21 Celebrities Who Married Their Mistresses

Multi-award winning actress Michelle Williams will always be known for her romantic connection to her late co-parent, Heath Ledger — but she never gave up on finding love. In fact, she'd married songwriter and producer Phil Elverum back in 2018. That whirlwind marriage was short lived — and though the pair split, she was still legally wed to him when she met Thomas Kail. Rumours suggest their love affair began on set in late fall 2018 — before ithe April 2019 announcement of her split with Elverum.

Of course, it's all water under the bridge now — as Williams and Kail are living their happily ever after — they're even expecting a baby in 2020.

Unfortunately for ex-wife Julianne Phillips, Bruce Springsteen really was born to run off with bandmate Patti Sciafla. According to his memoir, it wasn’t until he tied the knot with Phillips that he realized it was Scialfa he loved. Springsteen U-Hauled with Sciafla in 1987 before officially divorcing Phillips in 1989 — after nearly four years of marriage.

Happily ever afters are real. After all, The Boss is still married to the fellow musician and the couple has been going strong for almost three decades — proving true love really does stand the test of time.

Rumour has it Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton started walking into spiderwebs before she was completely done with ex Gavin Rossdale — and while Shelton was still married to Miranda Lambert. From good friends to lovers, these two came out as an item in 2015 and have been a thing since. Though the pair aren’t officially married, the two remain one of the music industry’s cutest couples and enjoy showcasing their affections for one another on social media.

We ship it. Like these other famous celebrity couples.

Both married to other people from the day they first met at a polo match in 1970, it seems to have been love at first sight for Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. The two were suspected of having begun their affair almost immediately after that first meeting, and eventually leaving their significant others – most notable of the two being Charles’ divorce from the late and beloved Princess Diana – and making it official by tying the knot in 2005.

Current status: These two are still happily married and going strong, and while their love affair will go down as one of the most publicized unions of all time, it didn’t quite make our list of 10 scandalous love affairs that changed history forever.

Professional athlete Dwayne Wade and now-wife Gabrielle Union’s relationship has been plagued with scandal from the start. The NBA baller was alleged to have still been married to his ex-wife Siohvaughn, who would later file a lawsuit against Union for damages to her marriage. The lawsuit wouldn’t go far and Wade and Union would go on to get hitched in 2014, in spite of it coming to light that, while on a break with Union, Wade got another woman pregnant, making them just one celebrity couple who broke up, then made up, for good.

Current status: The two appear to have forged past their issues, and are still Mr. and Mrs.

Genetically blessed Hollywood heartthrobs Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are alleged to have first hooked up while on the set of their film Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2004. Fans might have embraced the rumours of their romance had it not been for the fact that Pitt was, at the time, still married to everyone’s favourite Friends alum, Jennifer Aniston. In 2005, Pitt and Aniston would divorce, with Pitt almost immediately going public with Jolie, and the two making it official in 2014 and putting Jolie on the map as one of the most famous celebrity mistresses of all time.

Current status: the two separated in 2016 amid much public scrutiny and a mass of media coverage. While the early days of their separation proved to be tense, the pair seems to have come to calmer terms since, and as of yet, their divorce has yet to be finalized.

Tom Brady’s ex, Bridget Moynahan, is an absolute stunner, but we can’t say much against the woman he’s alleged to have left her for, supermodel Gisele Bundchen. After three years with Moynahan, who was pregnant with Brady’s child when he called it quits, he went on to marry Bundchen in 2009.

Current status: the pair are still happily married and have welcomed two children to their family since marrying.

We also kind of think they look like twins, don't you? See more celebrity couples who could totally pass for twins.

Kelsey Grammer met British flight attendant Kayte Walsh while he was still married to reality TV star Camille Donatacci. Camille filed for divorce in 2010, the same year Grammer would announce that Walsh, 25 years his junior, was expecting their first child. Within weeks of his divorce from Camille being finalized, Grammer would walk down the aisle for the fourth time and marry Kayte Walsh, leaving his ex Camille to pick up the pieces – with half of his $60 million dollar fortune as the spoils of their nasty and high-profile divorce.

Current status: the two are still married and now have three children together.

Time wasn’t on their side when country singers Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert hooked up in 2005 after performing together at the CMT Awards. Shelton fell for Lambert while still married to Kanyette Williams. The couple were divorced in 2006 and Shelton went on to marry Lambert in 2011.

Current status: in 2015, amid speculation that Shelton had began seeing his costar Gwen Stefani, Shelton and Lambert announced their divorce.

