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00:00Now I gotta be with you at the press conference while you like,
00:03tell the world about your transgressions."
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks
00:10for the top 20 shocking celeb cheating scandals.
00:17For this list, we'll be looking at the biggest celebrity infidelity bombshells
00:21that left us all shocked.
00:23We'll be excluding politicians, as those deserve their own list.
00:27Which of these scandals surprised you the most?
00:30Let us know in the comments.
00:33Number 20.
00:34Tom Sandoval and Ariana Maddox
00:36Reality stars Tom Sandoval and Ariana Maddox are both well-known as stars of Vanderpump Rules.
00:43I think I have a nice name for my art piece.
00:45What is it?
00:46I call it Overcoming the Obstacle.
00:49After splitting from his ex-girlfriend and former co-star Kristen Dowdy in 2014,
00:55Sandoval officially began dating Maddox.
00:57The two remained together for nine years in a seemingly loving relationship,
01:02until cheating allegations surfaced in 2023.
01:05It's just crazy how big this story has gotten for who I am.
01:11Apparently, Maddox discovered Sandoval's infidelity when she found inappropriate
01:16content involving Vanderpump Rules co-star Raquel Levis on his phone.
01:20In the aftermath of the scandal, Sandoval first issued a statement
01:24in which he seemed to acknowledge the affair but failed to apologize to Maddox.
01:28Although a public plea came days later, it seemed the damage was already done.
01:33You want anything?
01:34For you to die.
01:35Number 19.
01:37Eva Longoria and Tony Parker
01:39In 2007, Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria got hitched to professional basketball player Tony
01:46Parker.
01:54This was Longoria's second marriage, and all seemed to be going well between the couple.
01:59However, just three years later, the actress filed for divorce after stumbling upon illicit
02:04text messages between Parker and another woman.
02:07While there was no official confirmation from the parties involved,
02:10the woman in question was reported to be Erin Berry,
02:13the wife of one of Parker's San Antonio Spurs teammates.
02:16Needless to say, the discovery of these messages broke the trust between the two
02:21and led to the immediate dissolution of their marriage.
02:23It was disappointing because I had such an identity in being Mrs. Parker and being a wife,
02:30and so when that's taken away from you, you go, who am I? And it was hard.
02:35Longoria has since been married to Mexican businessman José Antonio Bastón.
02:40Number 18.
02:41Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher
02:44When it comes to Hollywood, love triangles are a dime a dozen,
02:47but only few can grab the nation's attention quite like that of Eddie Fisher,
02:51Debbie Reynolds, and Elizabeth Taylor.
02:53Elizabeth and I were good friends. We were 17, 18, 19, 20, blah, blah, blah. And then,
02:58of course, our lives changed because my husband became her husband.
03:01Reynolds and Taylor had been friends since their teenage years,
03:04having met each other on the MGM studio lot. After her husband, Mike Todd, lost his life in
03:09a plane crash, Fisher began spending time with Taylor and seemingly fell in love with her.
03:14Can I help you with anything?
03:18Housework?
03:22You can put that coat back on.
03:25Why?
03:26The next year, he left Reynolds and their two children and quickly tied the knot with Taylor.
03:31The scandal became an instant media sensation and affected all of their careers. Reynolds herself
03:36once compared the highly publicized triangle to that of Brad, Jennifer, and Angelina.
03:42Caria was talking to me one day. She said,
03:43Your mother is sort of like Brad and Angelina, Jolena and Jennifer Aniston today. You and
03:49Eddie and Elizabeth, it was sort of a similar story.
03:52More on that later.
03:54Number 17. Ned and Ariel Fulmer
03:57After attaining fame at BuzzFeed, the Try Guys, made up of Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger,
04:03Eugene Lee Yang, and Zach Kornfeld, branched out on their own in 2018.
04:08What's really cool about this channel is that we're experimenting a lot.
04:11A lot of surprises that the audience is not going to expect.
04:14Over a million subscribers!
04:17Oh my God!
04:18Open it. Yes, yes, you can open it.
04:20Just like most other popular groups, the Try Guys became known and loved for their
04:24individual personas. Over the years, Fulmer branded himself as a wife guy,
04:29frequently gushing over his marriage to his partner, Ariel, and their two children.
