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Sometimes, fame and fortune can’t protect love from heartbreak. Many celebrities have opened up about their regrets after ending their marriages, reflecting on lost dreams, intense pain, and what could have been different. From iconic rock stars to Hollywood royalty, hear stories of love, remorse, and hopes for second chances that hit far beyond the spotlight.
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00:00This was not a guy that was going to take the end of his marriage lying down.
00:03Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:05And today, we're looking at the celebs who either regret ending their unions
00:09or the manner in which their marriages fell apart.
00:12Looking back on my divorce from Don, I did not put the effort in to stay married.
00:18Elvis Presley.
00:19At his peak, the king of rock and roll's personal life was arguably bigger than his career.
00:25Relentless pressures of fame and tabloid attention
00:27permanently wounded his marriage to Priscilla Presley.
00:31But it seems the performer never truly let her go.
00:34According to Joe Macheo of the Imperials,
00:37the divorce, quote, was a blow from which Elvis never recovered.
00:41I am still very much in love with him.
00:43I didn't leave him because I didn't love him.
00:45I just couldn't live the life.
00:48In an interview with Today, Priscilla clarified that,
00:52while she and Elvis never had any bitterness toward one another,
00:55there were, quote, hopes and dreams that they might get back together.
00:59In her memoir, Softly As I Leave You,
01:02she recounted meeting Elvis the Christmas after their divorce,
01:05where he confessed that a reconciliation might happen, quote,
01:09someday, maybe someday.
01:11You know, those are hopes and dreams.
01:13And it would have been great if it happened.
01:17Still the love of your life?
01:18Still the love of my life.
01:20Absolutely.
01:20Pamela Anderson.
01:22In a whirlwind marriage to beat all others,
01:25Anderson wed Tommy Lee just four days after they first met.
01:29That night?
01:30Yes.
01:31This is the first time you'd be happy.
01:32And we were married in four days.
01:34You married him 96 hours after your first date?
01:38Because it took us that long to find a priest.
01:40The marriage was riddled with issues,
01:42from domestic violence to a highly controversial tape,
01:45before a divorce three years later.
01:47But writing in her memoir, Love, Pamela,
01:50the Baywatch star claimed she was, quote,
01:52forever grateful for Lee as the father of her children.
01:55The actress further stated that the Motley Crue drummer
01:58was the only person she was, quote,
02:00ever truly in love with.
02:02Looking back at their marriage,
02:04Anderson stood by at their belief to, quote,
02:06have babies and be together forever,
02:09even if it ultimately didn't last.
02:11Describing feeling crushed by the divorce,
02:14she called it, quote,
02:15the hardest, lowest, most difficult point of her life.
02:18I mean, I hate to be annoying and going through this again.
02:21I'm pretty sure she's annoyed,
02:22but I respect their relationship
02:25and just glad he's happy and he has somebody in his life.
02:27Tiger Woods.
02:28His 2009 infidelity scandal
02:31nearly destroyed both his career and public image.
02:34But while Woods has recovered since then,
02:36he remains disappointed in himself
02:39over how his infidelity affected then-wife,
02:42Elin Nordegren.
02:42I knew he was married.
02:44I knew that he had responsibilities.
02:47But he said,
02:48I want you to fly to Orlando
02:51and then I will come see you there.
02:55That was the first night I had sex with him.
02:58In his book,
02:59Unprecedented, The Masters and Me,
03:02the golfer admitted he betrayed Nordegren,
03:05writing that his, quote,
03:06regret will last a lifetime.
03:08Despite attempting to repair their marriage,
03:11Woods admitted his, quote,
03:12dishonesty and selfishness had, quote,
03:16caused Elin intense pain.
03:17While Nordegren maintains she doesn't regret leaving the marriage,
03:21Woods still has huge regrets over the fallout from the scandal.
03:25The athlete has since moved on,
03:27including relationships with Olympic gold medalist Lindsay Vaughn
03:30and Vanessa Trump.
03:31But the divorce remains one of his most challenging times.
03:35Never worked.
03:36The lady tells her sister-in-law,
03:38tells her neighbor,
03:39who tells the hairdresser,
03:40who then calls up a newspaper,
03:42she wants to take it to a rock concert,
03:44and on and on and on,
03:45and suddenly it's in the press.
