Celebrity “tea” is honestly just too good right now. Scandals are rampant among the rich and famous. And while we wouldn’t wish a cheating partner on anyone, we still read the gossip. So let’s spill that “tea.”
These 30 celebrities just couldn’t help themselves and either cheated…or were heavily rumored to have cheated.
Hey, we can’t know for sure, right?
1. J-Lo and Ben Affleck
The timeline on this one spans nearly 20 years, but we are talking early here. Back in 2002, the two were spotted kissing and cuddling on set for a movie.
J-Lo was married to Cris Judd at the time but as you probably know, they got a divorce soon after.
And whatever is going on with Ben Affleck is WHOLE other story.
2. Ben Affleck and his nanny
This one is a rumor, but it’s defo spicy. Ben took the family nanny, Christine Ouzounian to a poker tournament in Las Vegas back in 2015 while he was married to Jennifer Garner.
Some claim their divorce in 2015 was due to Ben’s alcoholism, but others say that it was due to an affair with the nanny. We aren’t sure – but we wouldn’t rule out “both” as a cause.
3. Larry King and his sister-in-law
Larry King, the famous TV personality, has quite a history. His wife does, too!
Shawn Southwick accused King of carrying on a 13-year-long affair with her younger sister (ouch, double heartbreak!).
King retaliated and claimed Southwick had a secret romance with their son’s baseball coach.
4. Heidi Klum and the family bodyguard
Klum and musician Seal had an interesting dynamic.
Before their divorce was finalized, Seal accused her of sleeping with the couple’s bodyguard. Although they were on their way to divorce, he claims it was still classless:
“I didn’t expect any better from [the bodyguard]…but I would’ve thought Heidi would [have] shown a bit more class…before deciding to fornicate with the help, as it were,” Seal via TMZ.
It’s up for debate – is that still cheating?
5. Brad and Angelina
This one was a doozy when it broke. Brad Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston in 2005 when he started filming on the set of the spy film Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Apparently, the scenes with Jolie were too spicy for him and the two stars allegedly started making out in trailers on set. It ended with Brangelina.
Of course, that didn’t end well either.
6. Kristen Stewart and Rupert Sanders
Every Twilight fan wanted the relationship between Stewart and Pattinson to work (and potentially result in vampire babies).
But alas, it wasn’t to be.
Kristen was caught with Rupert Sanders, a married man – and even issued a public apology.
7. Jessica Simpson and Adam Levine
Simpson and her husband, Nick Lachey, were married from 2002-2006.
In 2005, however, it was rumored that she was hooking up with Levine.
It was basically confirmed when she was seen leaving a hotel wearing one of Adams shirts after they supposedly met up that night. Subtle.
8. Britney Spears
Since Britney is on her way to freedom, we might as well talk about her back in the day.
Britney allegedly cheated on Justin Timberlake and it happened twice.
The first time was an accusation that she cheated with her choreographer, Wade Robson, and the second was with Jason Alexander (who she was then married to for about 55 hours). Still, Timberlake has since admitted that he wasn’t always a stand-up guy.
9. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the housekeeper
Arnold Schwarzenegger had a rather famous affair, partly because he cheated on a Kennedy (has he no respect for American fake royalty?!). Sure, Maria Shriver didn’t carry the last name, but she was part of the infamous fam.
But the real doozy was the proof of the affair, which there was no hiding. Someone discovered that he had a teenage son with the family housekeeper and the two were VERY clearly related.
They carried on the affair for years under Shriver’s nose, kid and all.
10. Coco Austin and AP.9
We’re not gonna lie, we would NOT want to be the dude that rapper and actor Ice-T was mad at. That sounds like a recipe for hospitalization at the very least. But not only did rapper AP.9 clearly have a steamy Vegas “hang-out” with Ice-T’s wife Coco at a nightclub, he openly said the two slept together.
Frankly, that sounds like a desperate attempt to gain street cred (and pretty tacky as well).
In any case, there’s photographic evidence of the pair cozying up, and Ice-T had some words for his wife, calling the photos (and, presumably, her behavior) “disrespectful and in bad taste.” There was dancing, cuddling, even nuzzling – but more? Only Coco knows.
Hey, at least Ice-T directed his anger at the right person.
However, for her part, Coco Austin has brushed off the rumors. She says everyone got excited over nothing and that she was happily married – and maybe it’s true because she still is and she and Ice-T have an adorable daughter named Chanel now!
11. Jude Law and the house nanny
Frankly, it’s starting to sound like nannies are getting sexually harassed at work an awful lot.
In 2005, Jude Law was engaged to his then-fiance Sienna Miller.
But despite the fact that she was famous and gorgeous, he was caught with his kids’ nanny.
Oh, what to do with that $35k diamond ring. Maybe sell it for your kids’ future therapy?
12. Sienna Miller and Daniel Craig
Well, it looks like retribution cheating is a thing. After the incident with Jude Law and the nanny, Miller then went and cheated on Law with Daniel Craig!
In terms of who did the better cheat, I think Sienna wins.
13. Ethan Hawke and the nanny
Oh, c’mon, guys!!!
In 2003, Ethan Hawke is said to have cheated on the wonderful Uma Thurman with the family nanny, who also happened to be a college student.
The celebs separated in 2003, but Hawke ended up marring the nanny later on in 2008. He also claimed that his new wife Ryan Shawhughes had nothing to do with his split from Thurman.
14. Kris Jenner and the mystery man
There are quite a few rumors and conspiracies on who mama Kardashian’s man was, but she admitted to cheating on her husband Robert Kardashian in the 80s.
