Being a celebrity is not easy. They are constantly hunted and hounded by the paparazzi, and any scandalous behavior or controversy will undoubtedly end up splashed across social media and the tabloids, including their affairs. In some cases, however, a side chick or guy will take center stage. You cannot help loving someone, after all, no matter who gets hurt in the process. The following celebrities decided that their mistresses and masters were worthy of marriage.
Over 30 Celebrities Who Tied The Knot With Their Side Pieces
Miranda Lambert
Following their pairing during the CMT 100 Greatest Duets show, something sparked between Shelton and Miranda Lambert. It all happened while they were sharing a stage during a rehearsal. According to Shelton, they both failed to ignore the building mutual attraction. Shelton could not help pursuing Mrs. Lambert, despite her marriage to Kanyette Williams. This relationship became serious in 2011, when Shelton and Miranda became engaged. Not that they would be happy for very long, however, but that is a topic for a later stage…
Miranda Lambert
Angelina Jolie
The following case is perhaps the most controversial in recent history. Angelina Jolie and her Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-star, Brad Pitt, developed an on-set romance throughout the film’s 2004 production. This would have been fine, if Pitt was not married to Jennifer Anniston at the time. The couple split up in 2005, and in 2006, Jolie and Pitt picked up where they left off. Not that Mr. and Mrs. Smith would last either, as Pitt and Jolie subsequently divorced in 2016.
Angelina Jolie
Britney Spears
Pop sensation Britney Spears fell in love with one of her backup dancers, called Kevin Federline. The two began dating in 2014 and following just three months of passionate dating, were engaged. The only thing blocking the madly in love Spears and Federline was the latter’s wife, Shar Jackson. To make things worse, Jackson was pregnant with their second child. Ultimately, Federline and Spears tied the knot, a marriage that produced a couple of sons. Their marriage would be intensely brief, unsurprisingly, and their 2006 divorce was inevitable.
Britney Spears
LeAnn Rimes
No one expected LeAnn Rimes, a sweet and seemingly harmless country music artist, to be such a homewrecker. It was in 2009 that Rimes met Eddie Cibrian, a dashing actor, while the two were working on The Northern Lights for Lifetime. The two soon fell in love, and quickly set about divorcing their respective spouses in 2011. By 2012, the two were happily married. Cibrian’s ex-wife happens to be Brandi Glanville, who mercilessly discussed her former husband’s infidelity on her reality show, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
LeAnn Rimes
Tori Spelling
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott believed that they were fated to be together and even called themselves “soul mates.” Such an irresistible bond formed in 2005 when the two were drawn together on the Mind Over Murder set. Soul mates or not, both Spelling and McDermott had real-world obligations to their respective husband and wife of the time. In just a single month, the two were mutually divorced, and 2006 saw the fulfillment of their shared romantic destiny. Today, they have four kids together.
Tori Spelling
Wade Union
Actress Gabrielle Union and NBA all-star Dwayne Wade supposedly commenced their affair while the athlete was still sharing a home with his wife Siovaughn Funches-Wade and their two kids. Union has yet to admit that this did indeed occur. Eventually, the baller filed for divorce, a decision that spurned Siovaughn to the point that she sued Union due to the psychological trauma that her kids endured due to the affair. Wade and Union are happily married to this day.
Wade Union
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys has written many songs about the pains she has suffered at the hands of unethical partners. Which is her affair with record producer, businessman, and rapper Swizz Beatz was so ironic. Swizz and Keys became intimate in 2008, when the record producer was still married to ex-wife Mashonda, another R&B artist. Keys maintains that Mashonda and Swizz were history by the time that they got cozy. Swizz and Keys eventually tied the know in 2010 and have two kids together.
Alicia Keys
Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts was the highest-paid actress in the world at one stage after a string of highly successful romance and drama films. Not all her films were hits, however. If you do not remember the early 2000s film, The Mexican, then its cinematographer Danny Moder and actress Julia Roberts certainly do. The pair commenced their romance while Moder had a wife called Vera Steimberg and Julia Roberts was dating Benjamin Bratt. The two cheaters would eventually tie the knot.
Julia Roberts
Amber Heard
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard supposedly became “friends” on the set of the 2009 romantic comedy, The Rum Diary. It was from there that their romance blossomed. Heard was 28 years old at the time. Depp would eventually break off his 14-year commitment to Vanessa Paradis, with whom he had kids. Heard and Depp would then be together properly, for better or for worse. This couple’s time together ended with a highly controversial court case.