03:46Nick Cannon.
03:47Welcoming multiple children in a short span
03:50has kept Cannon's name frequently in the news.
03:53But according to the entertainer himself,
03:55this came from a place of, quote,
03:58In an interview with The Breakfast Club,
04:00Cannon attributed it to the fallout
04:02from his divorce from Mariah Carey.
04:04According to him, quote,
04:06It all started from a place of pain
04:08and not really healing properly.
04:10A lot of it is the trauma that I was experiencing
04:15of not knowing how to handle divorce.
04:18You know what I mean?
04:19And like me acting out.
04:21The pair were married for six years
04:23before announcing their separation
04:24and divorcing two years later.
04:26In a 2024 interview with E! News,
04:29Cannon even went so far as to suggest
04:31he would, quote,
04:33absolutely get back together with Carey
04:34if she wanted to,
04:36claiming they still, quote,
04:37belong together.
04:38We made some amazing children together.
04:40You did.
04:40And so we'll always be together.
04:43Kelsey Grammer.
04:44Camille, are you happily married?
04:45Do you like Kelsey a lot?
04:47No, I love being married.
04:48You do love it?
04:49It's great.
04:49Rather than regretting leaving his marriage
04:51with third wife, Camille,
04:53Kelsey Grammer regrets the manner
04:55in which they were divorced.
04:56Although acknowledging their marriage
04:58as, quote,
04:59difficult and unhappy,
05:00Grammer confessed to mishandling
05:02the way he ended the relationship.
05:03In an interview with Anderson Cooper,
05:06the Freezer star lamented his failure
05:08to inform Camille of his relationship
05:10with Kate Walsh
05:11while they were still married.
05:13I should have come home from England
05:15when I first met Kate
05:16and just said,
05:17listen, I've met somebody
05:17and, you know,
05:19this hasn't been working for a long time.
05:20And I regret not doing that.
05:23According to Kelsey,
05:24keeping it hidden from Camille
05:26was the, quote,
05:27wrong decision,
05:28leading to their painful breakup
05:29in the public eye.
05:31While admitting the divorce
05:32was among the, quote,
05:33ton of things he regrets,
05:35Grammer also maintained
05:36he couldn't, quote,
05:38spend his life apologizing
05:39for his mistake.
05:40There's a ton of things,
05:41actually, that I do regret,
05:42but I can't,
05:44I can't spend my life apologizing.
05:46You know, there's,
05:48there's, there's several things
05:49I regret.
05:50Larsa Pippin.
05:51Ending a marriage
05:52that lasted over two decades
05:54usually brings some measure
05:55of regret.
05:56In Larsa Pippin's case,
05:58it wasn't the end of the romance,
06:00but the impact the divorce
06:01had on the children
06:02she shared with Scottie Pippin.
06:04In a 2022 interview
06:05with Us Weekly,
06:07Larsa admitted feeling, quote,
06:08guilty about their kids
06:10growing up
06:10without having their parents together.
06:12Our kids are so amazing,
06:13I think, because we both
06:14are very traditional
06:15in the way we raise our kids
06:17and how, you know,
06:18we just love them so much
06:19and we want them to succeed.
06:20And so that's like
06:21our number one goal.
06:22So we all, you know,
06:23we're always going to get along.
06:24The reality TV star
06:26had always envisioned
06:27providing the same kind
06:28of home life she had
06:29as a child,
06:30which added a bitter edge
06:31to her divorce.
06:32Despite the painful breakup,
06:34which she called the, quote,
06:35longest divorce ever,
06:37Larsa feels both she
06:38and Scottie
06:39ultimately came out of it
06:40in a, quote, great place.
06:42It's the longest divorce
06:43in history.
06:44I don't know.
06:44I mean, I'm kind of glad
06:46that, like, you know,
06:47we are where we are today.
06:48It's, you know,
06:49the divorce is over.
06:50We're still in a great place.
06:52Vicki Gunvalson.
06:53This reality TV personality
06:55ended her 16-year-long marriage
06:57to Don Gunvalson
06:58to pursue a relationship
07:00with Brooke's heirs.
07:01Years later,
07:02Vicki looked back
07:03at her infidelity
07:04with great remorse.