04:33It's Ned from the Try Guys.
04:35And I'm Ariel.
04:36Welcome to the Fulmer family household.
04:38So you can imagine everyone's surprise when it was revealed in September 2022
04:42that he had been involved in an extramarital affair with Alexandria Herring,
04:46a producer on their show. The ensuing scandal resulted in Fulmer's removal from the group,
04:51although the couple remained together after reportedly working things out.
04:55By now we're assuming you've seen the Reddit threads and TikToks and tweets and news articles.
05:01Number 16. Jude Law and Sienna Miller.
05:04British-American actress Sienna Miller first rose to prominence with her roles in the
05:082004 films Layer Cake and Alfie.
05:11You're English. I love English. What's your name?
05:17Alfie.
05:17While on the set of the latter, Miller struck up a relationship with her co-star Jude Law,
05:22and the two got engaged on Christmas Day that year.
05:25It didn't take long for things to turn sour. Less than a year later,
05:29Law admitted to cheating on Miller with the nanny of his children from his previous marriage.
05:33It was an interesting thing to put myself back into a situation that did feel somewhat familiar,
05:39and to respond in a very different way to that. Maybe reclaiming something.
05:43But there is a sense of catharsis.
05:45Although the couple tried working things out initially,
05:48they eventually went their separate ways.
05:50After going through the harrowing experience of being cheated on,
05:53Miller herself soon became the other woman in an affair with actor Balthazar Getty,
05:59who was married at the time.
06:01Number 15. Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale.
06:05Music stars Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale seemed like the perfect couple.
06:09The two were both lead vocalists for their respective rock bands,
06:13No Doubt and Bush, when they first met in 1995.
06:21After dating on and off for a few years, they tied the knot in 2002,
06:26kicking off a 13-year marriage that produced three boys.
06:29When it came to light that Rossdale had engaged in a three-year affair with their nanny, however,
06:34everything changed. Stefani filed for divorce from the Bush frontman due to
06:38irreconcilable differences, which was finalized in 2016.
06:43You've gone through a lot.
06:44I have gone through a lot, but I feel like you have to be grateful for that,
06:47because if I didn't do that, then I wouldn't have this, and it's like,
06:50you have to be grateful for all of it.
06:51She soon hitched her wagon to country musician and fellow The Voice coach Blake Shelton.
06:56The two have released multiple collaborations and eventually got married in 2021.
07:01Number 14. Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.
07:04The relationship between Hollywood power couple Will and Jada Pinkett Smith
07:09is admittedly quite complicated.
07:11Even before they got married in 1997, the two had been in the public eye.
07:17They eventually welcomed two children, Jaden and Willow, who have also become superstars themselves.
07:23In 2020, the Smiths spurred conversations about their relationship,
07:27and it's not surprising that the couple has been in the public eye for a few years now.
07:31Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have been married for a few years now,
07:34and they've been married for a few years now, and they've been married for a few years now.
07:38In 2020, the Smiths spurred controversy when rapper August Alsina revealed that
07:44he and Jada had an affair, with Will's blessing.
07:48I totally gave myself to that relationship for years of my life,
07:54you know, and I truly and really, really deeply loved and have a ton of love for her.
08:03Although her team initially denied the claims,
08:05Jada later appeared on her web show, Red Table Talk, alongside Will,
08:10where she admitted to being in an entanglement with Alsina.
08:13What do you feel like you were looking for?
08:18I just wanted to feel good. It had been so long since I felt good.
08:27However, as the couple claimed to have been separated amicably at the time of the affair,
08:31they reportedly do not consider it a case of infidelity.
08:35Number 13. King Charles and Princess Diana
08:39Following their highly publicized royal wedding, then Prince Charles and Princess Diana's marriage
08:44began to fall apart due to Charles' affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.
08:48At the time of the marriage, you know, I think Charles was not seeing Camilla,
08:52but Diana was convinced he was, and then her worst fears came true.
