Woman’s Day New Zealand – September 02, 2019

Former Beatle SirPau

and model Heather

were married ina

17th-century Irish

castle after three

years of dating.

The setting of their

2002 ceremonywas

perhapssymbolic

ofthebattlethat

wastocome.

Whenthepair

splitin2006,with

Heather– whohas

a prostheticleg

• havingrefusedto
  signa prenup,it wasall
  gunsblazingasthetwo
  starswenttowar.
  Heatherdubbedthe“Hey
  Jude”singeremotionally
  abusiveandphysically
  violent,whilePaullethis
  lawyersdothetalking
  beforethedivorcedrama
  ended(afterHeather

overPaul’srepresentative

duringanin-courtspat)

andshewalkedawaywith

a settlementworthmore

than$45million.

SirPaul,77,wedNewYork

heiressNancyShevellin 2011,

whileHeather,51,hasbeen

tryingtomakea namefor

herselfasa realityTVstar.

MadMaxactorMelwas

lividwhenhecameout

onthewrongsideofthe

biggestdivorcesettlement

inHollywoodhistory.

Mel’s26-yearunion

withfellowAussieRobyn

fellapartin 2009 ashe

struggledwithalcohol

problemsandcheating

accusations.

A two-yearcourtbattle

followedandleftRobyn

$620millionricher.Not

onlythat,butthe47-year-

oldDaybreakersactress

continuestotakehalfof

allherex-husband’s

earnings.

The63-year-oldactor

is currentlytryingtolook

onthebrightsidewith

his29-year-oldgirlfriend

RosalindRoss,whogave

birthtotheirsonLars,

Mel’sninthchild,in2017.

They met ontheset

of The Marrying Man

in 1991 and their

10-year union was

onceconsideredone

ofHollywood’s

strongest,butthe

truthwasthatKim

andAlec’smarriage

wasplaguedwith

problemsfromthe

momenttheywalked

downtheaisle.

Alecwasa

recoveringalcoholic,

andKimsuffered

fromagoraphobiaand

moodswings.In

2001,theysplitafter

Kimbrandedherhusband

a “tinpottyrantandbully”,

claimingheusedtobeather.

Hestruckback,callingher

“darkandmanipulative”.

Kim,now65,walked

awaywithmorethan$62

million,butthecourtshadto

getinvolvedagain,withthe

still-feudingstarsordered

tostopairingtheirdirty

laundryinpublic.

Kimwasgrantedsole

custodyoftheirdaughter

Ireland,andthejudgealso

ruledthatAlecshouldonly

communicatewithKimvia

emailandattendanger

managementandparenting

classes.

Alec,61,marriedagainto

35-year-oldyogainstructor

HilariaThomas.Thecouple

havefourchildrentogether,

butinAprilthisyear

announcedHilariahad

suffereda miscarriagewhile

pregnantwitha fifthchild.

Ofcourse,weallknowthat

Angelina’snextgreatlove

wasBrad,butnotbeforehis

bigbust-upwithJen.

BradandJenmarriedin

2000 andit wasn’tuntil 2005

welearnedthatHollywood’s

goldencouplewasintrouble.

Theirproblemsweresaidto

centreonBrad’sdesireto

havekidswhiletheFriends

starwantedtopursueher

actingcareer.

RumoursflewthatBrad

hadbecomeclosetoco-star

Angelinaonthesetof2005’s

MrandMrsSmith,before

Jenfinallyfiledfordivorce,

earningherselfa $62million

settlement.

Bradwasfreetostart

playinghappyfamilieswith

Angelina,andthecouple

wentontohavesixchildren

andweremarriedin2014.

Jenfinallymarriedactor

JustinTherouxin2015,only

tosuffermoreheartbreak

anddivorcetwoyearslater.

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The 63yearold actor

h ked of at

PAUL MCCARTNEY

& HEATHER MILLS

MEL GIBSON & ROBYN MOORE

BRAD PITT & JEN

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PushingTinco-starsBillyBobandAngelina

gothitchedin 2000 – thesecondwedding

forherandthefifthforBillyBob.Fortwo

yearstheyrevelledintheirreputationas

Hollywood’smostbizarrecouple,telling

allabouttheirmatchingburialplots,kinky

sexandthevialsofeachother’sblood

theycarried.

But 11 daysafterthecoupleadoptedson

MaddoxfromCambodia,BillyBobwalked

outonhiswifeamidrumourshewasseeing

otherwomenbehindherback.

Thetattooedcouplecalledit quitsin

2002, withthe

$310 million divorce finalised a year later.

“I’m angry. I’m sad,” said Angelina at

thetime. “It was clear things were going

onbehind my back. I couldn’t live with

someone I no longer trusted. We just grew

apart as people and by the end, we weren’t

even living together as man and wife.”

The Maleficent actress, 44, demanded

BillyBob, 64, return the five vials of her blood

shegave him as a wedding present, fearing

hecould use them to place a curse on her.

KIM BASINGER

& ALEC BALDWIN



ANGELINA JOLIE &

BILLY BOB THORNTON

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