07:05Speaking at 2022's BravoCon,
07:08Gunvalson called the divorce, quote,
07:10the biggest regret she ever had,
07:12adding that her unfaithfulness,
07:14quote,
07:14destroyed her family.
07:16Take a deep breath.
07:17See if there's anything
07:17you guys can do
07:18to make the marriage work
07:20because being divorced
07:22is a forever decision.
07:23The Real Housewives star
07:25echoed her statements
07:26in a 2025 interview
07:27on the X-Files podcast,
07:29saying she, quote,
07:31wished more people
07:32would have shaken me up
07:33a little bit more
07:34to stay in the marriage.
07:35While Don has largely
07:36stepped out of the spotlight,
07:38Vicki has remained candid
07:39about the mistakes she made
07:41and continues to speak warmly
07:42of her ex-husband
07:43years after the divorce.
07:45I wish I had somebody
07:46to shake me and say,
07:47you got a good guy there.
07:48Stay married.
07:49Samantha Lee
07:50Tyrese Gibson's marriage
07:52to Samantha Lee
07:52lasted only three years
07:54before the pair
07:55announced their separation.
07:56Speaking on
07:57the Hardly Initiated podcast,
07:59Lee revealed that the divorce
08:00was her choice.
08:02However,
08:02she expressed significant regret
08:04at her decision,
08:05saying, quote,
08:06I think we do take divorce
08:07very casually.
08:09I would never tell a woman
08:10to walk through that
08:11in the same frame
08:12as I did when I did it.
08:14I remember, like,
08:15when I made, like,
08:17the decision,
08:18I was, like,
08:19hysterically crying
08:19on the phone.
08:22Lee reiterated her regret
08:23in the same interview,
08:25claiming her emotions
08:26got the best of her
08:27and being on call
08:28with her attorney
08:29may have negatively
08:30influenced her decision.
08:31Gibson had no sympathies
08:33to offer
08:33in a scathing Instagram post
08:35calling Lee, quote,
08:37heartless
08:37and, quote,
08:38clout chasing
08:39in an attempt
08:40to gain followers
08:41on social media.
08:42We don't allow space for,
08:45like, it's like,
08:47we want to be able
08:47to be strong
08:48and have these,
08:49we think being strong
08:50is angry
08:51and taking control
08:53over the situation.
08:54Like, that's not strength.
08:56Kanye West.
08:57His romance
08:57with Kim Kardashian
08:58ended just as publicly
09:00as it started.
09:01After years
09:02of divorce rumors,
09:03the pair finally confirmed
09:04their separation
09:05after seven years
09:06of marriage.
09:07Irreconcilable differences.
09:08What we really learned
09:09in this case
09:10was this was
09:10a toxic relationship.
09:12However,
09:13Ye wasn't going down quietly,
09:15openly calling
09:15for a reconciliation
09:16and even referring
09:18to Kardashian
09:18as his wife
09:19long after the split.
09:21The rapper
09:22would then begin
09:22a widely followed feud
09:24with Kardashian's
09:25then-boyfriend
09:25Pete Davidson,
09:27claiming he, quote,
09:28wanted his family back.
09:29It has been a contentious
09:30road to get here,
09:31even as Kanye
09:32publicly asked
09:33for Kim
09:34to take him back.
09:34In a 2022 poem
09:36posted online,
09:37Ye compared the divorce
09:38to the feeling
09:39of being, quote,
09:40set on fire
09:41and his, quote,
09:42teeth being pulled out
09:43with pliers.
09:44He would also continue
09:45to criticize the breakup
09:46while airing out
09:47frustrations
09:48over losing daily contact
09:49with his children.
09:50Now, Kim has attested
09:51in court documents
09:52that some of Ye's
09:53previous social media posts
09:54caused her emotional distress,
09:56so it is unlikely
09:57that this goes unnoticed
09:59even in divorce.
10:00Elizabeth Taylor
10:01and Richard Burton.
10:03I do not attack
10:06that soft spot
10:07in the underbelly.
10:09And when she attacks
10:11my double chins.
10:12You bloody well have.
10:14A romance so passionate
10:15they married twice.
10:16Liz and Dick
10:17have remained
10:18pop culture gossip
10:19for more than
10:20half a century,
10:21with fans across generations
10:22following the timeline
10:23of their relationship.
