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  • blame is exhausting, isn't it?

  • Feeding it, maintaining it.

  • Welcome to watch Mojo.

  • And today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 stars whose relationships destroyed their careers.

  • Why, what?

  • Say what?

  • My life sucks.

  • All right, stick a fork in me.

  • I'm done for.

  • This list will be looking at celebrities who saw their professional prospects dim after hooking up with another famous person.

  • We're not saying these relationships were the sole cause of the career destruction, but that they likely at least had a notable effect.

  • Some of these jilted lovers may have bounced back, but as long as their business got back Bernard, for any span of time, they're fair game.

  • Do any of these limelight liaisons make you wince or wag your finger?

  • Let us know in the comments.

  • Number 10.

  • Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe.

  • For years, she was Hollywood's romcom heavyweight champion.

  • Ryan claimed the title with her unforgettable performance in 1989 when Harry met Sally.

  • You say things like that and you make it impossible for me to hate you.

  • She tied the knot with Dennis Quaid in 1991 her co star from 1987 inner space, which seemed fitting.

  • Ryan continued to see success over the years with Sleepless in Seattle, You've got mail and many others.

  • I lead a small life well, valuable but small.

  • And sometimes I wonder, Do I do it because I like it or because I haven't been brave?

  • Everything seemed like a fairy tale in public, though behind the scenes, Ryan's marriage had problems when she started dating Russell Crowe.

  • Tabloids have a field day.

  • The pair's film Proof of Life may have suffered at the box office as a result.

  • Have some really bad manners.

  • You want to go inside and sit down after 2000 and four is against the Ropes.

  • Failed to connect with audiences.

  • Ryan took a three year hiatus from acting altogether.

  • It is not an excuse, but it is an explanation.

  • Number nine.

  • LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian.

  • This country music siren was just a kid when she hit the big time with the release of her first studio album, Blue, in 1996.

  • She won two Grammys the next year, cementing her status as a music industry maven even though she wasn't old enough to drive the Southern Belle branched out into acting with a straight to TV flick in 1997 but made the leap to the silver screen a few years later in Coyote Ugly.

  • Let's get a coyote.

  • Welcome, Leo.

  • You get try.

  • A little over a decade later, her affair with actor Eddie Cibrian while filming a lifetime movie put a serious dent in her wholesome image.

  • Blame is exhausting, isn't it?

  • Feeding it.

  • Maintaining the public shaming hurt her career, though her subsequent victory on The Masked Singer showed Rhymes consisted Shine Number eight, Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen.

  • I could not get a job, I couldn't even get a meeting with people, and I could not understand why my personal life would affect my career.

  • This stunning actor once seemed a possibility for an A list career, though now her position in the alphabetic hierarchy of fame is somewhat lower.

  • Her acting career began in the early nineties with a Siris of laughably bad films, including one where her boyfriend's brain ends up inside of a giant cybernetic dinosaur.

  • A few years later, Richards rise was kick started by her roles in Starship Troopers and Wild Things.

  • Sam, I miss You so much it culminated with her turn, is a Bond girl in 1999.

  • But after marrying Charlie Sheen in 2000 and one, it was all downhill.

  • Theodosius of Relationship ended when she filed for divorce in 2000 and six.

  • Her career never reached the same heights, but she has managed to continue working steadily in film and television.

  • But her star has definitely dimmed.

  • I'm telling you, I and I'm telling you there is nothing no truth to that Number seven.

  • Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

  • You still alive, baby?

  • What can we say?

  • Jolie was getting acting awards and generally slaying it before she hooked up with Brad Pitt.

  • During their marriage, Jolie started testing her Luckett directing.

  • Since Mr and Mrs Smith, her on screen performances have decreased, though she did hit the jackpot with her rules and malicious int and Changeling.

  • They told me and all of you that this boy was my son.

  • He was not my son.

  • The L.

  • A.

  • P D made a mistake, however, before that, she was pretty much in everything, including the crime thriller The Bone Collector and Girl interrupted.

  • While most fans hold her directing dreams accountable, we have to wonder how her movie career would have panned out had she and Brad Pitt not gotten together.

  • Plus, it seems like the two have zero luck making movies together.

  • Mr and Mrs Smith and by the Sea, sadly, weren't that good, and the latter performed embarrassingly at the box office.

  • Why?

  • Why what?

  • Say it by number six.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.

  • So you are dating, huh?

  • Way been found out.

  • Jenny from the block burst into the public eye as a dancer for the early nineties sketch comedy Siris In Living Color.

  • Her titular role in the 1997 musician biopics, Selena cemented her fame.

  • Maybe I just feel like I could do anything e want the whole world dancing to my music and wearing my clothes.

  • She continued to slay on screen, battling snakes, bank robbers and a serial killers subconscious.

  • Her music career took off with her first studio album on the six.

  • In 1999 this double threat was riding high until hooking up with Ben Affleck, dubbed Bennifer.

  • The couple's 2000 and three comedy Jilly bombed hard.

  • It's Turkey Time.

  • Uh huh.

  • Come on, J.

  • Lo found it difficult to brush off the box office stink, eventually entering a professional rough patch.

  • Despite this, the beauty from the Bronx battled back to the top, becoming a judge for American Idol and starring in 20 nineteen's hustlers Number five, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.

