Charlize Theron and Sean Penn, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult, Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield – we remember the most beautiful Hollywood couples who broke up before reaching the altar.
Charlize Theron and Sean Penn
Nobody believed in the relationship between the ideal beauty Charlize Theron and the Hollywood rebel Sean Penn. From the very beginning, the world media talked about another PR romance that would not last even a couple of months. Penn has never been known for his flexible character and loyalty to his ladies, while Charlize, on the contrary, has always been known for her serious attitude towards marriage and family. Her 9-year romance with Stuart Townsend, which ended in January 2010, was considered one of the exemplary ones in Hollywood – the couple not only loved each other, but never gave rise to gossip.
Theron and Penn had known each other for many years; they had both a professional relationship and a strong friendship, which at the end of 2013 grew into a passionate romance. The actors did not hide their relationship from the very beginning. The paparazzi happily caught the heroes leaving a store, home, or beauty salon, where Charlize and Seann enjoyed going together. The couple began living together after a couple of months. They say that the reason for such a rapid development of relations was Charlize’s adopted son Jackson, with whom Sean developed a wonderful and warm relationship. In the summer of the same year, the actor proposed marriage to Theron. At the same time, messages began to appear from “sources close to the couple” that the actors doted on each other and were ready to live hand in hand for the rest of their lives.
Taught by the experience of Penn’s previous relationships, the paparazzi did not miss the opportunity to catch the actor in the company of other women, but still suffered defeat in this field; more often than not, these were mutual acquaintances of the couple. But photos of Sean in a state of alcoholic intoxication were taken quite often. The actor is known for his unhealthy passion for strong drinks and illegal drugs. Perhaps this was the reason for the separation, as well as the violent nature of the groom. To this day, Penn is remembered for his marriage to Madonna, his difficult and unstable relationship with Robin Wright, and dozens of other fleeting affairs with the most famous beauties of Hollywood, which all inevitably ended in a scandalous breakup. Foreign media suggest that it was the discrepancy between characters, views on a joint future and Penn’s inability to change himself that caused the separation.
The wedding was supposed to take place on August 7, 2015, on Charlize’s 40th birthday, but, as we know, the marriage was not destined to happen. It is known that Theron was the initiator of the breakup, and the couple broke up after a joint vacation that followed the Cannes Film Festival, where the lovers were last seen together.
Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp
14 years of relationship, two children and a sea of love – none of this became a significant reason for marriage. Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp met when he was 35 and she was 25. Their acting careers were just taking off at that moment. In the same year, Depp starred in the legendary film “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” which brought him fame and his first crowds of female fans. And Paradis already had a Cesar award behind her for “The White Wedding,” where the young actress played the main role, a contract with Chanel and world fame. However, despite the years they lived together, the couple broke up in 2012. The reason is the relationship between Johnny Depp and then 25-year-old Amber Heard that began on the set of The Rum Diary. The couple got married in February 2015, but 2 years later Amber filed for divorce due to domestic violence from Depp.
Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb
Sofia Vergara got married for the first time in 1991 – her classmate Joe Gonzalez became the chosen one of the future star. In this marriage, she had a son, Manolo, who, by the way, did not save the couple from separation. After an unsuccessful family experience, Sofia did not advertise her personal life too much until 2012, when it became known that Vergara was engaged to businessman Nick Loeb. Fans of the actress were looking forward to the beauty’s wedding, but the couple unexpectedly broke up with the words that lightness and love had left their relationship, and they did not intend to torment each other for the rest of their lives.
But Vergara’s fans still waited for the wedding of their idol – some time after the breakup with Loeb, the sultry Colombian began dating American actor Joe Manganiello, known for the series “True Blood,” and married him in 2015.
Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield
Emma and Andrew have been together since 2011. The couple met on the set of Spider-Man. The guys immediately fell in love with each other, as is often the case with actors. However, their relationship did not end with filming, as fans and journalists initially thought. Stone and Garfield continued to meet off-site. At some point, information leaked to the tabloids that the actors were going to get married. The celebration was to take place in Rome. But, unfortunately, already in April 2015, representatives of the couple told the media that the actors had broken off their relationship. A couple of years after the breakup, Emma and Andrew made another attempt to “build love,” but it also failed. Stone is now happy with Saturday Night Live screenwriter Dave McCary, with whom she shares a daughter.
Uma Thurman and Arpad Busson
At some point, this couple became a habit of breaking up. Uma and Arpad first broke off their relationship in 2009, after which they decided to try their luck again, but broke up again in 2014. The reason was terribly banal – the impossibility of living in two cities and the unwillingness of any of the lovers to compromise. Thurman chose to live and work in New York, while her ex-fiancé returned to London. By the way, the couple did not manage to separate peacefully – after the breakup, Thurman and Busson fought for a long time in court for the right to custody of their common daughter Luna.
Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter
The eccentric couple did not like banality in anything – not in relationships, not in movies, not in clothes. The popular director and the equally popular actress lived together for 13 years, but never got married. This kind of thing is simply not their style. In 2014, the ex-lovers announced that they were no longer together, but continue to communicate and be friends, because they have two good reasons for this – son Billy and daughter Nell. In 2018, it became known that Bonham Carter was dating writer Ray Holmboe, but Burton kept his personal life secret (which, however, did not stop the media from attributing the director an affair with his current muse, actress Eva Green).
Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult
Things kept going wrong between these two charming young actors. Lawrence and Holt started dating in 2011, but after a couple of years the couple broke up, leaving fans wondering what really happened. The spark was rekindled during the filming of X-Men: Days of Future Past. But the relationship again did not stand the test of time, and in August 2014, a little over a year after the start of the romance, the couple separated again. The couple dreamed of a future together, but could not go against the circumstances – the busy schedule of the actors and the inability to spend enough time together took their toll. Fans of the couple continued to dream of a reunion of their idols, but it never happened, and Jennifer seemed to have met her other half in the person of Cooke Maroney, director of the New York art gallery Gladstone Gallery, whom she married. Nicholas has been in a relationship with Briana Holly since 2017; in 2018, the couple became parents for the first time.
Steven Tyler and Erin Brady
The famous rocker was officially married twice. Stephen’s third marriage was not destined to take place (although, perhaps, everything is still to come). Tyler proposed to his lover, model Erin Brady, with whom he had lived together for several years at that time, during a romantic trip to Hawaii. But he soon considered that the decision was hasty and took back his words, after which the couple broke up. The official reason is Aerosmith’s upcoming tour, the unofficial reason is Tyler’s reluctance to commit himself again.
Katy Perry and John Mayer
The couple began their relationship in 2012, and a year later rumors of an engagement appeared in the media. It seemed that we were about to see Katie’s wedding dress and the first photos from the celebration, but this did not happen, and the couple broke up. After some time, the musicians got back together, but not for long. They say that Mayer simply could not come to terms with the success of his beloved. A few years later, Katie found personal happiness in the person of actor Orlando Bloom. True, at first, not everything was smooth for the singer and star of “Pirates of the Caribbean” either – at some point the couple broke up, but love turned out to be stronger than temporary differences. In February 2019, Perry and Bloom announced their engagement, and in 2020 the couple had a daughter, Daisy.
Elizabeth Olsen and Boyd Holbrook
In 2014, Elizabeth Olsen announced her engagement to Boyd Holbook, whom she dated for two years. The event occurred exactly two weeks after the sister of actress Mary-Kate showed her engagement ring. Many then said that the couple was simply in a hurry. And they turned out to be right. Olsen and Holbrook broke up before getting married. Mary-Kate, by the way, has already separated from her husband, businessman Olivier Sarkozy (brother of the ex-president of France).