Stars Who Broke Up With Their Partners and Totally Traded Up

In Hollyweird, it seems like everyone is beautiful. And pretty people tend to seek out other pretty people. That being said, when celebs break up, they can sometimes seek out even prettier people. Just another reason life is unfair.

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Meghan Markle

The Suits star was married to film director Trevor Engelson in 2011. Though they dated for years before tying the knot, the pair wound up divorced by 2013. Leading the actress to set her sights across the pond...

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Meghan Markle

...all the way to the royal family. Hello, Hot Harry! According to reports, she met her Prince back in May 2016 at a charity event in Toronto. Then, Prince Harry released an official statement confirming his relationship with the actress and condemning those who have harassed and verbally abused her. To our excitement and delight, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry got engaged! And their royal wedding on May 19, 2018 was royally awesome.

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Rihanna

She went from abusive loser Chris Brown...

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Rihanna

...to Toronto boy Drake. Frankly, anyone would've been an improvement but RiRi finally realized she didn't need to find love in a hopeless place.

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George Clooney

From former wrestler and Dancing With the Stars contestant Stacy Keibler...

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George Clooney

...to beautiful British barrister, Amal Alamuddin. Enough said.

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Blake Lively

She met cutie pie Penn Badgley on the set of Gossip Girl and it was fun while it lasted...

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Blake Lively

...but then she was cast in the not-so-good Green Lantern, met the oh-so-good Ryan Reynolds and the two are now happily married with one kid and another on the way.

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Jennifer Aniston

John Mayer is basically every woman's nightmare...

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Jennifer Aniston

...while Jen's husband, Justin Theroux, has been nothing but a dream.

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Kim Kardashian

Married a whole 72 days, their fake marriage-turned-real divorce was shocking to no one...

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Kim Kardashian

...especially Kanye West, who was basically waiting in the wings for the fiasco to be over.

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Nicole Kidman

She wasn't down with the Cruiser's "religion" so he called it quits, which we're sure she wasn't losing sleep over.

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Nicole Kidman

Because look who swooped in and showed her what real love is. None other than Keith Urban.

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Penelope Cruz

She and her Vanilla Sky co-star didn't last long, lucky for her...

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Penelope Cruz

...because she eventually found love with the handsome and super-talented Javier Bardem.

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Katie Holmes

Up until Angelina taking Brad by surprise, Katie was the reigning champ at blindsiding your husband with divorce papers. Whatever it takes, mama bears.

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Katie Holmes

And even though the coupling remains unconfirmed, we think it's safe to say that Jamie Foxx is way more easygoing than Tommy.

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Lisa Bonet

OK, this one's a coin toss since Bonet sure knows how to pick 'em. And while she's still friendly with her ex-husband, Lenny Kravitz...

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Lisa Bonet

...second husband Jason Momoa isn't exactly chopped liver. Humina-humina.

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Melanie Griffith

On paper, they never should've lasted, what with him being 22 and she 14 when they first got together. But they stayed together for years, that is, until they went their separate ways...

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Melanie Griffith

...and Melanie met future husband Antonio Banderas. They were married for 18 years but ended up divorcing in 2015.

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Gwen Stefani

Thirteen years and three sons together, she and Gavin Rossdale seemed like they were going to last forever. That is, until the nanny-banging rumours surfaced.

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Gwen Stefani

So who better to pick up the pieces than Blake Shelton, who happened to be going through his own public split, with Miranda Lambert?

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Eva Longoria

She was married to basketball player Tony Parker for four years until a cheating scandal split them up.

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Eva Longoria

She's now happily married to José Antonio Bastón, the president of the largest media company in Latin America, and could they be any cuter together?

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Olivia Wilde

She was first married to Tao Ruspoli, an actual Italian prince...

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Olivia Wilde

...but they split and she found love with the royally funny and cute Jason Sudeikis.

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Zoe Saldana

She was with entrepreneur Keith Britton for 11 years, but they eventually called off the engagement.

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Zoe Saldana

She eventually found love and marriage and babies with Italian artist Marco Perego.

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Katy Perry

Katy and Russell Brand were kind of perfect together but they never saw each other, a relationship hazard for most famous people.

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Katy Perry

After some off-ing and on-ing with John Mayer, she has unofficially started dating Orlando Bloom. Definitely a step up.

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Amanda Seyfried

We thought Amanda and Justin Long were going to be together forever...

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Amanda Seyfried

...and while we'll never know why they split, she is now married to Thomas Sadoski.

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Rachel Weisz

She and Darren Arronofsky were together for ages before they called it quits...

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Rachel Weisz

...and now she's with Craig. Daniel Craig.

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Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen started dating Anne Heche in 1997, the year she came out as a lesbian. They split three years later...

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Ellen DeGeneres

...and after a few years with Alexandra Hedison, she began dating Portia de Rossi, whom she would marry as soon as the same-sex marriage ban in California was overturned.

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Mila Kunis

She dated Macauley Culkin for years...

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Mila Kunis

...but reconnected with old friend/former co-star/first kiss giver-turned-baby daddy/husband Ashton Kutcher.

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Angelina Jolie

She went from Billy Bob Thornton's vial of blood around her neck...

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Angelina Jolie

...to her Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-star, Brad Pitt. But now that this golden era of Hollywood coupledom is dead, who will she move on to next?

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Ciara

Future and Ciara first met while working together. They got engaged and had a baby, but soon after their son arrived, things turned sour. Once it was clear she definitely didn't want any future with ahem, Future...