Hollywood celebrities lead a high-profile life. All their movements and actions are regularly captured by the paparazzi. Even their personal life does not remain personal. Tinseltown is renowned for its flings and failed marriages as many actors have an affair while being married or dating someone else. Even couples that have stayed together for decades get divorced due to these affairs. Here’s a list of 20 such celebrities who left their partner for another woman.
1. Ronnie Wood
English musician and member of the Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, was married to Jo, whom he met in 1977 and married in 1985. The two were going strong before Wood met 18-year-old waitress, Katia Ivanova in 2008 and left his wife—divorcing her in 2009. Reportedly, he even introduced the girl to his wife.
2. Brad Pitt
Actor Brad Pitt and Friends star Jennifer Aniston, one of the most well-known celebrity couples of their era, had a well-publicized affair. After getting married in 2000 and spending five years together, rumors began to circulate that Pitt was seeing Angelina Jolie, his co-star in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. After divorcing Aniston in 2005, Pitt began dating Jolie.
3. Ryan Phillippe
Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon co-starred together in Cruel Intentions and soon got married in 1999. The two were one of the most popular couples in the late 1990s and they even had a son and a daughter together. But fast forward to 2007, Phillippe met an Australian actress, Abbie Cornish, on the set of Stop Loss, and Witherspoon filed for divorce.
4. Eddie Cibrian
Model Brandi Glanville was married to actor Eddie Cibrian. He married Glanville in 2001, and the two of them have two kids, Mason and Jake. However, when Cibrian met LeAnn Rimes on the Northern Lights set, everything changed. The two started an affair despite being married. In 2009, Rimes and her then-husband, Dean Sheremet, got divorced, as did Cibrian and Glanville. In 2011, Rimes and Cibrian got married.
5. Tom Cruise
Popular actor Tom Cruise has had his fair share of drama in his personal life. Cruise was first married to actress Mimi Rogers in 1987 when he was a rising star. After his meteoric rise in the following few years, he met Nicole Kidman on the set of Days of Thunder and divorced Rogers upon the release of the film. Cruise went on to have relationships with Penelope Cruz and Katie Holmes.
6. Ewan McGregor
For more than twenty years, French production designer Eve Mavrakis and Scottish actor Ewan McGregor were married. Together, the couple even has four kids. However, the couple made headlines in 2017 when they announced their separation after McGregor was seen kissing Mary Elizabeth Winstead, his co-star in Fargo.
7. Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck first started dating Jennifer Lopez from 2002 to 2004. They even got engaged but later called off their wedding. Affleck then dated actress Jennifer Garner and the duo were married from 2005 to 2018, having three children together. But after more than a decade of marriage, Affleck began dating Lindsay Shookus. Recently, Affleck and Lopez reunited in 2021, married in 2022, and filed for divorce in 2024.
8. Paul Newman
Popular actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were friends already but began seeing each other during the filming of The Long, Hot Summer. Newman was already married to Jackie Witte during this time. After divorcing her, Newman soon married Woodward in Las Vegas.
9. Marc Anthony
From 2004 to 2011, singers Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez were married. However, when they split up, Anthony started dating Shannon De Lima, whom he eventually married once his divorce from Lopez was finalized. However, Shannon also filed for divorce from Marc Anthony in 2017.
10. Sean Penn
Before nearly divorcing in 2008, actors Robin Wright and Sean Penn were married for 11 years. However, Penn, who was still married to Wright, started seeing model Petra Nemcova in the same year. This time, Penn and Wright parted ways and Penn started dating Scarlett Johannsson.
11. Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone was married to Sasha Czack from 1974 to 1985 and the couple had two kids. But Stallone left Czack for actress Brigitte Nielsen, whom he married in 1985. The pair were together for two years before they divorced in 1987. Stallone started dating Jennifer Flavin who was only 19 at the time.
12. Johnny Depp
Actor Johnny Depp was in a long-term relationship with Vanessa Paradis (14 years). They also had two children together. But the relationship hit the rocks when Depp co-starred with Amber Heard in The Rum Diary. Paradis and Depp announced their split in 2012 and Depp tied the knot with Heard in 2015. Recently, the couple were involved in a highly-publicized divorce battle.
13. Mel Gibson
Robyn Moore and Mel Gibson were married for almost 30 years. However, after Gibson became connected with pianist Oksana Grigorieva, the two parted ways. In the divorce, Gibson also had to forfeit half of his assets. Later, Grigorieva and Gibson also had a contentious divorce.
14. Swizz Beatz
Even though pop star Alicia Keys and producer Swizz Beatz had known each other since their teenage years, the duo only started dating much later. The two started dating while working with each other, even when Swizz was still married to singer Mashonda. After a brutal divorce, Beatz and Keys got married in 2010. They have two children.
15. Blake Shelton
Country singer Blake Shelton was married to Kaynette Williams but fell in love with Miranda Lambert when they did a song together. They got married in 2011. But Shelton soon fell for singer Gwen Stefani when they met on The Voice, even though he was married to Miranda and Stefani was married to Gavin Rossdale. Blake and Gwen ended their marriages and began dating.
16. Kevin Federline
When Kevin Federline already had a partner, Shar Jackson, who was pregnant at the time, he started dating well-known pop superstar Britney Spears. Spears and Federline soon got married and then divorced in 2007.
17. Woody Allen
One of the most criticized relationships, director Woody Allen was dating Mia Farrow, when he met her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. Allen pursued Previn and the two got married in 1997. Their relationship was a matter of several controversies and many allegations about Allen’s predatory behavior. The two are still together.
18. Daniel Moder
Cameraman Daniel Moder met Julia Roberts on the set of The Mexican. Even though Moder was married to makeup artist Vera Steimberg and Roberts was dating Benjamin Bratt, the two fell for each other. After divorcing Steimberg, Moder and Roberts began dating and got married in 2002.
19. Jason Aldean
When country music artist Jason Aldean was seen dating American Idol winner Brittany Kerr at a bar in 2012, he was still married to Jessica Ussery. The couple divorced after 12 years of marriage owing to Aldean's infidelity. Jason and Brittany dated after the divorce and got married in 2015.
20. Frank Sinatra
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Actor and singer Frank Sinatra was known for his affairs. When he was married to Nancy, he met Ava Gardner in 1949. Sinatra soon divorced his wife in 1950 and married the actress in 1951 after his divorce was confirmed. But the duo remained married only till 1957 and had many public fights.
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