Stars who called off their weddings at the last minute

Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland
Charlize Theron and Sean Penn
Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow
Kylie Minogue and Joshua Sasse
Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder
Demi Moore and Emilio Estévez
Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow
Billy Bob Thornton and Laura Dern
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green
Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth
Ryan Reynolds and Alanis Morissette
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (2004)
Kanye West and Alexis Phifer
Bella Thorne and Benjamin Mascolo
Lady Gaga and Christian Carino
Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney
Britney Spears and Jason Trawick
Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid
François Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek
Paris Hilton and Chris Zylka
Lindsay Lohan and Egor Tarabasov
Mariah Carey and James Packer
Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna
Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs
Sienna Miller and Jude Law
Sofía Vergara and Nick Loeb
Kat Von D and Jesse James
Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer
Carson Daly and Tara Reid
Crystal Harris and Hugh Hefner
Alessandra Mastronardi and Scott McCall
Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland

Here's an engagement you might not remember anymore, and the protagonists like to keep it that way! It was 1991 and they were to get married within three days, when Julia ran off with Kiefer's friend Jason Patric. This sounds harsh, but as it turned out later, Kiefer had first left Julia for several nights to hang out with an exotic dancer. They allegedly even went to Disneyland together. Kiefer and the stripper, that is.

Charlize Theron and Sean Penn

After more than a year of dating she got her engagement ring, but in 2016 she gave it back and decided to end the relationship.

Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow

At age 22, Gwyneth Paltrow was 'almost' determined to become Brad Pitt's wife. Yet, she doubted the engagement too much to continue. "You can't make the decision to get married when you're 22," she explains. "I wasn't ready, and he was too good for me."

Kylie Minogue and Joshua Sasse

The actress and singer had announced that she would take the name of her then-boyfriend once they were married. However, after suspecting that he was cheating on her, Kylie Minogue decided to break the engagement and end the relationship.

Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder

Their relationship began during the shooting of 'Edward ScissorHands'. After three years of love and an engagement, they finally broke it off in 1993. In spite of everything, the couple maintains a good friendship.

Demi Moore and Emilio Estévez

With the invitations delivered and the wedding announced for December 13, 1986, the couple decided to end the relationship.

Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow

After two years together, and a commitment which even caused her to pose as a bride for a magazine, the couple ended their relationship and cancelled the wedding.

Billy Bob Thornton and Laura Dern

In 1999 Billy Bob Thornton was about to put a ring on his fiancée Laura Dern's finger, but the desire passed when he met a certain Angelina Jolie, whom he married a few months later.

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green

They are history now, but Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green had a long relationship with ups and downs - including a last-minute wedding cancellation. They had started dating in 2004, when he was 31 and she 18 years old. Four years later, Green proposed and Fox said yes. She soon after cancelled the wedding, however, because she felt she was still too young to tie the knot. In 2010, they got married anyway, for a period of ten years, but the 2008 cancellation was a bit painful.

Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson

They began their relationship in 2006, broke up in 2007, and then got back together and engaged in 2008. After 8 months of planning the wedding, they finally called it off and admitted that they could not be together after all.

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth

Yes, we know that the couple finally got married - and separated again. But, boy, to get to that point, Miley and Liam sure took a lot of hurdles. They broke off their engagement more than once, either due to scheduling issues, too much partying, or other bad behaviors. It had always been doomed, this marriage.

Ryan Reynolds and Alanis Morissette

The couple had a stable relationship and wanted to get married, but they never set a date. This situation continued until 2007 when they finally called the whole thing off.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (2004)

In 2004 Ben Affleck took a step back and decided to end his commitment to JLo, who was already wearing his 6.1-carat diamond ring. He later started a relationship with Jennifer Garner. Now, nearly two decades later, he's Garner's ex and Lopez's husband after all! They married in 2022.

 

Kanye West and Alexis Phifer

Before being Kim Kardashian's husband, the rapper gave an engagement ring to his designer and stylist Alexis Phifer. His regrets came soon enough, though, and the engagement was annulled.

Bella Thorne and Benjamin Mascolo

After a 3-year relationship and a marriage proposal, the love between actress Bella Thorne and Benjamin Mascolo ended abruptly (at least for the couple's unsuspecting fans) in June 2022. Let's see together who, like them, had second thoughts before saying the "fateful yes."

