There is simply something irresistible about the glitz and glamor involved in a celebrity wedding. Living in the spotlight can prove to be a hindrance when it comes to love, however. The celebrities that you will find in this slideshow have learned this the hard way. Unfortunately, the unions that you are about to see have failed to survive the test of time. As a matter of fact, some of the people on the list decided to call it quits even though the ink on their marriage certificate has just dried. Are you ready for a walk down memory lane?
These Celebrity Marriages Were So Short That You Might Not Have Even Heard Of Them Before
Carmen Electra & Dennis Rodman — 9 Days
A lot of people were shocked when NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman and actress-model Carmen Electra got married in Las Vegas on the 14th of November 1998. However, we doubt that many were shocked to hear that the marriage was doomed. They hardly saw each other after the elopement, so they filed for an annulment only nine days later. Despite this, they continued to be seen together in public even after they announced it. By March 1999, Electra decided to simply file for divorce to speed it all up.
Carmen Electra & Dennis Rodman — 9 Days
Ali Landry & Mario Lopez — 18 Days
From the outside, you would have thought that they looked perfect together. After all, they were both attractive, young, and successful. However, it turned out that there was more to it than meets the eye. In April 2004, Ali Landry heard the rumors about his infidelities and filed for an annulment. It had not even been three weeks since they exchanged vows! A few years after that, Mario Lopez admitted that he did cheat on her at his bachelor party. Oops.
Ali Landry & Mario Lopez — 18 Days
Eminem & Kim Mathers — 2 Months (Their Second Marriage)
Did you know that Eminem and Kim Mathers got married not just once but twice? The two of them first met in the ‘90s as teenagers. In 1995, they welcomed a daughter called Hailie. The couple first tied the knot in June 1999 but got a divorce two years later. In January 2006, they decided to give it another shot and remarried. Sadly, it only lasted two months before they divorced once more.
Eminem & Kim Mathers — 2 Months (Their Second Marriage)
Ethel Merman & Ernest Borgnine — 32 Days
The truth is that there is nothing new about short marriages in the industry. Ethel Merman was a Broadway star, while Ernest Borgnine was an Academy Award-winning actor. They walked down the aisle on the 27th of July 1964. He later said that the honeymoon might have doomed them since he said that he was more recognizable than her when they were in Europe. She decided to “talk” about their brief union in her very own memoir. However, she only used a blank page to sum up her thoughts on it.
Ethel Merman & Ernest Borgnine — 32 Days
Johnny Depp & Amber Heard — 15 Months
In 2011, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard met while they were working on The Rum Diary. It is said that they hit it off right away. In 2015, they decided to tie the knot. However, their friends said that they had “nonstop drama” from the get-go. She later filed a restraining order against him by claiming that he was verbally and physically abusive towards her. They officially divorced in January 2017.
Johnny Depp & Amber Heard — 15 Months
Fred Armisen & Elisabeth Moss — 8 Months
In 2009, Fred Armisen and Elisabeth Moss met while they were working on SNL. They had a whirlwind romance and became man and wife on the 25th of October 2009. In May of the following year, they decided to lead separate lives. When Armisen made an appearance on the Howard Stern radio show, he confessed that the blame goes to him as he did not want to be “tied down to one person.”
Fred Armisen & Elisabeth Moss — 8 Months
Cher & Gregg Allman — 9 Days
Here is another short-lived marriage that did not come as a huge shock. After all, Cher and Gregg Allman got married only three days after she and Sonny Bono officially got divorced. She asked for the dissolution of the marriage only nine days after the wedding ceremony! Over the years, the two of them have engaged in an on-again, off-again relationship with each other. They have a son called Elijah Blue.
Cher & Gregg Allman — 9 Days
Drew Barrymore & Tom Green — 163 Days
This couple pretended that they were married longer than they really were. In July 2000, Drew Barrymore and Tom Green got engaged and spent almost a year feeding rumors that they had already eloped. In reality, they only tied the knot on the 7th of July 2001. Five months after that, he filed for a divorce from her and cited that there were “irreconcilable differences.”
Drew Barrymore & Tom Green — 163 Days
Milla Jovovich & Shawn Andrew — 2 Months
Did you know that Milla Jovovich was only 16 years old when she got married to Shawn Andrew? She said that she did this partly because she wanted to feel grown-up. “I was 16 and feeling emancipated, so I ran off to Vegas and got married to an actor,” she told the Daily Mail. “I’m not even into actors; I can’t bear men who are constantly aware of themselves and their looks. It wasn’t about being in love.”
