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Proving that not all breakups end in bitterness! Join us as we explore famous former couples who managed to maintain meaningful friendships after their romantic relationships ended. From co-parenting champions to professional collaborators, these celebrities show that sometimes the strongest bonds can evolve rather than dissolve after splitting up.
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00:00They're hoping for this moment where you and Jennifer run into each other so they can take their picture.
00:04I'll run into Jen. She's a good friend.
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:08And today we're looking at famous former couples who are still going strong long after breaking up.
00:13Your ex-husband went on your honeymoon?
00:16I mean, yeah, pretty much.
00:20Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone.
00:22I've been bitten.
00:27So have I.
00:28On-screen couples becoming a real-life item is nothing new in Hollywood.
00:33But few had millions rooting for them quite like this pair did.
00:37Their chemistry was too palpable to ignore.
00:39And by the second Amazing Spider-Man's release, both openly declared their love for each other.
00:44He's obviously one of the greatest actors I think we have alive today.
00:49And he's also just a remarkable human being.
00:51So I love him very much.
00:54Unfortunately, their on-and-off relationship ultimately snapped.
00:57But the bond they shared has endured as friends.
01:00In 2022, Garfield revealed that they were still in touch.
01:04Especially when Stone tried to get him to spill the beans on his appearance in Spider-Man No Way Home.
01:08I asked him if he was going to be in that, and he was like, I don't know what you're talking about.
01:13I was like, what?
01:16Oh, I guess that means no?
01:17Right.
01:18But it wasn't no, it was yes.
01:20The following year, he quietly supported her by attending the Poor Things premiere,
01:24drawing a wholesome reaction from Stone that had fans talking all over again.
01:29After introing the film with her cast, she spotted Andrew in the crowd on her way out of the theater,
01:34followed by that kiss in his direction.
01:36Kaylee Cuoco and Johnny Galecki
01:38Keeping a high-profile Hollywood romance under wraps is almost unheard of.
01:42Yet Cuoco and Galecki successfully hid theirs for two years.
01:46You and Johnny kept it really quiet for, was it over two years?
01:51Two years, yeah.
01:52During the show.
01:52I know, aren't you impressed?
01:53Fans only learned about their relationship after they'd already broken up.
01:57As revealed in the behind-the-scenes book, The Big Bang Theory, the definitive inside story,
02:02sparks ignited between them after a romantic season one scene.
02:05I'm scared.
02:07Don't worry, baby, I've got you.
02:09Oh, Leonard.
02:11According to Cuoco, things fizzled out because they, quote,
02:14ran out of things to talk about after spending long days together on set.
02:18Unlike many co-star breakups, though, theirs left no hard feelings,
02:21and the two continued their on-screen pairing for the next decade.
02:25Over the years, they've supported each other through other relationships and evolving lives,
02:29with Galecki saying in 2022, quote,
02:32I adore the friends that we are.
02:34You didn't know my frickin' eyes were green?
02:37Are you lying?
02:41Unbelievable.
02:42Beautiful eyes.
02:43They're gonna cut this.
02:44Courtney Cox and David Arquette.
02:46In many ways, their relationship mirrored their screen characters.
02:50From irresistible chemistry and heartfelt connection to eventual separation.
02:54Their romance blossomed into marriage and parenthood,
02:57making Cox and Arquette one of Hollywood's most beloved couples.
03:00Y'all are the cutest couple, and I love, I just love you two.
03:05Sadly, irreconcilable differences became too great to overcome by 2010,
03:10and the pair announced their separation.
03:12In an interview with Howard Stern,
03:14Arquette took responsibility for the breakup,
03:16claiming, quote,
03:17I'm trying to grow up.
03:18Well, that was like a perfect example of how to deal with something that's a really difficult thing to go through.
03:25But despite divorce proceedings,
03:27their professional and personal relationship continued.
03:30Cox told People magazine that Arquette remains her, quote,
03:33favorite person and, quote, best friend.
03:35Do you still share everything?
03:36Do you still talk?
03:37We talk all the time.
03:40From Cox supporting him through rehab to their devoted co-parenting of their daughter,
03:44the former couple showed fans that divorce can be an evolution, not just a breakup.
