Fastest celebrity rebound relationships, from Kim and Kanye to The Crown
The Crown’s golden couple Gillian Anderson and writer Peter Morgan’s relationship is over — and he’s already moved on. But when it comes to celebrity rebound couples, he’s not the only one.
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They were The Crown’s golden couple — but Gillian Anderson and writer Peter Morgan’s relationship turned out to be tarnished, with news that Gillian, 52, and Peter, 57, who have been together couple for four years, have split.
But Anderson, who lived apart from Morgan, previously saying if the pair did move in together, it “would be the end of us”, was in for a bigger shock as he has reportedly shacked up with Jemima Khan, 46, ex-wife of Imran, and old friend of Princess Diana.
Friends say The X-Files actor is “bemused”.
So why the haste? Has Morgan found true love or succumbed to a case of pandemic “apocalypsing”, where couples move their relationships on at high speed? Or is it simply a classic celebrity rebound?
“Moving on quickly with a new relationship can feel like a quick fix,” says counselling psychotherapist, Dr Karen Phillip.
“Our emotions can be overwhelming and how do we soften that despair? We connect with another person quickly.”
She says people rebound as a diversion, or replacement and counsellors usually suggest you give yourself time to recover after a relationship breakdown, before jumping into another.
“However, we don’t know how long the relationship had actually been over before the public split,” she says.
As for Anderson, and other exes left looking on bewildered, Dr Phillip advises: “Know they were out of your relationship for quite some time. While they may have been physically present, they previously checked out emotionally. We can feel so rejected when this happens but clearly the relationship was not working.”
Still, if it makes her feel better, she’s not alone.
Here are eight celebrity rebounds:
OLIVIA WILDE AND HARRY STYLES
News broke in November that Olivia Wilde, 36, and Jason Sudeikis, 45, ended their engagement after nine years together.
But this month, it was revealed that Wilde, who is directing Harry Styles, 26, in Don’t Worry Darling, is also dating the One Direction singer.
According to E! News, it’s “broken Jason’s heart”.
TAYLOR SWIFT AND TOM HIDDLESTON
One of the most famous rebound relationships was 2016’s “Hiddleswift”, when Taylor Swift, 31, and actor Tom Hiddleston, 39, began dating after she broke up with musician Calvin Harris, 37.
They took public smooching to a new level, when Tom wore an “I heart TS” T-shirt. It lasted one summer before Taylor didn’t heart Hiddleston – penning song Getaway Car, with the lyrics: “You were driving the Getaway Car, we were flying but we’d never get far.”
Taylor is now dating actor Joe Alwyn, 29, and Hiddlestonis living with actor Zawe Ashton, 36.
MEGAN FOX AND MACHINE GUN KELLY
Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox always had an up and down relationship, with the couple, who married in 2010, filing for divorce in 2015, before reconciling and having their third child.
“Marriage is hard,” Brian, 47, said.
“You just take it day by day.”
Until you don’t: In May they split and Fox, 34, immediately started dating singer Machine Gun Kelly, 30, with the pair talking marriage. Green is dating Dancing With The Stars’ Sharna Burgess, 35.
MICHELLE WILLIAMS AND THOMAS KAIL
They say you know when you meet The One – but it can be unfortunate for The Other One. Michelle Williams, 40, married musician Phil Elverum, 42, in 2018, but parted a year later.
She then made it official with theatre director Thomas Kail, 42, marrying him in March and having a baby in June, a sibling for Heath Ledger’s daughter Matilda, 15.
KIM KARDASHIAN AND KANYE WEST
It was one of the shortest celebrity marriages ever — in October 2011, Kim Kardashian, 40, ended her marriage of 72 days with basketball player Kris Humphries, 35.
Just months later she went public with Kanye West, 43, marrying him in 2014 in a fairy-tale ceremony. Sadly, they haven’t lived happily ever after.
KYLIE JENNER AND TRAVIS SCOTT
Kylie Jenner, 23, kept up with Kardashian, when she broke up with rapper Tyga, 31, in 2017 and began dating rapper Travis Scott, 28, two weeks later at Coachella.
The pair became parents to Stormi Webster in February 2018. The whirlwind relationship blew out, however.
GWEN STEFANI AND BLAKE SHELTON
Turns out the No Doubt star did have some second-thoughts, when Gwen Stefani, 51, ended her 13-year-marriage to rocker Gavin Rossdale, 55, in 2015.
A few months later, Stefani confirmed she was dating friend and The Voice co-judge Blake Shelton, 44, who had also just separated from his wife. But this rebound relationship has gone the distance – the pair got engaged in October, with plans to wed soon.
ASHTON KUTCHER AND MILA KUNIS
After six years of marriage, Ashton Kutcher, 42, announced he was separating from actor Demi Moore, 58, in late 2011, after which he quickly began dating his former That ’70s Show co-star and old friend Mila Kunis, 37.
But it lasted – the pair married in 2015 and have two kids.
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