Remaining friends with an ex is never easy. We imagine it’s much more difficult if the split is highly publicised, like those of celebrities. Since these break ups often cause rumours, gossip and tabloid headlines for days, all the talk can lead to the eventual cutting of ties.
While this may be the case for many, some celebrity splits are quite amicable. Some remain close as they have kids together, while others simply are better as friends than they are as a couple. Whatever the reason, some celebrities have kept close to their exes after they’ve ended their relationship.
Here are some famous exes who have remained friends:
– Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz
Since their divorce in 1993, the pair have remained close since they have a daughter together (Zoë Kravitz). What makes this post-divorce bond even more special, however, is that Bonet’s current husband, Aquaman actor Jason Momoa is friends with Kravitz too. According to MSN, Kravitz and Momoa share matching rings, which were bought by Momoa in 2018.
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– Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
Paltrow and Martin split in 2014 (which they called a “concious uncoupling”). They are still tight due to the two children they share together. Paltrow is now married to Brad Falchuk, and Martin was invited (along with their kids) to accompany them on their honeymoon. Talk about staying close!
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– Mindy Kaling and B.J Novak
This pair are thick as thieves! While they played an on-screen couple in the popular TV show The Office, they also had an on-again-off-again romance in reality. After that ended, they remained so close that Kaling gave Novak the honour of being godfather to her daughter who was born in 2019. She told Good Housekeeping that Novak is a “member of the family”.
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– Demi Moore and Bruce Willis
This couple were divorced in 2000. Since they share three daughters, they remained close and have clearly made an effort to remain amicable for the sake of their children. Rumer Willis, their daughter, said they she never had split up holidays or birthdays, according to In Style. “They always made an effort to do all of the family events still together and made such an effort to still have our family be as one unit,” she said.
On top of that, they also seem to have a very friendly relationship, and Moore was one of the roasters at Willis’ Comedy Central Roast.
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– Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder
The Vampire Diaries co-stars dated for about three years, and broke up in 2013. Thereafter, Somerhalder married actress Nikki Reed with whom he shares a child. Dobrev has maintained a friendship with both Somerhalder and Reed.
Dobrev said that there is nothing weird about their friendship, E! reported. “Why can’t everyone be friends? I think that they have a beautiful baby, and they are happy and so am I, and what’s bad about that? I don’t see any problem with that,” she said.
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– Chris Pratt and Anna Farris
After being married for 9 years, the pair got divorced in 2018. Since they share a child together, they have found a way to remain friends. “Divorce sucks, but at the end of the day, we’ve got a great kid who’s got two parents who love him very much,” said Pratt to Entertainment Weekly in 2018.
“We’re finding a way to navigate this while still remaining friends and still being kind to one another,” he said.
Since then, Pratt has remarried, and he and Farris have solidified their post-divorce friendship. When he proposed to his now wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, Farris expressed her excitement on her podcast, reported Insider.
“Chris texted me this morning and he was like, you know, ‘I proposed to Katherine last night,'” she said. “I was like ‘Ah! That’s amazing.’ And I texted him back: ‘Just want to remind you, I’m an ordained minister.”
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A bride in Campbell River, Vancouver Island made sure her dying stepfather was a part of her special day by marrying at the senior home he stays in.
Caroline Scheck and fiancé Rodney Scheck originally planned to marry in August. However, Scheck’s stepfather Brian Devlin’s health was rapidly declining. They then decided to move the wedding date up to May so that Devlin could be in attendence.
“We planned a wedding at a long term care facility we both work at because my stepdad is palliative and he wanted to walk me down the aisle,” said Caroline Scheck. “We are uncertain on how long he has to live and I wasn’t about to wait to get married and not have him be there!”
They moved their wedding date to May 15, and scrambled to pull all the elements together in a short amount of time.
“It’s unbelievable to have planned a wedding during a pandemic and within three days while working from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. on all the days beforehand,” Scheck said.
On the wedding day, all the residents on the facility watched from their windows, waving and smiling as the couple said their “I dos”. Of course, Scheck’s stepfather was there too. He had been wheeled down to the garden where the wedding was held, and symbolically walked his stepdaughter down the aisle.
“My stepdad was wheeled down dressed up and he was coherent the whole time he was present, something he hasn’t been prior to. He talked about fishing and was happy to see his family. He was proud and that’s why we did this on such short notice. It truly was a wonderful moment!”
“When we said ‘I do’ all three floors of the facility were banging on the windows, some were present outside with us, and they all stood at the windows and watched the ceremony with smiles on their faces. We had some fellow co-workers in the crowd cheering us on and taking pics for us.”
A few days later, Devlin passed away on May 24, aged 79. Scheck is eternally grateful that her stepfather could be a part of her wedding before he died.
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Winter is coming. While this season might not be the obvious choice for a wedding day, it actually has many benefits.
Winter weddings add a special feeling of cosy romance and magic to even the frostiest of days. Using decor pieces like fairylights, candles and tons of greenery, any space can be transformed into a winter wonderland.
If you’re having your big day during the winter, remember to offer treats and favours that will warm up your guests in more ways than one. We’ve got some sweet ideas for you to try.
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Send-offs and favours:
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Back in 2002, Anne McGowan was on her way to her mountaintop wedding in Arizona. But having to reroute to their spot because of wildfires, the couple realised they would have to hike up a mountain to get there.
“I wanted to get married on a vista because we rock climb and hike a lot so that was sort of our ideal wedding. The night before the wedding, the photographer called us and said there were fires and that they had to close off the access to where we were going to be married,” McGowan told AZ Family.
“I get out of the car, and we realized we were at a bottom of a mountain instead of like, on the top. I had wedding shoes on and a dress because initially, we were going to pull up into a parking lot and jump out and have the ceremony there. So we’re just looking up like, how are we going to get up this mountain? In tuxedos and sandals and a wedding dress?”
Lucky for her, a group of hikers passed them and a kindhearted lady offered the bride her hiking boots. She took the boots and was able to hike safely to the spot.
Now, 18 years later, McGowan decided to try and find the heroic hiker who saved her on her wedding day. On the day of her 18th wedding anniversary, she posted a picture taken of them on Facebook and it quickly went viral. Rhonda Nelson, the one and only hiker, eventually saw the photo, and contacted the bride!
Nelson explained the act of kindness: “It’s a hiking creed almost; you do good things for other people on the trail. What really moved me was that Anne really wanted to reach out and say thank you and that also, this meant so much to her,” Nelson said to AZ Family.
The two arranged a Zoom meeting to say hi, and plan to stay in touch.
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