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The Most Devastating Celebrity Breakups Of 2018

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Hollywood’s biggest love stories fell apart faster than anyone expected in 2018.

Six-year engagements, decade-long partnerships and a proposal that lasted barely five months — 2018 delivered no shortage of breakup headlines. From WWE’s golden couple to pop’s most talked-about engagement, the year’s split list reads like a highlight reel of Hollywood heartbreak, and Nicki Swift’s rundown ties every one of them together.

• John Cena and Nikki Bella called off their wedding in April 2018, six years after they started dating and one year after Cena’s on-stage proposal at WrestleMania 33, before confirming a permanent split by July.
• Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan ended their marriage after nearly nine years together, announcing the separation in a joint statement in April 2018.
• Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson’s engagement, one of the year’s fastest and most publicized, ended in October 2018 after just a few months.

The Wedding That Never Happened

No breakup landed harder on fans than John Cena and Nikki Bella’s. The two had been a couple for six years, with Cena getting down on one knee at WrestleMania 33 in front of a live arena crowd, only for the pair to call off the wedding in April 2018. Cena later went on the Today show and admitted the split had left him heartbroken, telling viewers he was even willing to walk back his long-stated reluctance about marriage and having kids if it meant keeping Bella. It wasn’t enough — by July 2018, the two confirmed the separation was permanent.

Marriages Ending After Years Together

Three long marriages unraveled within months of each other. Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, who met filming Step Up and married in 2009, announced their split in April 2018 after almost nine years together, framing it as a mutual decision rather than a messy breakup.

“We fell deeply in love so many years ago and have had a magical journey together. Absolutely nothing has changed about how much we love one another, but love is a beautiful adventure that is taking us on different paths for now.”

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux followed a similar script in February 2018, revealing their separation after two years of marriage and calling it a mutual, loving decision. Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart’s ending was more formal: after 14 years together, Gayheart filed for divorce that same February, closing out one of Hollywood’s longer-running marriages — a pattern of quiet, amicable-sounding exits that also shows up elsewhere, including in The Real Reason Phaedra Parks Got Divorced.

Long Partnerships That Quietly Fell Apart

Not every major 2018 split came with a press statement. Lena Dunham and musician Jack Antonoff ended their relationship quietly in early 2018 after more than five years together, with neither side making much noise about it publicly. Alicia Silverstone and Christopher Jarecki split after two decades together, while Anderson Cooper and Benjamin Maisani’s long relationship also came to a close during the year. Cassie’s decade-long relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs rounded out the list of major long-term partnerships that didn’t survive 2018.

The Whirlwind and Short-Lived Romances

2018 also delivered breakups on the opposite end of the timeline. Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson’s engagement — announced after only a few weeks of dating — dissolved by October 2018, one of several fast-moving splits that also included Ben Affleck and SNL producer Lindsay Shookus, Emma Watson and Chord Overstreet, and Chris Evans and Jenny Slate. Nicki Minaj’s relationship with Nas ended during the year as well, adding her to a list of names that pop up in The 14 People Nicki Minaj Should Be Most Afraid Of. Angela Rye and Common also parted ways in 2018. And just before the year closed out, Cardi B announced her separation from Offset in December 2018, capping off twelve months that left very few high-profile couples untouched.