4) Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik
Singer Zayn Malik and model Gigi Hadid were one of the fan-favorite celebrity couples. According to People, the couple were in an on-again and off-again relationship for almost six years, from 2015 to 2021. In 2020, the two welcomed their daughter, Khai.
Fans were heartbroken when the news of their break-up began circulating in 2021. The news arrived after allegations against Malik for allegedly "striking" Hadid's mother, Yolanda Hadid, came out. The singer, however, vehemently denied the charges and pleaded no contest to the allegations. In a Twitter post, Malik said that he wanted:
"a place where private family matters aren't thrown on the world stage for all to poke and pick apart," adding that the incident "was and still should be a private matter."
Zayn and Gigi's breakup was one of the wildest and most extensively covered breakups in the entertainment business.
5) Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were one of the most high-profile celebrity couples of all time. After meeting in 1989, the couple tied the knot in a Christmas wedding ceremony in December 1990, as per Us Weekly. They also went on to adopt two children, Isabella and Connor, while they were married. The celebrity couple stayed together for a little more than a decade, before calling it quits in February 2001.
Their split caused quite a stir in Hollywood, with the media widely covering their split. In an interview with Vanity Fair in December 2002, Nicole Kidman opened up about her relationship with her ex-husband Cruise. During the interview, she said:
"I was willing to give up everything,...I now see that as part of me. I'm willing to do that — I do it when I do a movie too. I'm willing to go, 'Yeah, bring it on, consume me, intoxicate me.' I want to feel alive—I want to reel, basically. I was reeling with Tom and I loved it and I would have walked to the end of the earth. That meant giving up a lot of things that were very important to me."
Tom Crusie went on to marry actress Katie Holmes in 2006, however, the two got divorced in 2012. Nicole Kidman has been happily married to singer Keith Urban since 2006.
6) Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were once Hollywood's golden couple in the late '90s and early 2000s. The two began their romance after their agents set them up on a date in 1998, as per E!. They were a much-talked-about celebrity couple as Aniston was a huge star on Friends and Pitt was beginning his career as a major Hollywood star. The tabloids went crazy when the couple got engaged in 2000.
On July 29, 2000, The two got married. After five years of marriage, however, the two broke things off after a rumor of Pitt having an affair with Angelina Jolie started to spawn all over the news while the two were shooting for Mr. and Mrs. Smith, as reported by Insider.
In 2014, Pitt went on to marry Angelina Jolie; the two separated in 2019. While Aniston married Justin Theroux in 2015, before getting separated in 2017.