08:57Although they had secretly carried on the illicit relationship throughout his marriage,
09:01it only came to light in 1992 when an intimate phone call between the two was leaked to the
09:05press. Charles and Diana separated that same year, with the former later confirming his affair in a
09:111994 interview. It was compulsive viewing for more than 22 million captivated royal subjects.
09:18Do you think Mrs. Parker Bowles was a factor in the breakdown of your marriage?
09:22Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.
09:26Diana also had a fling with British Major James Hewitt during their marriage.
09:30The scandal resulted in the couple's divorce in 1996 and significantly damaged the reputation of
09:35the British monarchy. Charles eventually got married to Camilla in 2005 and became
09:40king in September of 2022. Number 12. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
09:47When their hit fantasy film Twilight premiered in 2008,
09:50fans were immediately obsessed with actors Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.
09:55Their on-screen chemistry seemed to have bled into real life,
10:13as the two reportedly began dating that year. Their relationship waxed stronger until 2012,
10:18when Stewart was photographed getting intimate with Snow White and The Huntsman director
10:22Rupert Sanders. The snapshots apparently show 22-year-old Kristen Stewart stepping out on her
10:27on- and off-screen beau, Robert Pattinson, with her Snow White and The Huntsman director,
10:32Rupert Sanders. The sensational pictures were splashed all over the tabloid press,
10:37resulting in Stewart and Sanders issuing public apologies to their respective partners.
10:42In the aftermath, Pattinson seemingly called the relationship quits and moved out of their
10:46shared home. It's a different thing. You get into it to do movies. I mean,
10:50I've never been interested in trying to sell my personal life, and that's really the only
10:54reason people bring it up. Although the couple briefly reconciled that year,
10:58they eventually parted ways for good. Number 11. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
11:04The love triangle of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, and Angelina Jolie became one of the most
11:09sensationalized tabloid narratives of the 2000s. Maybe it's not, maybe two people,
11:15the nature of two people is not meant to be with each other forever.
11:19Well, I don't know. I'm not sure what I was talking about.
11:24After a two-year whirlwind romance, Pitt and Aniston had a private Malibu wedding in July of
11:292000. Things seemed to be going great, until the couple stunned the world by announcing their
11:34separation and divorce barely five years later. The media won't move on, so it's sort of hard
11:40when energetically you have all of that coming at you, and you've moved on, and you sort of
11:45just want to say, come on, people, turn a page. The high-profile split was made even more
11:49scandalous by Pitt's almost immediate involvement with Angelina Jolie. This led many to speculate
11:55that Pitt engaged in an affair with Jolie after working together on the 2005 blockbuster Mr.
12:00and Mrs. Smith. The two eventually tied the knot in 2014, only to also file for divorce just two
12:07years later. We are and forever will be a family, and so that is my, that is how I'm coping. I'm
12:14coping with, with finding a way through to make sure that this somehow makes us stronger and
12:18closer. Number 10. Adam Levine and Beate Prinsloo. Levine has been married to Beate Prinsloo since
12:252014, but in 2022, a cheating allegation emerged. A TikTok personality named Sumner Stroh claimed
12:33that she and the Maroon 5 frontman had been hooking up for about a year. Maroon 5 is practically
12:39elevator music at this point, so I'm sure you know who Adam Levine is,
12:44but Adam and I were seeing each other for about a year. She also said that he asked her if he
12:49could name his child, ergo Prinsloo's child, after her. That's pretty hard to stomach if true.
12:55Levine has denied that he had any physical relations with Stroh, but it was still pretty
13:00shocking news. I used poor judgment in speaking with anyone other than my wife in any kind of
13:06flirtatious manner. I did not have an affair. Nevertheless, I crossed the line during a
13:11regrettable period in my life. It wasn't long before more women alleged that he had sent them
13:16inappropriate communications. The singer often features his wife and family in his videos,
13:21so the scandal was definitely a mask-off moment. Number nine. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore.
13:27Cheating on anyone is wrong. Cheating on Demi Moore with a 21-year-old you met in a bowling
13:32alley is just downright impossible to understand. In the beginning days of their relationship,
13:38it seemed Moore and Kutcher couldn't be more in love.
13:41Ladies and gentlemen, Demi Moore.
