Breakups, separations, and divorce: couples who called it quits in 2020

Singer, songwriter Demi Lovato, and actor Max Ehrich split after two months of announcing their engagement. According to Lovato’s sources, before the news broke, she informed Ehrich that it was the end. “Demi made Max aware that the relationship was over, and it was going to come out in the press,” the source said to People.

A source told E! News, “Demi wants no contact with Max at this point. She is completely embarrassed at the way he’s been acting and putting their relationship on blast via social media. She wants nothing to do with him.” “Demi is completely done and doesn’t want to see him again at this point,” the source explains. “She can’t believe she fell into his trap and is really upset over it.” According to the source, “She’s been spending a lot of time with her family and friends to help heal from this, and they are all keeping her occupied and rallying around her.”

Actress and filmmaker Olivia Wilde and actor, comedian, and screenwriter Jason Sudeikis separated after nine years together. “The split happened at the beginning of the year,” a source told PEOPLE. ”It‘s been amicable, and they’ve transitioned into a great co-parenting routine. The children are the priority and the heart of the family’s relationship.”

Wilde and Sudeikis have two children: a son, Otis, born in 2014, and a daughter, Daisy, born in 2016.

Colombian singer Sebastian Yatra and Argentine singer Tini Stoessel ended their relationship at the beginning of the year.

The Runaway singer shared, “Hello... we wanted to inform you that Tini and I have decided to end our relationship. We lived some wonderful moments, but sometimes things don’t turn out as planned. Today we feel this is the best decision for both of us and we will take with us amazing memories. Thank you for showing us so much support, we love you all.”

Lamar Odom and Sabrina Parr parted ways after a year together. “Y‘all know I’m honest and transparent, so I have to be the first to let you guys know that I am no longer engaged to Lamar,” Parr wrote on her Instagram Story. “This has been a difficult decision for me to make, but it is the best for myself and my children.”

“Lamar has some things that he alone has to work through,” she continued. “I love him dearly, but I am no longer able to be by his side while [he] seeks the help he so desperately needs. I wish him all the best, and I am asking that [you] pray for everyone involved …”

Anna Wintour and Shelby Bryan split years ago, but it wasn’t until 2020 when the news broke. The Vogue editor-in-chief and telecommunications businessman met in 1997, and the following year started a relationship.

Taraji P. Henson and Kelvin Hayden called it quits nearly two years after Hayden proposed. “I haven’t said it yet but it didn’t work out,” said Henson during an appearance on The Breakfast Club morning radio show. “I tried, I said, ‘let’s do the therapy thing’ but if you’re both not on the same page with that, then you feel like you’re taking it on yourself and that’s not a fair position for anybody to play in a relationship.”

“My happiness is not his responsibility and his is not mine. We have to first learn how to make ourselves happy, to make each other happy. So when one person is taking on the weight of the entire relationship, it’s never going to work,” she added. “You have to show up, yes you want to be understanding but you can’t lose yourself in that understanding. You have to still stand up for yourself and be there for yourself but it’s hard to do if the other person isn’t doing that either.”

Rob Riggle and wife Tiffany Riggle filed for divorce after 21 years of marriage. According to TMZ, Tiffany filed for divorce on Oct. 5 and cited irreconcilable differences.

Karamo Brown and Ian Jordan made the amicable decision to part ways while quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was postponed because of the pandemic, but now it‘s actually postponed officially, because my fiancé and I, we were together for 10 years, and we broke up about three and a half months ago,” said Brown at The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

“We were distracted by so much — with the kids, and our careers — that during that time, I had to really say, how is our communication? How are other parts of our lives? Are we growing in the same place?” ”We’re not 20 anymore, so it wasn’t just, ‘Oh, I’m not going to text you anymore’ — it was like, we have a family and a home,” he continued. “How do we separate this? And it was hard. We went to virtual counseling; we did a lot of things. But eventually, I was like; this is a moment where I need to decide, is my happiness important? And once I made that decision, I said, you know, we are going to have to break up.”

On Tuesday, March 24, it was confirmed that Pamela Silva Conde and César Conde were in divorce proceedings after El Diario de NY announced that the Peruvian origin journalist was expecting her first child.

After getting secretly married in 2017, Cardi B separated and filed for divorce from Offset. “This time, I wasn’t crying. It’s not because of cheating,” she continued. “I got tired of not seeing things eye-to-eye. So before – when you feel like it’s just not the same anymore before you actually get cheated on, I’d rather just leave. You know what I’m saying.”

“Nothing crazy out of this world happened, sometimes people really do grow apart,” Cardi explained. “I’ve been with this man for four years; I have a kid with this man, I have a household with this man. Sometimes you’re just tired of the arguments and the buildups. You get tired sometimes. And before something bad happens, before you get left, before you get cheated on, sometimes you just wanna leave. What is so bad about that?”

Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson called it quits after months of dating. The pair were quarantining together for the last few months, according to E! Online. “They are both low-key and enjoy doing simple things like hanging out at home, watching movies, and cooking,” a source told E! Online.

After one year of marriage, Chiquis Rivera filed for divorce from Lorenzo Méndez. Documents from the Stanley Mosk Court of Los Angeles, to which HOLA! USA had access, Chiquis was the one who took the first step to permanently separate from Lorenzo.

]The news comes after the singer was caught kissing a businessman with whom it is rumored she may have an extramarital affair. “I wasn’t unfaithful, never in my life. Lorenzo knows it; he knows the reasons for our separation. Out of respect for her mother, her daughter, and Lorenzo, I have not talked about the details,” she assured.

Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock also parted this year. “2020 has brought a lot of change also to my personal life,” Clarkson revealed. “Definitely didn’t see anything coming that came.”

“What I’m dealing with is hard because it involves more than just my heart,” she continued referring to their kids. “It involves a lot of little hearts. We have four kids, and divorce is never easy. We’re both from divorced families, so we know the best thing here is to protect our children and their little hearts.”

Aislinn Derbez and Mauricio Ochmann addressed the rumors of their separation in March and confirmed that they have split. “We’d like to communicate via this platform that everything that has been reported in the news and speculation about us is pretty far from reality,” read the statement on Instagram.

“We are confirming that yes, it’s true, we’re going through some important issues, something that we’ve spent months trying to resolve. To make the decision to change the dynamic, from deep down, requires a lot of courage, especially when there is such great love between us. What usually happens is one stretches the cord until it breaks. And when that happens, things break down, and they can’t be fixed.”