These Are Hollywood’s Shortest Marriages Of All Time

Published on March 26, 2020
Hollywood celebrities are always in the public eye and their lives are never private. New relationships, marriages, and divorces are all over the news. Especially if the marriage lasted less than a year. Here’s a list of Hollywood’s shortest marriages.

Kaley Cuoco And Ryan Sweeting – 21 Months

New Year’s Eve is a time to celebrate and that’s exactly what Cuoco and Sweeting did in 2013. After dating for only six months, the couple made it official and got hitched, but the marriage was over 21 months later.

Kaley Cuoco And Ryan Sweeting 21 Months

Kaley Cuoco And Ryan Sweeting 21 Months

Johnny Depp And Amber Heard – 21 Months

In February 2015, Pirates of the Caribbean actor married Aquaman actress, Amber Heard. But their union did not last as the couple filed for divorce in May 2016. Heard accused Depp of abuse, which he has denied, and she even obtained a temporary restraining order against him.

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Johnny Depp And Amber Heard 21 Months

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Julia Roberts And Lyle Lovett – 20 Months

On June 27, 1993, Hollywood A-lister Julia Roberts tied the knot with Lyle Lovett. They had met on the set of The Player and became immediately smitten with each other and married three weeks later. But the marriage only lasted 20 months and they separated in March 1995.

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Julia Roberts And Lyle Lovett 20 Months

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Liza Minnelli And David Gest – 16 Months

Liza is no stranger to marriage, as she was married three times before marrying David Gest on March 16, 2002. Unfortunately, this marriage was not to be either, and the couple separated in 2013. Gest actually sued Minnelli for physical and verbal abuse during the marriage.

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Liza Minnelli And David Gest 16 Months

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Katy Perry And Russell Brand – 14 Months

American singer, Katey Perry and British comedian tied the knot in 2010. But a couple of months after their first anniversary, Perry filed for divorce. She explained that it was because of irreconcilable differences. Later on, Perry revealed that Brand ended the marriage via text.

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Katy Perry And Russell Brand 14 Months

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Terrence Howard And Michelle Ghent – 13 Months

Terrence and Michelle secretly got married in January 2010 but by February 2011, Ghent filed for divorce. She claimed that Howard abused her so she filed a restraining order against him. He denied it and it delayed the divorce but it was finalized in May 2013.

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Terrence Howard And Michelle Ghent 13 Months

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Helen Hunt And Hank Azaria – 11 Months

You’d think that after dating for six years, a couple was solid, but that was not the case with Hunt and Azaria. The couple made it official on July 17, 1999, but unfortunately due to their busy schedules, the marriage fell apart one month before their first anniversary.

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Helen Hunt And Hank Azaria 11 Months

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Jennifer Lopez And Ojani Noa – 10 Months

Jennifer Lopez and Ojani Noa tied the knot on February 22, 1997. Before the year was up they split up. In fact, their marriage only lasted 313 days. Their divorce was not very amicable and they had some legal issues since.

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Jennifer Lopez And Ojani Noa 10 Months

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Elisabeth Moss And Fred Armisen – 10 Months

In 2009, long before Moss gained recognition for her role in the popular series, The Handmaid’s Tale, Elisabeth married Saturday Night Live’s, Fred Armisen. However, their marriage was very brief, as it only lasted 312 days. She believes she was just too young at the time.

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Jim Carrey And Lauren Holly – 10 Months

Carrey and Holly met in 1994 at the auditions for Ace Ventura and the pair began dating. Two years later the couple eventually married on September 23, 1996. Sadly their marriage was not to be and ended after 309 days due to irreconcilable differences.

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Jennifer Lopez And Cris Judd – Seven Months

Jennifer Lopez is no stranger to marriage, and four years after her divorce to Ojani Noa, she married Cris Judd. he was one of her back-up dancers in her music videos. They got engaged and married within a year and divorced a mere 218 later.

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Miley Cyrus And Liam Hemsworth – 7 Months

Liam and Miley began their love story in 2009, on the set of The Last Song. The couple dated on and off for almost ten years and in 2018, they finally decided to make it official. But it wasn’t to be and the marriage ended just seven months later.

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LuAnn Nadeau And Tom D’Agostino – 7 Months

LuAnn, better known as The Countess, from the reality show The Real Housewives of New York City married Tom D’Agostino in 2016. But seven months later, they announced that they were getting a divorce. Their marriage only lasted 216 days because of its tumultuous nature.

