44 Times Celebrities Opened Up About Their Exes and Break Ups

44 quotes

It felt like my heart was torn out of my chest. I still love him.

“I don’t want that moment [the divorce with Tom Cruise] in my life to define me, to be who I am. I don’t want that to be what I’m known as. I was an actor before, an actor during and an actor now.”

— Katie Holmes, people.com

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up

“[On divorce with Tom Cruise] I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'”

— Nicole Kidman, mindbodygreen.com

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up

“Look, the marriage [with Tom Cruise] was real. The marriage existed because it was two people in love. It’s that simple. They’ve said I’m gay, they’ve said everyone’s gay. I personally don’t believe in doing huge lawsuits about that stuff. Tom does. That’s what he wants to do, that’s what he’s going…”

— Nicole Kidman, vanityfair.com

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up

“When I was first going through my separation, someone said to me, "It will take you half as long as you were in the relationship before you'll feel better." And I wanted to knock them out cold across the table. Because, of course, I was in agony. And the last thing I wanted to think was that I was g…”

— Uma Thurman, redbookmag.com

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up, Divorce

“[On Johnny Depp] Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life. Nothing is ever for sure, but when something in love doesn't work from the beginning, it's never going to work. Don't push it.”

— Vanessa Paradis, harpersbazaar.com

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up

“[On Nick Lachey divorce] It was hard to imagine I would ever walk down the aisle again. It was like a death in the family: You go through the mourning stage, then the rebellion, and then all of a sudden you have to find life by yourself. Once you do that, you feel complete—and that's the only time y…”

— Jessica Simpson, glamour.com

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up, Divorce

“[How do you feel being single?] It's what life handed me, and I'm OK with it. I know wholeheartedly that I'm a really good partner. I think I'm a really good girlfriend, and I think that I could be a really good wife. I know that I love being able to give my love out to someone. I know there is some…”

— Jennifer Love-Hewitt, usatoday30.usatoday.com

Tagged: Love Again, Celebrity Break Up, Finding Love

“[On Guy Ritchie divorce] What can you say? It was a challenging year. I think work saved me, and I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building. Life is an adjustment.”

— Madonna, rollingstone.com

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up

“I was a jerk and I was careless and reckless with the hearts of women I was with and I got my karma. I earned it. I got my butt and heart kicked and it hurt me enough that I looked in the mirror and I didn't want it to happen again. It [On break up with Emily Blunt] was heartbreaking. I learned to t…”

— Michael Bublé, abcnews.go.com

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up

“[On Raffaello Follieri] Goodness, it was a bad relationship. It was an embarrassing break-up, but what I went through is not that big a deal compared to what many people go through.”

— Anne Hathaway, telegraph.co.uk

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“[On Jude Law] It ended in a way that was awful. When something ends in a way like that, it's important if you can, in a way, go back and revisit it and either shut that door or create a new room.”

— Sienna Miller, esquire.co.uk

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up

“[On Brad Pitt divorce] There are many stages of grief. It’s sad, something coming to an end. It cracks you open, in a way—cracks you open to feeling. When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain. I’m a human being, having a human experience in front of the world. I wish it weren’t in fron…”

— Jennifer Aniston, vanityfair.com

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up, Divorce, Grief

“[On Robert Pattinson] It was incredibly painful. Ugh, fucking kill me... Relationships - you just never fucking know.”

— Kristen Stewart, thedailybeast.com

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“[On Kristen Stewart] Shit happens, you know? It's just young people… it's normal! And honestly, who gives a shit?”

— Robert Pattinson, esquire.co.uk

Tagged: Celebrity Break Up