This year has seen a lot of Hollywood splits that have made headlines across the globe.
They are A-listers who had very high-profile romances that were played out on the red carpet.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez is the biggest couple to say ‘so long.’ After two years of marriage and a very public movie with a documentary about their love life, she filed for divorce alone.
Cardi B left rapper Offset when heavily pregnant with their third child. They already are parents to daughter Kulture, five, and son, Wave, two.
Leah Remini wrote a long explanation online why she left her husband of over 20 years, Angelo Pagan.
Brittany Cartwright had divorce papers sent to husband Jax Taylor when he was filming their reality TV show The Valley.
And Christina Hall has been very public about her divorce from Josh Hall, even going so far as accusing him of taking money that is hers.
Here is a look at the duos who are now done.
JENNIFER LOPEZ AND BEN AFFLECK
Jennifer Lopez officially filed for divorce from Ben Affleck on August 20 after months of split rumors.
The On The Floor hitmaker, 55, filed for divorce without an attorney.
Lopez — who has recently been seen wearing her wedding ring — listed the date of separation as April 26, 2024, as per legal docs seen by DailyMail.com.
The couple did not sign a prenuptial agreement before tying the knot in July 2022, insiders have revealed.
This marks Jennifer’s fourth failed marriage and Ben’s second.
We has reached out to reps for Ben and Jennifer for comment.
Jennifer’s own friends have now suggested the actress needs to ‘look inside herself’ after she filed for divorce from Ben.
A source close to the star told DailyMail.com said those close to Lopez are growing tired of her chaotic love life.
‘After four failed marriages, her friends feel that she should take a look inside and focus on herself instead of what others want her to be and finally figure out who she is and what she wants from her future,’ the insider said.
The source told DailyMail.com that the My Love Don’t Cost A Thing star isn’t the only one capable of playing mind games.
Explaining Affleck’s take-the-high-road approach, the insider said: ‘Jennifer said she was tired of being humiliated by Ben and she waited until the two year anniversary because she wanted to sting.
‘But it did not sting him. He’s been done for a long time and deep down she knows this. He let her have this so that she wouldn’t look like the villain.’
The pair were spotted on a number of public outings together, including their very last one on June 2, after they had already decided to go their separate ways two months earlier.
At the time, they were seen greeting each other warmly, even appearing to give each other a kiss, as they attended Affleck’s 12-year-old son Samuel’s basketball game in Santa Monica.
Lopez and Affleck also appeared to be in high spirits while leaving together even though, as it is now revealed, they had already secretly called it off on April 26.
The couple first sparked separation rumors when they had gone 47 days without being seen together.
Split speculation continued as they did not spend a number of holidays over the summer together and Lopez also walked the red carpet alone at the Met Gala in May — which was also when Lopez called off her world tour ‘to be with her family.’
Since then, the pair have been spending summers on opposite coasts and did not spend their anniversary together.
In recent months, however, the pair have been spotted out together on a handful of occasions — but notably all were when Affleck’s kids were present — as they had reportedly been trying to rekindle their romance.
After being noticed without their wedding rings on several outings, they also started making it apparent that they were once again wearing their tokens of commitment.
Lopez was even seen paying Affleck a special visit on his birthday at his rental property in Brentwood, California.
The shocking divorce filing comes after they were seen stepping out together — and even occasionally putting on PDA several times — in an effort to maintain that they were reconciling in spite of being incessantly hounded by rumors of marital strife.
They wed in 2022 in Georgia.
They first dated in 2001-2003, ending their engagement just before they had planned to tie the knot.
LEAH REMINI AND ANGELO PAGAN
On August 29 Leah Remini and her husband Angelo Pagan announced they are divorcing after 21 years of marriage.
The couple announced their shock split via a joint Instagram statement and revealed ‘why’ their relationship broke down.
The former Scientologist, 53, married Pagan in 2003 and they share 20-year-old daughter Sofia Bella.
The news comes just over a week after her BFF Jennifer Lopez — who she recently reconnected with — pulled the plug on her own marriage to Ben Affleck.
‘Well, here we are. After 28 years together and 21 years of marriage, we have decided to file for divorce,’ Leah and Angelo began in Thursday’s statement.
