Celebrities may have it all, but they have only the same amount of time to enjoy it as everyone else. The result for many is a bit of a dilettante's approach to marriage. Here, in dwindling order, are some stars who burned too bright too fast.
Lisa Marie Presley and Michael JacksonIn retrospect twenty months seems less a failure than an achievement. "Irreconcilable differences," indeed.
Liza Minnelli and David GestPhysical and emotional abuse at the hands of a chronic alcoholic does take its toll on a romance. After sixteen months, David Gest finally stood up and said "No."
Mickey Rooney and Ava GardnerIt's hard to say which of these two famously fickle personalities were at fault in this marriage-the first of many for each-but this one lasted only a little over a year.
Drew Barrymore and Jeremy ThomasDespite its fairy tale beginning in a bar at five in the morning, presided over by a hotline psychic, this marriage somehow only lasted eleven months.
Jennifer Lopez and Cris JuddThis marriage ended after only nine months, when Judd learned (from the tabloids) that Lopez was dating Ben Affleck.
Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad "Nicky" HiltonOne might assume this marriage, Taylor's first, was shortened to make room for the other seven, but she attributes its failure to her naivety. She was nineteen at the time, with no idea what she wanted. It was over in eight months.
Shannen Doherty and Ashley Hamilton
Given that these two courted for all of two weeks, a marriage of seven months is probably an achievement. Proportionally speaking, if they had been engaged that long, the marriage would have lasted almost a decade.
Drew Barrymore and Tom GreenGreen's publicist announced the divorce after only five months, which came as a shock to Barrymore's publicist, who did not even know yet.
Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas CagePresley: "A mistake." Cage: "I don't want to talk about it." Three months.
Ernest Bergnine and Ethel MermanLest we think flash-in-the-pan weddings are a modern phenomenon, back in the day this pair split right after the honeymoon. (According to Ernest, Ethel was upset that no one recognized her abroad.) Thirty-one days.
Britney Spears and Jason AlexanderBut of course the "winner" here is Britney and Jason's famous Las Vegas romp, when they exercised their right to redefined marriage in their own way (as somewhere between a long hug and helping someone move). Officially annulled in fifty-five hours.
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