Why do celebrities find it so hard to stay faithful to their partners? That is the question uppermost in everyone's mind ever since the Tiger Woods scandal broke. Here's a look at some other stars who strayed from the straight and narrow path...
Why do celebrities find it so hard to stay faithful to their partners? That is the question uppermost in everyone's mind ever since the Tiger Woods scandal broke. Here's a look at some other stars who strayed from the straight and narrow path...
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren: The champion golfer has of course had a sudden fall from grace after lovers started tumbling out of his closet. Rachel Uchitel, Jaimee Jangers, Jaime Grubbs, Holly Sampson, Joslyn James...the list seems to grow longer everyday. Despite Woods offering a "profound apology" on his website for "transgressions" in his life and taking an indefinite break from the sport where he made his name, the storm surrounding his personal life just refuses to die down.
Jude Law and Sienna Miller: In 2005 actor Jude Law issued a public apology to his fiancée actress Sienna Miller, after reports of his affair with Daisy Wright surfaced. Wright, 26, was at that time a nanny caring for one of his three children with Sadie Frost. "I just want to say I am deeply ashamed and upset that I've hurt Sienna and the people most close to us," said Law, 32, in his statement. "There is no defence for my actions which I sincerely regret."
Halle Berry and Eric Benét: Halle Berry married R&B singer Eric Benét in 2001. They split just 32 months later, reportedly because Benét cheated countless times on his wife. Benét even sought treatment for a sex addiction shortly after he had tied the knot with Berry. In an interview to 'Ebony', the Academy Award-winning actress insisted she wouldn't marry again. "It's sad but true. I will not marry again. There is no need...I want love and I'll find it hopefully and have a committed relationship, but no more marriages. I'm not banning men, and I'm not against relationships. I have just discovered after two failed marriages that probably marriage is not the way for me to go again. Putting on that dress and walking down the aisle is no longer of value to me. I want someone to come and stay and be there because he wants to, not because he has a piece of paper that says he has to," she was quoted as saying.
Hugh Grant and Liz Hurley: Hugh Grant was the toast of Hollywood until he was hit by a scandal after his curbside encounter with a prostitute. On June 27, 1995, Grant was arrested by Los Angeles Vice officers in a residential area not far from Sunset Boulevard for misdemeanour lewd conduct in a public place with Hollywood prostitute Divine Brown. He pleaded no contest to the charges. He was fined $1,180 (£800), placed on two years' summary probation, and was ordered to complete an AIDS education program. Grant was at the time dating actress Elizabeth Hurley. On 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', Grant publicly acknowledged that he had slipped up. "I think you know in life what's a good thing to do and what's a bad thing, and I did a bad thing. And there you have it." Grant's management of the scandal was deemed unusual for a celebrity. He was appreciated for "his refreshing honesty" as he "faced the music and handled it with tongue [in] cheek." (Text: Wikipedia)
Ashley Cole and Cheryl Cole: In 2008, Aimee Walton, 22, revealed that Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole had cheated on his pop star wife Cheryl after a night out drinking with pals. After providing graphic details of the sex romp to the British tabloid press, Walton apologised to Cheryl for sleeping with her husband. "But it was a big mistake and I regret it. I feel so sorry for Cheryl. I'd drunk too much and went along with what he wanted. Now I feel really guilty. She should know what he's really like," she was quoted as saying. Glamour model Brooke Healy claimed that she had spent the night and had sexual relations with Ashley Cole in December 2006. Although Cheryl stopped wearing her wedding ring for sometime after the cheating scandal, the couple, however, have since reconciled and stayed together. Following tabloid reports of marital issues in November 2009, Cole posted a picture with her wedding ring in plain sight on Twitter, with the accompanying message: '3 words. Diamonds Are Forever.' (Text: Agencies/Wikipedia)
Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman: Ethan Hawke married actress Uma Thurman on May 1, 1998. The two had met on the sets of 'Gattaca' a year before. The couple went on to have two children, daughter Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke and son Levon Roan Thurman-Hawke. They separated in 2003, amid allegations of infidelity on Hawke's part, and filed for divorce the following year. When asked on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' if there was "betrayal of some kind" during the marriage, Thurman said, "There was some stuff like that at the end. We were having a difficult time, and you know how the axe comes down and how people behave and how people express their unhappiness." Hawke married for a second time in June 2008, wedding Ryan Shawhughes, the former nanny to his and Thurman's children. Shawhughes was the same woman with whom Hawke was allegedly having an affair during his marriage to Thurman. It is a charge that Hawke has continued to deny. (Text: Wikipedia/Agencies)
David Duchovny and Téa Leoni: 'X Files' star David Duchovny's marriage to Téa Leoni disintegrated in spectacular Hollywood style, amid rumours of affairs and sex addiction. Their relationship of 13 years hit a rough patch when Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed writer on Channel 5's hit series 'Californication' - checked himself into a rehab clinic in 2008. There were rumours he had cheated on Téa for years and that he suffered from 'sexual compulsivity'. However they seem to have reconciled since and have been spotted together on several occasions.