Melanie Griffith and fellow actor Antonio Banderas first met while co-starring in the film Two Much. Both married at the time, both Griffith and Banderas divorced their significant others and got hitched in 1996.

Current status: the two made it work for nearly 20 years before calling it quits in 2015.

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott first met while filming a 2005 TV-movie. Both married at the time, the eager lovebirds are alleged to have begun their affair the very night they met. They quickly divorced their partners and made it official in 2006, one year after first meeting.

Current status: documenting their married life – and all of the rollercoaster moments in between – via endless reality TV shows. Are these two really the best people to be dishing out relationship advice? Maybe not, but seeing as they’ve stuck together through thick and thin, there might be a lesson in love to be learned here after all.

Latin beauty Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are said to have began their affair while he was still married to ex-wife Dayanara Torres, whom he divorced for Lopez, marrying JLo in 2004.

Current status: the pair gave birth to twins in 2008, but ultimately couldn’t make it work, separating in 2011 and finalizing their divorce in 2014.

Julia Roberts first met cameraman Danny Moder on the set of The Mexican and it was love at first sight. At the time, Roberts was already involved with actor Benjamin Bratt and Moder was married to makeup artist Vera Steimberg. After Moder divorced his wife and Roberts was free of Bratt, the two married at her ranch in New Mexico in 2002.

Current status: still going strong as husband and wife.

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Before Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn became Mr. and Mrs., O’Connell was anchored to girlfriend and E News personality Giuliana Rancic, who it was recently revealed he cheated on with now-wife Romijn, who herself had at the time only recently separated from husband John Stamos. The pair married in 2007.

Current status: living their happily ever after and busier than ever with their twin girls.

Claire Danes fell for fellow actor and co-star of Stage Beauty Billy Crudup while his partner at the time, actress Mary-Louise Parker, was pregnant with his child. The press had a field day with the story, and it showered Danes and Crudup with endless negative publicity. Though Crudup left Parker, seven months pregnant at the time, for Danes, the two wouldn’t quite make it to the altar, with Danes ending things after four years together.

Current status: these two never said “I do” to one another, but someone did make it down the altar; with Danes marrying Hugh Dancy in 1999. Billy Crudup, on the other hand, seems to be enjoying his new life with Naomi Watts.

A backup dancer for Britney Spears, Kevin Federline was far from available when he first laid eyes on the pop princess. Already engaged to the mother of his two children, Shar Jackson, Federline began an affair with Spears and within three months the two were engaged – which proved to be tricky, as it was discovered that he was still engaged to Jackson. In spite of the drama, Federline married Spears in 2004 and the pair have two children together.

The two made headlines with their relationship at the start – and at the end, divorcing in 2007 with a custody battle for their two boys turning nasty very quickly.

Swizz Beatz was still married to Mashonda Tifrere when he’s alleged to have begun his affair with singer Alicia Keys. Divorcing Tifrere in 2010, he married Keys that same year and the pair has two children together.

Current status: these two are still happily married, unlike so many others in Hollywood. See all of the celebrity couples who called it quits recently.

No stranger to infidelity rumours, US President Donald Trump had an affair with actress and former TV personality Marla Maples while still married to Ivana Trump. A few short years and one divorce later, Trump married Maples and they had a daughter together.

Current status: the marriage wouldn’t last, and the two divorced in 1999 after six years as husband and wife.

Country crooner LeAnn Rimes and actor Eddie Cibrian first met on the set of a Lifetime film in 2009. Cibrian was married to Real Housewives star Brandi Glanville at the time, mother of two of his children, and Rimes was married to Dean Sheremet. Making their choice of one another, the two filed for divorce from their partners and said “I do” in 2011. Banking on the scandal of their hookup, the two starred in a reality show intended to put a brighter spin on their love story. The show lasted only one season…

Current status: luckily for these two, their show may have been given the boot, but it hasn’t affected their marriage, as Cibrian and Rimes continue living their happily ever after.

Comedic icon Jerry Seinfeld first met public relations executive Jessica Sklar at the Reebok Sports Club in 1998. Sklar had just returned from her honeymoon with Eric Nederlander, whom she quickly divorced, marrying Seinfeld in 1999.

Current status: with his playboy days behind him, Seinfeld has settled into married life and continues to keep it going with wife Jessica.

Debra Messing had only just divorced her ex-husband when she began her romance with then-married co-star Will Chase. Chase soon divorced his wife and though the two seemed headed for the altar, they never quite made it, parting ways in 2014 after three years of dating.

Current status: Messing married Daniel Zelman in 2000, but the two divorced in 2016, and Chase, twice divorced, has so far avoided any new trips to the altar.