Being famous seems great, right? You have money, houses, cars, adoring fans, and the ability to do pretty much whatever you want. However, when two famous people start dating, the one thing they can’t get is privacy. Like us regular people, they also go through breakups, but it is amplified to a national or global level. You might look at celebrity couples and think they have it all, but the sad reality is that cheating scandals happen more often in Hollywood than we can even keep track of. These are the couples who not only cheated, but whose stories were so wild that they captured headlines and captivated audiences. How many of these do you remember reading about?
1. Kris Jenner And Robert Kardashian Sr.
While they might not have been celebrities at the time, Kris Jenner and Robert Kardashian Sr. made their names known. When the pair first got married, their life was like a fairy tale, and they quickly started expanding what would later be called the Kardashian empire with four beautiful children.
However, the fairytale soon became a nightmare when Kris had an affair with a soccer player, Todd Waterman. She did not deny the affair, and the couple decided to split, which was challenging for their children. They were able to remain amicable for their family until Robert’s death in 2003.
2. Colin Firth And Livia Giuggioli
Colin Firth and Livia Guiggioli were a beloved Hollywood couple, but their problems started to arise when they talked about an alleged stalker. Well, it turns out, Livia was actually having an affair with that man after they had been close for a few years.
Livia’s affair started in 2015, and the stalking charges were filed in 2016. It seems strange that she would charge her lover with stalking charges, but this led to the end of Colin and Livia’s 21-year marriage. They also had two children together, and it was difficult for them to explain the situation.
3. Emma Thompson And Kenneth Branagh
When celebrities split after six years because of their work schedules, we all know something is up. Our red flag radars started going off when Emma Thompson and her husband of six years broke up suddenly. We understand life gets busy… but after six years of marriage?!
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Once they announced their split, rumors started circling that they actually broke up because someone cheated. It turns out Emma’s husband, Kevin Branagh, was having an affair with his Frankenstein co-star Helena Bonham Carter. Insert sad face here.
4. Woody Allen And Mia Farrow
If you have seen the new docuseries Allen Vs. Farrow, you might know that there is much more to the story than a cheating scandal. However, when Woody Allen and Mia Farrow first met, people thought it was the beginning of a great love story, but boy, were we all very wrong.
However, their relationship fell apart when the disgraced director started having an affair with Farrow’s daughter Soon-Yi Previn. Allen thought the affair would remain a secret, but then the couple got married and opened up to the public. They are still together, and there is much more to their strange affair.
5. Kathy Lee And Frank Gifford
Kathy Lee Gifford is known as one half of the dynamic morning talk show duo Kathy Lee & Hoda. The daytime television star always has a bright smile on her face, but there was a time when she wasn’t so joyous. In 1997, Globe published a story that Frank Gifford was cheating on her.
Frank initially denied the rumors until a video transcript was published from his encounter with Suzen Johnson. He couldn’t deny the affair when the evidence came out, but Kathy Lee and Frank decided to work through their problems and remained together until he passed away in 2015.
6. Gwen Stefani And Gavin Rossdale
We aren’t going to lie, we were a little sad when these two ended things. Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale met in 1995 during a No Doubt tour. The couple’s relationship was filled with many ups and downs, but they brought three beautiful children into the world.
One month after being seen on a happy family vacation, Stefani and Rossdale announced their split in 2015. Their 13-year relationship ended because Rossdale was having an affair with their nanny. They have continued to co-parent since their divorce, and they have both found love again.
7. Ben Affleck And Jennifer Garner
Celebrities need to stop hiring attractive nannies. The nanny struck again when she split up Hollywood’s “It”-couple, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. After ten years of marriage, the couple split because of Affleck’s affair despite their comments that they had been separated for unrelated reasons.
Garner and Affleck have three children together, so they have had to co-parent despite their differences. After their split, Garner described her marriage to Ben Affleck as a media circus because they were never left alone.
8. Kristen Stewart And Robert Pattinson
Twihards were broken when this cheating scandal broke. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson met on the set of Twilight in 2008. Their romance grew through the filming period, and it helped that they played love interests. The couple was teen royalty until KStew broke RPatz and fans’ hearts.
While filming Snow White and the Huntsmen in 2012, KStew was seen kissing the director, Rupert Sanders. Although they got back together and broke up many times, their love was not meant to last, and they eventually went their separate ways.
9. Iggy Azalea And Nick Young
Iggy Azalea has had her fair share of relationship woes in the media, but her and Nick Young’s breakup was the most memorable. In March 2016, a video of Iggy’s former fiance was leaked where he admitted to cheating on her, which must have been a shocking way for the rapper to find out.
Iggy took to Twitter after the scandal broke and thanked Young’s teammate for filming the encounter. After two years together, the couple called off their engagement for obvious reasons, and we bet some of her songs were about his cheating ways.