Superstar Couples

Celebrities do have a penchant for quickie marriages. Maybe because their matrimonial practices get easily noticed by the media and the curious public? Or they do this under the impression that they can easily get away with it? Unfortunately, people do remember. And it is a fact that the society, be it the fans or the press, has issues with morality.
So who won the title? Who is the sly one? Who was the most notorious pair? Who held on the longest?

The list so far:

Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd, 10 months and a few days. JLo married Cris Judd, her former backup dancer, on September 29, 2001. She met Chris while filming the music video for her single “Love Don’t Cost a Thing.” Without a fuss, the two dissolved their marriage in August 2002. Miss Lopez had a history with short marriages. The singer was first married to Cuban-born Ojani Noa in February 1997 and split up in March 1998. That was 13 months, all in all!

Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad “Nicky” Hilton, 9 months. What if there would be a spark between the then 18-year-old Elizabeth and Nicky Hilton, then, there would be no Paris and her sister Nicky in the world. Hurray!?? But knowing Elizabeth and her famous husbands and marriages, this would be unthinkable. The socialites’ great-grandpa, who was regarded already a socialite then, married the actress in May 1950 and divorced in January 1951. Come to think of it, socialising is definitely running in this clan’s blood. Oh well, at least they own a first-class hotel. Later on, the the hotelier married an oil heiress Patricia “Trish” McClintock on November 26, 1958. But later divorced in 1965. Elizabeth went on to her wedding spree.

Courtney Thorne-Smith and Andrew Conrad, 8 months. They wed in June 2000 and already split up in January 2001. Her former husband is a genetic scientist. I probably remember her opposite Andrew Shue, who played her lover in “Melrose Place” and evidently became her boyfriend off and on the screen.

Charlie Sheen and Donna Peele, 6 months. Before bad boy Charlie and Denise Richards became an official pair, he was first married to model Donna Peele. He met his first wife when they filmed a cigarette commercial together in Japan. They wed in September 1995. In February 1996, they got separated. Charlie is famous for his womanising/misogyny, his girlfriends from the adult industry and battery.

Shannen Doherty and Ashley Hamilton, 6 months. They got married in September 1993 and split up in February 1994. The “Charmed” witch Shannen is know for her wild relationships. Former husband Ashley is the son of actor George Hamilton, who is a close friend of Imelda Marcos. Shannen also married Rick Salomon in February 2002. But they separated in November 2002, for nine months. Rick, as we all know is the infamous Rick who brought out the Paris Hilton sex tape, “1 Night in Paris,”

Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman, 5 months. The notorious basketball star was already known for his enfant terrible acts in his branch when he married Carmen in November 1998 in a quickie Vegas wedding ceremony. It was reported that Dennis tried to get an annullment after nine days of being married. But they fnally split up in March 1999.

Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney, 5 months. The two met in January 2004 at a tsunami relief benefit concert. On May 9, 2005, Renee married country singer Kenny Chesney in a ceremony at the island of St. John. It was said that the actress missed out on the engagement ring since the wedding was planned over a short span of time. On September 15, 2005, they announced their plans for an annulment. Renee cited “fraud” as the reason in the related papers. The media scrutinised her for using the word “fraud.” Because of it, she then released the following statement: “(The term is) simply legal language and not a reflection of Kenny’s character. I would personally be very grateful for your support in refraining from drawing derogatory, hurtful, sensationalized or untrue conclusions. We hope to experience this transition as privately as possible.” It was finalised in late December 2005. Renee was still adamant when asnwering questions concerning her brief marriage. During an interview with David Letterman on his show, the actress appeared to be uncomfy when cornered by the famous host.

When David said: “Can we talk about your marriage to Kenny Chesney a little bit?”
Renee replied sarcastically: “I thought you’d never ask!”
The host then adds: “Did you kids really try?”
But Renee appeared visibly uncomfortable and said: “It’s OK, baby, I can take it. C’mon, let’s go. I’m ready!”
The stunning star kept trying to avoid the questions, with David asking about the current state of their relationship saying: “Are you still friends with him?”
Renee said: “Yes, I am still friends with him. Not you, anymore, now we’re done! Oh, no, it’s all over now. I mean we had a good thing going for years here.”

Nicky Hilton and and Todd Andrew Meister, 4 months. Conrad Hilton’s great-grandniece married the businessman on August 15, 2004, but the marriage was annulled in November 2004.

Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage, 3 months, 15 days. When the two got together it became a media frenzy. They wed in August 2002. Less than four months of being together, it was over in November 2002. Lisa said it was “a big mistake.” Nicholas never said a word concerning the divorce.

“I’m sad about this, but we shouldn’t have been married in the first place. It was a big mistake,” Presley said in a statement issued by her publicist, Paul Bloch.
Cage issued a terse comment in response. “I did not comment on the marriage, I am not going to comment on the divorce,” he said through a statement from his publicist, Annette Wolf. Source

Lisa told Oprah that she was upset about the breakup but they remain friends.

“I have to give him credit, you know. That was not a fun time for either of us. He did redeem himself in the end and we did become very good friends after that. We’re better like that. And he’s happily married and has a baby coming now, which is great.”

Elvis’ daughter also married the changeling Michael Jackson and were together for 21 months.

Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman, 32 days. They wed June 1964 and split up in July 1964. That’s 32 days. According to this website:

“The coupling of thrice-wed Broadway belter Ethel Merman and twice-wed Oscar-winner Ernest Borgnine is one of the kookiest in Hollywood history. The unlikely duo’s knot began unraveling on their honeymoon, when, according to Borgnine, he garnered the lion’s share of fan attention, which left Merman seething. “By the time we got home, it was hell on earth,” he recalled in 2001. “And after 32 days I said to her, ‘Madam, bye.’” But things weren’t exactly coming up roses for the Merm: she was allegedly subjected to the silent and deadly “Dutch Oven,” which involved Borgnine releasing toxic fumes in bed while trapping her under the sheets. Merman, who never again married, devoted a chapter of her autobiography to the Borgnine marriage: It consisted of one blank page.”

In another interview he hinted, referring to his third wife, Ethel, that it was indeed his popularity that infuenced their separation.

My third wife was a Broadway star and I sat there one night enthralled at party at this woman singing. I’d known the name and everything else, but I had never seen her on stage. She was a very very important star on Broadway, did any number of shows, and you’ll probably remember her in a picture called It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. We went together for, oh, the better part of a year, and one day we decided we’d get married. And we got married in my backyard and we had pigeons fly out and we had the whole thing. And we went on this honeymoon. Well, we got to Hawaii - “Ernest Borgnine Oh My God….” “I’d like you to meet my wife, Ethel Merman” “Oh, how do you do.”
We got to Tokyo - “Ernest Borgnine, Golly!” “This is my wife Ethel Merman.” “Oh, how are you.”
I saw that she was getting angrier and angrier, madder and madder, and I didn’t know what for. People didn’t recognise her. Poor soul, you know. She had been known on Broadway, but unless you’re in television or Motion Pictures a lot, that’s it. They don’t know you.
By the time we got home it was hell on earth. And after thirty-two days I said to her, “Madam. Bye.”

Drew Barrymore and Jeremy Thomas, 30 days. In March 1994, she married bartender-turned-bar owner Jeremy Thomas in his Los Angeles tavern and was performed by a clairvoyant the couple reached by dialing a psychic hot line. Though the “joke wedding” seemed to be a joke in the first place. The 19-year-old Drew filed for divorce in April 1994. Her marriage to comedian Tom Green in July 2001 only lasted for five months.

Cher and Gregg Allman, 9 days. Three days after she divorced Sonny Bono, Cher and rock star Gregg Allman from Allman Brothers Band spontaneously flew to Vegas in his Lear Jet to wed in July 1975. Ten days after the wedding upon discovering that she couldn’t compete with Greg’s addiction to drugs and alcohol, she filed for a divorce the same month. It was said that she cried all the way home after the ceremony. Cher knew that it was a bad idea. But strangest of all things, due to her career and a son, Elijah Blue Allman, who was born in 1976, Greg became her rebound-husband and they stayed on till she couldn’t take Greg’s addiction anymore. It was finalised in 1977.

Dennis Hopper and Michelle Phillips, 8 days. The kooky Dennis married Mamas and the Papas singer Michelle in October 1970 and split up in November 1970.
When Michelle was asked about her marriage to Dennis:

“I will say this about Dennis Hopper: We were married for eight days and truly… they were the happiest days of my life.”

Britney Spears and Jason Alexander, 55 hours. Before the pop crazy Britney married K-Fed, she was then fooling around with her childhood friend Jason. It was said that at 5:30 A.M. “at the tail end of a 2004 New Year’s blowout in Vegas, Britney and her high school pal stuck it out for two days before she filed for an annulment. She cited that fact that she ‘lacked understanding of her actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to marriage because before entering into the marriage the Plaintiff and Defendant did not know each other’s likes and dislikes, each others’ desires to have or not have children, and each other’s desires as to State of residency.’ ” Jason, who was then a 22-year-old junior at Southeastern Louisiana University, wasn’t satisfied.
Months after the annulment “he told a British tabloid it was Britney who proposed to him after several nights of ‘mind-blowing and rough’ sex. He signed annulment papers, he claimed, under pressure from Britney’s family, and another British tabloid alleged he was paid more than $500,000 for his trouble. Nonetheless, he soon moved into the same L.A. apartment block as Britney’s dad, and in early 2006 was reportedly dating Kevin Federline’s babymama, Shar Jackson.” Source

Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker, 6 hours. The famous silent actor Rudolph, an Italian, married Jean, later revealed as a lesbian, after meeting her at a party. He was then a struggling actor. It was a two-month courtship until they decided to marry on November 6, 1919. Jean allegedly had regrets and supposedly locked him out of their hotel bedroom on their wedding night. She then ran to the apartment of her female lover, Grace Darmond, in tears. Out of desperation, the actor went home. The marriage was reportedly never consummated. They didn’t finalise the divorce until 1922.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, was the list.

Thank the gods for finding this list via About.com and Wikipedia.

Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd, Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad “Nicky” Hilton, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Andrew Conrad, Shannen Doherty and Ashley Hamilton, Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman, Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney, Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman, Nicky Hilton and and Todd Andrew Meister, Drew Barrymore and Jeremy Thomas, Cher and Gregg Allman, Dennis Hopper and Michelle Phillips, Britney Spears and Jason Alexander, Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker