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Celebrities Whose Families Literally Loathed Their Spouse

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Some celebrity marriages get more grief from the in-laws than from paparazzi.

Family approval is supposed to be a formality once two people decide to get married, but for a handful of famous couples, it turned into an open, public war. Parents wrote letters to newspapers, siblings skipped weddings, and fathers gave interviews trashing their own son’s marriage. Here’s a rundown of the celebrity unions that in-laws simply refused to embrace.

• Mark Wahlberg and wife Rhea Durham skipped Donnie Wahlberg’s August 2014 wedding to Jenny McCarthy in St. Charles, Illinois, citing their daughter’s birthday but fueling years of tension talk.
• David Foster’s daughters Sara and Erin Foster clashed repeatedly with Yolanda Hadid before Foster and Hadid’s December 2015 split and 2017 divorce.
• Lamar Odom’s father, Joe Odom, publicly accused Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner of using Lamar for reality TV ratings after his 2009 marriage to Khloé.

Donnie Wahlberg’s Wedding Boycott

When Donnie Wahlberg married Jenny McCarthy in front of family and friends in St. Charles, Illinois, in August 2014, one notable absence stood out immediately: Mark Wahlberg. The A-list Wahlberg brother and his wife, model Rhea Durham, stayed away, and the official explanation was that they didn’t want to miss their daughter’s birthday party back home. That excuse didn’t stop years of reporting suggesting real friction around McCarthy inside the famously tight-knit Wahlberg clan, with family sources describing lingering tension rather than a simple scheduling conflict.

Yolanda Hadid and the Foster Daughters

David Foster’s marriage to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Hadid in 2011 brought two very different worlds together, and his adult daughters Sara and Erin Foster made their discomfort known. Reports repeatedly detailed clashes between the sisters and Hadid over family dynamics, how the marriage played out on camera, and the emotional toll of Hadid’s chronic Lyme disease. The friction never fully cooled before Foster and Hadid split in December 2015, finalizing their divorce in 2017.

Esther Jenner’s Blunt Assessment

Long before Caitlyn Jenner’s transition became public, Caitlyn’s mother, Esther Jenner, made her feelings about Kris Jenner known in interview after interview. Esther didn’t mince words, calling Kris controlling, manipulative, and domineering, and accusing her of mistreating Caitlyn across their 23-year marriage. It’s a rare case of a celebrity’s own parent going on record against a daughter-in-law rather than staying quiet for the sake of family peace.

Joe Odom didn’t just disapprove of his son’s marriage — he accused the Kardashian family of running Lamar’s career and reputation into the ground for ratings.

Joe Odom vs. the Kardashian Machine

Lamar Odom married Khloé Kardashian in 2009 after dating for only a month, a whirlwind that set the tone for what followed. Odom’s father, Joe Odom, went public with his frustrations, alleging that Khloé and her mother, Kris Jenner, were controlling Lamar and exploiting the marriage for reality TV ratings at the expense of his son’s career and wellbeing. The elder Odom’s comments added a bitter, very public edge to a marriage that was already drawing constant tabloid attention, not unlike the fallout seen in other cases where close relationships curdled under the spotlight.

Jane Pitt’s Letter to the Editor

The rift between Brad Pitt’s mother, Jane Pitt, and Angelina Jolie wasn’t about personality clashes so much as a genuine ideological divide. Jane Pitt held deeply conservative, traditional values that stood in direct contrast to Jolie’s outspoken liberal advocacy. That divide became impossible to ignore in 2012, when Jane Pitt published a letter in a local Missouri newspaper opposing same-sex marriage and abortion — a direct rebuke of positions Jolie had championed publicly, and a rare instance of a Hollywood parent airing family disagreement in print for the whole town to read. Their daughter, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, grew up in the middle of that very public divide between her grandmother and her mother’s worldview.

Of all these feuds, Jane Pitt’s letter is the one with a paper trail — an actual published statement, not just a source “close to the family” talking to a tabloid. That’s the difference between garden-variety in-law grumbling and a mother-in-law putting her objections in ink for the local paper to run.