Amber Heard
Claire Danes
It was during the production of Stage Beauty that Bully Crudup and Claire Danes crossed paths. Things started getting serious between Danes and Crudup, to the point that the latter actor abandoned his wife, who was pregnant at the time. But Danes would soon lose interest in Crudup when she met another actor called Hugh Dancy in the 2006 set of Evening. Crudup was shut up. Dancy and Danes would tie the knot in 2009, and had their first child together in 2013.
Claire Danes
Melanie Griffith
Antonia Banderas and Melanie Griffith met during the production of Two Much, which as you have probably guessed from its name, was not a very good film. Still, Banderas and Griffith did get something out of the experience, namely an affair. Both actors were married at the time, but divorced their respective spouses so that they could marry each other. Their nuptial lasted 20 years, and they divorced in 2016. Apparently, Banderas was not faithful to Griffith while they were married.
Melanie Griffith
Jennifer Lopez
Given that R&B superstar Jennifer Lopez and fellow artist Marc Anthony tied the knot in under a week’s time following Anthony’s divorce, we assume that the two were intimate long before Anthony parted ways with Dayanara Torres, a former Miss Universe. It would be almost impossible for them to have just met following Anthony’s divorce, given the timeline of events. The two had their wedding in 2004, with Lopez giving birth to twins. Sadly, their marriage would end in 2011.
Jennifer Lopez
Soon-Yi Previn
The following case is rather disturbing, so be forewarned before reading further. Woody Allen and Mia Farrow ignited a major Hollywood controversy when their 10-year relationship suddenly ended. The scandal was exacerbated by one sordid detail: Allen was sexually involved with Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of his former partner. Soon-Yi was aged 21 at the time, and later married Allen in 1997, who was 56-years old when the scandal erupted. The irregular couple shares two children.
Soon Yi Previn
Debra Messing
When Smash actress Debra Messing divorced Daniel Zelman, it didn’t take long for the truth to come out. Messing had been messing around with Will Chase, a fellow Smash actor. Chase was also married during this period, and proceeded to break things off with his spouse shortly after Messing did so. The newly freed couple would enjoy some happiness until 2014, when they went their separate ways. The two never married, however, and Will went off to chase other women while Debra stopped messing with people’s relationships.
Debra Messing
Gisele Bündchen
Gisele is the kind of woman that has probably led many straight men to do things they did not believe were within their means. Take NFL legend Tom Brady for example, who impregnated Gisele while he was still with his ex, Bridget Moynahan. The beautiful couple broke some eggs to make their omelet and eventually tied the knot in 2009. Today, they are the parents of two kids. Their relationship has not been the easiest, but it has lasted either way.
Gisele Bundchen
Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall
We finally introduce our first royal scandal, between Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince Charles. Despite being fiercely in love with one another, Charles’s royal duties forced him to marry Princess Diana. Camilla, on the other hand, wedded Andrew Parker Bowles. The two lovebirds were always close, however, and would eventually engage in 2005 after a lengthy, difficult, and ultimately tragic end to Charles’s marriage to Diana. Charles and Camilla are still happily together to this day.
Camilla Duchess Of Cornwall
Traci Lynn Johnson
Tiki Barber, the retired NFL legend, was steadily rising through the broadcasting ranks shortly after hanging up his football helmet for the last time. It was around this time that he met Traci Lynn Johnson, an intern. The intern and the freshly retired NFL player soon became more than friends, much to Johnson’s wife’s dismay, especially given that she was about to give birth to twins. Of course, Johnson would soon divorce his now ex-wife. Eight days later, Barber and Johnson married. Today they are parents to a daughter.
Traci Lynn Johnson
Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld might be one of the most famous and successful comedians of all time, but he is not necessarily the best behaved. You see, Seinfeld met the newly wedded Jessica in a gym, and she obviously enjoyed his humor so much that she divorced her husband very quickly. In 1998, Jessica married, divorced, and a month later was engaged again to Jerry Seinfeld. Their marriage has lasted the test of time, and they have three kids.
Jerry Seinfeld
Ryan Shawhughes
Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman were happily married until they decided to employ Ryan Shawhughes as their nanny. In no time at all, the woman caring for their two kids was soon caring for Ethan, too. The marriage dissolved in 2004 once Thurman learned the hideous truth. Still, Ethan and Ryan married in a 2008 ceremony, and have two kids together. Hopefully, Ryan made sure to hire the least attractive nanny possible, given her husband’s type.