13:44But according to Moore's memoir, that eventually changed. She said Kutcher became distant as the
13:50years went by and started lying to her about his whereabouts.
13:53You got a Google alert?
13:55Yes.
13:58She called him. What did you say to him?
14:02I asked if it was true.
14:03This behavior eventually led to the aforementioned bowling alley tryst,
14:07leaving Moore and us heartbroken. The couple's divorce was made official in 2013.
14:12So she put out the statement, and it wasn't a joint statement. It was,
14:15I have decided to leave the marriage.
14:17Number eight. Jesse James and Sandra Bullock.
14:20Jesse James and Sandra Bullock were an unexpected match. She was a wholesome,
14:24romantic comedy queen. He was a tatted-up TV mechanic.
14:28They seemed like an odd couple. Sandra Bullock missed congeniality herself.
14:33Never thought anything like this would ever happen to me.
14:36Dating Jesse James, then host of Monster Garage.
14:39But when the pair tied the knot in 2005, it's fair to say many were surprised.
14:44But they looked happy, and isn't that all that matters?
14:47Alas, they weren't as happy as they appeared.
14:49Who is the reported tattoo-covered other woman?
14:52Actress Sandra Bullock's devastating heartbreak.
14:55How could Jesse James have possibly cheated on America's sweetheart?
14:59In 2010, James was accused of cheating on the While You Were Sleeping star with
15:03multiple women, and apologized publicly. The strain of the scandal may have caused
15:08Bullock to cancel some stops on her press tour for The Blind Side,
15:11and she subsequently filed for divorce.
15:14It's terrible, and she's going to be hurt for a long time, you know.
15:18Number seven. Gerard Piquet and Shakira.
15:21For so many years, Shakira and Gerard Piquet seemed like the perfect couple.
15:25She once told Latina magazine how they had always been on the same page,
15:30saying, we want the same things, we like the same things, we hate the same things.
15:35In fact, they've even been included on Forbes' list of the world's
15:38most powerful couples in the past.
15:46The pair met on the set of one of her music videos, and quickly fell in love.
15:50But in 2022, the singer and soccer player released a joint statement that they would
15:55be going their separate ways. Rumors quickly started to fly, and speculation that Piquet's
16:00infidelity was the reason for the split ran rampant.
16:03I'm still going through it, and because I'm in the public eye,
16:07and because our separation is not like a regular separation.
16:11And so it's been tough not only for me, but also for my kids.
16:15It's been alleged that his partying led to an affair, and that Shakira had enough.
16:20Number six, Dave Grohl and Jordan Blum.
16:23Dave Grohl has had a long career as a musician who's been beloved by his fans.
16:35So many were shocked when he announced that he'd be having a child with a woman
16:39outside of his marriage. Grohl and his family have yet to reveal many details.
16:44His daughters seemingly deleted their social media accounts,
16:47and Grohl himself has kept the information about his new child out of the spotlight.
16:53In an Instagram post, Grohl wrote that he intends to be a caring and involved father
16:58for his new daughter, and that he seeks forgiveness from his current wife and kids.
17:03Much of the Rockstar's fan base is heavily disappointed by the news,
17:07and the story will likely be a complicated stain on Dave Grohl's image.
17:12Number five, Robert Lang and Shania Twain.
17:15For a while, it seemed like Shania Twain and Robert Lang had mastered the art of having both
17:20a personal and professional relationship, which is no small feat.
17:24So, like, he just calls you. Like, I still can't get over that. He just called you to say,
17:28like, hey, I know I made a bunch of ACDC records, but I've also loved country music,
17:32and I want to, like, what a phone call to get.
17:36Well, we have to back up because they didn't know who he was at the time.
17:39Lang has written with and produced songs for Twain, and the two got married in 1993,
17:44but more than a decade later, the unthinkable happened.
17:47I mean, it was written about all over the tabloid,
17:49so it was, like, that was humiliating at that moment for me.
17:52They announced that they would be separating in 2008.
17:55Fans were surprised that such a long-lasting relationship could end so suddenly,
18:00but then it all became clear.
18:02It turns out that Lang was cheating on Twain with her close friend, Marianne Ciebel.
