From amicable splits to scandalous breakups and cheating allegations. These celebs managed to keep their divorces on the down-low using some seriously impressive methods.
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00:00From amicable splits to scandalous breakups and cheating allegations, these celebs managed
00:06to keep their divorces on the down-low using some seriously impressive methods.
00:12Former golden couple of country music Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton announced their
00:16split in 2015, on the very same day their divorce was finalized.
00:21According to TMZ, Shelton filed just weeks before they made any public declaration, and
00:27the whole thing was finalized mere hours after they officially confirmed their divorce.
00:32In a statement to Us Weekly, the former couple said,
00:35"[This is not the future we envisioned, and it is with heavy hearts that we move forward
00:40separately.
00:41We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends, and colleagues.
00:46Therefore we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter."
00:51While fans loved Shelton and Lambert together, there was evidently trouble in paradise behind
00:56the scenes, and cheating allegations ran rampant.
01:00Even so, they tried to keep up appearances for as long as possible.
01:03In fact, according to TMZ, former The Voice coach Shelton had been spotted wearing his
01:08wedding ring two days before the announcement.
01:11After his split from Lambert was made official, Shelton moved on with his The Voice co-star
01:16Gwen Stefani.
01:17In 2019, Lambert married a police officer named Brendan McLachlan.
01:22That cop's hot.
01:24On October 28th, 2022, Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen announced their separation.
01:29In an Instagram story, the Buccaneers quarterback explained,
01:33"[In recent days, my wife and I finalized our divorce from one another after 13 years
01:38of marriage."
01:39That same day, Bündchen also confirmed the news on Instagram, writing,
01:43"[With much gratitude for our time together, Tom and I have amicably finalized our divorce.]
01:49While the duo's marriage might have seemed like a dream on paper, their divorce didn't
01:54exactly come out of the blue.
01:55As it turned out, Brady's decision to return to the NFL after a brief retirement period
02:00supposedly was their breaking point.
02:03For months, there were rumors that the football superstar and the supermodel's marriage was
02:07on the rocks.
02:08Weeks before Brady and Bündchen went public with their relationship news, Page Six reported
02:13that the two had apparently hired divorce lawyers and were, indeed, done with their
02:18marriage.
02:19Glee star Diana Agron managed to keep her divorce from Mumford & Sons guitarist Winston
02:24Marshall really quiet.
02:26She basically didn't confirm the split until she was spotted with someone else years later.
02:31In 2020, Us Weekly broke the news that Agron and Marshall were going their separate ways,
02:36with a source saying,
02:37"[They have been living separately since last year.
02:40Agron is dating."
02:41However, neither has ever made a public statement about their breakup.
02:45Fast forward to November 2022, when the Daily Mail shared photos of Agron with artist Harold
02:50Ankart, confirming that her marriage to Marshall was definitely done.
02:55While the breakup may have come as a surprise to some, the quiet way they handled the split
02:59was pretty much par for the course.
03:01The two were notoriously shy when it came to speaking publicly about their personal
03:05lives during their time together.
03:07In fact, neither Agron nor Marshall ever even acknowledged their wedding on social media,
03:12and both largely shunned being photographed together.
03:16Did you know Hulk Hogan divorced his second wife, Jennifer McDaniel, before he told you?
03:21Because he thought you did.
03:23Hogan only confirmed he'd actually split from McDaniel after he was spotted out and about
03:27with new girlfriend Sky Daily.
03:29Rumors then began to swirl that the former WWE star may have been stepping out on his
03:34wife, whom he married in 2010.
03:37However, that actually wasn't the case.
03:39In February 2022, Hogan put a stop to the infidelity rumors, and shared that he'd been
03:45divorced from McDaniel for quite some time.
03:47The former wrestler tweeted,
03:49"'Yo Maniacs, just for the record, the Facebook and Instagram posts are of me and my girlfriend
03:54Sky.
03:55I am officially divorced.
03:56Sorry, I thought everyone already knew."
03:59TMZ later reported that the Hogan Knows Best star had filed for divorce from McDaniel in
04:04October 2021, and that their split had been officially finalized the same year.
04:09Evidently, the Hulkster just didn't make a big deal out of it.
04:13When gymnast Mary Lou Retton was ready to announce her divorce, she didn't go to the
04:17tabloids.
04:18Instead, she took it to the ballroom.
04:20When Retton appeared on Dancing with the Stars in 2018, she revealed that she and her football
04:25player husband, Shannon Kelly, had split after around 27 years of marriage.
04:31Retton shared the news on-screen with her dance partner.
04:34"'I went through a divorce.
04:36People don't know that.
04:37It's the first time I've actually said it publicly."
04:39Elaborating on what had happened, Retton explained,
04:42"'It's something that had really needed to happen for a long time.
04:45We still love one another, but we weren't great together anymore.'
04:49"'It was hard.