For decades, many assumed the mystery man to be O.J. Simpson and it was rumored that he was Khloe’s actual father, but everyone has debunked that. Honestly, we don’t care, we just think that when this mom tells her daughters to dump their cheating husbands, she probably knows from experience that people don’t change.
15. Anne Heche and Ellen – and then the person she cheated with
Maybe Anne Heche should just learn how to break up with people the classy way!
She is said to have cheated on Ellen DeGeneres with Coleman ‘Coley’ Laffoon in 2007.
But when she and Laffoon got married to Coleman, she cheated on HIM with another guy named James Tupper.
16. Ashton Kutcher and Sara Leal
We’re not sure how Ashton Kutcher thought he could keep his cheating on the down-low, but whatever.
In 2013, he cheated on his wife, none other than Demi Moore, with a woman named Sara Leal. At least according to Leal, who revealed the information involving her affair to quite a few news outlets.
17. Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe
Meg Ryan was married to Dennis Quaid for 10 years when she discovered her gladiator, Russell Crowe, on set for Proof of Life.
At the time “America’s Sweetheart” ended up shocking everyone in line to buy groceries as the news was splattered across the tabloids.
It ended up causing her divorce.
18. Billy Crudup and Claire Danes
Billy Crudup cheated on his pregnant girlfriend of 8 years, Mary Louise Parker, with actress Claire Danes, making it pretty obvious to everyone in the process.
He even ended up leaving Parker when she was 7 months pregnant. But Crudup and Danes’ relationship didn’t last either.
19. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
This one has a recurring act. The oft-married Elizabeth Taylor had an affair with Richard Burton while she was married to Eddie Fisher.
Taylor and Burton ended up getting married in 1964… then divorced and married again in 1975.
Good luck keeping up with the late Taylor’s love life!
20. Rob Kardashian and an unknown woman
Rob Kardashian was in the midst of a relationship with the Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon, going so far as to get her name tattooed on his chest!
But the two broke up after a rumor of him cheating surfaced. And all we want to know is: did the women he was allegedly cheating with see that tattoo and have questions?!
21. Jack Nicholson and Rebecca Broussard
Nicholson was in a back-and-forth relationship with Anjelica Huston when he ended up getting Rebecca Broussard pregnant.
As it usually does, the pregnancy ended the relationship with the woman who wasn’t pregnant, ending the 17-year fling.
The relationship with Broussard didn’t last either. Go figure.
22. Madonna and Alex Rodriquez
Madonna denied ever cheating on her husband, Guy Ritchie, but plenty of people reported seeing her and A-Rod cozying up around New York.
A-Rod was even seen visiting her apartment late at night when Ritchie was away filming.
Later that year Madonna and Ritchie ended up getting divorced, as well as A-Rod and his wife, Cynthia Scurtis.
23. Hugh Grant and Divine Brown
Hugh Grant was in a relationship with model Elizabeth Huxley when he was arrested… for lewd conduct when a sex worker!
Grant and Divine Brown were caught in his car by police, so there was no denying it.
That quickly ended the 8-year relationship Grant and Huxley had.
24. Tiger Woods and…apparently lots of people
Tiger Woods shocked the world when the depth of his scandal was revealed. After all, he was seen as an all-around “good guy,” and married to a stunning woman with which he had two beautiful children.
In 2009, it became pretty clear that he had been cheating on his wife, Elin Nordegren, with quite a few women.
The news was hard to deny when Nordegren chased him from the house and smashed his car windows with his own golf clubs, causing a minor car accident.
25. Chad Michael Murray and Paris Hilton
Murray was married to fellow One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush when he was cast in the movie House of Wax in 2005.
The infamous Paris Hilton was also cast in the film, and the two were confirmed to have cheated when Nick Carter, Paris’s boyfriend, revealed it.
26. Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish
Ryan Phillippe was caught cheating on his wife, Reese Witherspoon, back in 2006.
Not only was he was seen kissing actress Abbie Cornish, but Witherspoon also found revealing text messages between the two of them on his phone.
Phillippe and Cornish dated for about 3 years after his split from Witherspoon.
27. David Letterman and a CBS producer
David Letterman was forced to admit to his affair with a female CBS intern back in 2009.
Why? HER lover tried to extort money from him in return for keeping it a secret.
Not willing to pay up, he came out with the news himself.
He then proceeded to apologize, on-air, to his wife and crew during a show.
28. Josh Duhamel and a stripper
Josh was married to pop star Fergie and the two seemed to have the perfect relationship.
That is until he ended up having a one-night stand with a stripper named Nicole Forrester.
The pair tried to work things out for the sake of their son Axl, but ended up divorcing after 10 years of marriage.
29. Sean Combs and Kim Porter
Way back in 2000 (doesn’t that make you feel old?) Sean Combs (aka Puff Daddy, aka P Diddy, aka Diddy) and J-Lo were in the midst of their romance when an old flame came back into the picture.
Actually, she was more than that. Kim Porter is the mother of Diddy’s kids, and apparently wasn’t totally out of the rapper’s life when he was with J-Lo.
We don’t quite know what happened since Porter herself seems to have said two different things, so it’s all a bit confusing.
30. Katharine McPhee and Michael Morris
Katharine McPhee was seen kissing the director of Smash, Michael Morris, back in 2013.
The problem was that McPhee was married to Nick Cokas at the time, So we’re not surprised that they ended things a few years later in 2016.
For some reason, we’re drawn to celeb scandals! Maybe it’s because these folks seem to have it all and yet still don’t seem to be happy.
But if we’ve learned anything from this, it’s to protect the nannies!
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