10:24It only took 16 months
10:26after their first divorce
10:28for the pair
10:28to reunite
10:29and marry again.
10:30I think having a fight,
10:32an out and out,
10:33outrageous,
10:34ridiculous fight,
10:36is one of the greatest
10:38exercises
10:38in marital togetherness.
10:42However,
10:42their second union
10:43would end
10:44less than nine months later.
10:46In an interview
10:46with Vogue
10:47after Burton's death,
10:49Taylor professed
10:49her feelings for him,
10:51saying, quote,
10:52I was still madly
10:53in love with him
10:54the day he died.
10:55I think he still
10:56loved me too.
10:57The actress minced
10:58no words
10:58when comparing Burton
11:00to her later romances
11:01either,
11:02saying, quote,
11:03after Richard,
11:04the men in my life
11:04were just there
11:05to hold the coat
11:06to open the door.
11:07Describe him
11:08for young people now
11:09who may not remember
11:10him that well.
11:12Richard?
11:13Hmm.
11:14Good God.
11:15Shame on you.
11:17Where's the camp?
11:18Jennifer Aniston.
11:19During the aughts,
11:20you'd have to be
11:21living under a rock
11:22to miss the Brad
11:23and Jen media frenzy.
11:24With Brangelina
11:25taking over headlines,
11:27the world watched
11:27Aniston's marriage
11:28crumble in the tabloids.
11:30Even two decades later,
11:32fans still wonder
11:33what happened.
11:34I think it's a narrative
11:35that follows you
11:36because it's an interesting
11:37headline.
11:38It's more of a
11:39media-driven topic,
11:42you know.
11:43In a 2005 interview
11:45with Vanity Fair,
11:46Aniston offered a peek
11:47behind the curtain,
11:49admitting, quote,
11:49there's a lot I would
11:51probably do differently.
11:52She elaborated that
11:53taking time off their
11:54careers to be together
11:55may have strengthened
11:56their relationship.
11:57You sit there going,
11:58well, how do I do that?
12:00You know, and you're
12:00frustrated and then
12:01you get down on yourself
12:02because you're not there yet
12:03and then you just
12:05realize one day
12:05it's just, it's happened.
12:07Brad Pitt reportedly
12:08carries some measure
12:09of regret as well.
12:10According to Us Weekly,
12:12the actor wishes, quote,
12:13he'd handled the end
12:14of their marriage
12:15in a more thoughtful manner.
12:16He has released a statement
12:18saying it, quote,
12:20grieves me
12:20that this was
12:21interpreted this way.
12:22Jen is an incredibly
12:23giving, loving,
12:24and hilarious woman
12:25who remains my friend.
12:27Robin Thicke.
12:28Just as Thicke's
12:29career skyrocketed
12:30with the smash hit
12:31Blurred Lines,
12:32his marriage to
12:33Paula Patton
12:33hit rock bottom.
12:35To his credit,
12:36the singer took
12:36most of the blame,
12:38making a series
12:38of grand overtures
12:40to win her back.
12:41Thicke began
12:42his public begging
12:43last Thursday
12:44at his first concert
12:45since the high school
12:46sweethearts announced
12:47their split last Monday.
12:49Then I'm trying
12:49to get my girl back.
12:50In addition to naming
12:51his next album
12:52after her
12:53and recording
12:54a heartfelt ballad,
12:55he even asked fans
12:56to ask Patton
12:57to give him another chance.
12:59Unfortunately,
13:00none of his grand gestures
13:01worked,
13:01and the pair filed
13:02for divorce in 2014.
13:04Although he didn't elaborate,
13:06Thicke said that
13:06he and Patton are separated
13:07because he wasn't
13:08always honest,
13:09adding, quote,
13:10I told my wife the truth,
13:11that's why she left me.
13:12In an interview
13:13with People Magazine,
13:14Thicke admitted,
13:15it was a melting pot
13:17of trouble brewing,
13:18and I was so arrogant
13:19that I thought
13:20I could handle it all.
13:21I heard I saw you
13:22when your girlfriend sang.
13:24Let's get you back tonight.
13:27Bill Gates.
13:28For decades,
13:29Bill and Melinda Gates'
13:30marriage seemed
13:31built to last,
13:32which made their divorce
13:33all the more shocking.
