Many messy divorces among Hollywood’s elite have played out publicly with no sign of reconciliation in sight. In other cases, celebrities continued to support each other even after their relationships ended.
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore are an iconic couple of supportive ex-spouses who spend time with their children and their respective spouses.
Other Hollywood couples have taken similar approaches to divorce. Here are some famous couples who have maintained friendly relations even after divorce.
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore remained close even after their divorce. (Phil Farawan/VMN18/Getty Images for Comedy Central)
Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston and other Hollywood women speaking out about their single status
- Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
- Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
- Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt
- Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman
- Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz
- chris pratt and anna faris
- courteney cox and david arquette
1. Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
Willis and Moore remained close after their divorce.
Willis and Moore married in 1987. While they were a couple, they had three daughters: Rumer, Scout, and Talulah. The two finalized their divorce in 2000.
After their divorce, they both continued to date other partners. Willis married Emma Hemming Willis in 2009 and they have two more children, Mabel and Evelyn. Moore married Ashton Kutcher in 2005, but the two divorced in 2013.
“We have three children and will continue to raise them together. We are probably closer now than ever.”” Starr told Rolling Stone in 2000: “We recognize that we have a lifelong commitment to our children. Our friendship continues. The institution has been set aside.”
Bruce Willis is married to Emma Heming Willis. He has three daughters from his previous marriage to Demi Moore. (Nielson Barnard)
The two have spent countless vacations with their families and supported each other at numerous movie premieres.We also quarantined together during the coronavirus pandemic..
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2. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, the couple who popularized the term “conscious uncoupling,” are both parents and good friends.
The two married in 2003 and announced their divorce in 2014. During that time, two children were born, Apple and Moses.
“I think Chris and I were supposed to be together and have a child,” Paltrow told People in 2019. “But we’re friends, we’re co-parents, we’re family, and our relationship is so much better this way. “It was,” he said.
Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow have both moved on, but found ways to make their blended families work. (Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photobank/NBC)
The Goop founder married Brad Falchuk in 2018.
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Martin is engaged to actress Dakota Johnson. The two started dating in 2017.
3. Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt’s breakup was initially rocky, but it appears that their relationship has healed over time.
Aniston and Pitt divorced in 2005 after five years of marriage.
“Jen and I still maintain a deep friendship and have spent so much of our lives together that will never go away,” Pitt said in a 2007 interview with V magazine. “I don’t know how I should have handled it. [it]. In my opinion, this was ultimately none of anyone’s business, at least as far as matters of the heart were concerned. What guided me at that time was that I didn’t know how many days I had left, and that life had to meet all my needs. ”
“My marriage went very well. [my] “It’s just my personal opinion,” Aniston told People in 2019. “And when they come to an end, it’s a choice made because we chose to be happy, and sometimes happiness no longer exists in that arrangement.”
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt divorced in 2005. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
In February 2019, Pitt attended Aniston’s 50th birthday party as a guest. Their interaction at the 2020 SAG Awards became a hot topic.
“Brad and I are friends and we’re friends,” Aniston said on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show. “And as we speak, it’s not strange at all, except maybe for everyone who saw it and wanted it to be there or assumed it would be there.”
4. Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman
Drew Barrymore often talks about her ex-girlfriend on her talk show, The Drew Barrymore Show.
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Before Barrymore divorced Will Kopelman in 2016, the couple welcomed daughters Olive and Frankie after four years of marriage.
“I’m co-parenting with someone else,” Barrymore told guest Kate Hudson on the show in January 2023. “And we may not be married anymore and he’s even married to his beautiful new wife Allie.” [Michler]our wonderful stepmom, we are getting engaged every day and our relationship has never been better.
“We should be defending our exes, especially if they have someone new, and they don’t have to be best friends.”
Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman have two daughters, Olive and Frankie. (Krista Kennel/WWD/Penske Media)
Barrymore also appears to maintain a friendly relationship with ex-husband Tom Green, with whom she was together from 2001 to 2002. The two reunited on her show in September 2020.
5. Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz
Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz remained friends even after their divorce. The two divorced in 1993 after six years of marriage. During that time, they welcomed a daughter, Zoe Kravitz.
Bonet remarried years after divorcing Jason Momoa in 2017, but the two divorced in 2022. Kravitz had nothing but positive things to say about Momoa and Bonet during their time together.
“We’re like brother and sister. After Lisa and I broke up, we learned to find a new relationship,” Kravitz told People in February 2019. And I love their children, and we are all one big family, which is beautiful. ”
Kravitz told Men’s Health in November 2020, “I don’t know how close Jason and I are, or how close Zoe’s mother and I are still, and how our relationship is. People can’t believe it. We just do it because it’s your job. You do it.” It’s a rule of love, right? Obviously, after a breakup, it’s work. It takes a certain amount of effort and time, and requires healing and reflection. But when it comes to Jason and I, literally the moment we met, we were like, “This is what we want. Yes, I love this person. ”
Zoe Kravitz (left) is the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet. (Keboke Jansezian/Getty Images)
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Even after Bonet and Momoa split, Kravitz continues to speak highly of them.
“We are family. We will be family,” he told the people of Momoa in February 2024. “There’s no judgment.”
6. Chris Pratt and Anna Faris
Chris Pratt and Anna Faris were married for eight years before splitting in August 2017. They are good friends and co-parents of son Jack.
“They have a great relationship,” Faris told Marie Claire in May 2018. It seems like their relationship is only going from strength to strength.
“We’ve all become much closer, and I’m very grateful for that,” Faris told People in November 2022. “They’re very protective of me and I want to be very protective of them. I’m very grateful for their support.”
Chris Pratt and Anna Faris are co-parenting their son Jack. (Axel/Bauer Griffin/Film Magic)
The Marvel star married Katherine Schwarzenegger in 2019, and Faris married Michael Barrett in 2021.
7. Courteney Cox and David Arquette
Courteney Cox will always be by David Arquette’s side.
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The two met on the set of “Scream” and married in 1999, at the height of Cox’s “Friends” fame..
Their relationship ultimately ended in divorce, which was finalized in 2013. The pair continued to appear in multiple Scream movies after their breakup, and have repeatedly referred to each other as “best friends.”
