Top 10 Celebrity Splits Of 2016!

Celebrity Splits 2016

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This will go down as the year of the Brangelina Breakup. The world of pop culture was rocked in 2016 when the superstar couple ended their famous love affair. But they weren’t the only stars to announce a divorce this year. Check out some of the biggest splits from the last 12 months below.

1. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt stunned fans when she filed for divorce in September, following two years of marriage and a full decade together. It was later revealed Jolie left Pitt after he had a fight with son Maddox, the oldest of their six children, during a flight. Though Pitt was cleared in a child abuse investigation, the messiness of the split continues as the estranged couple tries to work out a custody arrangement.

2. Amber Heard and Johnny Depp had one of the year’s nastiest breakups when the actress accused her husband of verbally and physically abusing her throughout their 15-month marriage. While Depp denied the allegations, Heard sought a restraining order, and photos of the actress with apparent bruises on her face leaked online. They eventually reached a settlement, but have continued to argue over how it’s carried out.

3. Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris celebrated their first anniversary in March, only to break up in June. After she rebounded with Tom Hiddleston and it emerged she was the writer behind the deejay’s Rihanna collaboration, “This Is What You Came For,” Harris ripped Swift in a scathing Twitter rant. By September, her romance with Hiddleston was over, too.

4. Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman announced in April that they were divorcing, just shy of their four-year anniversary. As the parents of two young children, the former couple said in a joint statement that the kids would remain their “first priority.” Since then, Barrymore and Kopelman have been seen publicly co-parenting together. In the weeks following their split, Gossip Cop debunked reports falsely claiming Barrymore was pregnant.

5. Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber survived February breakup rumors, but ultimately announced the end of their 11-year relationship in September. The stars, who have two sons together, explained that “the best way forward for us as a family is to separate as a couple.” What followed in October was an erroneous tabloid story blaming the breakup on Katie Holmes, who appeared with Schreiber on his Showtime series, “Ray Donovan.”

6. Jennifer Meyer and Tobey Maguire revealed in October that after nine years of marriage they had actually been secretly separated since June. Once their split was made public, the actor was wrongly linked romantically to the much-younger Sofia Richie, as well as the much-older Demi Moore. A tabloid rumor also claimed Maguire’s gambling was the reason for the divorce, while another predicted the breakup would ruin his career. Both were nonsense.

7. Mariah Carey and James Packer’s January engagement after less than a year of dating had many predicting the singer and billionaire would have one of the biggest celebrity weddings in recent memory. But in October, the couple split, with each pointing the finger at the other. Carey is still rocking her engagement ring, despite starting up a flirtation with dancer Bryan Tanaka. “Mariah’s World,” which premiered in December, has the diva juggling both men.

8. Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney were another pair who called off their engagement. The actor had popped the question on Valentine’s Day in 2015, but the romance fell apart in July 2016, before they could make it down the aisle. Kinney recently reunited with Gaga’s mother at a charity event, sparking false speculation that he and the singer were back together. But there hasn’t been a reconciliation.

9. Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama’s on-and-off relationship came to an end in June. In a joint statement, the stars said it was an “incredibly difficult decision” to move on after nearly six years together, but they had “realized more than anything that we are better as best friends.” Following a false claim that Nick Jonas had caused the split, Lovato stepped out with UFC fighter Luke Rockhold.

10. Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson never married, but it was still a surprise when they separated in July after 10 years together. Before and after the breakup, both stars were falsely accused of cheating on the other. And their friendly post-split dynamic led some to wrongly suggest in August that they were getting back together. During a December appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” however, Jackson revealed he was single and struggling to find dates.

Other couples who called it quits this year include Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart, Mary J. Blige and Kendu Isaacs, Marc Anthony and Shannon De Lima, and Larsa and Scottie Pippen. See more of 2016’s broken-hearted stars in the gallery below.

But it’s not all bad news. Megan Fox filed for divorce from Brian Austin Green in 2015, only to reunite and have another child with him in 2016. Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid also got back together, as did Patrick and Jillian Dempsey, and Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. Sometimes love wins. Here’s hoping 2017 brings more of it for everyone.


