Not every love story comes to a happy ending. People might go through ups and downs in their marriage before ending up with divorce, and so do Hollywood stars. Especially, celebrity scandal has always attracted the public. And, as we often forget, celebrities are human beings too. That means they can cheat, lie, break hearts, and do outrageous things for love. In fact, many celebrities' current relationships are the result of tabloid scandals.
While some stars tend to secret their love affair, some other stars are so comfortable publicizing their lover to the public that they chose their mistresses in the end. Let's take a look at some celebrities who married their alleged mistresses. And which stories interest you the most?
#1 Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats
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Swizz Beatz was still married to Mashonda Tifrere at the time he allegedly began dating singer Alicia Keys. After divorcing Tifrere in 2010, he married Keys the following year, and the couple had two children together.
#2 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are said to have met on the set of their 2004 film Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Fans might have embraced the rumors of their romance if Pitt hadn't still been married to
Jennifer Aniston. Pitt and Aniston divorced in 2005, and Pitt almost immediately went public with Jolie. The couple married in 2014, establishing Jolie as one of the most famous celebrity mistresses of all time. However, things are getting a little messy as they navigate the courts to finalize their divorce in 2016 and fight over custody rights to their six children.
#3 Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
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Kevin Federline, a backup dancer for Britney Spears, was not available when he first saw the pop princess. Federline began an affair with Spears while still engaged to the mother of his two children, Shar Jackson. And within three months the two were engaged, which proved tricky because it was discovered that he was still engaged to Jackson at the time. Despite the drama, Federline married Spears in 2004, and the couple has two sons. They made headlines with their tumultuous relationship from the start, and eventually divorced in 2007, with a custody battle for their two sons quickly turning nasty.
#4 Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa
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Unfortunately for Julianne Phillips, The Boss was "born to run"... away with bandmate Patti Scialfa. According to his memoir, it wasn't until he married Phillips that he realized he was in love with Scialfa. Springsteen appears to have made a U-turn with Scialfa before officially divorcing Phillips in 1989, after nearly four years of marriage. The couple has been together for nearly three decades, proving that true love truly does endure.
#5 Claire Danes and Billy Crudup
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Claire Danes fell in love with fellow actor and Stage Beauty co-star Billy Crudup while his current partner, actress Mary-Louise Parker, was pregnant. The press had a field day with the story, showering Danes and Crudup with negative attention. Though Crudup abandoned Parker, who was seven months pregnant at the time, for Danes, the two never made it to the altar, with Danes calling it quits after four years together. Danes later married Hugh Dancy in 2009, with whom she has two children.
#6 Debra Messing and Will Chase
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The Will & Grace actress had only recently divorced her ex-husband when she began dating then-married co-star Will Chase. Chase soon divorced his wife, and though the two appeared to be on their way to the altar, they never made it, splitting up in 2014 after three years of dating.
#7 Ethan Hawke and Ryan Shawhughes
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Though they married in 2008, Moon Knight star Ethan Hawke met his current wife, Ryan Shawhughes, when she worked as a nanny for Hawke and then-wife Uma Thurman's children. While Hawke received a lot of negative press during his divorce from Thurman, Ethan and Ryan have now been married for 14 years and have two daughters together.
#8 Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade
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Dwyane Wade and his now-wife, actress Gabrielle Union, have had a troubled relationship from the beginning. The NBA player was alleged to be still married to his ex-wife Siohvaughn, who would later sue Union for marital dissolution. The lawsuit didn't go far, and Wade and Union married in 2014, even though Wade got another woman pregnant while on a break with Union, making them yet another celebrity couple who broke up, then made up for good.
#9 Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady
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We can't say much about Tom Brady's ex-wife, actress Bridget Moynahan, but we can't say much about his current wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen. He married Bundchen in 2009 after three years with Moynahan, who was pregnant with Brady's child when he called it quits. The couple is still happily married and has had two children since their marriage.
#10 Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton
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According to rumors, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton had some major chemistry before she was done with her ex-husband Gavin Rossdale and while Shelton was still married to Miranda Lambert. From good friends to lovers, these two announced their relationship in 2015 and have been together ever since. The couple married in July 2021 at Shelton's ranch in Oklahoma.
#11 Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
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Latina beauty Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez allegedly began their affair while he was still married to ex-wife Dayanara Torres, whom he divorced just before marrying JLo in 2004. The couple had twins in 2008 but couldn't make it work. They separated in 2011 and divorced in 2014. However, they are still friends.
