were discovered by one of the nannies, who immediately brought them to Stefani’s attention. Stefani and Rossdale were divorced shortly after the nanny was terminated.
Tiger Woods
Everything was quiet in Tiger’s personal life until that one incident in which his wife Eli Nordegren chased him around the golf course with a golf club. Woods attempted to flee, but his 2009 Cadillac Escalade was destroyed by hedges. Later, it was discovered that Tiger was having multiple affairs, with some estimates stating that he had as many as thirteen. It took the couple three years after the scandal before they were finally able to divorce.
Simon Cowell
After finding out that Cowell was expecting a child with his friend Andrew Silverman’s separated wife, everyone was taken aback by the announcement. Although Lauren was still married to Andrew at the time of their affair, the two began seeing each other in 2009. Her relationship with the man began four years before she became pregnant. In 2013, they exchanged vows.
Ozzy Osbourne
Everyone was taken aback when it was revealed that he had an affair with a hair stylist despite being married to Sharon Osbourne since 1982. Sharon found out about the affair through Ozzy’s emails. Sharon told The Talk that she is 63 years old and that she “can’t continue to live like this.” It is he who has provided me with an incredible life and three beautiful children, and I am grateful to him.” They have remained together to this day.
Brad Pitt
Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston at the time of his first collaboration with Angelina Jolie on Mr & Mrs Smith, and the two were expecting their first child. There were rumors that the two were having an affair, which were confirmed when Pitt and Aniston separated in 2005, according to People magazine. The couple had been dating for several years before getting married in 2014. Jolie explained in 2016 how she came to be a part of the film “We were brought together to do all of these crazy things as a result of the film, and I believe that it was because of the film that we developed a strange friendship and partnership that happened all of a sudden. I believe it was after a few months that I realized, “God, I can’t wait to get to work.”… Whatever it was that we had to do with one another, we just found a lot of joy in it as a group, as well as a lot of genuine teamwork. We’ve just kind of morphed into a couple “…..
Eddie Fisher
Fisher was previously married to Debbie Reynolds, and the two were good friends of Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd when they were together. In the aftermath of Todd’s death, Taylor sought solace in Fisher. Eventually, the truth was brought to light, and Fisher announced that he was leaving Reynolds for Taylor. Eddie [wanted] everything that Mike Todd had — and to be Mike Todd,’ Reynolds reflected on the situation. It didn’t turn out well. “You can’t pretend to be someone else.”
Ingrid Bergman
Bergman was originally married to Peter Lindstrom when she began working with Roberto Rossellini on the film Stromboli, and the couple divorced later that year. Everything went into shock when it was revealed that she had an affair with him and that she was pregnant with his child! In order to get married, the couple divorced their respective partners and remarried. Bergman initially received negative feedback from her fans, but she was able to win them back after winning her second Academy Award for Anastasia.
David Letterman
The fact that Letterman had been having sexual relations with female staff members was revealed after he was extorted into confessing his sins. The attempted blackmailer threatened that if he didn’t pay $2 Million, the whole thing would come out. At the time, Letterman was dating Regina Lasko, with whom he would later marry and have two children.
Anthony Weiner
Weiner, a former politician, came under fire after it was revealed that he had been sexting multiple women. It was 2011 when it was revealed that he had been sending nude images to women under the alias Carlos Danger while posing as a man. He resigned after being caught sexting an underage girl, which landed him in trouble once more. Following the scandal, Huma Abedin decided to file for divorce.
Josh Duggar
Duggar and his family were featured on the reality television show 19 Kids and Counting. Anna Keller is his wife, and they have two children. It was eventually discovered that Duggar had numerous profiles on the dating website Ashley Madison, which was hacked in the process. According to reports, he had spent more than $1000 on the website. While no one is certain whether or not the man found love on the website, it is known that he looked everywhere other than within his own marriage.