Robin Wright and Sean Penn: Robin Wright became involved with actor Sean Penn following his divorce from Madonna in 1989. The relationship has gone through on-and-off again periods in recent years, allegedly due to Penn's inability to stay faithful. Divorce plans and separation have been announced, beginning in December 2007, and again in April 2009, only to be withdrawn, most recently in May 2009. On August 12, 2009, Robin Wright Penn filed for divorce, declaring she has no plans to reconcile. According to the 'Magazine Star', Penn was caught drunk with two Russian girls during a stay at the Squaw Valley resort in Lake Tahoe, California in 2008.
Usher and Tameka Foster: Grammy winner Usher married his then stylist girlfriend Tameka Foster in 2007. Insiders speculated that when images of him alongside Def Jam Music employee Grace Miguel began to surface in Los Angeles, the singer promptly filed for divorce in June 2009. (Text: Wikipedia)
Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon: Actors Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe filed for divorce in 2006 after seven years of marriage. Apparently the split was triggered by Ryan's infidelity. The actor was reportedly seen making out with his 'Stop Loss' co-star Abbie Cornish in an Austin, Texas restaurant on the last day of filming. The situation it seems turned ugly when Reese also found secret dirty messages on Ryan's Blackberry that he had been exchanging with Cornish on the night of the 'Flags of our Fathers' red carpet premiere.
Josh Duhamel and Fergie: Actor and former fashion model Josh Duhamel married 'Black Eyed Peas' singer Fergie in January 2009. Within nine months their marriage was under pressure after stripper Nicole Forrester claimed to have had a one night stand with Duhamel at an Atlanta hotel. Forrester told Atlanta radio station Q100's 'Bert Show', "We did hook up and had lots of sex and we had a really, really good time." Duhamel has however strongly denied the stripper's claims and so far, his wife is sticking by her man. "This is not the first nor will it be the last time that a stripper was paid a large amount of money to sell a false story about a celebrity," Duhamel's representative told People.com. "This story is absolutely ridiculous."
Justin Timberlake and Lindsay Lohan: Rehab-prone Lindsay Lohan wasted no time in outing Justin Timberlake as a cheater when she spotted the singer getting cosy with a mystery brunette at The Avenue Lounge in Chelsea, New York in June 2009. This is what she posted on Twitter in the wee hours. "...where's jb [Jessica Biel] cheater?" However Lohan later retracted her tweet, claiming her account had been hacked. "I would not discuss my personal life, let alone someone else's, on the internet!" Lindsay said in a press release. The livid actress blamed blames the owners of the popular micro-blogging website for the breach. "...Twitter needs to fix their s-t. I didn't write 'jb cheater!' What does that even mean? It's annoying," she was quoted as saying.
David Letterman: On October 1, 2009, popular talkshow host David Letterman announced that he had been the victim of an extortion attempt by someone threatening to reveal that he had had sex with a few of his female employees. He confirmed the relationships. Letterman acknowledged in grand jury testimony that he had affairs with staff. He did not name them during his October 1 monologue. Stephanie Birkitt, one of Letterman's assistants who has been linked romantically to Letterman, had previously been a member of the CBS page program, and had worked as an intern for both Letterman's show and for 48 Hours before joining Letterman's staff. On October 3, 2009, a former CBS employee, Holly Hester, announced that she and Letterman had engaged in a year-long "secret" affair in the early 1990s while she was his intern and a student at New York University. On his October 5 show, Letterman devoted a segment to a public apology to his staff and to his wife Regina Lasko, who was his girlfriend for about 20 years. "Now the other thing is my wife, Regina. She has been horribly hurt by my behavior, and when something happens like that, if you hurt a person and it's your responsibility, you try to fix it," he said.
Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese: The marriage of Gothic couple Marilyn Manson and Dita von Teese ended in little over a year. Although the rocker denied allegations of infidelity during his marriage to the burlesque queen, his relationship with youngster Evan Rachel Wood started suspiciously soon after he'd signed divorce papers. Von Teese told 'Inked' magazine that she had no time for Manson's apologies. "The apologies come, and he was like, 'I made a big mistake', and I'm like, 'Yeah, yeah, I know, go ahead and say what you need to say to feel better and to sleep at night.'"
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline: KFed abandoned actress Shar Jackson, pregnant with his second child, to start a relationship with Britney Spears in 2004. However his marriage to the pop star also didn't last too long. Spears filed for divorce from Federline on November 7, citing irreconcilable differences and asking for both physical and legal custody of their two children, with visitation rights for Federline. The following day, Federline filed a response to Spears's divorce petition, seeking physical and legal custody of their children. According to a representative for Federline's lawyer, the divorce filing "caught Kevin totally by surprise". The couple reached a global settlement agreement in March 2007 and their divorce was finalized on July 30. Federline maintains a relationship with Spears's parents for the benefit of their children.