#12 Jerry Seinfeld and Jessica Sklar
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In 1998, Jerry Seinfeld met public relations executive Jessica Sklar at the Reebok Sports Club. Sklar had recently returned from her honeymoon with Eric Nederlander, whom she soon divorced before marrying Seinfeld in 1999. Now that his playboy days are over, Seinfeld has settled into married life and is still going strong with his wife Jessica.
#13 Julia Roberts and Danny Moder
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In 2000, Julia Roberts met cameraman Danny Moder on the set of The Mexican. Roberts was already dating actor Benjamin Bratt at the time, and Moder was married to makeup artist Vera Steimberg. In 2002, after Moder divorced his wife and Roberts was no longer married to Bratt, the two married at her ranch in New Mexico. However, as Roberts told Oprah, "He sorted his whole thing out, separate and apart from me. And I sorted my life out, separate and apart from him. I think that's the only reason we were able to ultimately fall in love with each other and be together. "
#14 Kayte Walsh and Kelsey Grammer
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Kelsey Grammer met Kayte Walsh, a British flight attendant, while he was still married to Camille Donatacci. Camille filed for divorce in 2010, the same year Grammer announced Walsh was pregnant. Grammer would walk down the aisle for the fourth time and marry Walsh within weeks of his divorce from Camille being finalized, leaving his ex Camille with half of his $60 million fortune as the spoils of their nasty and public divorce. The couple is still married and has three children together.
#15 LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian
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In 2009, country singer LeAnn Rimes and actor Eddie Cibrian met on the set of a Lifetime movie. Cibrian was married to Real Housewives of Orange County star Brandi Glanville at the time, and she was the mother of two of his children, whereas Rimes was married to Dean Sheremet. In 2011, the two filed for divorce from their partners and said "I do" 2011. The two starred in a reality show intended to put a positive spin on their love story, capitalizing on the scandal of their hookup. The show was only on for one season... Their show may have been canceled, but it hasn't affected Cibrian and Rimes' marriage, as they continue to live happily ever after.
#16 Marla Maples and Donald Trump
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While married to Ivana Trump, former US President Donald Trump allegedly had an affair with actress and former TV personality Marla Maples. Trump married Maples after only a few years and one divorce, and they had a daughter together. After six years of marriage, the couple divorced in 1999.
#17 Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas
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Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas met while working on the film Two Much. Griffith and Banderas, who were both married at the time, divorced their significant others and married in 1996. They were together for nearly 20 years before deciding to break up in 2015, but they are still on good terms.
#18 Michelle Williams and Thomas Kail
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Michelle Williams will be remembered for her romantic relationship with her late partner, Heath Ledger, but she never gave up on finding love. She married songwriter and producer Phil Elverum in 2018. That whirlwind marriage was short-lived, but she was still legally married to him when she met theatre director Thomas Kail, who was also married then. Rumor has it that their romance began on the set of FX's Fosse/Verdon in late fall 2018. Of course, it's all water under the bridge now. Williams and Kail welcomed a son, Hart, in 2020. Williams revealed to Variety in May 2022 that she and Kail are expecting their second child together.
#19 Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton
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Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert hooked up in 2005 after performing together at the CMT Awards, but time was not on their side. While still married to Kanyette Williams, Shelton fell for Lambert. The couple divorced in 2006, and Shelton married Lambert in 2011. In 2015, amid speculation that Shelton had begun seeing Gwen Stefani, Shelton and Lambert announced their divorce.
#20 Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles
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Both in other relationships when they first met at a polo match in 1970, it appears to have been love at first sight for Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. The two were suspected of starting an affair almost immediately after meeting and eventually leaving their significant others. The affair lasted throughout Charles and Princess Diana's marriage and was even rumored to be a major factor in their eventual divorce. Charles and Camilla made it official by marrying in 2005. The couple is still happily married.
#21 Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell
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When Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn first met, O'Connell was married to E! News personality Giuliana Rancic, and Romijn was married to John Stamos. While O'Connell denies that anything happened between them until they were both single, he does admit that they hit it off right away. "Obviously, she was married, and I know shenanigans go on, but no shenanigans happened. But we clicked. Day one, we clicked," he told PEOPLE. The couple married in 2007. With their twin daughters, their happily ever after is busier than ever.
#22 Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott
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Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott first met while working on a made-for-TV movie in 2005. Both married at the time, the eager lovebirds are said to have started an affair the night they met. They divorced their partners quickly and made it official in 2006, one year after their first meeting. They're still documenting their married life - and all of the ups and downs in between - on reality TV shows and social media. Are these two the most qualified people to give relationship advice? Perhaps not, but given how they've stuck together through thick and thin, there may be a love lesson to be learned here after all.