13:35Their split was met
13:36with widespread public interest
13:37as private details
13:39of their union spilled out.
13:40It wasn't one moment
13:42or one specific thing
13:43that happened.
13:44There just came a point
13:46in time where
13:46there was enough there
13:47that I realized
13:48it just wasn't healthy
13:49and I couldn't trust
13:50what we had.
13:51Just when the buzz
13:52had since simmered down,
13:54Bill made headlines again
13:55in January 2025.
13:57In an interview
13:58with the Times of London,
13:59he reflected on the,
14:01quote,
14:01miserable divorce,
14:02calling it, quote,
14:03the mistake I regret the most.
14:05You had just been
14:06through a difficult time
14:07and we talked at length
14:07about your separation
14:09and divorce from Melinda,
14:11your wife of 27 years,
14:12and you recently said
14:13that that was
14:14the biggest regret
14:15of your life.
14:16His choice of words
14:17wasn't the most careful,
14:18with some misinterpreting it
14:20as regret over
14:21the marriage itself.
14:22Gates clarified
14:23on NBC's Today show,
14:25saying that, quote,
14:26even if I knew
14:27that it wouldn't last forever,
14:28I would still do it again.
14:30Divorce wasn't great.
14:32Having those three kids,
14:34the work we were able
14:35to do together,
14:36I, you know,
14:37even if I knew
14:38that it wouldn't last forever,
14:41I would still do it again.
14:43Courtney Cox.
14:44Much like their Scream characters,
14:46Courtney Cox
14:46and David Arquette's chemistry
14:48was undeniable.
14:49Tying the knot in 1999,
14:51the couple stayed together
14:52for over a decade
14:53before their 2010 separation.
14:56Officially divorcing
14:57three years later.
14:58Courtney Cox
14:59and David Arquette
15:00say they are separating
15:02after 11 years of marriage.
15:04In a joint statement,
15:05they said they made
15:06the decision a while back,
15:07but are still good friends.
15:09According to Cox,
15:10the breakup of their relationship
15:11wasn't due to a lack of effort.
15:13In an interview
15:14with More magazine,
15:15the actress explained,
15:16quote,
15:17in divorce,
15:17you always have regret.
15:19We were married
15:19for a long time,
15:20so it's not like
15:21we didn't try.
15:22David is father
15:23to 13-year-old Coco Arquette,
15:25whose mother
15:25is Courtney Cox.
15:26And while Arquette
15:27and Cox's 11-year marriage
15:28ended in 2010,
15:30they remain good friends
15:31and work together
15:32to co-parent Coco.
15:33Although details
15:34behind their split
15:35remain private,
15:37Cox and Arquette
15:37have maintained
15:38a healthy friendship,
15:39with the actress
15:40calling Arquette
15:41her, quote,
15:41very best friend.
15:43We had the production company
15:44when we were married
15:45and it's still,
15:46we love working together
15:48and we're still
15:48really close friends.
15:50Shaquille O'Neal.
15:51By his own admission,
15:53the former basketball superstar,
15:54quote,
15:55had it all
15:55in his marriage
15:56with Shawnee Nelson.
15:57The pair,
15:58married from 2002 to 2011,
16:00faced numerous ups and downs
16:02before calling it quits.
16:03He always tells me
16:05he wants to have more kids,
16:06so I'm like,
16:07well,
16:07knock yourself out
16:08because, you know,
16:09have a good time
16:10with that one.
16:10I think you've
16:11pushed over that hill now, sir.
16:14In his 2011 autobiography,
16:16Shaq Uncut,
16:17My Story,
16:18O'Neal takes full blame
16:19for their marital woes,
16:21admitting to his infidelity.
16:23Years later,
16:24speaking on the Pivot podcast,
16:25the athlete called himself,
16:27quote,
16:27greedy,
16:28claiming, quote,
16:29it was all me
16:29during their marriage.
16:31And it was all me.
16:32I was just,
16:32look,
16:33we don't need to talk
16:34about what I was doing,
16:35but I wasn't,
16:36I wasn't protecting her
16:37and protecting those vows.
16:39Admitting he didn't
16:40fully value family life
16:41when he had it,
16:42O'Neal has expressed regret
16:43at letting it all slip away.
