2013’s Biggest Breakups and Divorces

The Academy Award winning actor and the former WWE Diva called it quits in July, amicably ending a courtship that lasted two years. Shortly after the breakup, Stacy opened up to Extra about the relationship and said that the two planned to remain friends because, “there’s nothing really dramatic that happened.”Stacy has since been linked to Jared Pobre, a tech entrepreneur, while George remains single and continues to dodge questions about his sexuality.

After more than two years together, Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough ended their relationship; at the time, the pair said their busy schedules made it hard to continue as a couple; the Dancing With the Stars pro has taken up acting, and the American Idol judge also hosts a radio show and runs a production company.Since their split in June, Julianne has been linked to director Ari Sandel, while Ryan has been getting serious with model Shayna Terese Taylor.

Vampire Diaries costars Nina and Ian broke up in May after dating for three years. Since they continue to work together, they two have remained close and supportive of one another. In a September 2012 interview with Seventeen, Nina revealed that she didn’t plan on falling for one of her costars.“I didn’t want to be dating one of my costars, my goal on the show was to be professional,” she said at the time. “But sometimes you can only fight for so long—which I did for a really, really long time.”

In July, the famed food writer and the British businessman ended their almost 10-year relationship, when she filed for divorce, citing “ongoing unreasonable behavior.” The decision to end their marriage came shortly after photos were published with Charles’ hands around Nigella’s neck.After the divorce was announced, Mr. Saatchi told the Mail, “I felt that I have clearly been a disappointment to Nigella during the last year or so.”

In late October, the Victoria’s Secret Angel and the Pirates of the Caribbean actor parted ways after three years of marriage; a rep for the actor said, “In a joint statement, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have announced that they have amicably separated for the past few months. After six years together, they have recently decided to formalize their separation.”Since the announcement, the pair have been spotted out with their 2-year-old son, Flynn; in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar Australia, Miranda explained that it was important to maintain their relationship for the sake of their child.“It’s difficult for anyone to go through a separation, whether it’s on a public scale or not,” the 30-year-old beauty said. “It was important for us long-term to preserve our friendship and the dynamic of being loving parents to Flynn so we dealt with everything openly and honestly.”

On Sept. 16, the “Wrecking Ball” singer and the Hunger Games actor ended their engagement; the two met in 2009 while filming  and dated on-and-off until 2012, when Liam popped the question.Almost immediately after their split, Liam was seen canoodling Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez, while Miley was linked to many young men in show business—from producer Mike WiLL Made It to Benji Madden.In October, the 21 year old told Ellen DeGeneres, “I keep saying I’m the happiest I’ve ever been—and that’s not a dig—I’m just really genuinely happy with myself.”A month later, Liam told Extra that he’s learned a lot in the past five years, adding that “these days I feel like I’m more centered and grounded than I’ve ever been.” 

In August, one of Hollywood’s longest standing couples announced their plans to separate after 13 years of marriage; at the time, a rep for the couple told In Touch, “Catherine and Michael are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage.”They added that while the two were working things out, there were no immediate plans to separate; this was evident when Michael Douglas won an Emmy a month later, and thanked his estranged wife.

After 6 years of marriage, the blonde beauty and her rocker husband decided to call in quits in early December. Roberto filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, and asked for visitation of their 7-month-old son, Sebastian, who Malin has custody of.

After 22 years, two children and a reality show together, Kris and Bruce Jenner revealed in October that they were separated; the two had been living apart for months before the official confirmation. The leaders of the Jenner-Kardashian bunch told E! that they were “much happier” apart.“We will always have much love and respect for each other,” they said. “Even though we are separated, we will always remain best friends and, as always, our family will remain our number one priority.”Since the split, Bruce has been seen enjoying single life and, as In Touch first reported, Kris has been spotted with Bachelor star Ben Flajnik.

It’s been two years since Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore called it quits, but it wasn’t until late November of this year that their divorce was finalized.The couple—who wed in 2005—split in November 2011, although it wasn’t until December 2012 that Ashton officially filed for divorce, just as things were heating up with his current flame, former That 70s Show costar Mila Kunis!Insiders have revealed to In Touch that Mila and Ashton are preparing to tie the knot—and are already secretly engaged!

After eight years of marriage, Diane Lane and Josh Brolin ended their romance in February. After filing for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, their divorce was finalized in court in early December.It was the second divorce for both stars, who have no children together.

One of Hollywood’s most bizarre marriages—between Green Mile actor Doug Hutchison and his teenage wife Courtney Stodden—came to an end in November when they announced they were separating, although still had plans to live together.“We love each other very much, want for each other’s happiness, and will continue being the best of friends for life,” they said. Following the split, Courtney was interest in “exploring life as an unmarried single adult with freedom to explore her independence,” their rep explained. Shortly after the news of their separation broke, the former Mrs. Hutchison told Bethenny Frankel, “I need to be 19, I need to do what regular girls do.”

Jane Lynch and her wife of three years, Dr. Lara Embry called it quits in July, when the Glee star filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable difference.”Since there was no prenup involved, the couple will split the marital assets 50/50; despite this, Jane told Larry King that her breakup wasn’t dramatic.“It’s not dramatic. It’s not a horrible thing,” Jane said of her breakup. “It’s something that we’re dealing with. It’s just two people who decided it’s better to go apart than stay together.”

Pop princess Brit and her fiancé of more than a year, Jason Trawick, called off their engagement only days in to the new year; Britney has found love again in her new flame, David Lucado.“I just love that he’s very passionate…he’s funny and he’s sexy and I don’t know, I like him,” Britney gushed to Ellen Degeneres. “I just… I love him.”Jason has found love again as well; he has been romantically linked to Hunger Games actress Leven Rambin.

In early March, it was revealed that Jay Baruchel and Alison Pill decided to end their engagement; shortly before they confimed their split, Jay took to Twitter to express his sadness over losing his Newsroom fiancée, tweeting—and later deleting, “Alone again, naturally. Heartbroken. I won’t be on twitter for a while gang. Getting dumped rules.”It wasn’t the first time the couple tweeted their dirty laundry—or should we say lack thereof? In September 2012, Alison “accidentally” tweeted a topless pic of herself!

In early December, the former Felicity star confirmed that she and Shane Deary, her husband of more than six years, were separated. According to a statement from their rep, the pair have been leading separate lives since “early summer.”Official confirmation that they called off their marriage came just one day after their home in Brooklyn was burglarized.

From old flames to young love, on-screen romance, many stars called quits in 2013.

Reflect on this year's shocking separations, devastating divorces and sizable splits and check out the break ups that caused the biggest shake ups this year!