It’s strange how much people care about celebrity break-ups and divorces. They are total unknowns, many residing thousands of miles from us, and we’re grieving a connection we were unaware of initially. It’s maybe because of how we are raised, we see – two people in love, regard them as a power couple, and then with that one instagram post, our bubble is bursted. However, like any parasocial relationship, our fixation on the celebrity break-up is likely less about them and much more about ourselves.
Some Celebrity Breakups and Divorces which took over the internet
Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya
Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya tied knot in 2017. But after four years of their marriage, the couple announced separation in 2021. A lot went over the internet after the couple ended their marriage but severe backlash was faced by Naga Chaitanya when he married Sobhita Dhulipada in 2024. Samantha never commented on the reason behind the divorce and Naga Chaitanya talked about the divorce and how it was the most difficult decision of his life.
Nonetheless, both of them have moved on with their lives. Naga Chaitanya is happily married to his Vizag Girl. He is also all set for upcoming movie Thandel, which will be released on 07th February 2025. Whereas Samantha Prabhu is happy and looking forward to the next phase of her life. For the moment she has taken a break from movies after her last, Citadel, also starring Varun Dhawan. There were some rumors that Samantha might leave Tollywood, but all these rumors are denied. She has simply taken a break from movies to focus on her health and private life.
Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza officially announced their divorce in 2024 January, after the pictures of Shoaib Malik’s third wedding went viral. She asked for Khula from the former Cricketer, which is Muslim practice, which allows muslim women to initiate divorce from her husband. Through an Instagram Story, Sania shared, ‘Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard. Obesity is hard. Being fit is hard. Choose your hard. Being in debt is hard. Being financially disciplined is hard. Choose your hard. Communication is hard. Not communicating is hard. Choose your hard. Life will never be easy. It will always be hard. But we can choose our hard. Pick wisely.’ The tennis legend is single now and living with her son in Dubai. She has devoted her time to television, broadcasting and her tennis academy.
Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani
Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani announced their divorce in 2024 after 11 years of marriage. They mentioned it was a mutual decision and for the best for their daughters. In an interview, post divorce Esha Deol also mentioned how two people should stay together only if their wavelengths are matching. She also opened up about her divorce, by saying that people should stay away from Red Flags. It seems shocking that it takes someone eleven years to realise that her wavelength was not matching with a man.
Kusha Kapila and Zorawar Ahluwalia
Kusha Kapila, an Instagram influencer divorced her husband Zorawar Ahluwalia in 2024. They tied the knot in 2017 and their divorce came out as a surprise for all of her followers. Both Kusha and Zorawar had kept it private until a news publication somehow received the news. But the news was given by the former couple on Instagram, how they have mutually separated ways. After divorce, Kusha Kapila’s Instagram account was filled with hate comments, to which her ex-husband called out those who were trolling her. She was even trolled by Samay Raina in Ashish Solanki’s Pretty Good Roast Show, where he wished if she had worked on her marriage, she would have made it better as well. New drama started when Samay Raina announced that he is inviting Zorawar Ahluwalia on his Youtube show, India’s Got Latent.
Kritika Khurana and Aditya Chabbra
Kritika Khurana, a youtuber and influencer announced her divorce with her husband Aditya Chabbra. She was married in the year 2022, and everyone was in awe about the adorable couple. But after a few months of her marriage, she announced separation. Every single person who was once in awe was in shock then. She faced a lot of trolling for this and people are still questioning her divorce. Aditya Chabrbra is not active on social media, and belongs from Delhi. There are no new rumors related to the late couple.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck
The divorce was filed by Jennifer Lopez in 2024 after their beautiful marriage in 2022, Las Vegas. There were various speculations going on around about their divorce. In an interview, Lopez mentioned how this divorce took an emotional toll for her and how the reaction of the whole world was affecting her. After the divorce, Lopez has taken a break, spending more time with her family, away from the eyes of the world.
Cardi B and Offset
Cardi B and Offset’s relationship became news after a series of Instagram Live. In a sequence of Instagram Lives, Cardi claimed that her estranged spouse was inundating her with messages in an attempt to make her envious about his new relationship, based on screen recordings posted on social media, including by hip-hop publication XXL. The rapper known for “WAP” also expressed remorse about her relationship with him. Their relationship kind of became a joke to the public, which led to a lot of instagram trolling for the two people.
KJ Apa and Clara Berry
Riverdale’s KJ Apa and Clara Berry broke up after four years of dating and the fans got to know about it through an Instagram Q&A session. They also share a two year old son and their breakup was not taken well by the public. They tried to share the news with their followers, and the internet community did not take it well. Recently, the influencer Clara Berry talked about how things have been good post the split.
Unrealistic Expectations
So, break-ups generally turn out to be beneficial—if they weren’t, they wouldn’t occur in the beginning. Although it might seem like love has faded and ended with Samantha Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya’s relationship, or any other couple, the reality is that the reasons for their breakup remain unclear. It’s not exactly our concern. And people end their relationship because they chose to. At times, a relationship may be positive for some time, but then it changes, prompting one to embark on a new phase of life. It’s unfortunate, then it becomes thrilling, and eventually it seems like the right choice from the beginning. Or perhaps it’s a complete repulsive chaos, from beginning to end. Famous people aren’t required to provide us with fairy tales. We also don’t need to invent fairy tales about our lives, because fairy tales have always created unrealistic expectations, and they have always hurted us.