Lights, Camera, Chaos: Hollywood's Most Explosive Divorces That Shook Tinseltown

Hollywood is known for its drama - on-screen and off-screen. While it may have contributed to its share of romances, where the couples are renowned for being ‘the soulmates’, the place is no stranger to multi-million dollar divorces. The separations often go through headlines, the settlements are the gossip of the night, and the custodian battles have been shared with each scrolling through social media. Let’s take a look at the messiest divorces in Hollywood!

Well, some divorces share their messy battles with the news, the others have their own OTT special. The infamous defamation case of 2022, where Depp filed a lawsuit in 2019 due to an op-ed Heard wrote in The Washington Post that Depp used to domestically abuse her during their marriage. He filed the defamation lawsuit as it damaged his career, irreparably and won the settlement against her in 2022.

They met on the sets of ‘The Rum Diary’ in 2009 and began dating three years later. In 2015, the duo got married, however, a year later, Heard filed for divorce and allegedly accused Depp of physical abuse during their time together.

According to Business Insider, the gorgeous pair got married in 2014 after their engagement in 2012. In September 2016, Jolie filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences and petitioning for primary custody of their six children. A month later, she accused Pitt of physically abusing their son Maddox while he was in an intoxicated state in his private jet, but all the charges were cleared. After accusations of Pitt not paying child support and a long custody battle, they were finally declared single in 2019. Their divorce has finally been settled, but their real estate dispute pending right now.

The Hollywood couple split in 2021 after being married for six years. But how can the drama end just yet? Kim and Kanye ‘Ye’ West had been friends since 2008 and started dating just a few months after Kardashian’s split from her former husband Kris Humphries. The spark was caught by their fans, and they married each other in 2014, in Italy. Kim cited that the relationship could not be saved even with the couple’s counseling. Soon after the divorce, she started dating Pete Davidson. Ye, however, had other plans and started making Instagram posts aimed at Pete, referring to him as ‘Skete’. He then made a music video ‘Eazy’, where the man who looks similar to Davidson has been kidnapped and buried alive. Pete decided to break up with Kardashian after this chaotic situation.

As aforementioned, some have their OTT special, the others have their divorce documented. Kris, the queen of reality shows married Caitlyn Jenner (formerly known as Bruce Jenner) in the year 1991. They had their married life documented in the form of the TV show ‘Keeping Up with Kardashians’, which is highly applauded and celebrated by the audience. The pair shares two highly successful daughters, Kendall and Kylie. The couple separated in 2014 and finalized their divorce a year later. In 2015, Jenner came out as transgender and introduced herself as ‘Caitlyn Jenner’. The duo supported each other until Jenner slammed Kris in her memoir ‘The Secrets of My Life’, stating that Kris had an idea about Caitlyn’s gender struggles.

The pair, Moore and Kutcher went through a messy divorce when Moore accused him of infidelity. Due to the involvement of a third party in their marriage, the lines were blurry of where being unfaithful in a relationship starts. She wrote in her memoir ‘Inside Out’ that he even cheated on her in 2011 when she was shooting for the film ‘Another Happy Day’. They were married to each other from 2003 to 2011. Kutcher married Mila Kunis, his ‘That’s 70s Show’ co-star two years after divorcing Moore.