There are a lot of pressures and temptations in the glamorous world of celebrities, where prosperity and wealth frequently go together. Regrettably, a number of the biggest celebrities in Hollywood have had extramarital affairs that have caused controversies in the public eye as well as misery in private. These married celebrities’ extramarital affairs made headlines that are as follows:
Tori Spelling and Dignitary McDermott
The start of Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott’s romance was marked by scandal. When they got together on the set of the television film “Mind over Murder” in 2005, they were both married to someone else. McDermott was married to Mary Jo Eustace, to whom he has a kid, while Spelling was married to Charlie Shanian. They both divorced from their previous partners and married each other in 2006 because of their instant and passionate attachment.
Justin Theroux and Heidi Bivens
When Justin Theroux started working on Wanderlust with Jennifer Aniston, he was in the middle of a 14-year relationship with Heidi Bivens. Although they had met through mutual connections, the two had no idea how much their friendship would bind them. Months after his breakup with Heidi, Justin and Jennifer become romantically involved. Justin and Jennifer dated until they got married in 2015. Late in 2017, they also broke up.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
While Amber Heard had been dating her lover Tasya van Ree for five years, Johnny Depp had been dating Vanessa Paradis for thirteen years. Heard and Depp met while co-starring in the 2011 film The Rum Diaries. After their split in May 2016, the world has learnt through a series of court fights that their relationship was undoubtedly turbulent.
Eddie Cibrian and Brandi Glanville
When Eddie Cibrian was cast opposite LeAnn Rimes in the 2009 movie Northern Lights, he had been married to Brandi Glanville for eight years. Brandi found out about the two’s relationship after Us Weekly published pictures of them kissing in a restaurant. Although there was a dramatic fallout, the three are now at peace. Since 2011, LeAnn and Eddie have been wed.
Kristen Stewart and Rupert Sanders
Hollywood star Kristen Stewart, best known for playing “Bell Swan” in the hit television series “Twilight Saga,” rendered headlines in 2012 when photos of her with director Rupert Sanders went viral on the internet, demonstrating that Stewart was having an affair. This was shocking because Stewart had been in a high-profile relationship with co-star Robert Pattinson during this time, and Sanders had previously tied the knot to Liberty Ross. The connection between Stewart and Sanders and their partners ended when the photos of them in indicative poses came out.
Dominic West and Catherine FitzGerald
Famous British actor Dominic West was seen kissing his co-star Lily James in Rome. This incident gave rise to a great deal of controversy regarding his marriage with Catherine FitzGerald. To show their togetherness and dedication to their marriage, Dominic West and Catherine FitzGerald arranged a photo op outside their house in reaction to the media attention. In the picture, they shared a kiss and appeared as a couple. Following this event, FitzGerald and West both made public declarations reaffirming their commitment to their marriage and resolving any issues that arose.
Humphrey Bogart and Mayo Methot
When Humphrey Bogart was cast opposite Lauren Bacall, then 19 years old, in To Have and Have Not, he was forty-four years old and five years into his supposedly unhappy marriage to Mayo Methot. To the dismay of director Howard Hawks—who had his eye on Lauren—sparks flew, and an affair started.
Jacqueline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy
One of the most well-known celebrity scandals in contemporary history, including both Hollywood and politics, is this one. When JFK was still married to Jacqueline Kennedy, there were rumors that JFK had an affair with Marilyn Monroe. Monroe’s well-known performance of “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” during Kennedy’s birthday celebration in 1962 fuelled rumors about their romance.
Jesse James and Sandra Bullock
The well-known television broadcaster and motorbike constructor Jesse James formally acknowledged deceiving his ex-wife, Sandra Bullock, in 2010. He additionally acknowledged having several women in relationships. Bullock’s Oscar win for her performance in “The Blind Side” brought the incident to the public’s attention very quickly. Reports circulated repeatedly concerning Jesse James cheating on Bullock, his former wife. The couple’s separation was compelled by the revelations of cheating, which severely damaged James’ career and his prestige.
Betsy Drake and Cary Grant
Italian siren and Hollywood actress Grant first appeared in the cinema together in 1958’s Houseboat. Actress Betsy Drake, who was cast opposite her husband in the movie Houseboat, created the original script for the picture. According to the account, Grant, who was 54 at the time, had a fresh script written to replace his wife in the role after Loren started having an affair. Grant always hoped to continue the affair, but she decided to marry Carlo Ponti instead, and Drake never got credit for writing the film. The Italian celebrity first acknowledged the romance in 2014, although she contends that it was “unconsummated.”