04:50I felt very alone.'"
04:51The Blast reported that Retton had actually filed for divorce in November 2017.
04:56It was also revealed that Retton had asked to get a temporary restraining order against
05:00her ex, with official documents explaining,
05:03"...the marriage is unsupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities that
05:08destroyed any chance they could reconcile."
05:12When David Duchovny and Taya Leone officially ended their marriage in 2014, pretty much
05:17no one knew about it.
05:19While TMZ eventually broke the news, the outlet didn't get the scoop until September 2014,
05:24which was around two months after the pair had finalized their divorce.
05:28According to the terms of their very quiet divorce settlement, Leone had primary physical
05:33custody of their two children, while they shared joint legal custody.
05:37It was also reported that the ex-File star would pay his former wife monthly child support
05:42of $8,333, as well as other expenses for their kids, plus another $40,000 in spousal support.
05:51Leone later made it clear that there was no bad blood between them, telling Parade in
05:55September 2014,
05:57"...Listen, David gave me the two greatest gifts on the planet.
06:00I don't know how I could ever hate him.
06:02We've always loved each other, and we adore these kids."
06:06In February 2015, she revealed that she didn't have any regrets about calling time on her
06:1117-year marriage, telling More,
06:13"...I am divorced and liking it.
06:15Thank you."
06:16Pondstar's icon Rick Harrison managed to have a secret divorce that the rest of us didn't
06:21find out about until months after it happened.
06:24In August 2021, TMZ reported that the reality star had filed for divorce from his former
06:30wife, Deanna Harrison, in July 2020 after approximately seven years of marriage.
06:36By September 2020, the pair had reached a settlement, though Rick's relationship update
06:40pretty much went unnoticed.
06:42When the news finally broke, Rick told TMZ that he'd already moved on from the marriage
06:47and that going their separate ways was a joint decision.
06:50It's also worth noting that this wasn't Rick's first rodeo, either, as Deanna was actually
06:55his third wife and third divorce.
06:58Everybody Loves Raymond star Brad Garrett managed to keep his split from his wife of
07:02seven years, Jill Diven, totally secret.
07:05It wasn't until August 2006 that Garrett confirmed that they'd officially divorced to USA Today.
07:12According to the outlet, his nearest and dearest were not made aware of the divorce until he
07:16was ready to go public with the news.
07:19While the two decided to call it quits, Garrett still had nothing but sweet things to say
07:23about the mother of his two children, telling USA Today,
07:27"'Diven is an extraordinary woman, the greatest mom in the world.
07:31Our number one focus is our kids and parenting.
07:34We will always be friends because we will never be single parents.
07:37We will always be two parents."
07:39The actor also decided to share a little insight into what went wrong in his marriage, telling
07:44the outlet,
07:45You can't stay together for the kids because kids know everything.
07:49Sure, it's daunting to have daddy move out, but when he's back two days later and he gives
07:54mom a hug and everyone goes to lunch, that's what it's about.
07:58TMZ reported that Garrett had managed to keep news of his divorce out of the spotlight by
08:02using his real last name, Gerstenfeld, on divorce documents.
08:07The Falcon and the Winter Soldier star Anthony Mackie's secret divorce proved that all those
08:12important Marvel secrets and spoilers are more than safe with him.
08:17He and his wife of five years, Shaletta Chapitol, ended their marriage in 2017 and finalized
08:22their divorce the following year.
08:24However, the news didn't actually hit the headlines until May 2019, almost two years
08:30after they actually broke up.
08:31E! News confirmed the split and noted that the pair had known each other since they were
08:35children.
08:36It's funny, because we've been dating off and on since we were seven years old."
08:41Mackie and Chapitol had been notoriously private throughout their romance and kept pretty much
08:46every aspect of their life under wraps.
08:48For one thing, the two never officially spoke about their own wedding day.
08:52In June 2015, Page Six confirmed that they'd tied the knot, more than six months after
08:58the actual wedding.
09:00Sean Hannity and his wife of more than 20 years, Jill Rhodes, reportedly divorced in
09:05secret in June 2020.
09:07Page Six seemingly confirmed the news several months after the divorce was finalized.
09:12The outlet revealed that, despite a lack of media attention, the former couple had unsuccessfully
09:17been working on their relationship for years.
09:20Friends of the former couple even suggested that the divorce was finalized more than a
09:24year before the public found out.
09:27A source also revealed that the pair still spent time together for the sake of their
09:31family.
09:32When asked for comment, Hannity and Rhodes confirmed they'd formally gone their separate
09:36ways via a spokesperson, saying,
09:39"...Sean and Jill are committed to working together for the best interests of their children.
09:44Amicable agreements were entered into over four years ago between Sean and Jill."
09:48The same month his divorce hit the headlines, Hannity was romantically linked to Fox & Friends
09:53anchor Ainsley Earhart, per Page Six.