21 Celeb Couples Who Broke Up and Reunited — and Whether They're Still Together

Mar. 15, 2025

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Is love sweeter the second time around? Just ask these celebrity couples who split: Absence really did make the heart grow fonder, and they decided to give love a second chance.For some, includingSylvester StalloneandJennifer Flavin,Ben StillerandChristine TaylorandGabrielle UnionandDwyane Wade, their break-ups brought them back closer than ever and made their relationships that much stronger.For others, like Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (who filed for divorce in August 2024 after two years of marriage), their initial issues couldn’t be overcome.Below, check out these celebrity couples who broke up and got back together again — then see their current status.

Is love sweeter the second time around? Just ask these celebrity couples who split: Absence really did make the heart grow fonder, and they decided to give love a second chance.

For some, includingSylvester StalloneandJennifer Flavin,Ben StillerandChristine TaylorandGabrielle UnionandDwyane Wade, their break-ups brought them back closer than ever and made their relationships that much stronger.

For others, like Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (who filed for divorce in August 2024 after two years of marriage), their initial issues couldn’t be overcome.

Below, check out these celebrity couples who broke up and got back together again — then see their current status.

01of 21Jennifer Lopez & Ben AffleckJennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in 2002.DOUG KANTER/AFP via GettyAftera majorly public two-year romance, the pair called off their engagement in early 2004. Fast forward 17 years, andLopez and Affleck were back on.Rumors of Lopez and Affleck’s relationship first ignited in late April 2021 when they werespotted outside her L.A. homefollowing her split fromAlex Rodriguez. By April of 2022,they were once again engagedand in thesummer of 2022,they wed (twice!).Aftermonths dodging rumorsof a split, Lopez filed for divorce on August 20, 2024 after two years of marriage.Status:Divorcing

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Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in 2002.DOUG KANTER/AFP via Getty

Aftera majorly public two-year romance, the pair called off their engagement in early 2004. Fast forward 17 years, andLopez and Affleck were back on.

Rumors of Lopez and Affleck’s relationship first ignited in late April 2021 when they werespotted outside her L.A. homefollowing her split fromAlex Rodriguez. By April of 2022,they were once again engagedand in thesummer of 2022,they wed (twice!).

Aftermonths dodging rumorsof a split, Lopez filed for divorce on August 20, 2024 after two years of marriage.

Status:Divorcing

02of 21Cardi B and OffsetCardi B and Offset.Francis Specker/CBS via GettyCardi BandOffsethave beenon-again, off-againfor the duration of their relationship. The couple who first met in 2017 secretly wed in September of that year, before welcoming their daughter in July 2018.However, it seems their newlywed bliss was shortlived as the Bronx native announced that she and the Migos rapper had split in December 2018. They ultimately recovered and were reconciled in 2019.Cardi later filed for divorce in September 2020 after reportedly finding out Offset had been unfaithful. The two seemed to work through their issues as she called off the divorce in November that year.In December 2023, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper announced she and Offset had once again split, but didn’t file for divorce until July 2024.Status:Divorcing

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Cardi B and Offset

Cardi B and Offset.Francis Specker/CBS via Getty

Francis Specker/CBS via Getty

Cardi BandOffsethave beenon-again, off-againfor the duration of their relationship. The couple who first met in 2017 secretly wed in September of that year, before welcoming their daughter in July 2018.

However, it seems their newlywed bliss was shortlived as the Bronx native announced that she and the Migos rapper had split in December 2018. They ultimately recovered and were reconciled in 2019.

Cardi later filed for divorce in September 2020 after reportedly finding out Offset had been unfaithful. The two seemed to work through their issues as she called off the divorce in November that year.

In December 2023, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper announced she and Offset had once again split, but didn’t file for divorce until July 2024.

03of 21Sylvester Stallone & Jennifer FlavinStefanie Keenan/GettyThe longtime loves experienced a bit of a roller coaster in the summer of 2022, announcing plansto divorce in late August. In a statement to PEOPLE after Flavin filed, Stallone said, “I love my family. We areamicably and privately addressingthese personal issues.“Just a month later, though, the parents to three adult daughters,had reconciled.“They decided to meet back up at home, where they talked and were able towork out their differences. They are both extremely happy,” the actor’s rep toldPage Six.Status:Married

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Sylvester Stallone & Jennifer Flavin

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The longtime loves experienced a bit of a roller coaster in the summer of 2022, announcing plansto divorce in late August. In a statement to PEOPLE after Flavin filed, Stallone said, “I love my family. We areamicably and privately addressingthese personal issues.”

Just a month later, though, the parents to three adult daughters,had reconciled.“They decided to meet back up at home, where they talked and were able towork out their differences. They are both extremely happy,” the actor’s rep toldPage Six.