03:49It's really important.
03:50You know, you have a child raised together, and, you know, there's still extreme love there and friendship.
03:56Mindy Kaling and BJ Novak.
03:57And she said on Howard Stern that you were her great love.
04:03Is there something you want to tell us about Mindy Kaling?
04:06If you thought Kelly Kapoor and Ryan Howard's love story was hard to believe,
04:10then think again because Mindy Kaling and BJ Novak's real-life relationship was just as chaotic.
04:15In an interview with InStyle magazine,
04:17Kaling described their tumultuous dynamic as, quote,
04:20romantically charged camaraderie with loud arguments.
04:23Like when people put, like, a, you know, like a, they think it's more romantic or sparkly or interesting than it is.
04:32Though their romance might have faded, their friendship refuses to subside.
04:36Speaking to Good Housekeeping magazine, Kaling called Novak, quote,
04:40so much more like family now than a platonic friend,
04:43also naming him godfather to her first two children.
04:45He's the godparent of both my kids, and he loves children and is, um,
04:49they're so attached to him, he's really part of our family.
04:52The pair have repeatedly insisted they're not getting back together.
04:55But the way it seems, they've always been each other's perfect match,
04:58with a friendship that needs no labels.
05:01What is your relationship status with Mindy Kaling?
05:05Really?
05:06Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr.
05:08Miranda's, like, you know, family and...
05:11She's a little older child.
05:12Yeah, I mean, she's, we have, we've always had a great...
05:15Many were surprised when the Pirates of the Caribbean star
05:18and Victoria's Secret supermodel made things official.
05:21But after marrying and welcoming a child within a year,
05:23fans were convinced they were meant to be.
05:26And so, news of their 2013 separation was equally surprising.
05:30You announced that you're separating from your wife, Miranda Kerr.
05:33Yeah.
05:34And, uh, and I, how, I mean, how are you doing?
05:38How are you, how are you doing through that?
05:40You know, thank you very much.
05:41Looking back, however, it seems that divorce was just a temporary roadblock for a friendship
05:46far more lasting.
05:47While she's moved on to marry Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel and welcomed three more children,
05:52he's become a father again from his relationship with Katy Perry.
05:55Speaking on the Kyle and Jackie O show, Kerr had glowing words for her ex and how they've
06:00navigated their lives, saying, quote,
06:02we're one big happy family.
06:04Orlando has found someone that makes his heart so happy because at the end of the day,
06:10for Flynn to have a happy father and a happy mother, it's just the most important thing.
06:17Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet.
06:18Zoe's mom and I were incredibly and deeply in love.
06:22It was a magical, magical relationship and a magical time in my life.
06:27Among the hottest couples of the late 80s, these two seemed to defy expectations for a
06:32young Hollywood marriage.
06:34But by 1993, the pair had called it quits, a separation that Kravitz later told Rolling
06:39Stone caused him a, quote, tremendous amount of pain.
06:42Daughter Zoe proved to be the bridge that kept them connected, laying the foundation for
06:46a growing friendship.
06:47Kravitz even developed a close bond with Bonet's second husband, Jason Momoa, referring to
06:52him as his, quote, brother in an interview with The Times.
06:55Her man, her kids, Zoe, me, we're all together and we're one big happy family.
07:01Two decades after the divorce, he called Bonet his, quote, best friend in an episode of Oprah's
07:07Masterclass, claiming that, quote, it was really all about bringing this beautiful child to the
07:11planet.
07:12Really all about bringing this beautiful child to the planet.
07:15And also sharing the love that we had.
07:20Zoe's mom and I now are best friends.
07:22Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
07:24Despite negative press from this high-profile romance, Aniston braved through with grace,
07:29maintaining her dignity and refusing to hold any resentment.
07:33The actress rarely spoke of the marriage over the next decade, which is why their reunion
07:37at the 2020 SAG Awards came as a huge surprise.
07:40Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston reunite for us all at the 2020 SAG Awards, and we're screaming
07:46for every freaking moment.
07:48This unexpectedly warm exchange broke the internet, fueling speculation over a possible reconciliation.
07:54However, Aniston set the record straight on The Howard Stern Show, revealing they'd been
07:58friends for a long time before.
08:00What do you make of all the ridiculousness about you and Brad reuniting on all these carpets
08:05all season long?
08:06It's hysterical, but what else are they going to talk about?
08:08The Morning Show star further clarified, saying, quote, Brad and I are buddies, and that everyone
08:13simply, quote, assumed there to be friction between them.
08:17Considering the height of the Brangelina drama, who could have told us that Brad and Jen's
08:21lives would turn out this way?
08:22What do you make of our reaction to the big reunion backstage last week at the SAG?
08:27I don't know.
08:28I'm blissfully naive, and I'm going to stay that way.
08:30Okay, you haven't been on the internet at all.
08:32Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin.
08:34We're a family, you know, even though we're not in a romantic relationship, we're a true
08:38family, and we like to do things to reinforce that we're a family for the children.
08:44Thanks to Paltrow's now famous conscious uncoupling phrase, many associate her time with
08:48Martin with their divorce.
08:50Soon after the split, though, Martin shot down any rumors of tension in an interview
08:54on Valentine in the Morning, saying, quote, there's a lot of love, there's no scandal.
08:59And seeing how healthy their dynamic has been since then, they've redefined what it means
09:04to maintain a post-divorce relationship in the public eye.
09:06My new husband and his children, my children, my ex-husband, our best family friends.
09:14It was a very modern honeymoon.
09:15Over the years, they've only had positive words for each other, co-parenting without
09:22issue or drama.
09:23Paltrow has since remarried, but still credits Martin as an essential fixture in her life.
09:29In a 2025 interview with Vanity Fair, the actress shared, quote, he is there for me through
09:34anything and vice versa.
09:36You're ending a marriage, but you're still in a family.
09:39Like, that's how it will be forever.
09:42Some days it's not as good as it looks.
09:45Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.
09:46Our marriage is the work of love.
09:48What would you have called it in a speech?
09:50A gift.
09:51For a decade, they were the poster figures for a successful Hollywood marriage.
09:55But it all came crashing down in 2015 when the pair shockingly announced their separation.
10:00Affleck's tumultuous life over the following years dominated headlines.
10:04Yet Garner supported him throughout his recovery.
10:07Jennifer Garner was seen visibly shaken when she arrived, and she stayed for two hours.
10:11Then she whisked her estranged husband off to rehab.
10:15In an interview with the New York Times, Affleck called the divorce, quote,
10:19the biggest regret of his life.
10:21Meanwhile, Garner has refused to speak ill of her former husband,
10:24even stepping in to protect his privacy from paparazzi during a challenging time for him.
10:29Even with relentless media attention, the exes have never given anyone reason to doubt
10:34their post-divorce relationship.
10:35He speaks warmly of her and she does of him, proving that respect can outlast romance.
10:40We did our best. Did we have moments of tension? Did we have disagreements over the custody?
10:44Was stuff difficult for us? Did we get angry? Yes.
10:47But fundamentally, it was always underpinned with the respect I knew she was a good mom.
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11:05Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
11:09Through good and bad, in sickness and in health, Willis and Moore have remained an unshakable part
11:15of each other's lives, despite divorcing more than two decades ago. They've supported one another
11:20through every chapter, from attending each other's weddings to sharing a blended family,
11:24and even quarantining together during COVID-19.
11:27Demi also Instagrammed the pic calling this time in their lives family bonding.
11:31They've poked fun at their past while simultaneously supporting each other's careers,
11:35creating a happy, safe environment for everyone involved.
11:39I mean, and of course, you know, like we did argue over the kids' names.
11:44And in the end, Bruce won. That's how they got stuck with Willis.
11:48In recent years, Moore has stood by Willis after his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis,
11:53visiting her former spouse every chance she gets. They might not have lasted as a couple,
11:57but Moore and Willis remind us that sometimes, happy endings can happen even after a marriage ends.
12:03No matter what, you will always be family. You've been a great friend,
12:07a great father, and easily one of my top three husbands.
12:12Which of these friendships melted your heart? Let us know in the comments.
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