  • She may have always loved Flash B, but fans didn't feel the same way.

  • Houston was a musical prodigy from a young age.

  • In addition to powerful pipes, she had model level, good looks and plenty of charisma.

  • Hits like Saving All My Love for You, Greatest Love of all and many more dominated charts and hearts for decades need to.

  • Oh, yes.

  • After joining with Brown in holy matrimony in 1992 her personal life and spouse is illegal.

  • Troubles started stealing the spotlight.

  • You had a lot of people antagonizing on Bond, trying to pull out of Pull out this one wave to another.

  • You know, pull it.

  • Me pulled him.

  • By the early two thousands, the singer's albums no longer dominated charts in the same way, but her marriage still grabbed headlines.

  • Brown was charged with battery against Houston, and some fans felt he was a destructive influence.

  • I don't need all the money.

  • Her husband's reality TV show didn't help as it portrayed Houston negatively, but Houston bounced back a few years later before tragically passing away number four Britney Spears and Kevin Federline.

  • This pop stars downward spiral may have begun with her 55 hour long marriage to Jason Alan Alexander, but oops, she did it again when tying the knot with Kevin Federline after dating for just three months.

  • To make matters worse, Federal Lines X was pregnant with his child at the time, which was not a great look.

  • Not content with his new wife's fame and fortune, the pair appeared in a short lived reality TV show about their relationship.

  • So, I mean, it worked out, worked out pretty good way.

  • After their divorce, Spears experienced some very public difficulties, culminating with her infamous head shaving incident.

  • They asked why she wanted to shave her head, and she said, I don't want anyone touching me.

  • I'm tired of everybody touching me.

  • She's now recovered with a sold out residency in Las Vegas, but the 2000 and seven breakdown continues tomorrow.

  • Her career, her recent behavior has many people asking, Is Britney Spears going out of control?

  • number three, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise.

  • Okay, maybe, just maybe, there is another part of me, another girl that lives deep inside of me and to maybe every once in a while she lets loose and does things that might blow some people's minds.

  • She played America's Girl next door on Dawson's Creek until landing the real life role of Tom Cruise's wife in 2000 and six.

  • However, shortly before that, she did manage to snag a prominent part in Christopher Nolan's 2000 and five movie Batman Begins Bruhth.

  • Rachel, I Heard You Were Back.

  • Despite the film's success, she decided not to participate in the sequel, which we're sure had nothing to do with her costar famously modeling his American psycho character on Cruz's mannerisms.

  • What, no, put it in the carton.

  • Some fans speculated Cruise in the birth of their daughter, Suri, played a part in her several years long hiatus from acting.

  • Whatever the case, she's been staying busy since, with parts in everything from the giver.

  • Dakota number two, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, Nirvana's front man had a marriage as famous as it was toxic.

  • The nineties Sid and Nancy first met in Portland, Oregon, with love playing the pursuer.

  • Kobane eventually gave in to her advances, and the pair had a romantic Hawaii wedding in 1992 roughly half a year after the band's breakout album, Never Mind, was released.

  • Though the bride wore a dress once belonging to a famous actress, the groom opted for the more casual attire of green pajamas.

  • This inauspicious beginning was not the first warning sign for the self destructive duo Snake Dancing Across the stage.

  • Todo Nazareth songs.

  • Their battles with substance abuse were well documented, and being together may have exacerbated their problems.

  • Cobain's marriage ended with his tragic death in 1994 causing millions of fans across the country and world to mourn his loss.

  • A scene of the vigil was Somewhere between a a funeral and a rock concert was the oddest feeling.

  • Before we unveil our number one pick, here are some honorable mentions.

  • Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher.

  • After her marriage to a much younger actor, this Hollywood star hasn't risen again.

  • Really know that there are parts of what occurred with this relationship ending that were a level of devastating for me that wasn't really just about that relationship.

  • It was really about my whole life.

  • Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian.

  • He's one baller who never quite bounced back from his reality TV marriage.

  • In Accord with the Laws of the State of California, I pronounce you husband and wife Christian Make issue.

  • Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.

  • This blonde bombshells Rocky marriage to the Motley Crue drummer was over exposed way Before we continue, be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos.

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  • Number one.

  • Amber Heard and Johnny Depp Wait.

  • Yeah, I'm sorry.

  • I didn't realize anyone was there.

  • I thought it was just floating.

  • Mutual career destruction was the outcome of this power.

  • Couples split.

  • Ah, lot of this was down to depths fame, and they're messy Divorce, which ended with heard alleging domestic assault.

  • She was on her way up when she landed what seemed like a dream job starring opposite depth in the rum diary.

  • However, her acting career was eclipse shortly after the pair started dating, even her role as a super heroine and undersea royalty got washed away by their very messy divorce.

  • You know I don't even know your name with Princess Humira.

  • Chaveleh Challenge.

  • You may come theocracy own IUs break up, dragged on in the courts and tabloids For years nowadays, Heard is still acting, but she might have been an even bigger star had she never waited into the deep end with Depp.

  • But for both of them, this has been a damaging exercise.

  • So whoever emerges the winner, there's been a lot of dirty laundry aired on a lot of damage done to reputations on both sides.

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