Lady Gaga and Christian Carino

The singer had no problem canceling her wedding to Christian Carino. The relationship began in 2017 and ended in early 2019. "It just didn't work," she said.

Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney

He wasn't the first fiancé abandoned by Lady Gaga. She had been engaged to Taylor Kinney for a little more than 1.5 years when they decided to take 'a break'. Both said they were in love but unable to fit each other into their professional agendas, although months later Gaga confessed in a documentary that they had argued too much and that things had not gone well between them.

Britney Spears and Jason Trawick

They had everything planned, and the singer seemed committed to her former manager, but in January 2013 she canceled the engagement. A few months after they had finished, Spears began a relationship with David Lucado.

Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid

The wedding was supposed to take place in an Irish castle because McDaid was Irish. But rumor has it that Courteney couldn't stand him smoking and that he was too jealous of her co-workers. In the end, they canceled the whole thing.

François Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek

In the end, they got married, but it was not a straightforward relationship. The Mexican actress announced in 2008 that she was ending her engagement to the multimillionaire. Luckily, the couple overcame this little crisis, and today they enjoy a stable marriage.

Paris Hilton and Chris Zylka

Everything seemed to indicate that the socialité had finally found true love after three previously annulled engagements. Yet, as with her other fiancés, Paris Hilton decided to break the engagement with Chris Zylka. The actor was quick enough to ask that the engagement ring, valued at more than 2 million dollars, be returned.

Lindsay Lohan and Egor Tarabasov

After publicly denouncing her fiancé for domestic violence, Lohan made it clear that the celebrity relationship seemed better to the outside world than it really was. Soon enough, the couple broke their engagement.

Mariah Carey and James Packer

After a year and a half together, Mariah Carey decided to end her engagement with tycoon James Packer. Some American media alleged that the premarital clauses were not to the singer's liking.

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna

Their relationship had a lot of ups and downs. They even had a daughter together, Dream Renée Kardashian, but that didn't stop them from canceling their wedding plans.

Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs

The couple loudly announced their engagement, walked proudly together on the red carpet of each event, and boasted of their love to anyone willing to listen. But after having postponed the wedding date several times, FKA Twigs finally decided to take off the ring and continue the relationship without any commitment.

Sienna Miller and Jude Law

Their relationship was stormy, but still they got engaged in 2005. Sienna ended the relationship in 2006 after learning that Jude had cheated on her with the nanny. Surprisingly, they got back together in 2009, but in 2011 they broke up for good.

Sofía Vergara and Nick Loeb

They were together for more than three years, had plans to form a family, and wanted to get married. In 2014, however, Sofia Vergara changed her mind and ended all plans. She said the relationship with Nick Loeb was no longer working.

Kat Von D and Jesse James

A month before their wedding, everything was called off. Jesse James, who had married Sandra Bullock for the third time, had already lost her for cheating on her. Well, it seems that Kat Von D had had enough of her infidelity, too.

 

Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer

The couple met on the set of House. The lovebirds seemed the embodiment of perfect love and decided to get married. However, Cupid's magic disappeared as quickly as it had come, and within days of their fateful yes, they decided to call it off. For the sake of the series, they were able to remain on good terms.

Carson Daly and Tara Reid

The wedding planned for the spring of 2001 had been postponed at the last moment because the actress was to shoot the film 'My Boss's Daughter.' However, to this day, that wedding has still not taken place -- and the two are no longer together!

Crystal Harris and Hugh Hefner

Playmate Crystal Harris and the late Hugh Hefner, the founder of the famous Playboy magazine, were to be married despite being 60 years apart in age. However, Crystal called off this union five days before the ceremony. It seems that the competition at the Playboy mansion wore her down. But Hugh was smart and got rid of some annoying girls and was able to marry his third wife Crystal on New Year's Eve 2012 in an intimate ceremony. Hugh Hefner died in 2017.

Alessandra Mastronardi and Scott McCall

They were supposed to get married in 2020, but the pandemic disrupted their plans. Then in January 2022 came the news of the breakup between Alessandra Mastronardi and Scottish actor Scott McCann "in full respect of both parties," as the actress herself would confirm.

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