Celebrity divorces continued to dominate the news cycle, bringing us everything from bitter custody battles to amicable separations. Beyond the salacious headlines, A-list divorces yield valuable lessons for all of us. Divorce is incredibly common, with evidence suggesting that about 40 percent of first marriages will fail. Though it almost always carries a significant emotional toll, there are practical ways to make the experience of divorce more manageable. In 2025, some of our favorite (former) Hollywood duos provided examples of the good (and not so good) ways to handle divorce in the public eye.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck
Hollywood power couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, dubbed “Bennifer,” have been infamously “on-again, off-again” for more than two decades. After calling off their first engagement in 2004, the two rekindled and tied the knot in 2022. Sadly, their second-chance romance didn’t last; they called it quits once again and officially finalized their divorce on February 21, 2025.
Holding true to the message of Lopez’s hit song “Love Don’t Cost A Thing,” this divorce was a master class in separating smoothly. Both parties likely learned a thing or two from previous highly publicized divorces (Lopez from Marc Anthony and Affleck from Jennifer Garner), and they used mediation to avoid drawn-out court battles, allowing them to settle the divorce merely a month after Lopez filed.
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"From Jennifer Lopez To Quinta Brunson: A 2025 Celebrity Divorce Guide," by Morgan Mouchette was published in Forbes on December 11, 2025.