‘This decision came after a lot of thought and care, and as hard as divorce is, we are approaching this with a positive outlook because we know it’s what’s best for us.
‘We are proud of how we have worked through this together,’ they continued.
Although they’re both ‘sad’ about the end of their marriage, the duo insisted they’re still ‘best friends.’
‘Yes, we’re sad, and we’ve got some figuring out to do as we continue to move forward into our new normal—together still in many ways, and apart in some new ones.
‘But here’s the thing: we’ve been best friends for so many years. We are still celebrating holidays together, watching our favorite tv shows together, and gathering as a family,’ they wrote.
Leah and Angelo went on to reveal ‘why’ they’ve decided to divorce after nearly three decades together.
‘So, the big question—why? To put it simply, we both changed, as people do, and we got used to playing roles that didn’t fit us anymore.
‘After a lot of effort and consideration, we’ve decided to take this step, which reflects who we are today. Our bond is still strong—it’s just evolved into something different,’ they explained.
Leah and Angelo see their marriage as a ‘success’ and are looking forward to making ‘beautiful memories’ as exes.
‘We think a marriage that lasted this long and created so many beautiful memories, especially raising our incredible daughter, is something to celebrate.
‘From our perspective, this marriage was a huge success. And now, we’re looking forward to creating even more cherished moments—just in a different way,’ they wrote.
The couple wanted to be ‘transparent’ as they previously let fans in on their family life on their TLC reality series.
‘We want to be as transparent as we can be here because, for years, we shared our marriage so publicly, whether it was on our specials on VH1 or our reality show, which ran for two seasons on TLC,’ they said.
‘We are sharing this unknown territory with you all as we take our first steps into this next stage of our lives publicly.
‘We would love for everyone to have more access to different kinds of relationship stories and not feel so isolated in navigating the changes that millions of couples make every year.
‘We hope our journey can inspire others to see that relationships—whether they change or end—aren’t failures.
‘We’ll keep sharing snippets of our lives as we navigate this new chapter. Love, Leah & Angelo,’ the couple concluded.
Included with their announcement were side-by-side photos of Leah and Angelo — one from back when they first met and another more recent selfie.
The couple met back in 1996 while Angelo — an actor/singer — was performing at the Los Angeles-based Cuban nightclub, El Floridita.
This was before Leah found mainstream success as Kevin James’ better half Carrie on the hit sitcom King Of Queens, which ran from 1998 to 2007.
He proposed to Leah on Christmas Eve 2002 and they wed seven months later in July 2003 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The couple welcomed their first child, now 20-year-old daughter Sofia Belle, in June 2004.
The family got their own reality show — Leah Remini: It’s All Relative — in 2014 that aired on TLC for two seasons.
The show brought cameras into the Brooklyn-native’s lavish LA home and also introduced the world to her mother Vicki, stepfather George and sister Shannon.
It closely followed Leah as she ‘juggled her busy career and zany family’ as well as life’s challenges.
CARDI B AND OFFSET
Cardi B filed for divorce from husband Offset in early August after seven years of marriage.
The 31-year-old performer is reportedly ‘seeking primary custody’ of their children Kulture, five, and a son, Wave, two.
‘They’ve grown apart. That’s what drove her to this decision more than anything else,’ an insider told Page Six. ‘This is something she wants to do.’
The reports come just one day after Offset denied he was unfaithful after he was seen sitting next to a woman called PrettyRedz at a casino.
‘People really need to do the research… I’m at a public place gambling at a casino with a married 8 month pregnant woman. [What the f***] I look like being outside publicly cheating [shaking my head!’ he said during an Instagram Live.
Offset’s (born Kiari Kendrell Cephus) vehement denial of the cheating rumors wound up confusing people into thinking he was referring to his 31-year-old wife as pregnant, which her rep quickly denied to TMZ on Wednesday.
PrettyRedz is actually seven months pregnant with the child of her late husband Kyng Rocky, who tragically passed away on June 18.
‘It’s completely crazy that I even have to do this! Please! If not for me, please respect my late husband! I am just beginning to grieve! Having a night out with my family is definitely not an opportunity for click bait!’ PrettyRedz wrote via Instastory on Tuesday.
