Some celebrity couples are bigger than the sum of their parts. Even after they’re kaput. For these dynamic duos, it doesn’t matter how many years have passed since the breakup, how many
marriages they’ve endured, or how much their star has risen or fallen — we’ll always root for them stop being silly and get back together, already. Honestly, is there anyone more right for Ryan Gosling than Rachel McAdams?
Has or will Chilli ever find a soulmate who’ll trump Usher? And really — come on, really — do you think for one second that Johnny Depp is more obsessed with Amber Heard than he was with Winona Ryder? It’s doubtful.
Lately, we’ve heard some encouraging news. There were tabloid reports earlier this year that Rachel and Ryan might reconcile. And even though J.T.‘s very married to Jessica Biel, we thought it was adorbs that Brit recently admitted to Ellen that when she used to play spin the bottle with her Mickey Mouse Club cast, no matter where the bottle spun, she’d only kiss Justin. Aww!
Here, the superstar exes we wish would drop everything and go running back into each other’s arms.
1 Sexy Exes: Ryan Phillipe and Reese Witherspoon
She was a Southern belle good girl. He was a hard-partying bad boy. The golden-haired hotties met on the set of Cruel Intentions, and five minutes later, in 1999, they found themselves married and pregnant. Sure, they were super-young -- only 23 and 25 -- but we had high hopes that their good girl/bad boy union would last. In the beginning, Reese told reporters, "I'm lucky to find a person to share my life, and the best friend I'll ever have" -- but seven years and two stunning mini-me's later, they were kaput. We're still not over it.
2 Sexy Exes: Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling
Honestly, we believe that there's never been a Hollywood couple with more chemistry. They cute Canadians met while playing iconic lovers Allie and Noah in 2003's The Notebook, and clearly all that making-out in the rain kicked off a lusty real-life romance. When they inexplicably broke their engagement four years later, Gosling told GQ, "God bless The Notebook, it introduced me to one of the great loves of my life. Rachel and my love story was a hell of a lot more romantic than that." Here's hoping that there's truth to last month's tabloid rumor that the two have secretly reunited.
3 Sexy Exes: Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake
The pop star mega-couple broke off their "virginal" four-year teenage romance back in 2002 and, truth be told, we haven't been pleased with either one of their significant others since then (especially Brit's. Yikes). They were just so perfectly yoked! Recently, on Ellen, Britney reminisced on playing Spin the Bottle with her Mickey Mouse Club costars, Ryan Gosling and J.T., admitting that no matter where the bottle landed, "the only person I'd kiss was Justin." Aww. Guys, just sweep the "Cry Me a River" thing under the rug and consider a do-over! angel." Imagine how flawless their kids would've been, had they stuck it out.
4 Sexy Exes: Chilli and Usher
They were both gorgeous. Massive pop stars. Kickass dancers. Their chemistry was insane in his "U Remind Me" and "U Got it Bad" music videos. What could've possibly have broken up their perfect two-year romance, back in 2004? Allegedly, their age difference (seven years) was an issue, since Usher was in his early twenties and still into wild oats-sowing. Damnit Errsher! In any event, Chilli recently told Us Weekly that he was her "first real adult love," and that she'll "love him forever." We'll love you both forever.
5 Sexy Exes: Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt
Sure, they had an eleven year age difference and drastic gaps in background. Yeah, we heard Gwyneth had a bit of a roving eye ("I was the architect of my own misery," she mysteriously told The Daily Mail. "I just made a big mess out of it"). But when they were together, the Chill Midwestern Stud and Fancy Uptown Girl were the It-couple of the 90's. They were so in love, that when Brad won a Golden Globe for 12 Monkeys, he thanked Gwynnie, calling his then-fiancee "the love of my life, my angel." Imagine how flawless their kids would've been, had they stuck it out.
6 Sexy Exes: Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp
"I’d die for her," 26-year old Johnny Depp told reporters about his 18-year old fiancee, while they were filming 1990's Edward Scissorhands. "I love her almost more than I love myself. Her eyes kill me.” In turn, she admitted that he was her first love, first sex, first everything. And then there was the infamous "Winona Forever" tat he had emblazoned on his bicep. Together, this couple encapsulated everything that was cool in the early '90s -- grungy sexiness, outsider-appeal, chain-smoking, floppy hair, and lots of black. When they broke up, we died inside -- but neither one is married now, so maybe...
7 Sexy Exes: Kristin Cavallari and Stephen Colletti
Don't act like you weren't obsessed with Laguna Beach's hottest junior/senior couple, back in 2004-2005. Kristin was a naughty, flighty spitfire, Stee-vunn was a pouty-lipped lothario -- and together, their hot high school chemistry practically drove poor Lauren Conrad insane with envy. Kristin doesn't remember those years fondly, though. "Stephen was my boyfriend," she told Fancast. "[The producers would tell him], 'we just want to get you coming up to Lauren's house; we won't make it seem like you're dating.' But then they'd have him bring her flowers! I was fifteen years old. It was really unfair how they messed with our lives." So bummed they're dunzo.
8 Sexy Exes: Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom
We took this breakup -- in October, after three years of marriage -- ultra-hard. The dimpled Australian Victoria's Secret Angel and the dashing British, um, franchise star, always seemed ridiculously into each other (snuggling up on the red carpet, gazing intensely at each other in candid shots). Even their luscious chocolate hair seemed to match, somehow. But, as Orlando told Katie Couric, ""Life sometimes doesn't work out exactly as we plan, but we love and care about each other — and most of all, we love our son." Fair enough.
9 Sexy Exes: Amy Poehler and Will Arnett
When the Parks and Recreation comedienne and her hilarious hubby, Arrested Development's Arnett, broke up last year after nine years of marriage -- it felt like it was the day funny died. They seemed so meant to be! We could just see them at home, yucking it up with their redheaded tots, Archie and Abel, having joke-offs and doing improv in the kitchen. Ah well. Poehler's seeing The League's Nick Kroll now, but...meh.
10 Sexy Exes: Sienna Miller and Jude Law
When sultry ingenue met the rakish star on the set of Alfie, it was instant fireworks. For the next four years, the British duo fascinated us not only because they always appeared to have just tumbled out of bed or be on their way there -- but also because of their style. For a brief shining moment in the mid-Aughts, Miller was the boho-chic queen of the world, and Law was her undone-dandy fashion soulmate. Oh, they were stunning. Too bad he cheated on her with his nanny and shot the whole thing to hell. They reconciled for a sec in 2010, but the magic had died. Sob.
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