Ryan Shawhughes
Kayte Walsh
Kelsey Grammar was busy warming up to Kayte Walsh, a flight attendant that was 25 years younger than him, all while his spouse, Camille, was gearing up for her first appearance in the hit reality show, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Camille eventually found out, of course, and filed for divorce in 2010. Kelsey didn’t wait very long to come forward with his new relationship after his 2011 divorce from Camille. Kayte and Kelsey then married and had two children together.
Kayte Walsh
Brittany Kerr
It was in 2012 that Brittany Kerr, the former Idol contestant, and Jason Aldean, a country artist, were spotted getting cozy with one another. Aldean then claimed that he was intoxicated and forced his wife of the time, Jessica Ussery, to fly to his defense in the tabloids. Not that any of these strategies mattered, however, as Aldean filed for divorce in 2013. By 2014, he and Kerr were engaged. Sometimes, honesty is the best tactic.
Brittany Kerr
Rebecca Romjin
Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romjin started seeing each other behind closed doors at a period when the former was already taken. Giuliana Rancic, an E! presenter, was the victim this time. Rancic had recently divorced John Stamos, only to have her heart broken once more. Regardless of the collateral damage, Romjin and O’Connell made their vows in 2007 and are the parents of two kids. Isn’t it ironic when a tabloid presenter becomes the center of her own public drama?
Rebecca Romjin
Patti Scialfa
Legendary American artist Bruce Springsteen met Patti Scialfa of E Street Band in 1988 during the ironically named Tunnel of Love Express Tour. They quickly fell for one another, while Springsteen fell out of love with his wife of the time, Julianne Phillips, an actress. The tour had not even finished when Springsteen and Phillips divorced. It was in 1991 that Springsteen and his new squeeze Scialfa married and had three kids together. Bruce, you heartbreaker!
Patti Scialfa
Oksana Grigorieva
Mel Gibson made the hard choice of leaving his wife of 30 years after laying eyes on Oksana Grigorieva, a Russian artist. Oksana might have been quite young at the time, but that didn’t stop Mel from knocking her up. The two never married, however, and their relationship was short-lived. Six months after Oksana gave birth, the two went their separate ways. Shockingly, Oksana later accused Gibson of abusing her, leading to a long and difficult legal case.
Oksana Grigorieva
Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams is a veteran Hollywood actress, famous for her many dramatic performances. Speaking of drama, Williams tied the knot with Heath Ledger, who would soon pass away. Ln 2018, Williams remarried, this time to producer and composer Phil Elverum. Not that they would stay together for long, as Williams soon started seeing Thomas Kail, a filmmaker. Her marriage to Elverum ended shortly after he learned of his wife’s betrayal, and Williams married Kail in 2020. They have a child together.
Michelle Williams
Gwen Stefani
We now return our attention to Blake Shelton, as promised. Shelton and Miranda Lambert split up in 2015, supposedly for cheating on her with Gwen Stefani. You might remember Stefani as the former pop-punk band No Doubt’s lead singer. She was also part of The Voice as a co-judge. Ironically, Stefani was in the process of her own divorce with Gavin Rosedale, who had cheated on her. Today, Stefani and Shelton are still happily together and are now engaged.
Gwen Stefani
Kevin Hart
According to Kevin Hart’s former wife, Torrei Hart, the funny man started an affair with Eniko Parrish while they were married. Of course, when Parrish discovered that the joke was on her, she filed for divorce. Parrish and Hart soon recovered, and made their vows in 2016. This comedian might enjoy making light of everything, but we’re sure that ex-wife Torrei Hart was not laughing. Hopefully, everyone involved in the situation will be able to laugh it off in time.
Kevin Hart
Humphrey Bogart
It turns out that the classic Hollywood heartthrob was just as much a heartbreaker in real life as he was in his films. You see, his marriage to Mayo Methot crashed and burned when the 46-year-old Bogart divorced her for the 19-year-old Lauren Bacall, who he had met on the set of To Have and Have Not. Bogart didn’t seem to care much for a grace period, however, as he married the much younger Bacall half a year later.
Humphrey Bogart
Jennifer Anniston
While Jennifer Anniston was greatly pitied when it came out that her ex, Brad Pitt, had been cheating on her, that does not mean that she is an angel herself. Supposedly, Anniston and her Wanderlust co-star Justin Theroux became intimate in 2012 during the film’s production. Said romance blossomed while Theroux was very much in a relationship, who he ultimately left. About two years later, Theroux declared his new relationship with the Friends star, and they wedded in 2015.
