From iconic long-term marriages to whirlwind romances that burned out fast, 2025 was a blockbuster year for celebrity breakups. Test how well you remember the Hollywood power couples who called it quits and see if you kept up with all the drama.
Lori Loughlin & Mossimo Giannulli Separated After 28 Years of Marriage
After nearly 28 years of marriage, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli quietly separated in 2025, with reps confirming they’re “living apart and taking a break” but haven’t yet begun formal divorce proceedings. The split comes years after the college admissions scandal that sent both to prison and put their relationship under intense public pressure. Still, insiders say there’s no explosive final straw—just accumulated strain and “years of betrayal” that became too hard to ignore.
For now, they’re focused on privacy, co-parenting daughters Isabella and Olivia Jade, and figuring out what comes next.
Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban Separated After 19 Years of Marriage
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s separation stunned fans in September 2025, ending a 19-year marriage that had seemed rock solid from the outside. PEOPLE confirmed they’d quietly been living apart since early summer, with Urban securing his own place in Nashville while continuing his world tour. Kidman later filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences after “fighting to save the marriage” for months.
The pair share two daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret, and are reportedly working to keep things civil for their family. Kidman has leaned heavily on sister Antonia and a packed film slate as she navigates this new chapter.
Denise Richards & Aaron Phypers Divorced After 6 Years Together
Denise Richards’ marriage to Aaron Phypers officially unraveled in July 2025, when he filed for divorce in Los Angeles after six years together. Court documents list July 4 as their separation date and cite irreconcilable differences; Phypers is seeking spousal support and asking to keep assets like his motorcycle, sports car, and power tools as separate property. The split quickly escalated into a messy legal battle involving allegations and dueling narratives about what went wrong.
Despite previously vowing on reality TV that they’d “never get divorced,” Richards now appears focused on protecting her children and rebuilding life post-marriage.
Jessica Alba & Cash Warren Ended Their 16-Year Marriage
Jessica Alba and producer Cash Warren’s 16-year marriage formally unraveled in early 2025. After months of quiet strain, Alba publicly confirmed their breakup in January before filing for divorce in Los Angeles in February. Court documents list their date of separation as December 27, 2024 and cite irreconcilable differences, with Alba requesting joint legal and physical custody of their three children, Honor, Haven, and Hayes.
The couple, who met on the Fantastic Four set in 2004 and married in 2008, had long spoken about working through rough patches. Now, they’re positioning the split as a respectful transition into co-parenting and friendship.
Lily Allen & David Harbour Divorced After 4 Years
Lily Allen and Stranger Things star David Harbour’s whirlwind Las Vegas wedding in 2020 officially gave way to separation in early 2025. PEOPLE reported in February that they’d split after four years of marriage, and Allen later filed for divorce that fall. Her brutally honest album West End Girl delves into infidelity and emotional chaos, widely read as a musical post-mortem on the relationship.
Meanwhile, she’s been spotted house-hunting in London and driving a new Porsche, while Harbour stays busy filming and promoting new projects. Despite the bitterness hinted in her lyrics, both appear determined to move forward separately.
Nina Dobrev & Shaun White Called off Their Engagement After 6 Years Together
Fan-favorite couple Nina Dobrev and Olympic snowboarder Shaun White ended their engagement in 2025, with news breaking in September that they’d called off wedding plans. The pair, who started dating around 2019 and got engaged in 2024, reportedly struggled to balance two globe-trotting careers and very different schedules. Sources offered conflicting explanations, but Dobrev’s cheeky TikTok about “trying to fix a man” fueled speculation.
In the months after, she returned to social media with upbeat posts and spent Thanksgiving in Mexico with friends instead of a fiancé, signaling a fresh start built on independence, sun, and serious self-care.
Dakota Johnson & Chris Martin Call It Quits After 8 Years Together
After nearly eight years together, Dakota Johnson and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin quietly called it quits in 2025. Reports in early June confirmed long-running breakup rumors, revealing that the couple had already been drifting apart for some time. Insiders pointed to clashing schedules—Martin touring and co-parenting with ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnson juggling movies and producing—as well as different ideas about settling down.
The pair never married but shared a blended, low-key family life that fans admired. Post-split, Johnson has been photographed out in New York looking calm and collected, signaling a gentle, if bittersweet, transition into her next era.
Jessica Simpson & Eric Johnson Divorced After a Decade
Jessica Simpson and former NFL tight end Eric Johnson ended their decade-long marriage in 2025, confirming a separation after months of speculation about trouble at home. Simpson announced the split in January, emphasizing that their three children—Maxwell, Ace, and Birdie—remain the couple’s top priority. Coverage has described the divorce as especially emotional, given Simpson’s sobriety journey and years of public scrutiny over her body, career, and finances.
Still, the exes have modeled an unusually united front: they spent Thanksgiving and other holidays together with extended family, underscoring their determination to turn a painful breakup into a stable, loving co-parenting arrangement.
Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom Called off Their Engagement After 10 Years Together
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s high-profile love story came to an end in 2025, when they called off their long engagement after nearly a decade together. A joint statement in late June confirmed they’d shifted their relationship to focus on co-parenting daughter Daisy Dove, following months of rumors about distance and clashing lifestyles. Since then, Bloom has spoken warmly about Perry while emphasizing their commitment to their child.
Perry, meanwhile, has turned heartbreak into art with her single “Bandaids” and found new romance with Justin Trudeau, going Instagram-official during her Lifetimes Tour stop in Tokyo.
Akon & Tomeka Thiam Divorce After 3 Decades Together
After nearly three decades together, R&B star Akon and his longtime wife Tomeka Thiam are divorcing. In September 2025, court filings revealed that Tomeka had requested a dissolution of the marriage just days before what would have been their 29th wedding anniversary. She cited irreconcilable differences and requested joint legal custody of their daughter, Journey.
Reports noted that the couple had been together since the mid-1990s, weathering Akon’s complicated family life and busy touring schedule. Their split quickly became one of the year’s most talked-about music-world breakups.
Hugh Jackman & Deborra-Lee Furness Separated After 27 Years Together
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness quietly transitioned from separated spouses to officially divorced exes in 2025. The couple, who married in 1996 after meeting on an Australian TV set, announced their separation back in 2023 after 27 years together. In May 2025, Deborra-Lee formally filed for divorce, and court records show the case was finalized in early June in New York’s Suffolk County Supreme Court.
Their settlement reportedly involved dividing a substantial shared fortune. Soon after, Jackman re-emerged on red carpets with new partner Sutton Foster, signaling a new chapter both personally and professionally.