Status:Married

04of 21Christine Taylor & Ben StillerDanny Moloshok/Invision/AP/Shutterstock.After announcing their split in 2017,the longtime couplehad some happy news:They’d gotten back together.Their romantic relationship was rekindled after Stiller and Taylor decided it would be best if he moved back in with her and their two kids during the early days of the pandemic, as it would be the only way he’d be able to see the kids during the lockdown.“Then, over the course of time, it evolved,” he toldEsquire. “We were separated and got back together and we’re happy about that.““It’s been really wonderful for all of us. Unexpected, and one of the things that came out of the pandemic,” he added.Taylortold Drew Barrymorethat their time apart helped them get “to know who we are” and be better suited for each other.Status:Married

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Christine Taylor & Ben Stiller

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After announcing their split in 2017,the longtime couplehad some happy news:They’d gotten back together.

Their romantic relationship was rekindled after Stiller and Taylor decided it would be best if he moved back in with her and their two kids during the early days of the pandemic, as it would be the only way he’d be able to see the kids during the lockdown.

“Then, over the course of time, it evolved,” he toldEsquire. “We were separated and got back together and we’re happy about that.”

“It’s been really wonderful for all of us. Unexpected, and one of the things that came out of the pandemic,” he added.

Taylortold Drew Barrymorethat their time apart helped them get “to know who we are” and be better suited for each other.

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Winnie Harlow & Kyle Kuzma

Kyle Kuzma, Winnie Harlow.Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images; David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images

Though they were reported to have split in August 2021, the model and the NBA pro appeared to beback togetherjust a few months later — and recent social media posts confirm they are definitely back on!

In 2022, Harlow confirmed that Kuzma was once again her Valentine this year, sharing snaps of her romantic celebration with her on-again beauon Instagramand calling him “my Cupid,” and the two have posted plenty of loved-up snapshots since.

Status:Together

06of 21Jill Martin & Erik BrooksPaul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesToday’s Martin and financier Brooks got engaged in 2019 but split the following year, when long distance and the COVID-19 pandemic took “a toll” on them,Martin told PEOPLE.Fast forward to November 2021, when Martin announced the two had reconnected — and gotten re-engaged.They marriedin September 2022.“I used to say, ‘It literally takes my breath away to picture my life without him.’ But our relationship couldn’t stay the way it was. We needed a pause. A long pause. And we took it,” she wrote on Today.com. “We began to learn about each other again. We wanted to make sure this time would be different. Better.“And it is. “It took me 45 years to find my fairy tale. When I realized I was confident on my own, that’s when I knew Erik and I were ready to get back together,” she continued. “The realistic version of my fairy tale was ready to be written.“Status:Married

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Jill Martin & Erik Brooks

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Today’s Martin and financier Brooks got engaged in 2019 but split the following year, when long distance and the COVID-19 pandemic took “a toll” on them,Martin told PEOPLE.

Fast forward to November 2021, when Martin announced the two had reconnected — and gotten re-engaged.They marriedin September 2022.

“I used to say, ‘It literally takes my breath away to picture my life without him.’ But our relationship couldn’t stay the way it was. We needed a pause. A long pause. And we took it,” she wrote on Today.com. “We began to learn about each other again. We wanted to make sure this time would be different. Better.”

And it is. “It took me 45 years to find my fairy tale. When I realized I was confident on my own, that’s when I knew Erik and I were ready to get back together,” she continued. “The realistic version of my fairy tale was ready to be written.”

07of 21Billy Ray and Tish CyrusTish Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus attend MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Dolly Parton in 2019.Matt Winkelmeyer/GettyBilly RayandTish Cyrushad been together for 19 years before he first filed for divorce in October 2010. However, with that much history under their belts, the couple couldn’t let go of their union and dedicated to reconcile. He withdrew the petition a few months later in February 2011.The pair would stay together for a few more years before Tish filed for divorce in June 2013 before they reconciled again after working through their issues in couples therapy the same year. They ultimately decided to go their separate ways in 2022, after 28 years of marriage, and have both since remarried (though not withoutsomecontinued drama).Status: Divorced

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Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus

Tish Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus attend MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Dolly Parton in 2019.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Billy RayandTish Cyrushad been together for 19 years before he first filed for divorce in October 2010. However, with that much history under their belts, the couple couldn’t let go of their union and dedicated to reconcile. He withdrew the petition a few months later in February 2011.

The pair would stay together for a few more years before Tish filed for divorce in June 2013 before they reconciled again after working through their issues in couples therapy the same year. They ultimately decided to go their separate ways in 2022, after 28 years of marriage, and have both since remarried (though not withoutsomecontinued drama).