‘I am carrying the last gift my husband will give this Earth! All I want is peace! If [you’re] looking for a story, there is nothing to see here! Please respect all families involved. Y’all make up things not caring about the impact! Please stop. I’m pregnant as well! You people are sick [as f***] out here [shaking my head].’
The on/off hip-hop power couple allegedly separated again last November, but they put on a strong united front at Disneyland Paris with their children on July 9.
While gracing the cover of Rolling Stone’s June issue, she spoke about their relationship and what attracted her to him.
‘When I met Offset, he was super rich and I just got my f***ing first $200,000 in the bank,’ she recalled. ‘He never made me feel like I was little to him. He actually always used to tell me, “You a f***ing superstar, watch.'”
His support was a breath of fresh air, compared to a previous partner, who she said would make her feel too loud, broke and skinny.
‘Once I cut him off and I stopped caring about what he [thought] about me, I started doing videos on Instagram. That’s how I got famous,’ the WAP hitmaker remembered.
While discussing the challenges in her marriage, the performer admitted they both had their own shortcomings.
‘We have our own bad stuff,’ she said. ‘We’re from two different worlds. Sometimes I cannot be … not that I cannot be a wife. It’s just like, my career takes my life. You know what I’m saying? My career comes first, then my kids come second. And then sometimes I don’t realize that I’m putting so many things before my relationship.’
Still, the performer says she doesn’t ‘want to grow.’
‘I remember last year when we was going through our hard time. And it’s like, ‘Put your album out. You’re overstressing. When was the last time we went on a vacation?’ And it’s like, ‘I don’t got time to go on a vacation, because this comes first.’ This comes first and then my kids come second. The little things I have to take care of then comes. I sometimes feel like I do probably put my relationship last,’ Cardi stated.
When asked if she had made a decision about her relationship, the Grammy winner explained that she and Offset are ‘best friends.’
‘We think it through, because we do love each other. It’s not even about love. We’re best friends. And it’s like, “OK. Well, there was a time that I didn’t have a best friend, or I didn’t have a support system.” It’s not even about “How do you leave a partner?’ How do you stop talking to your best friend,”‘ she explained.
Offset and Cardi (born Belcalis Almánzar) previously separated from December 5, 2018 to January 31, 2019 amid cheating allegations.
BRITTANY CARTWRIGHT AND JAX TAYLOR
After five years of marriage and a recent public separation, Brittany Cartwright has filed for divorce from Jax Taylor.
The Vanderpump Rules star, 35, filed the divorce documents in late August, as per legal documents seen by DailyMail.com. She cited irreconcilable differences as her reason for ending the marriage.
DailyMail.com has contacted a representative for Cartwright and NBCUniversal, Bravo’s parent company, for comment.
Cartwright and Taylor, 45, who wed in a lavish wedding that aired on Vanderpump Rules, have a three-year-old son Cruz together. Brittany has requested primary legal and physical custody over the child however is open to visitation for her ex.
Additionally, Cartwright is seeking to block the ability of the court to award either one of them with spousal support.
Cartwright cited their date of separation as January 24.
The filing comes days after Taylor left a mental health facility. A rep for Taylor previously told Us Weekly he was set to depart last week.
Cartwright and Taylor wed in 2019 but separated this past February.
The star shared a glamorous snap as she moved on from her marriage captioned: ‘Getting my sparkle back.’
The couple’s early romance was chronicled on the Bravo series Vanderpump Rules and the breakdown of their marriage was captured on the spin-off, The Valley, with Cartwright revealing she had moved out their marital residence with son Cruz.
‘A lot has happened with me and Jax,’ Brittany said in a confessional. ‘We were already having issues all summer long, but once the cameras stopped rolling, things just seemed like they were getting worse and worse and worse.
‘So about six weeks ago, I separated from Jax. I moved into an AirBnb with Cruz because Jax would not leave the house,’ she said on the finale.
Brittany said that Jax not moving out showed his selfishness. Brittany said she left with their three-year-old son Cruz because the situation at home was toxic. Brittany said Jax would come with a hangover and in the morning would be ‘mean as a snake.’
