The year 2023 was marked by celebrity breakups.Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness, as well as Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner, were among the long-term couples who startled fans this year by announcing their split. Here are a few celebrity splits that caused a stir in Hollywood.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
It was disclosed by Jada Pinkett Smith during the promotion of her biography, “Worthy,” that she and Will Smith had been apart since 2016. They describe themselves as “separate in every way except legally.” She continues by writing that although though she has had other relationships and they are no longer emotionally linked, she knows they will always support one another, as shown by the incident at the 2022 Oscars
Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner
On May 1, Christine Baumgartner filed for divorce from Kevin Costner, a move that made headlines. She stated irreconcilable differences and April 11, 2023 as the separation date in the filing.
Costner and Baumgartner started dating in 1999 after first meeting on a golf course in the 1990s. They later got married in 2004 at his Aspen, Colorado, home, Dunbar Ranch. The former couple has three children: Cayden Wyatt, Hayes Logan, and Grace Avery throughout their nearly 19 years of marriage.
Following a four-month legal struggle, Costner and Baumgartner agreed to the terms of a divorce settlement in September.
Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello
In 2014, Sofia Vergara and her then-fiance, Nick Loeb, attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, when they first crossed paths. After a month of separation from Loeb, she was introduced to Manganiello by her “Modern Family” co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who gave him her phone.
In November 2015, the couple tied the knot at Palm Beach, Florida’s Breakers Resort. In front of 350 guests, she made her wedding dress debut in a stunning Zuhair Murad gown. Before formally declaring their divorce in July 2023, they were married for seven years.
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner
Actress Sophie Turner of “Game of Thrones” and musician Joe Jonas first connected in 2016 after Jonas DM’d her on Instagram. They announced their engagement shortly after, sharing identical Instagram photos and planning two weddings for May and June of 2019.
An Elvis lookalike officiated the first wedding, which took place in a chapel in Las Vegas following the Billboard Music Awards. The second wedding took place in the south of France, attended by all of their friends and family. After that, the couple welcomed daughters Willa and Delphine. In court records, Jonas described his marriage as “irretrievably broken” and filed for divorce in September 2023.
Jeremy Allen White and Addison Timlin
When they were both 14 years old, “Shameless” star Jeremy Allen White and his ex-wife, Addison Timlin, first became together while filming the 2008 film “Afterschool.” As time passed, they stayed friends, and in 2013 they started dating, which was the beginning of something more.In October 2018, the couple welcomed their first child, Ever, and in October 2019, they tied the knot. Dolores, their second daughter, was welcomed into the family in December 2020. After three years of marriage, the actress filed for divorce from the star of “The Bear” in May 2023. This year, White said in an interview with British GQ, he has gone through “a lot of high highs, a lot of terribly low lows.”
White’s child custody agreement with his estranged wife includes a daily alcohol test. The