Status: Divorced

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Dave & Odette Annable

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The Annableswere back on, just over nine months sinceannouncing their separation.

On Aug. 3, 2020, the couple posted identical Instagram photos and captions, confirming their reconciliation with sunny smooching selfie. “2020. It ain’t all bad news. #TheAnnables,” theywrotewith the snapshot. Over on hiswife’s post, Dave playfully commented, “My post is better.”

TheBrothers & Sistersactor andSupergirlactresstied the knotin a private ceremony in Ojai, just north of Los Angeles, on Oct. 10, 2010. After nine years of marriage, the pairannounced in October 2019 that they were separating.

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Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos

Turns out Ripa and husband Consuelos had anontraditional trip to the altarahead of their May 1996 nuptials.

10of 21Miguel and Nazanin MandiMiguel and Nazanin Mandi.Jerritt Clark/GettySingerMiguelandNazanin Mandiwere together for 10 years before they got engaged in 2016. They were married at the Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Simi Valley, California in November 2018 but split in September 2021.They tried to sort out their differences and were back together in February 2022. However, they decided to go their separate ways and Mandi filed for divorce in October the same year.Status:Divorced

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Miguel and Nazanin Mandi

Miguel and Nazanin Mandi.Jerritt Clark/Getty

SingerMiguelandNazanin Mandiwere together for 10 years before they got engaged in 2016. They were married at the Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Simi Valley, California in November 2018 but split in September 2021.

They tried to sort out their differences and were back together in February 2022. However, they decided to go their separate ways and Mandi filed for divorce in October the same year.

Status:Divorced

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Justin & Hailey Bieber

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Now they’rehappily married,but before theytied the knot in 2018, Bieber and Baldwin had to work through a couple of bumps in the road.

The two are expecting their first child together.

12of 21Dax Shepard & Kristen BellTodd Williamson/GettyLong before they became one of the most adorable couples in Hollywood — and parents to daughters Lincoln and Delta — Bell and Shepard hit a rough patch and briefly split.“We were dating for about three months,” Bell explained toPOPSUGAR. “He sat me down and said, ‘I can’t have this right now. I think you’re wonderful, but I am still dating other people.’ And then I, like, liquefied and fell to the ground, but I felt incredibly respected that he had the balls to tell me we weren’t in the same place.“Thankfully, Shepard quickly realized that his now-wife was the one, and confessed: “‘I don’t know what I was thinking. I was dating someone else but they’re just not as interesting as you, and I don’t know what I’m doing.'” And Bell still hasn’t let him off the hook: “I still always remind him of when he broke up with me.“Status:Married

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Dax Shepard & Kristen Bell

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Long before they became one of the most adorable couples in Hollywood — and parents to daughters Lincoln and Delta — Bell and Shepard hit a rough patch and briefly split.

“We were dating for about three months,” Bell explained toPOPSUGAR. “He sat me down and said, ‘I can’t have this right now. I think you’re wonderful, but I am still dating other people.’ And then I, like, liquefied and fell to the ground, but I felt incredibly respected that he had the balls to tell me we weren’t in the same place.”

Thankfully, Shepard quickly realized that his now-wife was the one, and confessed: “‘I don’t know what I was thinking. I was dating someone else but they’re just not as interesting as you, and I don’t know what I’m doing.'” And Bell still hasn’t let him off the hook: “I still always remind him of when he broke up with me.”

13of 21Sharon & Ozzy OsbourneBryan Steffy/Getty ImagesIn 2016,Sharon and Ozzy briefly split after rumblings of infidelity, but reconciled shortly thereafter. She opened up about her relationship status on her showThe Talk.“I forgive,” she said before the studio audience. “It’s going take a long time to trust, but we’ve been together 36 years, 34 of marriage … I just can’t think of my life without him.“With that, she added a little levity, calling Ozzy “a dirty dog” and saying, “He’s gonna pay big.“Status:Married

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Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne

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In 2016,Sharon and Ozzy briefly split after rumblings of infidelity, but reconciled shortly thereafter. She opened up about her relationship status on her showThe Talk.

“I forgive,” she said before the studio audience. “It’s going take a long time to trust, but we’ve been together 36 years, 34 of marriage … I just can’t think of my life without him.”

With that, she added a little levity, calling Ozzy “a dirty dog” and saying, “He’s gonna pay big.”

