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2023 has been the year of messy (and shocking) celebrity divorces. From Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas’ media speculation firestorm to Christine Baumgartner and Kevin Costner’s long, extremely divisive divorce, nearly every celebrity couple has been breaking up in the most dramatic ways.
Honestly, it’s gotten so crazy that fans are convinced amicable divorces are a thing of the past. However, these few A-list couples are living proof that amicable divorces do happen, and happen more often than you’d think!
An amicable divorce can be defined as a civil divorce that ends peacefully, and without a huge courtroom fight, according to LegalMatch. Most of the time, they reach a simple set of conditions about child custody, spousal support, property division, and more, where both parties are pleased with the outcome.
Some of these couples had their divorces finalized in less than six months, and have remained friendly since. Others may have taken a while to get the divorce finalized, but they remain best friends (and the best of co-parents) even decades after the fact.
From Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin to Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux, these celebrity couples show amicable splits can definitely happen.
Check out which celebrity couples had super amicable divorces below:
Demi Moore & Bruce Willis
Demi Moore and Bruce Willis have been blended family goals for years, despite divorcing in 2000. Their divorce was quite amicable, and their daughters saw them 50/50. Truly, no bad blood here!
Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are not only great at co-parenting their two kids, but they’re the king and queen of “conscious uncoupling.” After nearly 14 years together, Paltrow filed for divorce in 2015 and it was quickly finalized the year after. They remain incredibly close to this day, with Paltrow praising Martin’s girlfriend Dakota Johnson and even saying she sees Martin as a “brother” to her.
Peter Facinelli & Jennie Garth
Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth’s divorce in 2013 was truly a 50/50 split. They both denied child support and agreed on 50/50 custody of their daughters. And in a unique turn of events, it turns out they have a joint bank account they both put money in monthly that’s solely for their children’s welfare, per DivorceMag. They even vacation together still as a family, per People.
Fran Drescher & Peter Marc Jacobson
High school sweethearts Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson were together for over 20 years before they split up in 1999. He came out as gay soon after, and soon, she worked to support LGBT rights. To this day, they remain best friends and even worked on the show Happily Divorced together!
In an interview with ABC, she said “we choose to be in each other’s lives in any capacity. Our love is unique, rare, and unconditional, unless he’s being annoying.”
Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux
Despite Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux splitting in 2018, they remain best friends to this day. Their divorce proceedings ended quite quickly, and in 2023, they go out together and she allegedly called him daily to deal with grief. In a previous interview with Esquire, Theroux hinted that the two didn’t have a dramatic split but seemed determined to keep their friendship going. He said, “I think that when you get good at relationships—and here I am, single—if you love the person the same way you loved them in the relationship, it would behoove you to love them the same way out of the relationship.”
Megan Fox & Brian Austin Green
Megan Fox filed for divorce from Brian Austin Green in 2015, but they quickly rekindled their romance a year later. However, Fox filed again in 2020 and they settled in a calm way. They continue to support one another to this day!
Miranda Kerr & Orlando Bloom
Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom divorced in 2013, and continue to co-parenting their son. Child support and the reason behind their split weren’t divulged, but the divorce ended extremely quickly (less than two months after they announced their separation). They remain close friends!
Channing Tatum & Jenna Dewan
Another celebrity couple who split up and remain besties to this day are Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. On April 2, 2018, they separated, and after six months, Dewan filed for divorce. It was finalized less than a year later, and was very cut-and-dry.
Courteney Cox & David Arquette
Despite being one of the A-list couples of the 1990s and 2000s, Courteney Cox and David Arquette both filed for divorce the same day on June 8, 2012. Six months later, both of them remarked that they still love each other, per People,
Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner
It’s no secret that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have one of the sweetest co-parenting bonds in Hollywood. They’ve spoken highly of one another, and were even photographed on Sept 2023 having a sweet moment together. They reportedly divorced over Affleck’s affairs and addiction, per People, but kept their divorce proceedings simple and split dual assets.
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