‘I just hit this point where I just started noticing everything that he did to me,’ Brittany said. ‘It just hit me like a ton of bricks.’
Brittany said during their relationship that Jax cheated on her, disrespected her and humiliated her.
‘I have been through a lot of pain in this relationship,’ Brittany said. ‘I just can’t deal with it anymore.’
Following their separation, Brittany revealed the real reason why they split and told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that they had issues in their marriage for years.
She explained how the birth of their first child Cruz in 2021 made her reevaluate her marriage to the controversial Vanderpump Rules villain.
‘So for me, it was just kind of like taking up for myself. Having a child really woke me up and lifted a veil a little bit of what I deserve and what I am going to put up with for the rest of my life,’ she said.
‘And I just knew that I had to … figure out what I want to do for my future and make things a super positive living situation for my son. That’s all that I care about.’
Cartwright also shared in April that her ‘sexless marriage’ with Jax made her hit her ‘breaking point’ and admitted they’ve discussed dating other people amid separation, saying ‘I don’t want to be unhappy for the rest of my life.’
In an interview with Us Weekly, the Vanderpump Rules alum said that her and Taylor’s sex life had ‘dwindled so much’ in recent years and that it began to affect her self esteem.
‘I felt like I wasn’t good enough.
‘If you start to feel like your partner doesn’t want you and they’re also being mean to you, it’s like, ‘What am I doing here?’ I’m basically living with a roommate. I hit my breaking point,’ she explained.
When she tried to speak to Taylor about their lack of sex, Cartwright claimed that he would tell her was ’44 and I’m tired’ — an answer that didn’t suffice for her.
CHRISTINA HALL AND JOSHUA HALL
In late July, Christina Hall and her husband of three years, Joshua Hall, both filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.
TMZ claimed that the Christina In The Country TV stars submitted their paperwork in Orange County, California on Tuesday. The ex lovebirds stated July 8 was their first day of separation.
Joshua is asking for alimony from Christina and does not want to have to give her any money, the site added.
It was also claimed that Joshua has asked the court to ‘divvy up what was theirs respectively before they got married.’
The reality TV stars wed in October 2021 in Maui, Hawaii and have no children together.
This will be a third divorce for Christina who was previously married to Tarek El Moussa (2009-2018) and Ant Anstead (2018-2021).
This comes after Christina and Joshua signed on to star on the 2025 HGTV renovation show The Flip Off with her ex Tarek and his new wife Heather Rae El Moussa.
Christina and Tarek built a home-flipping empire during their show Flip Or Flop which lasted 10 seasons. But it ended after a very publicized divorce.
This year they have been working together again on the new spinoff called The Flip Off with Tarek’s wife Heather and Christina’s now estranged spouse Joshua.
The show is set to air on HGTV in early 2025 with a two-hour premiere.
‘During the series, Tarek and Christina, along with Heather and Josh will compete to see who can find, buy, renovate and flip a house for the biggest financial gain (and a chance at major bragging rights),’ HGTV said on its site.
Christina and Joshua seemed to be doing well earlier this summer as they were seen with her children in Instagram posts.
In March they were seen holding each other and kissing when on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
They were also pictured kissing in the ocean.
‘Weekend getaways to Cabo with you are my favorite. ❤️ (love how it worked out & we traded couple pics on the beach with a professional photographer @allysimonsphoto),’ she wrote in her caption as she pointed out she was staying at the Montage in Santa Maria Bay, Los Cabos San Lucas.
Josh also posted: ‘Still going strong…03/2024⏪️03/2023⏪️03/2022⏪️03/2021. Cred: @ruthfernandez5.’
Christina then responded to his post: ‘Stilllll love you & Cabo ❤.’
Last year they were seen with all three of her kids.
She has daughter Taylor, 12, and son Brayden, seven, with ex-husband Tarek El Moussa, who is now wed to Heather Rae El Moussa of Selling Sunset fame.
And Christina also has son Hudson, three, with ex-husband Ant Anstead, who now romances Renee Zellweger.
‘Family vacation last week. Not ready (but ready) for kids to go back to school,’ she said in her caption.
Last year he gushed over her on her birthday.