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  1. 1.Celebrity Splits 2016

    Celebrity Splits 2016


  2. 2.Melissa Benoist and Blake Jenner

    Melissa Benoist and Blake Jenner

    … split in December after nearly two years of marriage.
    (Getty Images)


  3. 3.Sia and Erik Anders Lang

    Sia and Erik Anders Lang

    … separated in December after two years of marriage.
    (Getty Images)


  4. 4.Naya Rivera and Ryan Dorsey

    Naya Rivera and Ryan Dorsey

    … split in November after two years of marriage.
    (Getty Images)


  5. 5.Marc Anthony and Shannon De Lima

    Marc Anthony and Shannon De Lima

    … separated in November after two years of marriage.
    (Getty Images)


  6. 6.Bella Hadid and The Weeknd

    Bella Hadid and The Weeknd

    … split in November after a year and a half of dating.
    (Getty Images)


  7. 7.Mariah Carey and James Packer

    Mariah Carey and James Packer

    … split in October after more than one year of dating.
    (Getty Images)


  8. 8.Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman

    Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman

    … filed for divorce in October after 12 years of marriage.
    (Getty Images)


  9. 9.Scottie Pippen and Larsa Pippen

    Scottie Pippen and Larsa Pippen

    … split in October after nearly 20 years of marriage.
    (Getty Images)


  10. 10.Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer

    Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer

    … split in October after nine years of marriage.
    (Getty Images)


  11. 11.Nancy O’Dell and Keith Zubulevich

    Nancy O'Dell and Keith Zubulevich

    … split in October after 11 years of marriage.
    (Getty Images)


  12. 12.Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber

    Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber

    … split in September after 11 years together.
    (Getty Images)


  13. 13.Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

    … split in September after more than a decade together and two years of marriage.
    (Getty Images)


  14. 14.Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston

    Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston

    … split in September after three months of dating. (Getty Images)


  15. 15.Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart

    Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart

    … split in August for the second time during their five-year relationship.
    (Getty Images)


  16. 16.Christie Brinkley and John Mellencamp

    Christie Brinkley and John Mellencamp

    … split in August after one year of dating.
    (Getty Images)


  17. 17.Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney

    Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney

    … called off their more than year-long engagement and five-year relationship in July.
    (Getty Images)


  18. 18.Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson

    Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson

    … split in July after 10 years together.
    (Getty Images)


  19. 19.Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood

    Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood

    … separated in June after 10 years of marriage.
    (Getty Images)


  20. 20.Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim

    Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim

    … separated in June after nearly 12 years of marriage. (Getty Images)


  21. 21.Iggy Azalea and Nick Young

    Iggy Azalea and Nick Young

    … called off their nearly year-long engagement in June.
    (Getty Images)


  22. 22.Hilary Swank and Ruben Torres

    Hilary Swank and Ruben Torres

    … called off their engagement in June. They had been together for about a year and announced their engagement in March.
    (Getty Images)


  23. 23.Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama

    Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama

    … split in June. They had been dating for six years.
    (Getty Images)


  24. 24.Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris

    Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris

    … split in June. They dated for 15 months.
    (Getty Images)


  25. 25.Amber Heard and Johnny Depp

    Amber Heard and Johnny Depp

    … split in May. They were married in February 2015. (Getty Images)


  26. 26.Tyga and Kylie Jenner

    Tyga and Kylie Jenner

    … split in May, but later reconciled. They began dating in 2014. (Getty Images)


  27. 27.James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff

    James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff

    … split after nearly 10 years of marriage in May. (Getty Images)


  28. 28.Ozzy And Sharon Osbourne

    Ozzy And Sharon Osbourne

    … split after 33 years of marriage in May, but have since reunited. (Getty Images)


  29. 29.Kirsten Dunst And Garrett Hedlund

    Kirsten Dunst And Garrett Hedlund

    … split in April. They began dating in in early 2012. (Getty Images)


  30. 30.Zac Efron and Sami Miro

    Zac Efron and Sami Miro

    … split after almost two years together in April. (Getty Images)


  31. 31.Paris Hilton

    Paris Hilton

    … split with boyfriend Thomas Gross in April after a year of dating. (Getty Images)


  32. 32.Phil Spector

    Phil Spector

    … filed for divorce from third wife Rachelle Short in April. They were married in 2006. (Getty Images)


  33. 33.Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman

    Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman

    … reportedly split after three years of marriage in March. (Getty Images)


  34. 34.Casey Affleck and Summer Phoenix

    Casey Affleck and Summer Phoenix

    … split after nearly 10 years of marriage in March. (Getty Images)


  35. 35.Frances Bean Cobain

    Frances Bean Cobain

    … filed for divorce from Isaiah Silva, her husband of less than two years, in March. (Getty Images)


  36. 36.Lea Michele and Matthew Paetz

    Lea Michele and Matthew Paetz

    … split up after nearly two years of dating in February. (Getty Images)


  37. 37.Peter Facinelli and Jaimie Alexander

    Peter Facinelli and Jaimie Alexander

    … called off their nearly one-year engagement in February. (Getty Images)

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