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LuAnn Nadeau And Tom D’agostino 7 Months

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Elizabeth Taylor And Conrad Hilton – 6 Months

Elizabeth Taylor married hotel heir Conrad Hilton at the tender age of 18. Sadly, the pair divorced before her 19th birthday. She shared in her 1965 memoir, that she felt her marriage was practically over by the time they got back from their honeymoon.

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Elizabeth Taylor And Conrad Hilton 6 Months

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Drew Barrymore And Tom Green – 5 Months

In 2001, Drew Barrymore and Canadian comedian and actor, Tom Green eloped. They met on the set of Charlie’s Angels and decided to get married. The marriage only lasted 163 days though. They haven’t talked since but Green says he’s happy that Barrymore is doing well.

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Chad Michael Murray And Sophia Bush – 5 Months

Chad and Sophia co-starred in One Tree Hill together and that’s when their relationship began. Not long after, the pair got married in April 2005. But just five months later, Sophia filed for an annulment but it was denied. Their divorce finally went through in December 2006.

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Renee Zellweger And Kenny Chesney – 4 Months

Renee Zellweger and country singer, Kenny Chesney got married in May 2005. But a mere four months later, Zellweger filed for an annulment. She stated she requested the separation because of fraud. Their annulment wasn’t easy as it was dragged out by the media.

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Charlie Sheen and Donna Peele – 126 Days

On September 3, 1995, Two and a Half Men actor Charlie Sheen tied the knot with model Donna Peele. But unfortunately, the marriage didn’t last very long. They filed for divorce only four months after they said their “I do’s” and the divorce was finalized in 1996.

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Charlie Sheen And Donna Peele 126 Days

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Janet Jackson And James DeBarge – 4 Months

At the age of 18, Janet Jackson was already a well-known singer. On September 7, 1984, she shocked not only her fans but her family when she decided to elope with musician James DeBarge. But it didn’t last, and they annulled the marriage four months later.

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Pamela Anderson And Jon Peters – 12 Days

Pamela Anderson and Jon Peters first dated three decades ago and after relationships with other people throughout the years, the pair stunned fans by getting married in a whirlwind. However, just as abruptly, the pair announced their divorce a mere 12 days after tying the knot. The two have been engaging in mudslinging ever since they announced their split.

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Bradley Cooper And Jennifer Esposito – 4 Months

Blue Bloods star, Jennifer Esposito and Bradley Cooper tied the knot in December 2006. After only four months, the couple filed for divorce. According to Cooper, soon after getting married, they both realized that things weren’t working out so it was a mutual decision.

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Colin Farrell And Amelia Warner – 4 Months

Back in 2000, 24-year-old Colin Farrell met 19-year-old Amelia Warner, a young British actress. The pair hit it off straight away, starting dating, and eventually married in July 2001. But it just wasn’t to be, and they went their separate ways four months later.

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Nicolas Cage And Lisa Marie Presley – 107 Days

Hollywood A-lister, Nicolas Cage, and Elvis Presley’s only daughter, Lisa Marie tied the knot in 2002 on the 25th anniversary of her father’s death. Unfortunately, their marriage ended just three months later. No one really knows the reason why as they have chosen to keep it private.

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Nicolas Cage And Lisa Marie Presley 107 Days

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Nicky Hilton And Todd Andrew Meister – 85 Days

In 2004, Todd Andrew Meister married hotel heiress Nicky Hilton in a chapel in Las Vegas at 02:30 a.m. They even had a bridesmaid and a best man to make things official. But the marriage was annulled less than three months later.

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Nicky Hilton And Todd Andrew Meister 85 Days

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Kim Kardashian West And Kris Humphries – 72 Days

In May 2011, NBA player, Kris Humphries proposed to Kim Kardashian said yes. The happy couple tied the knot that August but they filed for divorce by the time Halloween came in October of that same year. People believe that it was all a publicity stunt.

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Pamela Anderson And Rick Salomon – 60 Days

If you think Anderson’s marriage to Kid Rock was short, then you probably didn’t hear about her marriage to Salomon. It was so short that you possibly missed it. The couple married, for the first time, in October 2007 but by December that year, it was over.