‘Happy 40th Birthday to my absolute stunner of a wife!’ shared the hunky TV star who appears with her on her shows.
‘This woman has accomplished so much, inspired so many and continues to impress me daily.
‘I can’t say enough about what an absolute force she is and what she is capable of.
‘Christina is about to make her 40’s the best decade of her life and looking better than ever while doing it!
‘I’m a lucky man and thank my lucky stars that she chose me to take this ride with her that is now our life. Ride or die baby, love you more than anything ❤️.
And she made a post too.
‘Had the best 40th birthday celebration thanks to my husband and best friend,’ Christina wrote on Instagram of her spouse.
‘I walked into the most incredible party where they thought of everything and made all my champagne dreams come true.
‘I feel very lucky to have such amazing people in my life.
‘Going into this new decade my goal is to slow the f*** down,’ she continued. ‘Enjoy the small moments and not rush through life. Take it easier on myself and mostly have fun and enjoy the ride.’
JOEY LAWRENCE AND SAMANTHA COPE
Joey Lawrence and actress Samantha Cope are getting divorced.
The Salt Lake City-born actress, 37, filed for divorce in late August after more than two years of marriage to the Abington, Pennsylvania native, 48, US Weekly reported after reviewing legal docs.
Cope has asked for full custody of their daughter Dylan, 19 months, the outlet reported, noting that she would allow her daughter to spend two nights a week at her father’s house when she turns three-years-old in January of 2026.
Cope said that ‘irreconcilable differences’ was the cause of their split, TMZ reported after reviewing court docs, adding that she and the Blossom alum separated this past June.
Cope in court docs said that neither she or the Melissa & Joey actor should be awarded spousal support, according to the outlet.
ope told the court that she does not want to allow Lawrence to have extended visits with the child, the outlet reported, until Dylan is ‘older and can consent to such visits.’
Cope in her filing asked that she have approval over any non-relatives that her daughter is around while with Lawrence, according to the outlet.
Lawrence was previously wed to Chandie Yawn-Nelson from 2005 thru their 2020 divorce filing, with their split finalized in 2021; and Michelle Vella from 2002 until 2005.
Lawrence is also father to daughters Charleston, 18, and Liberty, 14, with Yawn-Nelson.
Lawrence and Cope first met in 2020 working on the Lifetime film My Husband’s Secret Brother.
Lawrence and Cope in August of 2021 revealed their engagement to Us Weekly, as he told the publication, ‘It’s a lot of great stuff, a lot of really great stuff. She’s the best person ever.
‘So we met there and out of nowhere, you know, it was a crazy year and a half for everybody, obviously the whole world,’ he said, referring to the coronavirus pandemic. ‘Then when you least expect [it,] amazing things happen and meeting her has just been really the greatest thing ever.
He added: ‘When you least expect it, you know, you literally meet the perfect person for you, and all those intangibles come into play … and then you meet [the] right person.’
Lawrence and Cope wed in May of 2022 at the Temecula Creek Inn in Temecula, California. Among those in attendance included the actor’s brothers, Matthew Lawrence, 44, and Andrew Lawrence, 36.
At the time, Cope told People that her courtship with Lawrence was a rapid one: ‘From day one, it was such a safe place to be myself … two weeks in, I was like, “I will be with you forever.”‘
Cope added, ‘When you meet the right person, if you’re lucky enough, it cuts to the chase so quick. I have somebody who is like-minded and has the same love language, and we communicate the same way. That’s super important. And I am so thankful.’
Cope alluded to potential issues in the relationship with a June 11 post she posted to Instagram that read, ‘Not everything you lose is a loss,’ attached to a slideshow that included no pics of Lawrence.
Lawrence has worked in Hollywood for decades, beginning as a child star appearing on shows such as Gimme a Break! from 1983-1987; Blossom from 1990-1995; Brotherly Love from 1995-1997; and Melissa & Joey from 2010-2015.
Cope’s credits include TV shows such as HBO’s Insecure, NCIS: Los Angeles and Rizzoli & Isles; and in films such as 2020’s Revenge for Daddy, 2021’s An Organized Killer and 2022’s Love at the Christmas Contest.