18:06And I don't talk about the details of the actual affair,
18:09that, you know, as much as it might be interesting to people,
18:12um, I thought, well, you know, it's not important.
18:16What's important is that I'm sharing the, uh, the effect that it had on me.
18:21Number four, Jay-Z and Beyonce.
18:24It appears this story has roots in 2014 when a video that captured Solange Knowles,
18:29Beyonce's sister, kicking Jay-Z in an elevator the night of the Met Gala became public.
18:35Rumors flew online about what the two could possibly be fighting about.
18:39In 2016, Queen B released Lemonade,
18:42and the visual album contained clear allusions to Jay-Z's infidelity.
18:53It's still unclear what exactly was going on in that elevator,
18:56but the vocalist's songs made it pretty obvious that her husband had strayed from their marriage.
19:00It's very difficult. It's difficult to hear, difficult to say, it's difficult to,
19:05you know, to listen to that sort of pain.
19:07And you just have to be strong enough. You have to be strong enough to go through that
19:11because on the other side, it's beautiful, you know, um, in our case.
19:16The couple has stayed together,
19:17but the phrase Becky with the good hair will live on for a while.
19:21Number three, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver.
19:25Sometimes cheating results in a secret love child.
19:28Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger married in 1986,
19:32but in 2011, 25 years of apparent bliss ended in a second.
19:37It's just, I think, too scared about losing everything, losing her, losing the family.
19:42In a shocking turn of events, it was revealed that he was the father of a baby he had with
19:46another woman about 14 years before the relationship ended.
19:50He was born about a week after Christopher Schwarzenegger,
19:54Schwarzenegger's youngest child with Maria Shriver.
19:57And that means that both the housekeeper Patty Baina and Maria Shriver
20:02were pregnant at the same time in that Brentwood mansion.
20:05To make matters worse, the woman in question, Mildred Baena, worked for the couple.
20:10Schwarzenegger claimed that he had told Shriver about the child,
20:14but only after she had already figured it out for herself and questioned him.
20:18Number two, Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley.
20:22It seems these two are still on good terms.
20:25Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley began dating in 1987,
20:28quickly becoming one of the hottest Hollywood couples on the block.
20:31Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley instantly became one of the world's
20:35hottest and most photographed couples.
20:38Grant is known for his sweet, bumbling on-screen persona.
20:41So everyone was shocked in 1995 when he was caught in a compromising situation
20:46while he and Hurley were still linked.
20:48To this day, people talk about the way you handled that situation,
20:52which was apologizing and not making excuses,
20:57which has become strangely admirable in retrospect.
21:01She stuck by him during the whole thing, and the couple didn't break up until 2000,
21:06five years after the incident.
21:08Though things didn't work out romantically,
21:10she did later ask him to be the godfather of her child.
21:13There's obviously still some love there.
21:16She's still my best friend.
21:18I mean, you know, the sex bit probably fizzled out,
21:22but now she's my absolute best friend, number one person I call when I'm in a crisis.
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21:45Number 1. Tiger Woods and Elon Nordegren
21:48Perhaps one of the most jaw-dropping scandals in recent history,
21:52we definitely never saw this one coming.
21:54How did things get so out of control?
21:57Going against your core values, losing sight of it.
22:01I quit meditating, I quit being a Buddhist, and my life changed upside down.
22:08Tiger Woods married Swedish model Elon Nordegren in 2004,
22:12and by all appearances, they had a beautiful and happy marriage together.
22:16But in 2009, a little news item about a possible affair on Woods' part changed everything.
22:22A few days later, he got in a major car accident that unleashed
22:26oodles of media speculation upon the couple.
22:28After Tiger's sex scandal was exposed last November in the wake of his late night car
22:33accident seen in these photos obtained by TMZ, the couple's prenup was reportedly renegotiated.
22:39Over the next couple of weeks, many women came out of the woodwork,
22:42claiming to have been involved with him.
22:44It turns out Woods was having multiple affairs,
22:47leading to his and Nordegren's divorce in 2010.
22:50They dissolved their marriage of nearly six years on Monday,
22:53ending nine months of speculation and rumor.
23:14you