Jennifer Anniston
Triple H
Wrestling fans might remember this smackdown of a scandal involving Paul Levesque, better known as Triple H, and Joanie Lauer, stage name Chyna. Toward the end of the 90s, Levesque and Lauer were legitimately dating, both inside and outside of the WWF’s dramatic and ongoing plots. Triple H would later develop a proper relationship with Stephanie McMahon, however, which would also go beyond the theatrics of the wrestling federation. Triple H and McMahon would later marry.
Affairs are always messy, and they rarely end happily. There are many affairs that evolved into “legitimate” relationships that ended tragically. Let’s now turn our attention to those kinds of celebrity mishaps!
Triple H
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The muscular action star from Austria has enjoyed plenty of relationships in his time, but Maria Shriver has been his wife for almost 25 years. Not that this has been the happiest of marriages, however, given how many scandals have erupted throughout its proceedings. The worst moment was definitely the Terminator’s affair with Mildred Baena, who, when not cleaning his home, was getting frisky with the action hero legend. They even had a child together!
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jesse James
You would have to be crazy to cheat on a woman as wonderful, beautiful, and talented as Sandra Bullock, but the truth is stranger than fiction. Jesse James and Sandra Bullock seemed like the picture of healthy and happy relationships, but unknown to Bullock, James was having multiple affairs behind her back. It was in 2010 that the ugly truth came out when a large group of women came forward about their affairs with James. It didn’t take long for the couple to divorce after the scandal broke.
Jesse James
Hank Baskett
This next story involves Kendra Wilkinson, who you might remember as being one of three girlfriends to the late Playboy godfather, Hugh Hefner. Well, Kendra got her own show, and a more regular partner, called Hank Baskett. Sadly, Baskett would have an affair while Kendra was pregnant with his child. Baskett tried to play the situation off like it wasn’t his fault, blaming a pair of transgender women for attacking him. Regardless of the truth, the two stuck it out and are still a thing.
Hank Baskett
Alex Rodriguez
Who doesn’t love Madonna? Namely, Cynthia Scurtis, and for good reason. Scurtis was once married to Alex Rodriguez, at least until he cheated on her with Madonna. When the truth came out, Scurtis took a trip to Paris for a dramatic conversation with People Magazine. There she declared that her man’s affair with the pop star was the nail in the coffin, and she divorced Rodriguez. Interestingly, Madonna was also wedded during the scandal, despite denying being unfaithful.
Alex Rodriguez
Hugh Grant
Most affairs, despite being cruel, still fall on the right side of the law. Not Hugh Grant’s fling, however, which involved a sex worker. Grant was subsequently arrested for his 1995 $60 favor, and his relationship with Elizabeth Hurley was on thin ice. Unfortunately, they would not be able to reconcile the past, and five years following Hugh’s stint, the two split up. They have, however, resolved their differences, and are good friends to this day.
Hugh Grant
Meg Ryan
Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan were quite a cute married couple, once upon a time. That was until Ryan began working on the set of the film Proof of Life, however. It was there that she met Russel Crowe, and their on-screen chemistry translated into the real world only too well. Quaid would not stand to be cuckolded, of course, and broke things off with Ryan, legally. Crowe, on the other hand, was involved with Danielle Spencer.
Meg Ryan
Kobe Bryant
We hate to sully the late legend’s name, but Kobe Bryant was embroiled in quite a disturbing incident. Bryant was accused of sexual assault by a concierge of a hotel that he stayed at. The two clearly had sex, and not the most pleasant kind. While the evidence was rather ambiguous at the time, Bryant ended up winning the case, and returned to his spouse Vanessa unscathed, with who he remained until he tragically passed away in 2020.
Kobe Bryant
Kristen Stewart
Vampire prince and princess Robert Pattinson and Kirsten Stewart of Twilight superstardom soon started dating while their on-screen romance was happening. Stewart was also caught hanging out with Rupert Sanders, however, and a crisis exploded. Pattinson didn’t take kindly to the news, and dumped Stewart quickly. Stewart regrets her actions and sees her early 20s as a volatile stage in her life: “Speaking very candidly, it was a really traumatic period in my early 20s that kick-started something in me that was a bit more feral.”
