Reality TV has given us some of the most dramatic and scandalous relationships ever. Join us as we dive into the most controversial couples who turned their love lives into must-watch television, from cheating scandals to explosive breakups that kept viewers glued to their screens!
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00:00What's up man? Because Amber like is constantly fighting with me. I think we split up today man.
00:04Welcome to Miss Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the reality TV couples
00:09who loved stirring up drama and controversy as much as they loved each other.
00:14It's not the same thing. This was your best friend. You're sick.
00:19Number 10. Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson. Keeping up with the Kardashians. The Kardashians
00:24have had their fair share of romance dramas. I don't want to take away anything from this moment
00:30and I have always been a believer of don't make permanent decisions off temporary emotions.
00:36I want Tristan here. Khloe's own relationship with Lamar Odom caused a media blitz on more than
00:42one occasion. But it's her long-standing relationship with NBA player Tristan Thompson
00:46that has captured the most headlines and attention. And my friend Larsa called me to explain that
00:52a reporter that she knows was about to write a story that Jordan and Tristan were at his home
00:58late night or until seven in the morning. They said they were like making out. Thompson's infidelity
01:03during her pregnancy was one thing. His affair with Jordan Woods, a fellow Keeping Up with the
01:08Kardashians castmate and friend of Khloe's half-sister, Kylie Jenner, sent shockwaves
01:13through the family and the show. You know I just feel so bad for Khloe. Jordan was someone that
01:18Khloe really trusted and believed in and supported. Since then the pair have been on again,
01:25off again with their relationship still being closely watched by fans. Number nine, Stassi
01:30Schroeder and Jax Taylor, Vanderpump Rules. At the start of this Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
01:36spinoff, Stassi and Jax were the resident it couple. They broke up early in the show's run
01:41but they just couldn't stay away from each other. Be an adult! I'm still normal. You just,
01:47literally I say every day, okay prove yourself to me, prove yourself to me, and every day you fail.
01:51They also couldn't stop generating drama. Their time on the show was marked by blow-ups at birthday
01:56parties, casual flirting, and more than one accusation of infidelity. Even after they parted
02:01ways, their relationship reverberated through the cast. You spent the last year professing I'm the
02:06only one for you while you were banging one of my closest friends, Tristan. Taylor's affair with
02:11Schroeder's castmate and friend, Tristan Doughty, led to an infamous blow-up in the show's second
02:16season. There would be plenty of scandalous Vanderpump Rules couples to come, but they were
02:21the first. She's like, was your choice to sleep on the couch last night? Really? Because I'm gonna get
02:25in the bed with the devil. No, I'm not. I am the devil and don't you forget it. Number eight, Black
02:33Chyna and Rob Kardashian. Keeping up with the Kardashians. Things were rocky with this couple
02:38from the start. Rob Kardashian already put his family on bad terms with Chyna when he didn't
02:43even tell them he'd proposed to her. We wake up to all of these pictures of my brother just
02:49getting engaged. I'm just like this. The two got their own spinoff soon after, but it became clear
02:58that there were more to their fights than just standard marital bickering. The whole thing was
03:03just a slow car crash leading to an inevitable, catastrophic split. You had a baby with me. I
03:08would expect you to be in love with me and you keep saying we're getting married and this and
03:13that. You know what I'm saying? I would expect all that to be real. After Kardashian posted
03:18private pictures of her online, Chyna was granted a restraining order. She would also later sue for
03:23defamation. Black Chyna, whose real name is Angela White, is suing the Kardashians and the Jenners
03:30for a hundred million dollars for defamation. Number seven, Giannina Gabelli and Damian Powers.
03:35Love is blind. For every fairy tale romance the participants find in the pods, there are
03:40dozens of disasters. But that's what makes Love is Blind so bingeable. You know how you tell me
03:46this is the best sex of your life? Have you noticed that I don't return the compliment?
03:52Things started out pretty dramatic for this season one couple from the get-go.
03:56Giannina Gabelli switched things up on her potential soulmate Damian Powers by proposing to
04:01him. So I want to ask you, Damian Powers, will you marry me? I will marry you. It was probably
04:11the last time the two saw eye to eye on anything. After a season of bickering, Powers left her at
04:16the altar. Shockingly, the two ended up reconnecting after the show, but only for a little
04:21while. We were able to really love each other since the show wrapped a little bit more deeply
04:27and just more in a less pressured environment. Number six, Sammy Giancola and Ronnie Ortiz
04:35Magro, Jersey Shore. When the gym, tan, and laundry-obsessed partiers hit the shores in
04:40season one, there was bound to be a romance or two between the castmates. I definitely think
04:44Ronnie's, like, very cute. He, like, holds my hand. He pays for the date. I'm just really,
04:49like, into Ronnie right now. I can't even explain it. Sparks flew between Ronnie Ortiz Magro and
04:56Sammy's sweetheart Giancola almost immediately, but it wouldn't be Jersey Shore without maximum
05:02drama. Are you friends with her or not? I don't want to talk to you. This is my last time trying.
05:05Are you friends with her? Their relationship was a rollercoaster, and that's an understatement.
