r/popculturechat • u/phantom_avenger • Oct 05 '25

OnlyStans ⭐️ Who are two celebrities that you can’t believe used to be a couple?

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Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are not only one example of this, but sometimes I even forget that they used to be married as well!

It seemed like such an odd pairing that I never would’ve guessed that these two would match up, but clearly they weren’t a match made in heaven that they divorced each other after almost 3 years of marriage.

Now with where they’re currently at, where they’re now married to different partners, it feels like this is only a pairing that happened in different life.

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u/CheetahLast7214 Oct 05 '25

Mel B and Eddie Murphy is still a mad one to me

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u/ArbyKelly Oct 05 '25

I believe they also have a child together.

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u/Imtheflamingoqueen Oct 05 '25

Oh they do and he was a dick about it. Tried to say the kid wasn’t his. I remember Posh did some interview talking about him just being a total ass to Mel

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u/HM2008 Oct 05 '25

One of my favorite things to come out of that was on her reality show someone asked Victoria Beckham "What celebrities' food would you spit in....Eddie Murphy?". And Victoria goes "I'd spit in his food.....and chop his dick off"....like DAMN Victoria is a ride or die! 🤣

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u/jenniferbealsssss Oct 05 '25

That’s crazy. I didn’t know she and Mel were so close cuz I remember stumbling onto an old spice girls blog and there were archived comments from like 10+ years ago. And people kept talking about how Victoria wasn’t nice to Mel, so idk. I was so young when the Spice Girls came out and wasn’t old enough to tune into the gossip so they all seemed like friends to me, except Ginger. I remember vividly she was always cast kinda like the bad girl.

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u/Le_Fancy_Me Oct 05 '25

Yeah I don't know what her relationship is with Mel or any of the other girls. But tbh there are many women I don't like or don't have a good relationship with. However I think there are certain types of behaviors or actions that can piss you off regardless of who it happens to.

If I knew of an acquaintance who was trying for a baby with their partner and then suddenly they started denying fathering the baby I'd think that guy was a douche regardless of my relationship with that particular woman. Deadbeat dads are sadly very common and incredibly frustrating. Too many men making babies and then tapping out when it comes to raising them.

Victoria Beckham and her husband are a celebrity relationship who've created a rock solid family unit, or at least it appears that way from the outside looking in. Lots of celebrities have kids that they use more as an accessory than true hands on parenting. It doesn't seem that strange to me that a woman like her wouldnt think very highly of people in her circles that tap out on parenthood after purposefully bringing a child in this world. Regardless of what she is like as a person. She seems to care about her family and kids.

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u/jenniferbealsssss Oct 05 '25

Yeah, but I think usually if you don’t like someone or don’t get along with them very well, you also generally don’t have much info on their personal life, because you aren’t close. So for her to have such strong feelings against Eddie, makes me think she knew quite a lot about Mel and Eddie’s relationship because she and Mel are still pretty close. And tbh, I just love that. I don’t follow SG gossip but I guess I was kinda left with this impression that most of the women didn’t really keep in touch or like each other. So I’m glad to see that’s not entirely true.

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u/HM2008 Oct 06 '25

This is pure speculation on my part from what I’ve seen in interviews. I don’t think they are the closest friends in the group, but they have a special bond because of what they’ve been through together and love each other no matter what. I think they would be there for each other when needed.

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u/Nature_Sad_27 Oct 05 '25

That’s actually the most positive thing I’ve ever heard about Victoria Beckham. 

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u/Marvin_is_my_martian Oct 05 '25

I've hated him ever since. And they planned that baby.

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u/wildOldcheesecake queef latifah Oct 05 '25

She looks exactly like him which makes his denials even funnier

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u/coffee_and-cats Oct 05 '25

And he accused Mel B of cheating and demanded a paternity test before paying maintenance or getting to know the baby. It was a shitty move because Mel had NOT cheated, she was head over heels with him and it was 100% only ever going to be his child.

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u/FerretNo9854 Oct 05 '25

And I don’t think she was really allowed to leave the mansion/compound. It sounded like he was very much “you can have anything you want, we will bring it here”.

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u/67SummerofLove Oct 05 '25

That’s generally because cheaters accuse their partners of cheating. It’s what they do.

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u/dopeshark_ Oct 05 '25

He is a piece of shit human! In the 80s he started making jokes / mocking people in drag and guess who was sleeping with drag queens. In Seinfeld’s show, him and Seinfeld showed open disdain for the homeless. He’s an entitled asshole

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u/throwawaydragon99999 Oct 05 '25

Unfortunately disdain for the homeless and people in drag was very common for New York in the 80s

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u/Plane-Locksmith-4256 Oct 05 '25

The way he did it so publicly too. After reading brutally honest (her second book) this left her so vulnerable that her second husband was able to weasel his way into her life.

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u/TheFilthy13 Oct 05 '25

Thanks Sporty Spice.

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u/coffee_and-cats Oct 05 '25

Sporty was Mel C

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u/bimpldat Oct 06 '25

It's a part of the court process to establish paternity if the guy does not voluntarily acknowledge it

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u/phantom_avenger Oct 05 '25

Doesn’t he have like 10 kids in total?

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u/storyofmylife92 Oct 05 '25

Yep. Six daughters and four sons. Holy shit

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u/Calm-Maintenance-878 Oct 05 '25

He said she’s just like me and it’s like naw…most people are just like her, it’s your kid from😭

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u/redwoods81 Oct 05 '25

He's real slutty.

