Worst Celebrity Couples
These famous duos were not meant to be.
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Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil - Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil had a rocky marriage, filled with violent fights, drugs and run-ins with the law. After two years the couple split in 2009. Following Winehouse’s death on July 23, 2011, Fielder-Civil is currently on suicide watch in a U.K. prison, where he’s serving time for burglary with firearms. (Photo: Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
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Ike and Tina Turner - As Tina Turner’s autobiography, I, Tina, and the film What’s Love Got to Do With It revealed, Ike Turner ruled his marriage and his musical muse with a drug-fueled iron fist. After years of abuse, Tina escaped his torment in 1976, and went on to become the reigning queen of rock and roll. Ike died of an alleged cocaine overdose in 2007. (Photo: Alpha/Landov)
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Halle Berry and Eric Benet - After a previous divorce it seemed that Halle Berry found marital bliss and a happy family life as a stepmom to Eric Benet’s daughter, India. However, Benet’s sex addiction during their marriage—during which he reportedly bedded women in the double digits—caused the union to fall apart in 2005. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Mike Tyson and Robin Givens - Mike Tyson was a boxing champion and Robin Givens was a beloved TV star when the young duo married in 1988. A scant year later, Tyson admitted to punching Givens, the media branded her "the most hated woman in America," and the pair split in 1989.(Photo: REUTERS/Santiago Lyon/Landov)
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Chris Brown and Rihanna - The beautiful, talented and sexy coupling of Chris Brown and Rihanna had all the ingredients of an entertainment powerhouse duo in the making. But the beautiful music stopped on Grammy night in 2009, when, LAPD photos later revealed, Brown physically assaulted Rihanna. The duo split and Brown was sentenced to community service, but he still battles a hot-tempered rep in the press. (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)
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Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren - Thanksgiving 2009 produced the golf swing heard around the world; Tiger Woods was involved in a car crash and former wife Elin allegedly used to a golf club to help smash his ride up. The cause? Woods juggled over 14 lovers during their five-year marriage. The pair, who divorced in 2010, have two children. (Photo: Harry How/Getty Images)
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Sammi and Ronnie (The Jersey Shore) - A union made in reality TV heaven, The Jersey Shore’s Sammi Giancola and Ronni Magro hooked up soon after the hit MTV show debuted. Their combative union even survived Magro’s numerous infidelities, but sources close to the duo say their split was final in early 2011. (Photo: Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup)
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LaToya Jackson and Jack Gordon - LaToya Jackson says her brief marriage to Svengali/manager Jack Gordon was a union made in hell. She claimed he physically abused her and threatened the lives of her family, including brother Michael. Gordon died of cancer in 2005. (Photo: REUTERS/Havakuk Levison/Landov)
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Eminem and Kim Mathers - Though often the subject and target of his harsh, abusive and dismissive lyrics, Eminem married ex-wife Kim Mathers twice from 1999 to 2001 and again for three months in 2007. The two have a daughter together named Hailey.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
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Dorothy Dandridge and Jack Denison - Screen legend Dorothy Dandridge never quite found her rightful place in Hollywood, and sadly her love life was equally tragic. After divorcing dancer Harold Nicholas, she wed Jack Denison, a physically abusive, compulsive gambler who drained the starlet of her money. Dandridge divorced him after two years of marriage. (Photo: Keystone-France/Getty Images)
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Mary J. Blige and K-Ci Hailey - Before she found the self-help lyrics to remake her life, Mary J. Blige partnered with K-Ci Haley. The tumultuous duo endured rumors of fighting and an alleged broken engagement (which Mary reenacted years later in a music video starring 50 Cent), all proof their love wasn’t built to last. (Photo: MTV)
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Britney Spears and Kevin Federline - Britney Spears' short-lived, two-year second marriage to her former backup dancer Kevin Federline produced two children. But K-Fed alleges that Spears battled with postpartum depression, which caused her erratic, head-shaving behavior to spiral out of control. They divorced in 2007. (Photo: Matthew Simmons/Getty Images for Rolling Stone)
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Billie Holiday and Louis McKay - The 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues, starring Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams, portrayed Billie Holliday's relationship with Louis McKay as a great romantic love affair. In real life, Lady Day's union with McKay, an abusive mob enforcer and rumored pimp, was far from idyllic. (Photo: Dalle/Andre Sas/Landis)