9 Celebrity Couples Who Broke Up In The Most Dramatic Way Possible

Aniston and Pitt broke up in 2005 surrounding rumors that Pitt had started dating his Mrs. and Mr. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie… which he, you know, was.

The pop singer and comedian had a whirlwind marriage and seemed hopelessly in love, despite the fact that Brand had long declared himself a sex addict.

The best laid plans couldn’t keep Perry and Brand together. Perry and Brand split in 2012, allegedly after Brand texted Perry that their marriage was over. The whole thing was captured for on camera for Perry’s concert documentary Part of Me.

Though they seemed like an odd couple from the start, Bullock and James married in 2005. Things went sour only five years later.

Reports of infidelity on James’ end rose just after his wife scored an Oscar for The Blind Side in 2010. The couple divorced months later.

The Twilight stars seemed as perfectly compatible as their onscreen counterparts, but a cheating scandal drove them apart.

In 2012, Stewart was photographed smooching her married Snow White and the Huntsman director. She made a public apology to Pattinson (and the world) but the damage was done. The couple stayed together for a few weeks but called it quits officially that year.

The Italian real estate developer and the A-list actress broke up surrounding a legal battle.

Turns out that Follieri wasn’t a particularly standup guy. The couple, who started dating in 2004, broke up in 2008 after Follieri was arrested for wire fraud.

The golf pro and his model wife split after a major cheating scandal.

After the media uncovered Woods’ multiple cases of infidelity in 2009, Nordegren chased the cheater around their Florida home with a golf club. They officially divorced in 2010.

These singers dated briefly in 2010, and their relationship inspired two separate breakup ballads.

Swift allegedly wrote the song “Dear John” about her time with Mayer, and the result was anything but flattering — in fact, the song made him sound like a total jerk. Mayer, who told Rolling Stone he was hurt by Swift’s song, fired back with “Paper Doll,” a song clearly pointed at Swift.

Spears and Timberlake dated from 1999 to 2002 and were the ultimate '90s pop star couple.

Spears allegedly cheated on Timberlake with choreographer Wade Robson, causing Timberlake to end their three-year relationship. Timberlake’s song “Cry Me A River” is allegedly about his breakup with the pop star.

This young couple met on the set of Nicholas Sparks movie The Last Song in 2009 and fell in love. Unfortunately, things weren’t meant to be.

Rumors of infidelity on Hemsworth’s part and suspicions that Hemsworth couldn’t handle Cyrus’ sexualized new image made fans wonder when the couple, who got engaged in 2012, would call it quits. They officially did in 2013, and Cyrus released the song “Wrecking Ball” about their ill-fated romance.