The Saddest Celebrity Splits of 2016
Princess Beatrice & Dave Clark
After a decade, Princess Beatrice and Dave Clark called it quits this month, WHO confirmed.
Christie Brinkley & John Mellencamp
The couple has split after one year of dating, but remain friends.
"Both the mileage between their homes and their heavy career demands interfered with their ability to maintain the relationship," a rep for both Brinkley and Mellencamp told WHO.
"They vowed to remain best of friends." Brinkley has spoken at length about her attraction to Mellencamp, saying that she at first thought they were opposites. "He's kind of a throwback from another time, like a silent cowboy," she told WHO.
Nicollette Sheridan & Aaron Phyphers
The couple wedded in secret and after only six months of marriage, have filed for divorce.
Ariana Grande & Ricky Alvarez
Last month, the petite singer and backup dancer/boyfriend, Ricky Alvarez, called it quits, WHO confirmed.
Grande took to Twitter to express herself saying, "and change is f***ing fantastic."
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Kat Dennings & Josh Groban
After almost two years of dating, the Two Broke Girls star, Kat Dennings, and Josh Groban split.
Taylor Kinney & Lady Gaga
Gaga and Kinney have called off their engagement after five years together, WHO can confirm.
"We complement each other's weirdness," Gaga revealled on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2013. She continued, "Having your lover be your best friend is the best thing ever. We're boys. I wear his flannels and we eat pizza and watch TV. And then I play him my next single. He likes it, and that's our normal life."
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Diane Kruger & Joshua Jackson
"Diane Kruger and Josh Jackson have decided to separate and remain friends," their reps shared in an exclusive statement to WHO.
The couple split after 10 years together.
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Adriana Lima & Joe Thomas
Adriana Lima and Joe Thomas split in July.
An insider revealled to WHO that, "Adriana is single and happy. She is really focused on work and her kids right now, but she's open to a relationship in the future."
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Lea Michele & Robert Buckley
Lea Michele and Robert Buckley have broken up after a few months of dating.
They met onset of their new show Dimension 404.
A source confirmed with WHO that the breakup was mutual and the actors remain friends.
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Kevin McKidd & Jane Parker
The Grey's Anatomy star, Kevin McKidd, and wife Jane Parker announced their divorce over the Fourth of July weekend.
After 17 years, they have "jointly decided" the divorce. They have two children together.
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Dennis Quaid & Kimberly Buffington-Quaid
After 12 years of marriage, Dennis Quaid and Kimberly Buffington-Quaid have called it quits (for the second time).
Kimberly filed for divorce on June 28.
She previously filed for divorce in March 2012, but withdrew the papers two months later.
"The decision was made amicably and with mutual respect toward one another," they told TMZ in a joint statement. "We will always remain great friends and devoted partners in raising our children."
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Lisa-Marie Presley & Michael Lockwood
The married couple of 10 years called it quits. Presley filed for divorce on June 13 for "irreconcilable differences."
Lockwood and Presley have two twin daughters, Harper and Finley.
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Nicolas Cage & Alice Kim
After 12 years of marriage, Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim announced their separation in June, after splitting in January.
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Taylor Swift & Calvin Harris
Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris split in June after more than a year together.
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Wilmer Valderrama & Demi Lovato
The couple who dated for six years announced that they had broken up, via their Instagram pages.
"After almost 6 loving and wonderful years together, we have decided to end our relationship," they wrote. "This was an incredibly difficult decision for both of us, but we have realized more than anything that we are better as best friends." The couple had been together for six years.
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Iggy Azalea & Nick Young
Rapper Iggy Azalea and her basketballer fiance Nick Young, called off their engagement.
Iggy revealled why the pair broke up: "I have never even been told by Nick that his baby mother is pregnant, so if this is true, I'm finding out via E! News. I broke up with Nick because I found out he had brought other women into our home while I was away and caught them on the security footage. This is just like a second shot to the chest. And I feel like I don't even know who the hell it is I've been loving all this time."