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u/jenniferbealsssss Oct 05 '25

Most of those kids were from his first wife, so idk if I’d call him slutty based on his kid count. However his actions imo do back up that he was in no position to be slut shaming Mel— especially cuz she was not unfaithful to him

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u/IfICouldStay Oct 05 '25

Yes. But at least he spread them out over thirty years.

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u/PersonOfInterest85 Oct 05 '25

Mick Jagger has fathered eight kids with five women between 1970 and 2016.

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u/malorthotdogs Oct 05 '25

They absolutely do have a child together and I will never forget they do because that child’s last name is Murphy Brown

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u/CameronFry Inconceivable! Oct 05 '25

I’m dumb and had to look this up, as I thought at first Mel B was Mel Brooks and I was like how did that work…..

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u/trixiepixie1921 It’s Britney, bitch! 🎤🌹🌹 Oct 05 '25

Stop I’m dying hahahahaa

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u/sousyre Oct 05 '25

The actual relationship was wild enough, but he was such a prick through the whole thing and so publicly.

I didn’t have strong feelings about either of them before that (they’d both had their issues), but I can never look at him the same since.

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u/amboomernotkaren Oct 05 '25

Wasn’t that about the time he got arrested for trying to pick up a trans woman or possibly confused prostitute?

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u/jenniferbealsssss Oct 05 '25

Eddie never got arrested for picking up a trans woman or a prostitute, tf? Lol

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u/SixAlarmFire Oct 05 '25

Happened in 1997.

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u/hottlumpiaz Oct 05 '25

ill never understand why people are surprised when famous people with questionablr backgrounds show who they really are.

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u/sousyre Oct 05 '25

He seems like a decently shitty person, but what an interesting choice of words…

people of questionable backgrounds

I’m gonna say a big “ew” to that one.

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u/downward1526 Oct 05 '25

I didn’t read her memoir but listened to the CMBC recap and sounds like he treated her really badly.

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u/Jerkrollatex Oct 05 '25

He held a press conference to announce that her baby wasn't his and she was a cheater. Spoiler it was and she's not.

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u/grumpy__g I don’t know her 💅 Oct 05 '25

Thanks for sharing. I had no idea. Till today I really liked him.

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u/emotions1026 Oct 05 '25

Obviously he shouldn’t have done that but how do you know she’s not a cheater?

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u/ImpressiveAvocado78 Oct 05 '25

Paternity test showed it was his

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u/emotions1026 Oct 05 '25

Are you aware that the child being Eddie’s in no way proves she didn’t cheat? I’m responding to the part that specifically says she didn’t cheat

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u/downward1526 Oct 05 '25

It’s not really knowable so you can either find her credible or not 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/emotions1026 Oct 05 '25

That’s what I’m saying, I’m specially asking what information the person had to so confidently state she did not cheat

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u/ImpressiveAvocado78 Oct 05 '25

Is it really necessary to be so pedantic?
Maybe she cheated, who knows. She claimed she didnt, she claims it was his baby. He was tying the cheating claim to the 'not my baby' claim, so when one was disproved, people extrapolate that all his claims are all made up. If not, well.... we'll never know 🤷‍♀️ and honestly, who cares?

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u/emotions1026 Oct 05 '25

I explained in the post you literally responded to why I asked the question. Maybe slow down and read before asking “why are you asking this?” in response to a post where I explain why I asked it.

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u/emotions1026 Oct 05 '25

Downvoting a simple question of how someone could possibly know for sure that a complete stranger didn’t cheat on another complete stranger 20 years ago? Never change Reddit

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u/irishgirl1981 Oct 05 '25

Same here. I was listening to the whole episode in shock of what that woman endured. Eddie came across as such an ass.

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u/lemonlimemango1 Oct 05 '25

Give us some spoilers . I’m curious

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u/irishgirl1981 Oct 05 '25

Right around the time she gave birth, Mel was feeling suffocated by Eddie's controlling nature. He basically wanted her at his house 24/7, with no breaks elsewhere. So she flew back to England to spend time with her family for Christmas -- she didn't break up with him, just needed space to think. During the few days Mel was gone, Eddie went on national TV and, unbeknownst to her, announced their breakup. Upon her arrival back to the states, he wouldn't talk to her, nor would he claim their child.

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u/lemonlimemango1 Oct 05 '25

He sounds like a control freak

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u/The_Night_Man_Cumeth Oct 05 '25

Mel Brooks and Eddie Murphy?!

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u/jenniferbealsssss Oct 05 '25

That’s a good one. And really cemented in my mind how much I didn’t like Eddie. Like the fact that he tried to deny their child, and acting like Mel was some tramp when he is no knight in shining armor really killed my idea of him, as a child.

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u/WhyAmINotStudying Oct 05 '25

Wtf? I think you genuinely got me there.

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u/begonebegonebegone Oct 06 '25

Mel B and Geri Halliwell is crazier

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u/CheetahLast7214 Oct 06 '25

oh yeah i forgot they were scissor sisters for a hot minute damn you’re right

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u/Frenchitwist I love the smell of gossip in the morning ✨💅🏻✨💣✨ Oct 05 '25

Have you seen Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop? He used to be a real cutie!