16:45While owning up to his mistakes
16:47on the big podcast,
16:48he called his time
16:49with Shawnee and his children,
16:50quote,
16:51the happiest days of my life.
16:52Do you think about
16:53what you gave up
16:54and do you have
16:55some regrets about that?
16:57I wouldn't say
16:57I have regrets,
16:58but, you know,
16:59in order to sometimes
17:00be great,
17:01you have to sacrifice a lot.
17:03My family was always
17:04there for me.
17:05Gavin Rossdale,
17:06the Bush frontman
17:07and Hollaback singer
17:08kept their marriage intact
17:09for over a decade
17:10before announcing
17:11their separation in 2015.
17:13In her divorce filing,
17:15Stefani cited Rossdale's
17:16alleged affair
17:17with their children's nanny
17:19as a key factor.
17:20The 46-year-old singer
17:21candidly admits
17:22that she was in hell
17:23after her split from Gavin,
17:25who allegedly cheated on her
17:26with their nanny.
17:27Things took a bitter turn
17:28before their divorce
17:29was finalized
17:30the following year.
17:31Speaking on the
17:32Amy and TJ podcast,
17:34Rossdale called
17:35their separation
17:36the, quote,
17:37simple shame in my life.
17:38My parents were both
17:39married three times each.
17:41You know,
17:41it was a sort of
17:42very colorful background.
17:44And so I never thought
17:45I'd ever get divorced.
17:47So if there's a simple
17:48shame in my life,
17:49it's that.
17:49He also described
17:50the effect it had
17:51on their children
17:52as, quote,
17:53debilitating,
17:54regretting the impact
17:55the split had on them.
17:56To avoid repeating
17:57past mistakes,
17:58the singer takes
17:59extra care
18:00not to speak negatively
18:01about his ex,
18:02hoping to protect
18:03their children
18:03from further disappointment.
18:05I've never heard you say
18:06one bad thing
18:08about Gwen.
18:09Right.
18:09Why would I?
18:10I wouldn't,
18:11I would never do that.
18:12Did you make that decision
18:13from day one?
18:14It comes real natural to me.
18:16Ryan Phillippe.
18:17Among the hottest
18:18young couples
18:19of their time,
18:20Ryan Phillippe
18:21and Reese Witherspoon's
18:22relationship
18:23dominated tabloids,
18:24convincing many
18:25that they were in it
18:26for the long haul.
18:27But it wasn't to be.
18:28Was that part
18:29of the problem,
18:30two people
18:31in the same business?
18:33No, I think more
18:34of the problem
18:35was age,
18:36you know,
18:36when we got together
18:37so young.
18:38In 2006,
18:39the Cruel Intentions
18:40co-stars announced
18:41their separation,
18:43initiating divorce proceedings
18:44that lasted
18:45for the next two years.
18:46In an interview
18:47with W Magazine,
18:48Phillippe looked back
18:49at this period
18:50with mixed feelings,
18:51referring to it
18:52as the, quote,
18:53worst time in my life.
18:55You were married
18:55to Reese Witherspoon
18:56and you're remaining?
18:57Yeah, we are
18:58and things are great.
18:59You know,
18:59it's so important too
19:00as divorced parents,
19:01I think,
19:01to keep that connection.
19:03The actor recalled
19:04isolating himself
19:05in his house
19:05for days
19:06to avoid paparazzi,
19:08calling it a, quote,
19:09disturbing environment
19:10for his then
19:10eight-year-old daughter.
19:12While he has since
19:13moved past it,
19:14the media spotlight
19:15hovering over his
19:16and Witherspoon's
19:17separation
19:17has left a lasting mark.
19:19But, uh,
19:20no, I wouldn't,
19:21I wouldn't, uh...
19:22Are you friends?
19:23Yes, very much.
19:24We have kids together.
19:25Kris Jenner.
19:26Though she's now
19:27mainly known as Kris Jenner,
19:28there was a time
19:29when she was Kris Kardashian.
19:30Her marriage
19:31to Robert Kardashian,
19:32which lasted
19:33from 1978 to 1991,
19:35was complicated
19:36by her affair
19:37with Todd Waterman.
19:38When I got divorced,
19:40Robert and I
19:41became best friends.
