Celebrities Who Were Blindsided By Divorce
When celebrity divorce news ends up making headlines, sometimes the fans aren’t the only ones surprised. These celebrities said that they were under the impression that their marriages were doing just fine — until they heard about their split because papers were filed.
We know that celebrity schedules can be very busy. But these men and women deserved a little more than just a warning before their partners decided to break the news to the world that they were on the way out the door.
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Mechelle Epps
When news of Mechelle and Mike Epps’s split hit the headlines, Mechelle said it was news to her — and “shocking” because she and her husband were together as late as last month. She wasn’t sure it was really over until she saw paparazzi photos of the man she thought was still her husband walking down the streets of New York City with another woman.
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Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan found out that his ex-wife, Linda Hogan, was leaving when he got a call from a reporter — who wanted comments on the divorce. Hogan said he thanked the reporter for the “great information” about the end of his 24-year marriage before hanging up the phone.
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Tiki Barber
Tiki Barber said that he was “blindsided” when his pregnant wife Ginny Barber publicly filed for divorce — even though his affair with Traci Lynn Johnson had been public for weeks.
Barber said he was under the impression that he and his ex-wife were going to wait to file until after their twin babies were born. He married Johnson shortly after the divorce was finalized.
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Kevin Federline
Britney Spears’s ex-husband said he knew they had problems but was under the impression that they were still working them out. But in 2006, she “went behind my back and filed [for divorce]. [I was] completely blindsided… she didn’t even talk to me or anything.”
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Tammy Lynn Michaels
Melissa Etheridge’s ex Tammy Lynn Michaels said she and Melissa Etheridge had talked about ending their 9-year partnership but agreed not to make any moves before Etheridge got back home from her tour.
But Etheridge announced their divorce anyway, prompting Michaels to leave this bitter poem on her blog:
“Gentle waves/ no noise for awhile
or maybe gentle voices/and SMACK!!!!! FILE FOR DIVORCE!!!
even though we both promised, agreed, handshook, pinkyswore
no filing until after tour/in the fall…
Her broken promises told to me by headlines….
could you stop blind sighting me?/ Have a good concert.”
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Gavin Rossdale
Even though he was the subject of several cheating rumors, rocker Gavin Rossdale still thought Gwen Stefani was going to agree to work things out. Rossdale was reportedly blindsided by the news that it was really the last straw when Stefani filed papers.
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Porsha Williams
Porsha Williams told Andy Cohen that her sister had to call her and tell her that her divorce news was all over Twitter. Stewart was so surprised that she thought it was a “crazy joke.” Why? Because she was still living with Kordell Stewart at the time. When her attorney confirmed the news, Williams said she was heartbroken: “When I got married, I meant it for life.”
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Tom Cruise
A week before news that Katie Holmes had filed for divorce hit, Tom Cruise was gushing to People magazine about how much he loved spending time with her. Cruise was “deeply saddened” to learn of the divorce — from the tabloids.
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Kris Humphries
When Kris Humphries learned that Kim Kardashian filed for divorce just 72 days after they tied the knot, he was so surprised he issued a statement to People saying that he was not only shocked but still wanted to make it work.
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Jennie Garth
Actress Jennie Garth had just started a reality show about her life, including her 11-year marriage to Peter Facinelli when he surprised her with divorce papers shortly after taping began.
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Nigella Lawson
“Cruelty” was how Nigella Lawson described her husband Charles Saatchi’s decision to announce to The Mail that their marriage was over — without giving Lawson a single word of warning that he was going to end their union.
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Mike Shouhed
Sometimes celebrities and fans find out divorce news together. Shahs of Sunset star Mike Shouhed said he found out about his divorce from Jessica Parido when he checked his phone during one of their fights.
“I didn’t even know the divorce was happening until I saw it posted online. That was how I found out she was divorcing me. I was blindsided.”
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Terry Bradshaw
Football legend Terry Bradshaw was so surprised by his wife’s divorce filing that he told the Daily News that he refused to “accept her claim that it’s over.” The two did go to counseling to try to save the marriage, but things officially came to an end more than three years later.
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