05:13Who can forget when Snooki and JWoww left Sammy that fateful note detailing everything
05:18Ron had been doing? This note pretty much told me that Ron gets with fat chicks, hooks up with
05:24girls, holds hands with girls, got a girl's number. The only thing stable about Giancola
05:28and Ortiz Magro's relationship was that you could always trust they'd break up again.
05:335. Cassie Randolph and Colton Underwood, The Bachelor
05:37Former pro football player Colton Underwood clearly had a favorite going into the finale
05:41of season 23, but Cassie Randolph, the contestant who won his heart, had decided to leave.
05:47Tears were shed, souls were bared, and fences were jumped. A distraught Underwood's now infamous
06:04escape from the production crew is easily one of the most dramatic moments in the history of the
06:08show. The two did end up together, but the drama continued. Underwood and Randolph broke up in
06:232020, and soon after, Randolph filed a restraining order against Underwood for stalking and allegedly
06:30installing a tracking device on her car. Randolph even alleging Underwood placed a
06:34tracking device on her vehicle to track her whereabouts, saying Colton admitted to the
06:39allegations once confronted. Underwood's subsequent coming out grabbed more headlines
06:43some months later. 4. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, The Hills
06:48I, Heidi, take you, Spencer, For better or worse,
06:51For better or worse, For richer or poorer,
06:54For richer or poorer, Till death us do part.
06:57When Spidey became a thing in the second season of The Hills, it marked a massive shift in the
07:02friendship between Heidi Montag and Lauren Conrad. Spencer Pratt's brash behavior and
07:07rumor-spreading didn't earn him many allies. By the end of the series, the two had made a
07:20habit of alienating every single one of their castmates, including Pratt's own sister, Stephanie.
07:26Though they reveled in their villain status, the two insist that the entire show was fake.
07:333. Jon and Kate Gosselin, Jon and Kate Plus 8
07:48Some viewers chalked up their tense relationship to the stress of having eight children to look
07:52after. After a few seasons, though, Jon and Kate Gosselin's marriage had clearly eroded
07:56beyond repair, and they announced their separation on the show's fifth season.
08:03It's just not good for our kids, for us to be arguing in front of our kids.
08:06TLC halted the series, but things only got crazier from there.
08:09A custody battle ensued and played out in a public forum.
08:13I was wrong and it was his custody. Will I do it again? No. But it doesn't answer to me like
08:19a babysitter I've never met or approved of bothers me.
08:22He's had this babysitter once before.
08:24In 2009, the police were called over a verbal argument between the two,
08:28leading to a media frenzy. Years later, custody questions and resentments still linger,
08:33with some of their children choosing to distance themselves from one parent or the other.
08:38I mean, you haven't talked to six of your children in at least five years.
08:42And a couple of them, ten years.
08:452. Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley, Teen Mom OG
08:48I literally can't freaking stand you no more.
08:50Then leave!
08:54This relationship is seriously becoming unbearable.
08:58Amber Portwood and then-boyfriend Gary Shirley were introduced to millions on MTV's 16 and
09:03Pregnant. Their rocky relationship continued in front of the cameras on
09:07Teen Mom, where the two struggled with their new roles as young parents.
09:10In 2010, a fight between the two was broadcast for millions,
09:14and Portwood ended up with a domestic violence charge.
09:17She has since had multiple run-ins with the law.
09:19I know we're toxic for each other, and I hate that it turned out this way,
09:24but I love you.
09:28Portwood and Shirley's breakup didn't stop them from producing even more scandalous reality TV
09:32moments. Even as late as 2021, the two were still on Teen Mom, with their co-parenting
09:38relationship being a constant source of friction.
09:41That was amazing to actually hear you sticking up for me,
09:45but your wife is absolutely horrible.
09:48No, no, no, no, no.
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10:051. Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leavis
10:08Vanderpump Rules
10:09The explosive Scandaval was 10 years in the making. For years, fans opined the sometimes
10:15confusing relationship between Ariana Maddix and Tom Sandoval, but nothing could prepare
10:20them for the cheating scandal that rocked the show in 2023.
10:24I learned on Wednesday night that there are evil, evil people in this world,
10:28and sometimes they're the people closest to you.
10:31Sandoval's affair and later romance with Rachel Leavis made national headlines. The show,
10:36which was between seasons at the time the news broke, returned to production to capture the
10:41fallout.
10:41Two weeks ago, I was like, Ariana, I want to end things.
10:45You should not be here if you want to end the relationship.
10:47You literally told me I am not letting you break up with me.
10:50Sandoval and Leavis, who was Maddix's friend,
10:53were roasted for their affair on the show and off. Since then, the two have gone their
10:57separate ways. And Leavis even sued Sandoval and Maddix for proliferating intimate footage
11:03of her. All this time later, the fallout is still being felt.
11:06Maddix obtained at least two illicit videos of Leavis and distributed them
11:12and or showed them to others without Leavis's knowledge or consent.
11:16Which showmances did you follow? Let us know in the comments.
11:20I don't want to be the one to have to tell you this because it's not my.
11:23Please don't let it be about Tom.
11:25It's about Tom.
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