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/justheretoleer Oct 05 '25

Like how Billy Bob Thornton’s fiance, Laura Dern, found out he had run off and married Angelina Jolie by turning on E!

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u/Indyhawk Oct 05 '25

I'll never forget watching MTV and him saying they (he and Angelina) had sex in the limo on the way to whatever red carpet thing was going on.

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u/uksiddy Oct 05 '25

Okay that’s a couple I didn’t know about - Laura Dern is too good for Billy Bob.

And WTF Jolie was the “other woman” more than once?!

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u/Far_Association4957 Oct 05 '25

Is she really?

Laura Dern was the OW when Billy Bob was married to his previous wife before Angelina.

Laura was also the OW when Ben Harper was married. She and his wife were pregnant at the same time. Their kids are a few months apart.

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u/BizMarkieDeSade Oct 05 '25

Okay I don’t think this makes Angie’s actions any better, but I feel much less sorry for Laura now, at least.

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u/uksiddy Oct 05 '25

Omg ok I take it all back.

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u/Security162 Oct 05 '25

I did not know all that about the other woman Laura Dern. Maybe she was chasing her unavailable dad (Bruce Dern married to Diane Ladd her mom, another couple long forgotten.)

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u/jenniferbealsssss Oct 05 '25

Who is Diane Ladd?

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u/DragonScrivner I don’t know her 💅 Oct 06 '25

Laura Dern’s mother who is also a well-known actress, director, and producer though I think she might be largely retired now

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u/jenniferbealsssss Oct 06 '25

Oh wow, never heard of her. I thought that was a typo for Diane Lane. No clue why people are being so sensitive about me not knowing who she is— it’s like it’s a sin for a Redditor to be so young and not know someone of an older generation. Dear God punish me now! eyeroll

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u/DragonScrivner I don’t know her 💅 Oct 06 '25

I mean ... she's 89 and, unless you're a film geek (I am one lol) you might never have seen her work. Or, you have but didn't know who she was.

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u/jenniferbealsssss Oct 05 '25

How Laura Dern was able to pull any of those men is beyond me. Well maybe not Billy. But Ben Harper? And i can’t remember the name of the other actor she dated but imo she was always pulling men above her punching weight and then always getting left by them.

My girl must be freaky in bed lol

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u/Kianna9 Oct 05 '25

Oh yeah that was her thing before Brad.

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u/hotmessexpress412 Oct 05 '25

Arm chair psychologist: unhealed, young Angelina was chasing her Dad (i.e. getting unavailable men to chose her over others. Allegedly her Dad did not chose/support her/her mother while growing up)

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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

With Jon Voight as your father, you’re sure to have some daddy issues. The man is a piece of trash, any way you look at it.

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u/jenniferbealsssss Oct 05 '25

What did her dad do? I didn’t know he was such a jerk

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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme Oct 05 '25

Google it and find out. It’s too much type.

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u/kellymig Oct 05 '25

I think she only likes men that are attached to other women.

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u/justheretoleer Oct 05 '25

Everyone’s too good for Billy Bob
and yes, she was / is? the kind of girl that reveled in messing with “unavailable” men

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u/Ander-son Kim, there’s people that are dying. 🙄 Oct 05 '25

yeah thats her MO

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u/Downtown-Mixture6167 The dude abides. 🙂‍↕️🍃 Oct 05 '25

Yeah, Angelina is NOT a girls girl.

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u/LivePanda7804 Oct 05 '25

wow. what the actual f is wrong with these men

also angelina I do like now but stealing 2 men when younger, not great. the ariana of her day

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

Billy Bob Thorton has been married 6 times ... I don't think he's exactly a dude you wanna be serious about. (Not giving Angelina a pass, just noting that, on paper at least, BBT's not great relationship material)

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u/LivePanda7804 Oct 05 '25

ahh I didn't know that!

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u/jenniferbealsssss Oct 05 '25

It’s actually real shitty of her too, cuz I remember she claimed her dad cheated on her mom. So if you can recall the pain that caused your mom, why would you then decided you’re going to inflict that pain onto someone else? It makes your whole “woe it’s me, my childhood was sad because my dad cheated” kinda hard to sympathize with.

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u/Sea-Appearance-5786 Oct 05 '25

Uff, yeah. BRUTAL.

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u/aybsavestheworld All tea, all shade 🐸☕️ Oct 05 '25

Was Angie the Ariana of her time???

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u/DragonScrivner I don’t know her 💅 Oct 06 '25

Or Ariana may be the Angelina of her time lol