As consumers of the media, we all love good, well-composed, and interesting stories. Even more so, we love juicy stories, especially the ones that border the line of scandal.
While we rely on the news to keep us in tune with the world, let’s face it; we all secretly love the daily celebrity drama.
From catfights to fist fights, to babies and families, to make-ups and break-ups, we love it all.
2012 was a year full of all these celebrity moments and perhaps what was most noticeable was the overabundance of break-ups.
While break-ups in the celebrity world can be as common as the number of parties in Hollywood, it is still somewhat sad to see love disappear from these relationships between two notable people.
The most shocking relationship failures in 2012 were from the couples to which we would never expect it to happen.
On June 29, 2012, actress Katie Holmes filed for divorce from her husband, actor Tom Cruise. The couple had been married for six years and have a six-year-old daughter together named Suri. On July 9, 2012 the couple officially signed the divorce papers. This divorce is the third for Cruise and first for Holmes. Suri Cruise currently lives with her mother.
Another relationship that came to a close in 2012 was between Singer Katy Perry and comedian Russell Brand. The couple began dating in Sept. of 2009 and the two were engaged three months later. Perry and Brand married in a traditional Hindu wedding on Oct. 23, 2010. Sadly, a little more than a year later, Brand filed for divorce from Perry and the two were officially divorced in July of 2012. The reason for the split is still unknown.
After being married for nine years and having two children together, comedians and television personalities Will Arnett and Amy Poehler called it quits in Sept. 2012. The couple married on Aug. 29, 2003. They have two sons Archie, 4, and Abel, 2.
All three of these iconic couples were included in lists of celebrity break ups by NBC, The Daily News, and Fox News. Yet they are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to 2012 break-ups.
Other celebrity break ups and divorces of this past year include Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber, Leonardo DiCaprio and Erin Heatherton, Mark Sanchez and Eva Longoria, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth, Heidi Klum and Seal, Ashlee Simpson and musician Pete Wentz, and Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger.
Though not all break-ups are created equal: some were destined to happen, some leave the participants better off, and others are nothing more than tragic. Break-ups happen every day, everywhere, and, unfortunately, to everyone. The only difference is that these celebrities are thrust into the public eye to deal with their personal issues.
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