David Letterman and Regina Lasko
In 2009, the presenter of The Late Show acknowledged his involvement in a sexual scandal six months after marrying her lover, Regina Lasko. During the program, Letterman said that he had sex with women who work for him on this show. Later, when discussing the impact of his high-profile relationship with Oprah, he admitted to cheating on both his wife and the mother of his son.
Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo
In July 2014, Adam and Behati tied the knot following nearly two years of courtship. Rumors that Adam Levine cheated on Behati Prinsloo and sought to name their kid after the woman he had an affair with began to surface less than a week after the couple announced their pregnancy.
Ryan Giggs and Stacey Cooke
Following the revelation of Ryan Giggs’s romance with Natasha Giggs, his brother’s wife, the legendary Manchester United football player Ryan, came under public criticism. The controversy severely damaged his union with Stacey Cooke and focused a great deal of public attention on his private life.
Mary-Louise Parker and Billy Crudup
Parker and Billy Crudup had a terrible breakup when he departed for Claire Danes, his co-star in “Stage Beauty.” The scandal brought love and betrayal in the entertainment industry to light and garnered a lot of media attention.
Ned Fulmer and Ariel Fulmer
After being accused of adultery, Ned Fulmer, a previous participant of the YouTube club Try Guys, was dismissed from the group by his wife, Ariel Fulmer, and other members. Fulmer was caught on camera sharing a kiss at a New York club with Try Guys producer Alex Herring. Not only did the group fire Fulmer from their project, but they also purportedly removed all of his videos from their official channel.
Josh Duggar and Anna Renee
Josh Duggar, who you may remember from 19 Kids and Counting, a family reality show, has been involved in several controversies, including cheating on his wife. Worth remembering, in 2015, websites associated with the data leaks exposed that Josh Duggar had been using Ashley Madison – a web platform that provided an opportunity for cheating in marriage. On August 18, 2015, Ashley Madison was attacked, which resulted in a leak of user data revealing that Josh Duggar had been involved; this left him with no option but to confess publicly. After the revelation, Josh Duggar confessed that he cheated on his wife, Anna Duggar, and declared he was addicted to pornography. He tendered an apology to the public thus: It had taken him time to realize the trespass he had made and became a hypocrite.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
When rumors of Ben Affleck having an affair with his kids’ nanny started to circulate, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s marriage took a setback. They eventually separated despite efforts to patch things up, which included Affleck spending time in rehab, underscoring the toll that adultery takes on even well-known relationships.
Boris Becker and Barbara Feltus
Allegations emerged during Boris Becker’s marriage to Barbara Feltus about his extramarital affair with Russian model Angela Ermakova, who gave birth to a daughter. Their divorce was influenced by the scandalous affair, which also highlighted the difficulties public figures have in keeping their private lives private when under media scrutiny.
Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa
There have been reports of Bruce Springsteen’s involvement with his backup vocalist, Amanda Moore. Springsteen and Scialfa have openly upheld their marriage and familial relationship despite the suspicions. However, their marriage had troubles from the start because of their age gap, a lack of proper communication, Springsteen’s tour commitments, and his own anxieties.
Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner
Jazz diva Frank Sinatra started to date actress Ava Gardner while he was nevertheless married to his wife Nancy, to whom he had three kids. The couple is regarded as one of the most notorious Hollywood couples of the 1940s and 1950s. He moved on from Nancy to Gardner and eventually got married in 1951. However, the storyline didn’t finish there. This was not the end of Sinatra’s numerous celebrity relationships throughout his life. Gardner filed for divorce in 1957 as a result of the singer’s cheating, demonstrating that not all celebrity relationships last.
Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson
Khloe Kardashian has been involved in a long-term relationship with NBA player Tristan Thompson, who has been accused of cheating on the star at least twice. In 2018, days before True’s birth, clips that depicted Tristan and other women hit the Internet. But then they wanted to put the differences aside and be together again. Tristan made headlines for another controversy in early 2019 with another popular figure on social media, which is the Kardashian-Jenner house: Jordyn Woods, Kylie Jenner’s best friend. The consequence of this incident was quite drastic and contributed to the major breakup between Khloe and Tristan.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Although there were no highly-publicized, more obvious instances of Kim cheating while still married to Kanye West, like most celebrity couples, their marriage was hardly without controversy and rumors of cheating. She also filed for divorce from him in 2021, after what seems like she had been married to him for work for six years.