Milla Jovovich & Shawn Andrew — 2 Months
Nicolas Cage & Lisa Marie Presley — 108 Days
Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage tied the knot in Hawaii on the 10th of August 2002. The actor was the third husband of Elvis Presley’s daughter! Apparently, he had asked her to marry him only 10 days before the wedding day. They spent three months together before they decided to call it off. When she spoke to People, she said, “I’m sad about this, but we shouldn’t have been married in the first place.”
Nicolas Cage & Lisa Marie Presley — 108 Days
Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries — 72 Days
It turned out that the reality TV star had her reservations about tying the knot with NBA baller Kris Humphries. They got married on the 20th of August 2011. She went with it anyway since she thought that viewers would believe she “just did it for the show [‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’].” Despite her best efforts, it did not last for long. She filed for divorce on the 31st of October 2011.
Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries — 72 Days
Kid Rock & Pamela Anderson — 122 Days
The relationship between Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock had a fairytale beginning. The two of them got hitched on the 9th of July 2006. However, they simply could not make it work. Before this, they actually called off their first engagement in 2003 as well. In November 2006, the two of them got a divorce.
Kid Rock & Pamela Anderson — 122 Days
Kenny Chesney & Renee Zellweger — 225 Days
People thought that it was a match made in heaven when Kenny Chesney and Renee Zellweger got together. The two of them tied the knot on the 9th of May 2005. The country musician and the actress tied the knot on a beach on St. John island after they met at a charity concert in January earlier that year. In September she filed for divorce and cited “fraud” as the cause!
Kenny Chesney & Renee Zellweger — 225 Days
Dennis Hopper & Michelle Phillips — 9 Days
In 1970, Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas fame met Dennis Hopper. The two of them became man and wife on the 31st of October of the same year. However, she later got fed up with his “unnatural sexual demands.” This was the reason they divorced on the 9th of November 1970.
Dennis Hopper & Michelle Phillips — 9 Days
Mike Tyson & Robin Givens — 1 Year
Not even a year after Mike Tyson and Robin Givens met, they got married in March 1988. In September 1989, they took part in a joint interview with Barbara Walters. The actress said that living with the boxer had been “worse than anything I could possibly imagine.” She filed for divorce a couple of weeks later.
Mike Tyson & Robin Givens — 1 Year
Jim Carrey & Lauren Holly — 9 Months
This actor and actress met while they were auditioning for Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly tied the knot on the 23rd of September 1996, only a year after his divorce. Unfortunately, this marriage did not live to see a full year as she filed for divorce in July 1997.
Jim Carrey & Lauren Holly — 9 Months
Katy Perry & Russell Brand — 14 Months
In October 2010, Katy Perry and Russell Brand got hitched in India. However, the relationship suffered because they had conflicting schedules. The whole world found out more about the doomed marriage on the silver screen through “Part of Me,” her very own documentary. According to the singer, the comedian only texted her to inform her that he planned to file for divorce. Their marriage had been so short-lived that Ellen DeGeneres forgot that it even happened when Perry appeared on the show.
Katy Perry & Russell Brand — 14 Months
Eddie Murphy & Tracey Edmonds — 2 Weeks
This pair went to Bora Bora for their small wedding ceremony on the first of January 2008. Most people spent time lazing about and cuddling on the honeymoon, but they ended up arguing more than anything. Two weeks after the wedding, they issued a statement through People magazine. It said, “After much consideration and discussion, we have jointly decided that we will forego having a legal ceremony as it is not necessary to define our relationship further.”
Eddie Murphy & Tracey Edmonds — 2 Weeks
Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Esposito — 4 Months
On the 30th of December 2006, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito became man and wife in a quiet ceremony. They preferred to keep things private. However, the marriage disintegrated only four months after their wedding. In 2014, she released a memoir called “Jennifer’s Way” and said, “He was funny, smart, cocky, arrogant, and a master manipulator. I didn’t necessarily find him that attractive, but I figured that I could enjoy his sense of humor and nonsense for a while.” She has yet to verify that it was about the actor, but most people believe that it really was.
Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Esposito — 4 Months
Helen Hunt & Hank Azaria — 11 Months
On the 17th of July 1999, Helen Hunt got married to Hank Azaria of The Simpsons fame. This happened only a couple of months after she bagged an Academy Award for her performance in “As Good As It Gets.” However, their separation was announced by her publicist on the 4th of August 2000.
