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Matthew Perry Reveals Why He & Julia Roberts Split
The 1 wherever we wholly forgot that Matthew Perry dated Julia Roberts.
The Friends actor and the Erin Brokovich prima were erstwhile an point successful the '90s, a narration we were reminded of by Perry himself successful a snippet from his upcoming memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing. In the book, Perry candidly opened up astir their little romance, which began soon aft Roberts signed connected to impermanent prima successful a 1996 occurrence of the iconic NBC sitcom.
While they lone dated for 2 months, Perry recalled gathering Roberts' parents for the archetypal clip erstwhile helium joined her household travel to New Mexico to ringing successful the New Year, detailing a peculiar infinitesimal the mates shared.
"We jumped successful this large bluish motortruck and drove up a mountain, snowfall swirling around," the 17 Again star wrote. "Eventually we reached a mountaintop, and for a infinitesimal the upwind cleared, and we could spot New Mexico and beyond, each the mode backmost to Canada. As we sat there, she made maine consciousness similar the king of the world. A gentle snowfall was falling, and with that, 1996 began."
Of course, similar the snow, Perry and Roberts' narration yet melted away, becoming yet different astonishing prima pairing we often hide about, on with duos specified arsenic Ryan Reynolds and Alanis Morissette, Mila Kunis and Macaulay Culkin, and Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey. Yes, they all really dated.
So, hole to instrumentality a locomotion down representation lane arsenic we look backmost connected each of the celeb couples you astir apt forgot dated:
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Matthew Perry & Julia Roberts
In his memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, Perry opened up astir his two-month '90s romance with the Oscar winner, which began aft Roberts agreed to impermanent prima connected Friends under 1 condition.
Perry wrote that the Pretty Woman histrion "would lone bash the amusement if she could beryllium successful my communicative line," adding that helium "had to woo her." To bash so, helium sent Roberts three twelve roses and a enactment that read, "The lone happening much breathtaking than the imaginable of you doing the amusement is that I yet person an excuse to nonstop you flowers."
But their romance was yet shortlived due to the fact that "dating Julia Roberts had been excessively overmuch for me," Perry admitted. "I had been perpetually definite that she was going to interruption up with me. Why would she not? I was not enough; I could ne'er beryllium enough; I was broken, bent, unlovable. So alternatively of facing the inevitable agony of losing her, I broke up with the beauteous and superb Julia Roberts."
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Alanis Morissette & Ryan Reynolds
We have Drew Barrymore's 2002 day bash to convey for this improbable celeb pairing. The Canadian stars adjacent got engaged 2 years later, but called it quits successful aboriginal 2007.
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Milo Ventimiglia & Alexis Bledel
During their Gilmore Girls days, the co-stars struck up an offscreen romance betwixt 2002-2006. The brace adjacent discussed matrimony astatine 1 point, with Bledel telling People, "I deliberation everybody who has been dating for much than a mates of years astir apt talks astir it astatine immoderate point. It's a amusive happening for america to speech about, but that's it."
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Michael Bublé & Emily Blunt
The Devil Wears Prada alum dated the popular vocalist for 3 years up until 2008. Seven years later, Bublé denied rumors that a cheating ungraded was to blasted for their split.
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Kim Kardashian & Nick Cannon
The E! world prima dated the rapper for a little play of clip successful 2006.
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Mila Kunis & Macaulay Culkin
The That '70s Show actress dated the erstwhile kid prima for astir a decennary up until 2011.
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Ellen DeGeneres & Anne Heche
Their 2000 divided caused large tabloid controversy, with Heche going connected to wed Coleman Laffoon 1 twelvemonth later.
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Jessica Biel & Chris Evans
Young emotion astatine its finest! The then-rising stars dated from 2001-2006.
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Christina Applegate & Brad Pitt
Rumor has it that the Dead to Me prima ditched her day to the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, who conscionable truthful happened to be the 1 and lone Mr Pitt.
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Scarlett Johansson & Jack Antonoff
The Bleachers singer romanced the Black Widow histrion during their precocious schoolhouse days, adjacent attending prom together.
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Kate Hudson & Alex Rodriguez
The New York Yankees prima had the A-lister cheering him connected from the stands for respective months successful 2008.
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Alex Rodriguez & Cameron Diaz
There's nary question the erstwhile shot pro has rather the dating history, which includes a one-year narration with the Hollywood actress.
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Reese Witherspoon & Jake Gyllenhaal
The A-listers struck up a two-year narration aft moving unneurotic connected the 2007 drama Rendition.
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Sarah Jessica Parker & Robert Downey Jr.
The Iron Man star's substance maltreatment issues plagued overmuch of their highly-publicized relationship, which spanned 1984-1991.
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Common & Laura Dern
The hip-hop creator and histrion sparked romance rumors aft moving connected the 2018 thriller The Tale, but Common would aboriginal picture their narration arsenic strictly platonic.
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Zachary Quinto & Jonathan Groff
Quinto and Groff dated a fewer years earlier they broke up successful mid-2013, but stay affable to this day.
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Jennifer Garner & Scott Foley
After gathering connected acceptable of Felicity, the actors tied the knot successful 2000. Three years later, they separated.
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Madonna & Dennis Rodman
Two of a kind? The "Material Girl" songstress briefly dated the erstwhile NBA prima successful 1994.
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Sandra Bullock & Matthew McConaughey
These 2 became the taxable of romance rumors aft co-starring successful A Time to Kill, which yet turned into a two-year relationship.
Asked by Cosmopolitan successful 2003 however they managed to enactment friends, Bullock said, "It's the enactment we some enactment in. There's a large magnitude of respect and love. I consciousness precise cared for by Matthew. No substance wherever helium is successful his beingness oregon wherever I americium successful mine—he could beryllium married—I cognize we would enactment close."
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Tom Cruise & Penelope Cruz
2001's Vanilla Sky brought the A-listers unneurotic for a three-year relationship. Cruz's rep denied that Scientology played a relation successful the breakup, saying that the actress, portion not a Scientologist, had recovered the religion courses she took "beneficial."
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Lenny Kravitz & Nicole Kidman
The vocalist and histrion called disconnected their engagement successful 2003, but the beingness brought them backmost unneurotic erstwhile Kidman co-starred in Big Little Lies alongside Kravitz's daughter, Zoë Kravitz.
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