30 Of The Shortest Celebrity Marriages Ever
In one of the most shocking and short-lived celebrity marriages ever, NBA superstar Dennis Rodman and actress Carmen Electra eloped in Las Vegas on Nov. 14, 1998. But, sparring lawyers and a couple who barely saw one another after the ceremony seemed to be the end of this doomed marriage. An annulment was filed nine days after the wedding. Strangely, the couple did continue to appear together publicly following the announcement. By March 1999, though, Electra had filed for a divorce.
This celebrity couple looked like the perfect match: young, successful, attractive and happy. But not all was as it appeared for the couple, who married in April 2004. Landry heard rumors of the former “Saved By The Bell” star’s cheating ways and filed for an annulment a little more than two weeks after they’d tied the knot. Years later, Lopez admitted to cheating on Landry during his bachelor party in Mexico. Ouch.
This tumultuous couple was actually married twice. They first met in the 1990s when they were both teenagers. Their daughter, Hailie, was born in 1995. They first married in June 1999 but divorced in 2001. However, they decided to try again and re-married in January 2006. That marriage only lasted about two months before the couple officially divorced again.
Short-term marriages have been part of Hollywood for decades. Broadway legend Ethel Merman and Oscar-winning actor Ernest Borgnine married on June 27, 1964. However, their honeymoon may have doomed the marriage, according to Borgnine, who claimed his Hollywood fame made him more recognizable in Europe than his wife. Merman later summed up her thoughts on the brief union in her memoir — with a blank page!
The handwriting may have been on the wall for this ill-fated couple. Cher married musician Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band just three days after her divorce from Sonny Bono was finalized. Only nine days later, on July 9, 1975, Cher asked to dissolve the marriage. The pair had an on-again, off-again relationship over the years and had a son together, Elijah Blue.
This outrageous couple actually pretended to be married longer than their marriage actually lasted! The pair got engaged in July 2000 and spent nearly a year fueling rumors that they’d eloped. It wasn’t until July 7, 2001, that they officially tied the knot. But, only five months later, Green filed for a divorce from Barrymore citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Actress Milla Jovovich married actor Shawn Andrew when she was only 16 years old, partly to prove how grown up she felt!
“I was 16 and feeling emancipated, so I ran off to Vegas and got married to an actor,” Jovovich later told Britain’s 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.”
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