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Chris Kattan And Sunshine Tutt – 59 Days

In June 2008, former Saturday Night Live cast member married model, Sunshine Tutt in Yosemite Valley, California. The couple had been engaged for years though, as he had proposed to her on New Year’s Eve in 2006. Unfortunately, they split up eight short weeks after the wedding.

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Chris Kattan And Sunshine Tutt 59 Days

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Chad Johnson And Evelyn Lozada – 41 Days

In July 2012, NFL star Chad Johnson married Basketball Wives star, Evelyn Rosada. Unfortunately, the marriage fell apart after Evelyn discovered that Chad had been seeing other women. A fight ensued, which ended in a domestic violence arrest. The divorce was finalized in September 2012.

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Drew Barrymore And Jeremy Thomas – 39 Days

In February 1994, when Drew Barrymore was only 19 years old, she met Jeremy Thomas, a Welsh Los Angeles bar owner. They began dating straight away and got hitched only six weeks later but less than two months later she filed for divorce.

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Ethel Merman And Ernest Borgnine – 32 Days

Broadway star Ethel Merman tied the knot with Oscar-winning Ernest Borgnine in 1946. Apparently, due to his well-known temper, the marriage dissolved a mere 32 days later. Borgnine has stated that Merman is a lovely lady and that he has no harsh feelings against her.

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Ali Landry And Mario Lopez – 18 Days

In April 2004, Lopez married model Ali Landry. Unfortunately for Landry, Lopez wasn’t quite ready to settle down, and she found out that he had cheated on her with other women just days before the wedding. So she filed for an annulment 18 days later.

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Sinead O’Connor And Barry Herridge – 16 Days

When it comes to Las Vegas chapels, nothing says spontaneous and possibly reckless, more than a drive-through chapel. That’s where singer Sinead O’Connor and Barry Herridge tied the knot in December 2011. It’s no surprise that after their drive-through wedding, the couple split 16 days later.

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Eddie Murphy And Tracey Edmonds – 14 Days

On New Year’s Day 2008, Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds said I do on a private island near Bora Bora. Two weeks later, they announced that their marriage was only a symbolic union that wasn’t legally binding in the US and that they were splitting up.

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Eddie Murphy And Tracey Edmonds 14 Days

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Pamela Anderson And Kid Rock – 4 Months

In the summer of 2006, Anderson and Rock married on a yacht. The world thought that they were the perfect couple, but that wasn’t the case. By the time fall came, the couple had already filed for divorce. They frequent different circles apparently haven’t kept in touch.

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Carmen Electra And Dennis Rodman – 9 Days

In 1998, Carmen Electra and basketball player Dennis Rodman were out partying in Vegas and the evening ended with them getting hitched at 7 a.m. The wedding was as a result of both parties being highly intoxicated so they annulled the marriage 9 days later.

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Cher And Gregg Allman – 9 Days

Vegas seems to be the place where people go to have rushed, unplanned weddings. Back in 1975, Cher and Gregg Allman were yet another celebrity couple who tied the knot after some partying in Vegas. It’s no wonder that Cher filed for divorce just nine days later.

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Cher And Gregg Allman 9 Days

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Dennis Hopper And Michelle Phillips – 8 Days

On 31 October 1970, ‘The Mamas and the Papas’ singer, Michelle Phillips, visited actor Dennis Hopper. After a wild party, they impulsively decided to get married. The next morning, Hopper didn’t even remember that they’d gotten married. Needless to say, the marriage ended eight days later.

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Dennis Hopper And Michelle Phillips 8 Days

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Nicolas Cage And Erika Koike – 4 Days

Nicolas Cage and makeup artist Erika Koike tied the knot on March 23, 2019, in Vegas. But after four days, the Hollywood actor filed for an annulment. It seems the judge decided that an annulment wasn’t final enough, so he granted a divorce instead after 69 days.

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Nicolas Cage And Erika Koike 4 Days

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Britney Spears And Jason Alexander – 2 Days

Back in 2004, Britney Spears married her childhood friend Jason Alexander after a wild night in Vegas. The media got wind of the marriage and it made headlines all over the world almost immediately. The couple then annulled the marriage a mere 55 hours later.

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Robin Givens And Svetozar Marinkovic – 1 Day

Robin Givens tied the knot with her tennis instructor Svetozar Marinkovic on August 22, 1997. But for reasons that no one knows, the couple called it quits almost immediately. Svetozar shared that precisely seven minutes after saying I do they chose to annul the marriage.

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