Celebrity couples who split up in 2022
After 16 years of love and two children, Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady officially announced their divorce on October 28, 2022. The famous Brazilian supermodel and the NFL quarterback formed one of the strongest couples in showbiz.
Chelsea Manning, the famous activist, whistleblower, and former U.S. Army soldier, dated the singer Grimes (who's Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend and mother of his child) for four months. They even lived together in Austin. The relationship came to a halt in July, Page Six reported.
A shockwave in the showbiz industry: Jennifer Flavin filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage to Sylvester Stallone. The former model and the actor tied the knot in May 1997 and have three daughters together: Sophia, Sistine, and Scarlet.
After 9 months of dating, the most talked about relationship in Hollywood came to an end in early August. The couple, that seemed to become serious very fast, called things off because of the distance and the two stars' busy agendas.
After 25 years of marriage and 3 children in common, Metallica frontman James Hetfield has filed for divorce from his wife Francesca Tomasi. According to TMZ, the divorce was filed earlier this year but the couple tried to keep it a secret. The news came out in the summer.
After dating for a year, Billie Eilish and Matthew Tyler Vorce announced their separation on May 31, 2022. Since then, the pop star seems to have found love again in the arms of rocker Jesse Rutherford.
According to The Sun, the pop star ended her relationship with Ahlamalik Williams, one of her dancers, in April. They had been dating for three years. The Sun reports that the relationship ended amicably.
After 12 years of marriage, Johnny Knoxville and Naomi Nelson separated in 2022. The stunt actor mentioned "irreconcilable reasons" with his ex-wife.
Meanwhile, Kardashian's ex Kanye West has not found his better half either. His relationship with model Julia Fox only lasted two months. A representative of the artist confirmed their breakup to TMZ in February.
The actress and her boyfriend, 'Scrubs' star Zach Braff, called it quits after 3 years. Much was made of the fact that they had a 21-year age gap, and for that reason, the couple broke up quietly this year. Pugh confirmed it in Harper's Bazaar in August. "We’ve been trying to do this separation without the world knowing because it’s been a relationship that everybody has an opinion on," she said.
Tycoon Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall ended their six-year marriage in June. Media such as the Daily Mail claim that Jerry Hall found out about the news through an email from her then-husband. She blames the breakup on Murdoch's children, who in turn blame her for trying to isolate the tycoon during the pandemic. It's Murdoch's fourth divorce.
Followers of the 'Creed' actor noticed in June that he had deleted all the photos of his ex on Instagram, despite the fact that they seemed so serious together. Last December the couple had celebrated their first anniversary.
In April, the alarms of a new romance between Jason Momoa and Eiza Gonzalez went off. The 'Aquaman' actor attended the premiere of Gonzalez' movie, though they did not pose on the red carpet together. Recently, word came out that the couple had stopped dating because their differences were too great. Insiders claim that the couple never made the relationship public because they were just getting to know each other.
Before Gonzalez, Momoa was with Lisa Bonet, of course. They officially broke up in January this year. Momoa and Bonet had been together for seventeen years, five of them in marriage, and they have two children together. Sources close to the couple told People magazine that the two actors are simply on different paths in their lives. Momoa suddenly got a lot of roles around the world, and Bonet is unwilling to follow him from one shoot to another.
The actress and investment banker got engaged in 2011 and tied the knot on a private beach in Malibu in 2013. On January 1, 2022 the couple filed for divorce, citing 'irreconcilable differences,' Page Six reported.
The two actors announced their plans to marry in March 2021, but in early June 2022 their love came to an end. According to sources close to the couple, their breakup was caused by incompatible schedules.
The couple married on Christmas Eve 2020, and filed for divorce in January 2022, barely a year into their marriage. A source told Rolling Stones that the brief romance had been a product of a "pandemic whirlwind." Hayhurst was Anderson's fourth husband.
They began their relationship in late 2019, shortly after Liam split from Miley Cyrus. In August 2022, In Touch Weekly reported that the actor had ended the relationship. According to an exclusive source, he broke things off a "couple of months ago," leaving the model "heartbroken."
Third time's a charm! After two unfinished divorce proceedings - first in 2010 (filed by Billy Ray), second in 2013 (filed by Tish) - the musician finally ended the marriage of 29 years in April 2022. The couple had five children together.
They began their romance in 2018 but always kept it very private. In March, a source told ET that the actors "have broken up and haven't been together for a few months."
This couple started dating in December 2019. They welcomed their son Rhodes in December 2020. In January 2022, however, Roberts and Hedlund ended their relationship.
These two actors got engaged in 2013 and married the following year. In 2015 they welcomed their only son. After 8 years of marriage, Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser filed for divorce, the LA Times reported in August.
According to The Sun, this couple had been dating since the fall of 2021 and ended their relationship in April 2022. The cause of their breakup were their different professional commitments, although an inside source had told the paper that they'd had a beautiful relationship that worked very well at the beginning.
On Valentine's Day 2018, they were spotted together, and a week later they got married in a surprise ceremony at New York's City Hall. As it turned out, the couple had known each other for two years already. Their marriage lasted four years. In July 2022, several media reported that they had split. They are the parents of 1-year-old Sylvester Apollo.
This couple had been dating since 2020 and was said to have split up in May 2021. However, they continued and lasted until May 2022. A source told People that Kelly "would rather be single than waste her time with the wrong guy."
The 'Saturday Night Live' comedian and the interior designer married in 2011. After being separated for a year, they finally decided to get a divorce in April. They have two daughters together.
The 'Everywhere' singer and Black Keys drummer began dating in 2015 and married in 2019. On August 11, Branch was arrested for domestic violence because she had reportedly slapped Carney during an argument over his alleged infidelity. The day after the incident, they filed for divorce.
Although they never confirmed their relationship, these two were spotted holding hands in July 2021 at the premiere of 'Space Jam: A New Legacy.' In February 2022, their relationship ended. As a source would later tell People magazine: "It's been a while since they broke up."
Although the two comedians have known each other for more than 20 years, it wasn't until 2021 that they realized they had feelings for each other. However, even before they reached their first anniversary, the couple announced their separation in July 2022.
The singer and soccer player were at the heart of one of 2022's bombshell breakups. They had been together for twelve years and had two children. The reason for their breakup, in the summer of 2022? Several media point to the footballer's infidelities.
After five years of dating, the Formula One racer and Italian model turned out to have split up in late 2021. The news only came out in February of 2022. As they always strictly defended their privacy, there was never any confirmation of the breakup from either one of them.
The actress and the quarterback met in 2020 and announced their engagement in February 2021. A year later, however, Us Weekly confirmed their split. As a source told People: "They’re very different people with busy careers, and there were obstacles they couldn’t surmount."
It is after 7 years of common life that the former Miss France Laury Thilleman and the Colombian chef Juan Arbelaez put an end to their relationship. Their divorce was officially announced in May.
The American actor (in films such as 'Scary Movie,' 'The Departed' and 'Transformers' among others) was married to Alvina Stewart in 1999. After more than 20 years of romance during which they became parents of two children, the couple finally separated in 2022.
Former 'Glee' star Amber Riley split from her fiancé, influencer Desean Black, in April 2022. She said that she wishes him the best and that she has nothing bad to say about him.