Looking Back on Avril Lavigne's Relationship History

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Avril Lavigne Is ENGAGED to Mod Sun

"Why'd you person to spell and marque things truthful complicated?"

Twenty years ago, Avril Lavigne stormed onto the euphony country with her debut single, "Complicated," instantly becoming popular punk's caller princess. The then-17-year-old tie-wearing phenom co-wrote the deed song, which sold implicit 1 cardinal copies successful the U.S., and she went connected to win Best New Artist successful a Video astatine the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards. But did you cognize Lavigne's then-boyfriend and bandmate really appeared successful the video earlier they divided up personally and professionally. Yeah, that is decidedly complicated. 

It wouldn't beryllium the archetypal clip that Lavigne collaborated with 1 of her romanticist partners, the 37-year-old having met her now-fiancée Mod Sun erstwhile the brace worked connected her latest album, Love Sux. Thought seemingly it does not.

Look backmost connected Lavigne's "Complicated" dating history, including her archetypal "Sk8er Boi" and the narration that resulted successful 3 caller tattoos...

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Jesse Colburn

Meet the OG "Sk8r Boi."

Avril Lavigne dated the bushed guitarist successful her set from 2002 to 2003, with Colburn leaving the radical aft their breakup.

"He conscionable wanted to spell bash his ain happening and stuff, and I mean, that happens," the "Complicated" vocalist told MTV News successful 2004.

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Deryck Whibley

Talk astir popular punk royalty. 

Lavigne met the Sum 41 frontman astatine a barroom erstwhile she was conscionable 17 years old. "I made retired with him the archetypal time I met him," she told Rolling Stone successful 2011. "He gave maine my archetypal changeable of Jäger. I had a necktie on—it was backmost successful the days of the tie."

But the Canadian brace didn't statesman dating until 2 years later, with Lavigne adjacent inking her emotion for the vocalist connected her body, tattooing a tiny pinkish bosom surrounding the missive "D." Lavigne and Whibley got married at a backstage property successful Montecito, Calif., successful July 2006, where they shared their archetypal creation to the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris." 

But so overmuch for their blessed ending: Lavigne filed for divorcement successful October 2009. A root told E! News astatine the clip that the couple had been "growing isolated for months. They person go much similar concern partners alternatively than hubby and wife."

When announcing their separation, Lavigne wrote connected her website, "We person been friends since I was 17, started dating erstwhile I was 19, and joined erstwhile I was 21. I americium grateful for our clip together, and I americium grateful and blessed for our remaining friendship."

The duo went connected to collaborate connected Lavigne's 2011 album, "Goodbye Lullaby," though Whibley did legally region "Lavigne" from his afloat sanction aft adding the appellation erstwhile they tied the knot.

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Brody Jenner

Lavigne's romance with The Hills alum began successful aboriginal 2010, the brace showing disconnected their enslaved with tattoos of each other's names aboriginal that year. MTV News reported astatine the clip that they besides got matching lightning bolt and f-bomb tats.

The mates dated for 2 years earlier breaking up successful January 2012, with a root telling E! News astatine the clip that it was "a communal decision." And Lavigne and Jenner had thing but emotion for 1 another, taking to Twitter refute headlines astir a contentious split.

"Avril has ever been determination for maine and is the closest idiosyncratic to my heart," Jenner tweeted. "I emotion her." Lavigne responded, "luv u 2!!! @BrodyJenner." 

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Chad Kroeger

Who tin hide erstwhile Lavigne was portion of Canada's archetypal couple?

Shortly aft her breakup with Jenner, Lavigne connected with the Nickelback pb vocalist successful March 2012 erstwhile they worked connected her self-titled medium together. They started dating that July and, conscionable 1 period later, Kroeger proposed. The mates got joined connected July 1, 2013, the date both their one-year day and Canada Day. 

But aft 2 years of marriage, Lavigne announced their divided successful an Instagram post. "Through not lone the marriage, but the euphony arsenic well, we've created galore unforgettable moments," she wrote. "We are still, and everlastingly volition be, the champion of friends, and volition ever attraction profoundly for each other."

Keeping with her inclination of remaining affable with her exes, Lavigne told People successful 2019 that she and Kroeger were inactive "super close. He's conscionable ever been a cheerleader of excavation and ever been specified a immense fan. He's successful my corner, he's connected my side, and he's ever been truly great."

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Phillip Sarofim

Lavigne began dating the lad of Texan billionaire Fayez Sarofim in February 2018, with a root telling E! News that the mates met done communal friends astatine a meal party.

Though Lavigne ne'er spoke publically astir her narration with the businessman, the brace were photographed kissing successful Italy before breaking up successful May 2019

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Pete Jonas

In 2020, the "I'm With You" vocalist concisely dated the indie musician, who is simply a subordinate of Jagwar Twin, an alt-rock set that opened for her connected her Head Above Water tour. The mates confirmed their romance with an quality at Clive Davis' yearly pre-Grammy gala, though neither enactment ever publically commented connected their narration status. 

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Mod Sun

Perhaps is hoping the 3rd clip volition beryllium the charm.

While her latest medium is titled Love Sux, Lavigne is acceptable to once again spell from "Girlfriend" to woman aft getting engaged to the pop-punk vocalist successful March 2022 during a travel to Paris. "Oui! Je t'aime determination toujours," she captioned her Instagram announcement. "Dimanche. 27. Mars. 2022."

Mod Sun (whose existent sanction is Derek Ryan Smith) besides shared the blessed quality connected his account, writing, ""The time we met I knew you were the one. Together everlastingly til our days are done."

The mates met met successful 2020 portion moving connected euphony unneurotic and began dating that November. Mod Sun co-wrote and co-produced respective tracks for Lavigne's latest album, portion she's featured connected his azygous "Flames" and co-starred with him successful its accompanying euphony video.

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