Unfortunately, not all marriages are meant to last. And sometimes, especially in Hollywood, they may only last a few months.
Hey, if it's not meant to be, then it's just not meant to be!
Here are 19 famous couples who got married and broke up within the span of a year:
1. Lukas Gage and Chris Appleton are getting divorced after being married for a little over six months. The two were first linked in February of 2023 and tied the knot just a couple months later in April.
2. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries famously stayed married for only 72 days. Years later, Kim said that she felt pressured to go through with the wedding even though she had second thoughts because it was being filmed for her show Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
3. While Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth had been together since they were teenagers, they were only actually married for about eight months. They got married in December 2018, and Liam filed for divorce by August 2019. Years later, Miley shared that at the time, she "clung" on to Liam and what was left of their relationship after losing her house and all her possessions in a fire. "I just clung to what I had left of that house, which was me and him. And I really do and did love him very, very, very much and still do, always will," she said.
4. Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen got divorced after about 11 months together. They got married in October 2009, and Elisabeth filed for divorce in September 2010, citing "irreconcilable differences." Just a few years later, Elisabeth said, "One of the greatest things I heard someone say about [Fred] is, 'He's so great at doing impersonations. But the greatest impersonation he does is that of a normal person.' To me, that sums it up."
5. Colton Haynes and Jeff Leatham were married for about six months before Colton filed for divorce. They were married October 2017, and the couple listed their separation date as May 1, 2018.
6. Renée Zellweger and Kenny Chesney got married in May 2005 and had it annulled four months later. At the time, Renée cited "fraud" as the reason, and Kenny later shared it was because they felt that was the "least harmful" box they could check off. Kenny explained, "The only fraud that was committed was me thinking that I knew what it was going to be like, that I really understood what it was like to be married, and I really didn't."
8. Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush got divorced five months after getting married. They tied the knot in April 2005 and broke up in September of that year. However, they continued to work together on their show One Tree Hill for four more years. At the time, Sophia said, "At the end of the day, we're grown-ups, and I actually think it's interesting that when people split in a way that's unpleasant, they usually just go on quite literally hating each other — or the person in my situation hates the other person, whatever — but when you have to work with somebody for another half a decade, you kind of have to deal with it. Because for me, at the end of the day, my job is my priority.”
9. Jennifer Esposito and Bradley Cooper got married in late December 2006, and Jennifer filed for divorce by May 2007, citing "irreconcilable differences."
10. Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock got married in July 2006, and the couple had three weddings total. Pamela then filed for divorce in November of that year, as confirmed by her rep. Soon after the split was announced, Pamela wrote on her blog that Kid Rock "is great in many ways, [but they] just don't belong together."
12. Mario Lopez and Ali Landry got married in April 2004 and annulled their marriage two weeks later. Ali said that less than a week after the wedding, she found out that Mario was cheating on her. "It was, you know, cheating across the board, with some women for one year, some women for two years," she said on the Unfolding Leadership podcast.
13. Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd were married for about nine months from September 2001 until Jennifer filed for divorce in July 2002. At the time, the couple's lawyers released a statement saying, "The resolution was extremely amicable. The two will remain friends."
14. Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds tied the knot on an island off Bora Bora in January 2008 and called it off two weeks later. At the time, because their ceremony happened outside the country, they would also have to have a legal ceremony in the US. However, they decided not to and that they would "remain friends." In a joint statement, they said, “After much consideration and discussion, we have jointly decided that we will forego having a legal ceremony as it is not necessary to define our relationship further."
15. And finally, Tom D'Agostino and Luann de Lesseps were married for about seven months before ending their relationship. They got married on New Year's Eve in 2016, and Luann announced the divorce at the beginning of August. According to E! News, a source said, "He wanted to live his bachelor's life, too. He's never been married. She wanted a marriage; he wanted a part-time marriage."
