Every relationship experiences difficult times, and many people often try to save their relationship before giving up. Breakups are always unpleasant and can make the recipients lose hope of finding true love. Therefore, moving on after a relationship ends can be terrifying, especially when the parties involved thought they were each other’s soulmates.

Breaking up is usually just as or even more painful than the pain experienced in the relationship. It becomes worse when one party feels guilty for not trying enough to save the relationship. This can discourage them from trying to love again. Celebrities are not exempt from this pain, no matter how beautiful, wealthy, or famous they are. However, it is possible to find true love even after a devastating breakup. In this article, you will learn about five famous women who overcame devastating breakups and found true love.

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway and her ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri had a beautiful, seemingly perfect relationship. The couple, who met in 2004, was known for their red-carpet moments and Follieri’s extravagance and philanthropy. The actress and her Italian property developer boyfriend once attended an Oscars party on a hired private jet worth £87,000 in the Dominican Republic. However, Follieri was suddenly arrested in 2008 for fraud and sentenced to four years in prison.

Hathaway cut all contact with her ex and disclosed later that she was shocked at the news. The Princess Diaries actress would later find true love in Adam Shulman, a jewelry designer, some months later. They met at the Palm Springs, but Hathaway would later tell Harper’s Bazaar UK:

“I knew from the second I met him that he was the love of my life. I also knew that I couldn’t have met him at a worse time.”

They have been married for 12 years and have two sons together.

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman suffered a traumatic experience in her first marriage to Tom Cruise. They met in 1989 on the set of the movie Days of Thunder. A year later, they tied the knot and were married for 11 years. The pair was considered one of Hollywood’s best couples, and no one suspected any trouble. They also adopted two children because of their fertility issues. However, Cruise secretly filed for divorce in 2001 so he wouldn’t share his assets with Kidman.

Kidman miscarried due to the shock and was depressed for a while. Although she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2003, she felt unhappy. However, the actress realized afterward that she needed to find true love.

“I went, I need to find my love; I need a love in my life,” she told InStyle.

The Virginia Woolf actress later found true love in Keith Urban, whom she married in 2006. They share two daughters, Sunday and Faith. Urban also bought his wife’s childhood home in Hawaii in 2017.

Adele

Singer Adele also endured a devastating breakup with ex-husband Simon Konecki before finding true love. The singer and entrepreneur dated for seven years and welcomed a son, Angelo. The couple tied the knot in 2018 but split a year later, with Adele citing irreconcilable differences.

However, the Hello singer has revealed that she ended her marriage because she was unhappy and didn’t want her son to grow up seeing her sad. She also admitted that she was in distress and guilt during the process. Adele eventually found true love with her new partner, Rich Paul. She made the relationship public two years later, claiming she had never been so in love.

Minnie Driver

Minne Driver’s experience with a failed relationship was traumatic. The actress dated fellow actor Matt Damon, whom she met while filming Good Will Hunting in 1997. They had an intense one-year romance and were always together for public outings. The couple was also vocal about their love for each other, and it seemed like their relationship was going well. However, their romance ended after Damon announced publicly he was single on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Meanwhile, Driver had no idea. The actress has since confessed that the breakup was an agonizing and devastating experience for her. Nevertheless, she has since bounced back and found true love. The Circle of Friends actress has been dating director Addison O’Dea since 2019, who she said loves her beyond anyone else.

Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani was married to Gavin Rossdale for 14 years. The couple seemed perfect and happy, and they had three sons together. The singers met in 1995 and tied the knot in 2002. However, the world was shocked when the duo announced their divorce. It turned out Rossdale had cheated with the children’s nanny, an affair that lasted about three years. The discovery devastated Stefani; she even wrote a song, Used to Love You, about the experience.

Stefani said the breakup shattered her dreams and broke her heart as their children had to split their time between her and her ex-husband. Nevertheless, the singer has found true love with singer and The Voice coach Blake Shelton. They dated for six years before getting married, and Stefani constantly gushes about Shelton. She also wrote a song, Somebody Else’s, about finding true love.

Some find it difficult and near impossible to move on after a devastating breakup. They might also believe it is impossible to find love again. However, everyone can find true love if they open their hearts to it.

#Clique, what do you think of these women who had devastating breakups but eventually found true love? Let us know in the comments.