Helen Hunt & Hank Azaria — 11 Months
Colin Farrell & Amelia Warner — 4 Months
Amelia Warner had only been 19 years old when she and Colin Farrell allegedly got married to each other in July 2001. Only four months after that, the couple decided to spit up. However, she claimed that they did not get married on an official basis. She explained that their vows had “never legal.”
Colin Farrell & Amelia Warner — 4 Months
Chad Johnson & Evelyn Lozada — 41 Days
On the fourth of July 2012, former NFL athlete Chad Johnson got married to a reality TV personality by the name of Evelyn Lozada. In August of that year, she filed for divorce after filing a domestic dispute against him. She claimed that he head-butted her and said that their marriage was “irrevocably broken.”
Chad Johnson & Evelyn Lozada — 41 Days
Chad Michael Murray & Sophia Bush — 5 Months
The world swooned when the One Tree Hill costars fell in love with each other. They got married on the 16th of April 2005. However, the Hollywood magic did not last long. “We were two stupid kids who had no business being in a relationship in the first place,” the actress said when she appeared on “Watch What Happens Live.” Only five months after the wedding, she applied for an annulment.
Chad Michael Murray & Sophia Bush — 5 Months
Aaliyah & R. Kelly — 6 Months
Not only was this marriage a secret, but it was also illegal. In August 1994, R. Kelly and Aaliyah first met when she sang for him in Chicago. ABC News reported that he had been 27 years old, while she was just 14. They somehow found a way to tie the knot by lying on the marriage license to say that she was 18. Soon enough, the word got out. The marriage was dissolved six months later. Tragically, she passed away in a plane crash in the Bahamas at the age of 22 in August 2001.
Aaliyah & R. Kelly — 6 Months
Amber Rose & Wiz Khalifa — 14 Months
Even though they were together for almost two years before they tied the knot on the 8th of July 2013, the marriage did not last long. “I feel like that we just rushed into marriage because we were so deeply in love, and we kind of had a rough patch in our marriage,” Amber Rose said when during a radio interview in 2016. She and Wiz Khalifa welcomed a son together. Even though they have gotten a divorce, the two of them remain on good terms.
Amber Rose & Wiz Khalifa — 14 Months
Chris Kattan & Sunshine Tutt — 59 Days
In 2005, Chris Kattan first met Sunshine Tutt. On Christmas Eve of the following year, the SNL alum proposed to the model. They exchanged vows on the 28th of June 2008. However, they separated on the 10th of August. Two months after that, a judge finalized their divorce on the 10th of October.
Chris Kattan & Sunshine Tutt — 59 Days
Nicky Hilton & Todd Meister — 85 Days
This hotel heiress had been 20 years old when she eloped with a 33-year-old businessman by the name of Todd Meister. They tied the knot in Las Vegas on the 15th of August. They eventually realized that it was a rash thing to do and annulled not even three months into the marriage. In 2013, his romance with his personal assistant suffered from emails that he sent Nicky Hilton, his ex-wife.
Nicky Hilton & Todd Meister — 85 Days
Jennifer Lopez & Cris Judd — 218 Days
Cris Judd was a dancer for the music video of Jennifer’s Lopez’s hit song “Love Don’t Cost a Thing.” According to him, it had been “love at first sight.” They had feelings for each other and decided to tie the knot on the 21st of September 2001. He said that the marriage felt like a “circus” because of the media attention that they received. They got a divorce in June 2002.
Jennifer Lopez & Cris Judd — 218 Days
Shannen Doherty & Ashley Hamilton — 6 Months
Ashley Hamilton and Shannen Doherty had been together for two weeks when they decided to get married in September 1993. It had been a quick courtship for them, but the same can be said about the actual marriage. After all, she applied for divorce only six months later by citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Shannen Doherty & Ashley Hamilton — 6 Months
Britney Spears & Jason Allen Alexander — 55 Hours
This has to be one of the most famous weddings that would fall into this category. Britney Spears eloped with Jason Allen Alexander, her childhood friend, on the 3rd of January 2004. They married each other in a wedding chapel in Las Vegas. “Let’s do something wild, crazy. Let’s go get married, just for the hell of it,” he explained in an interview later on. The representatives of the superstar jumped in right away to get them out of this mess. Only 55 hours after they exchanged their vows, a judge approved the annulment of the marriage.
Britney Spears & Jason Allen Alexander — 55 Hours