Kristen Stewart
Hulk Hogan
This is a strange case, involving legendary wrestling half of Famer Hulk Hogan and Heather Cole, who was at the time the wife to Hogan’s pal “Bubba the Love Sponge.” Hogan and Cole would, for some reason, decide to make a sex tape together. When Gawker leaked the tape, Hogan sued him, and it was revealed during the trial that Hogan had tried to seduce Cole’s spouse. It’s a strange case, as well as confusing.
Hulk Hogan
Katherine McPhee
Many television and film sets become mired with controversy, the sitcom Smash being a great example of how not to conduct business. Smash actress Katherine McPhee became romantically involved with the show’s director, Michael Morris. Both were married during the incident, with Nick Cokas being Morris’s spouse. McPhee, on the other hand, did not repent for her actions, and her husband divorced her as a result. McPhee said that she did not regret the affair, as it taught her a valuable lesson.
Katherine McPhee
Michael Morris
Now, let’s hear Michael Morris’s side of the story. At the time of his affair with Katherine McPhee, which took place in 2013, Morris was wedded to Mary McCormack, who he had been married to since 2003. The couple had 3 daughters, which always makes an affair messier. Unlike McPhee, however, Morris managed to work things out with his spouse, as their marriage is still standing strong today. Affairs do not always spell the doom for a relationship, it seems.
Michael Morris
Marilyn Manson
Shock performer and artist Marylin Manson initially encountered the barely 18 years old Evan Rachel Wood and quickly began romancing her (in his own way). Manson happened to have a wife, however, burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese. They soon divorced, of course, and Manson and Wood continued their relationship. Wood was still very young at the time, and had not come into her own as an adult. By the time she did, things were over between her and Manson.
Marilyn Manson
Dean McDermott
McDermott was wedded to Mary Jo Eustace when he became a part of the made-for-television film Mind Over Murder. It was on this movie’s set that McDermott met and began seeing Tori Spelling, his co-star. The two cheating actors would divorce their respective spouses, but that wouldn’t stop McDermott from cheating on Spelling at a later stage, a moment that Spelling saw the irony of. She stated on True Tori that karma is a very real force.
Dean McDermott
Frank Sinatra
Legendary crooner Frank Sinatra is a legend in American and global music history for his many smash hits, bad-boy charisma, and good looks. Such a deadly combination was bound to land the 20th-century musical treasure in hot water at some stage. Frank Sinatra was very much married to Nancy, his initial wife, when he became entangled with Ava Gardner. Sinatra would later split up with Nancy and tie the knot with his mistress in 1951. Not that Sinatra was faithful to Gardner either, and they divorced in 1957.
Frank Sinatra
Robin Thicke
Robin Thicke was spotted with a strange lady at a bar, and the photos eventually surfaced, greatly upsetting Paula Patton, Thicke’s wife. Thanks to a very well-positioned photo, Thicke’s hand was spotted resting on lady X’s derriere thanks to a reflection. The Thicke marriage quickly dissolved. Even more disturbingly, Thicke had supposedly attempted a sexual encounter on Valentine’s Day but was unable to get his groove on due to extreme cocaine intoxication. Talk about a wild child!
Robin Thicke
Gavin Rossdale
You might remember our earlier mention of Gwen Stefani? Well, she would get a taste of her own medicine when husband Gavin Rossdale was revealed to have been seeing the nanny after work hours. Stefanie discovered their sordid romance due to her shared iPad cloud account. Stefani, to her horror, browsed through various explicit images and messages sent by her employee to her husband. Stefani split up with Rossdale quickly after her dark finds, and the nanny was ousted.
Gavin Rossdale
Tiger Woods
You might remember an explosive case of domestic violence where Tiger Woods was hunted by the golf club-wielding Eli Nordegren, who was also his wife. Woods tried to make a speedy getaway in his 2009 Escalade, but crashed into his property’s hedges. But what had driven Nordegren to violence? Try multiple affairs on Woods’ part, as reports have stated. Woods and Nordegren would go their separate ways three years later. Woods might have learned his lesson.
Tiger Woods
Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell might be one of the harshest judges in talent show production, but this time we are judging him. You see, Cowell was dating a woman called Lauren, who happened to be dating his pal, Andrew Silverman. After four years of secret dating (from 2009 onward), Lauren fell pregnant with Cowell’s child. Silverman and Lauren divorced, and then Cowell swooped in and married Lauren. Well, all’s well that ends well, but we doubt that Cowell and Silverman are still mates.
Simon Cowell