19:42We talked on the phone
19:43all day long,
19:44helped each other
19:45through things
19:46all the time,
19:48and I did have regret.
19:50In an episode
19:51of The Kardashians,
19:52Kris opened up
19:53about her past indiscretion.
19:55Ashamed of the mistakes
19:56made in her youth,
19:57the socialite remembered
19:58her former husband fondly,
19:59calling him a, quote,
20:01great husband
20:01and, quote,
20:02great dad.
20:03Well, what was my dad
20:04not doing
20:06that made you
20:07want to look elsewhere?
20:11I don't know,
20:12because he was
20:12such a great husband
20:13and such a great dad.
20:14The pair mended
20:15their friendship
20:16before his death
20:16in 2003.
20:18Still,
20:18Kris has taken responsibility
20:19for her actions,
20:21considering the infidelity
20:22that ended her marriage
20:23as her, quote,
20:24life's biggest regret.
20:25I thought that the grass
20:27was greener somewhere else,
20:29and I made a huge mistake.
20:31That's, like,
20:32my life's biggest regret.
20:34Will Smith
20:35Before his name
20:36was forever entangled
20:37with Jada Pinkett,
20:38Will Smith was first married
20:40to Cherie Zampino.
20:42The marriage lasted three years,
20:44during which Zampino
20:45gave birth to Smith's
20:46first son, Trey.
20:48Trey is the only child
20:49of Smith and Zampino,
20:50who divorced in 1995
20:52and later developed
20:53an amicable
20:54co-parenting relationship.
20:56Although Will moved on
20:57with Jada,
20:58the breakdown of his
20:59first marriage
20:59continues to haunt him.
21:01In an episode of
21:01Pinkett Smith's
21:02Red Table Talk series,
21:04the actor revealed that,
21:05quote,
21:06divorce was the
21:06ultimate failure for me.
21:08And it's like,
21:09I knew that was the woman
21:11I was supposed to be with,
21:13but I was never
21:14getting divorced.
21:15Right.
21:16I don't get divorced.
21:18Separating from the mother
21:19of his then two-year-old child
21:20hit him hard,
21:21and Smith still considers it
21:23the, quote,
21:24worst thing in my adult life.
21:26To add insult to injury,
21:28Zampino filed for divorce
21:29on Valentine's Day.
21:30Cherie filed for divorce.
21:32She hit me hard.
21:33Cherie filed for divorce
21:34on Valentine's Day.
21:35Woo!
21:38I was like,
21:39ouch!
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22:09The truth was
22:10we took our time,
22:12we made the decision,
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22:15we grew apart,
22:17we had a marriage
22:18that didn't work.
22:18This happens.
22:20From the aughts
22:20to the mid-2010s,
22:22Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
22:23were among Hollywood's
22:25iconic it couples.
22:26For a decade,
22:27their marriage was seen
22:28as a benchmark for success
22:30until the pair announced
22:31their separation in 2015.
22:33Coming just a day
22:34after their 10-year anniversary,
22:35Ben Affleck and his wife,
22:37Jennifer Garner,
22:38calling it quits.
22:39Affleck's life
22:40took a steep downturn
22:41soon after,
22:42with his troubles
22:43frequently highlighted
22:44in the press.
22:45Years later,
22:46the actor opened up
22:47about his past struggles,
22:49which stemmed
22:50from his alcohol use disorder.
22:52Speaking to the New York Times,
22:54Affleck viewed
22:54the end of his marriage
22:55with Garner as,
22:56quote,
22:56the biggest regret of my life,
22:59adding that,
22:59quote,
23:00shame is really toxic.
23:01Then you do more of it
23:02to make that discomfort
23:03go away
23:04and the real pain starts.
23:06It becomes a vicious cycle
23:08you can't break.
23:09He echoed these statements
23:10in another interview
23:11with the Sydney Morning Herald,
23:13labeling the divorce
23:14as a, quote,
23:15very painful experience.
23:17Ultimately,
23:18we tried,
23:19we tried,
23:19we tried
23:19because we had kids
23:20and then we said,
23:22both of us felt like
23:23we don't want this
23:24to be the model
23:25that our kids see of marriage.
23:26Can you think of
23:27any other celebs
23:28who wished they hadn't
23:29signed their divorce papers?
23:31Let us know
23:32in the comments.
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