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Len Wiseman and Kate Beckinsale
Wiseman filed from Beckinsale in October citing irreconcilable differences after 12 years of marriage. The pair first met while working on 2003's Underworld, which he directed and in which she starred.
Both Beckinsale and Wiseman — who don't have any children together — were spotted without their wedding bands prior to official news of a split.
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Dan Ewing & Marni Little
Home and Away actor, Dan Ewing, and Marni Little announced that they had split after four years together.
But, they actually called it quits in January.
Dan and Marni continue as friends and co-parent their son.
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Amber Heard & Johnny Depp
After 15 months of marriage, Amber Heard filed for divorce in May from husband Johnny Depp.
They met onset of The Rum Diary in 2011.
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Toby Maguire and Jennifer Mayer
Ada Nicodemou & Chrys Xipolitas
Home and Away actress, Ada Nicodemou, and husband of nine years, Chrys Xipolitas, called it quits earlier this year.
Ada told Fairfax Media, "everything is fine. My son is really, really happy and that's all that matters."
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Hilary Swank & Ruben Torres
After a year of dating, Swank and Torres were engaged in March this year… but in June they broke up.
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Zac Efron & Sami Miro
Zac Efron and Sami Miro split in April, after dating for almost two years.
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Rose McGowan & Davey Detail
Rose McGowan filed for divorce from Davey Detail in May, after three years of marriage.
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Lea Michele & Matthew Paetz
After almost two years together, Lea Michele and Matthew Paetz, called it quits in February. They met on the set of Lea's music video, "On My Way" in 2014.
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Khloé Kardashian & James Harden
Khloé Kardashian and basketball star, James Harden, broke up in February after less than a year of dating.
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Kirsten Dunst & Garrett Hedlund
Kirsten Dunst and Garrett Hedlund split in April after being together for over four years.
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Drew Barrymore & Will Kopelman
Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman announced in April that they were planning to get divorced, after four years of marriage.
They have two daughters, Olive and Frankie.
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Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts
Schreiber and Watts announced the end of their 11-year relationship on Sept. 16, just weeks after they'd returned from a globetrotting tour to promote their new film.
The couple have two children together, Alexandra 'Sasha',9 and Samuel Kai, 7.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
After 12 years and six kids together, Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt just after their two-year wedding anniversary on September 19. Jolie asked for physical custody of the couple's children and is requesting that Pitt be granted visitation rights, while Pitt wants shared custody.
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Chloe Mortez and Brooklyn Beckham
Beckham and Mortez, have called quits on their two year relationship after being inseparable this summer.
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Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart
The longtime couple, who first sparked relationship rumours in 2011, have officially went their separate ways on August 24.
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Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleton
The relationship between the pop star, 26, and Avengers actor, 35, went public on June 15 when photos of the couple frolicking on the beach in Rhode Island hit the Internet. The couple split three months later.
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Drake and Rihanna
The couple confirmed their relationship in July and Drake declared his love for Rhianna at the MTV Video Music Awards in August. However Rihanna shared an instegram post on October 9 which seemed to announce their split “None of my exes are married or in happy relationships so it’s safe to say that I wasn’t da problem lol,”
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Andy lee and Rebecca Harding
Andy Lee announced his split from Rebecca on July 29. Following their split, both Lee and Harding have taken themselves on holidays, with Harding sharing pictures of herself in Bali, Indonesia, while Lee has enjoyed a road trip around Europe with his friends during the radio ratings break.
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Ruby Rose and Harley Gusman
The couple were first spotted together in June and spent July 4 at Taylor Swift's star studded bash in Rhode island. Sadly they split just over a month later.
Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra Thorburn
After 21 years of marriage Karl Stefanovic split from Cassandra Thorburn. Karl, 42, and Cassandra, 44, have three children together: Jackson, 16, Ava, 11, and River, 10.
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Mariah Carey and James Packer
On October 27 multiple sources revealed to WHO the singer and the Australian billionaire businessman split after Packer “needed a break.”
Packer, 49, proposed to Carey, 46, with a 35-carat diamond engagement ring in her hometown of New York City in January, just months after they took their relationship public last September.
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