Woody Allen and Mia Farrow: Renowned filmmaker Woody Allen's 12-year relationship with actress Mia Farrow exploded in 1992 after Farrow discovered nude photographs that Allen had taken of her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. In her autobiography, 'What Falls Away', Farrow says that Allen admitted to a relationship with Soon-Yi. In a 2005 'Vanity Fair' interview, Allen estimated that, despite the scandal's damage to his reputation, Farrow's discovery of Allen's attraction to Soon-Yi Previn, by accidentally finding nude photographs of her, was "just one of the fortuitous events, one of the great pieces of luck in my life. [...] It was a turning point for the better." Of his relationship with Farrow, he said, "I'm sure there are things that I might have done differently. [...] Probably in retrospect I should have bowed out of that relationship much earlier than I did." Despite assertions from Previn that Allen was never a father-figure to her, the relationship became a cause célèbre. At the time, Allen was 56 and Previn was 22. Asked whether their age difference was conducive to "a healthy, equal relationship," Allen discounted the matter of equality and added this protestation: "The heart wants what it wants." Allen and Previn married on December 24, 1997, in the Palazzo Cavalli in Venice, Italy. (Text: Wikipedia)
Mark Anthony and Dayanara Torres: Despite splitting up with her singer husband Marc Anthony in 2003, amid rumours that he was cheating on her with Jennifer Lopez, former miss Universe Dayanara Torres has refused to talk poorly about him or to denounce his behavior in the press. Although she chronicled her recovery from the pain of an unexpected split and divorce in her book 'Married to Me: How Committing to Myself Led to Triumph After Divorce', Torres made no comments on the story that Anthony was carrying on a relationship with Lopez even while he was married to her.
Denise Richards and Richie Sambora: Actress Denise Richards and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora began dating in April 2006 after splitting from their respective spouses. Richards's four-year marriage to Charlie Sheen officially ended in November; Sambora and Heather Locklear finalized their divorce in April. In fact the Tabloid press accused Richards of breaking up Sambora's marriage with her former best friend, Heather Locklear. In an interview to talk show host Larry King, Richards denied she had engineered the Samobora-Locklear split. "They (Sambora and Locklear) were getting divorced; he and I were friends and it happened. And she had moved on. She was already involved with someone else at the time. It (the press coverage) affected, I think, the circumstances."
Mel Gibson and Robyn Gibson: According to the 'The National Enquirer' actor Mel Gibson repeatedly cheated on his ex-wife Robyn during 28 years of marriage. Gibson reportedly had three mistresses, including Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva, who just gave birth to his eighth child. 'The National Enquirer' named Leslie Hamel as the other woman in Gibson's life. A third woman, Diana Alouise told the Enquirer "Mel Gibson is a cheater, and I know he's had plenty of women. He's like an addict! He can't help himself." Sounds suspiciously like a certain Mr Woods, no?
Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid: Actress Meg Ryan lost her status as America's sweetheart after her affair with Russell Crowe. When she separated from her ex-husband Dennis Quaid in 2000, many accused her and Crowe of betraying Quaid. But after years of silence, Ryan hit back in an interview to 'In Style' magazine in 2008. "It was a great story," she told the magazine. "But what wasn't in the story was the reality of my marriage for nine years. Dennis was not faithful to me for a long time, and that was very painful. I found out more about that once I was divorced." "Russell didn't break up the marriage. He was definitely there at the end, but it wasn't his fault. I was a mess. I hurt him, too, at the end. I couldn't be in another long relationship, it wasn't the time for that. So I got out," she added.
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt: Pitt met 'Friends' actress Jennifer Aniston in 1998 and married her in a private wedding ceremony in Malibu on July 29, 2000. For years their marriage was considered a rare Hollywood success; however, in January 2005, Pitt and Aniston announced that they decided to formally separate after seven years together. Two months later, Aniston filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. As Pitt's marriage to Aniston drew to a close, his involvement with actress Angelina Jolie during the filming of 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' turned into a well-publicized Hollywood scandal. While Pitt denied any claims of adultery, he admitted that he "fell in love" with Jolie on the set and said that production was still going on for 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' after he and Aniston had separated. (Text: Wikipedia)
Madonna and Guy Ritchie: Madonna's seven-year marriage to director Guy Ritchie reportedly disintegrated in 2008 amid rumours of the pop queen's affair with New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez. Later there were reports that both Madge and her ex-husband had cheated on each other.
Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty: First it was Jude Law who cheated on her, and then it was Sienna Miller who was herself accused of breaking up actor Balthazar Getty's marriage with his wife, Rosetta. The affair became public after the scantily clad 'Alfie' actress was spotted topless in a a boat off the Amalfi coast, canoodling with Getty. In December 2009, it was reported that Sienna and Jude Law have rekindled their relationship yet again, this despite the fact that he had an illegitimate fourth child as a result of a very brief relationship with Samantha Burke on September 22, 2009.