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Pink & Carey Hart

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15of 21Gabrielle Union & Dwyane WadeJohn Parra/GettyAfter getting together in 2009, Union and retired NBA star Wade went on a break in April 2013 before becoming engaged in December 2013 and tying the knot in September 2014.“We kind of took a step back,” Wade said of their reconciliation during an appearance onThe Tonight Show. “We supported each other, but we took a step back for a little while. At the end of day, we came back together and said, ‘Listen, we want to continue this. We want to try to continue to get better each day.'“Status:Married

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Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade

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After getting together in 2009, Union and retired NBA star Wade went on a break in April 2013 before becoming engaged in December 2013 and tying the knot in September 2014.

“We kind of took a step back,” Wade said of their reconciliation during an appearance onThe Tonight Show. “We supported each other, but we took a step back for a little while. At the end of day, we came back together and said, ‘Listen, we want to continue this. We want to try to continue to get better each day.'”

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Adam Levine & Behati Prinsloo

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The couple tied the knot in 2014, welcomed daughter Dusty Rose in 2016 and daughter Gio Grace in 2018. They are currently expecting their third child.

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Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson

Tristan Thompson and Khloe Kardashian.Jerritt Clark/Gett

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Khloé KardashianandTristan Thompsonfirst got together in 2016 and though rumors were circulating that the NBA player was cheating on Kardashian days before she gave birth to their daughter in April 2018, it wasn’t until it was revealed he cheated withJordyn Woods, a close family friend, that the pair officially split.

Status:Not Together

18of 21Liam Hemsworth and Miley CyrusLiam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus.Neilson Barnard/GettyIt looked likeLiam HemsworthandMiley Cyruswere headed for happily ever after following their 2016 reconciliation and 2018 wedding. However, the two couldn’t make it work and divorced in 2020.Hemsworth and Cyrus first began dating in 2009 after meeting on the set ofThe Last Song. They were on-again, off-again for several years before they called off their first engagement in 2013.Status:Divorced

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Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus

Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus.Neilson Barnard/Getty

Neilson Barnard/Getty

It looked likeLiam HemsworthandMiley Cyruswere headed for happily ever after following their 2016 reconciliation and 2018 wedding. However, the two couldn’t make it work and divorced in 2020.

Hemsworth and Cyrus first began dating in 2009 after meeting on the set ofThe Last Song. They were on-again, off-again for several years before they called off their first engagement in 2013.

19of 21Justin Timberlake & Jessica BielKevin Mazur/Getty ImagesTimberlake and Biel amicably split in March 2011 — four years after first being linked together — but the break was quick; the couple got back together in August and were engaged in December 2011.“She is the single-handedly most significant person in my life,” Timberlake said of Biel, whom he asked to marry him during the couple’s annual vacation to Montana.The couple welcomed their first child, son Silas, in April 2015, and son Phineas in 2020.Status:Married

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Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel

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Timberlake and Biel amicably split in March 2011 — four years after first being linked together — but the break was quick; the couple got back together in August and were engaged in December 2011.

“She is the single-handedly most significant person in my life,” Timberlake said of Biel, whom he asked to marry him during the couple’s annual vacation to Montana.

The couple welcomed their first child, son Silas, in April 2015, and son Phineas in 2020.

20of 21Prince William & Kate MiddletonCHRISTOPH SCHMIDT/AFP/GettyWhile we’re all quick to fantasize about the perfection that isPrince Williamand Princess Kate’s marriage, it hadn’t always been so flawless. Four years before tying the knot in a lavish 2011 ceremony, the pair split in April 2007. But the break was a mere bump in the road for the couple, who are now parents toPrince George,Princess CharlotteandPrince Louis.Status:Married

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Prince William & Kate Middleton

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While we’re all quick to fantasize about the perfection that isPrince Williamand Princess Kate’s marriage, it hadn’t always been so flawless. Four years before tying the knot in a lavish 2011 ceremony, the pair split in April 2007. But the break was a mere bump in the road for the couple, who are now parents toPrince George,Princess CharlotteandPrince Louis.

21of 21Patrick & Jillian DempseyJillian Fink and Patrick Dempsey.Mike Marsland/WireImageThe pair went their separate ways after theGrey’s Anatomystar’s wife filed for divorce in January 2015. But the actor, whose commitment to the racetrack is said to have been a major issue for the couple, confirmed that the two decided to reconcile in an interview withES Magazine. “You have to work at everything,” he said. “And you cannot do everything. Something has to be sacrificed.“Status:Married

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Patrick & Jillian Dempsey

Jillian Fink and Patrick Dempsey.Mike Marsland/WireImage

The pair went their separate ways after theGrey’s Anatomystar’s wife filed for divorce in January 2015. But the actor, whose commitment to the racetrack is said to have been a major issue for the couple, confirmed that the two decided to reconcile in an interview withES Magazine. “You have to work at everything,” he said. “And you cannot do everything. Something has to be sacrificed.”

source: people.com