Woody Allen and Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow and Allen’s relationship ended when Woody Allen was involved with Soon-Yi Previn, who was the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow, and both had an affair. The scandal that tumultuous Hollywood brought about the bitter separation affected the lives of both Allen and Farrow, as well as their careers.
Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid
Meg Ryan, the popular American celebrity, shocked audiences in 2000 when her relationship with co-star Russell Crowe came to light. Ryan was married to Dennis Quaid, a well-known actor. The love affair allegedly commenced amid the shoot of “Proof of Life.” When their affair started, both stars were involved in this film. Ryan’s marriage to her husband ended due to the scandal that resulted from the affair. Ryan’s professional life was drastically altered by the affair; therefore, it was a pivotal moment.
Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon
Ryan Philippe’s wife, Reese Witherspoon, divorced him because he had an affair with Abbie Cornish, his partner in the film Stop-Loss. Thus, the public realized how virtually impossible it is in Hollywood to maintain friendships.
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher
After Elizabeth’s husband passed away, she married Eddie Fisher, who had previously been married to Debbie Reynolds, a friend of Elizabeth’s. Following Elizabeth’s casting with Richard as the lead in Cleopatra, the marriage broke down due to an affair. They left their prior relationships to be with each other in a huge controversy after falling in love on set.
Ted Danson and Cassandra Coates
When Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg were given roles together in Made in America, nobody saw the chemistry between the recently divorced actor and the married Goldberg. For a while, they concealed the affair, but a tabloid eventually found out. After 16 years together and two kids, Cassandra filed for divorce from Ted. Ted had to spend thirty million dollars on the divorce at the time.
Harrison Ford and Mary Marquardt
When Harrison Ford was cast for Star Wars, he was married to Mary Marquardt and they had two children. He encountered a youthful Carrie Fisher there, and the two engaged in a three-month romance, which she disclosed exclusively in her 2016 autobiography, The Princess Diarist. She acknowledged that she wanted more, but things came to a stop as the movie concluded. Due to the movie, Harrison’s marriage to Mary failed to withstand his ascent to popularity, and the two separated in 1979.
John Malkovich and Glenne Headly
Glenne Headly and John Malkovich had been married for six years. When he started filming Dangerous Liaisons in 1988, it was said that his marriage was already unstable, but an affair with co-star Michelle Pfeiffer was the ultimate strike. The actor’s brief relationship with Michelle marked the beginning of a challenging period in his life.
Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson
When Frankenstein was staged in 1993, Emma Thompson was Kenneth Branagh’s wife. A year after the movie came out, they got divorced amid reports that Kenneth had an affair with Helena Bonham Carter. After that, the two dated for a while until making their relationship official in 1997. In the end, they also broke up in 1999.
Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers
Formerly one of the most popular couples in Hollywood was Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The fact that they fell in love when Tom Cruise was still married to Mimi Rogers on the set of Days of Thunder is lost in mythology. The two parted ways before the movie’s early 1990 premiere. Up until 2001, Tom and Nicole were a couple.
Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie
The romance between Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton generated a lot of gossip; however, Laura Dern was overlooked. When Billy Bob and Angelina first started dating, Laura was his fiancée. It was only after Billy Bob and Angelina’s wedding in Las Vegas went viral that Laura discovered the affair.
Smokey Robinson and Claudette Rogers
Robinson and Rogers married in 1959 at the age of 19 and divorced in 1986. In this passage, Smokey Robinson describes the pain and joy of his covert relationship with Diana Ross. The Grammy-winning musician acknowledged that when he was married to his first wife, Claudette Rogers, he dated Ross for “roughly a year.”
Kevin Hunter and Wendy Williams
In the memoir Wendy’s Got the Heat, published in 2001, the presenter of Wendy Williams Show stated that she had hired a private detective to follow her husband after he had cheated on her. Sixteen years later, when Hunter was seen out and about in New Jersey with massage therapist Sharina Hudson, he was once again suspected of cheating on Williams. Williams and the TV producer refuted reports that they had been lovers for almost ten years when they first arose in 2017. But in March 2019, there was a lot of conjecture that Hunter was the father when Hudson gave birth. After more than twenty-one years of marriage, the TV star sued for separation from Hunter, with whom she has a son named Kevin Jr., a month later.
In the end, these scandals act as an example that even individuals with the most outstanding lifestyles may be filled with difficulties in the realm of personal affairs and that popularity frequently comes with a cost: a loss in confidentiality and a great deal of media curiosity in an individual’s private life.
