Here Are 10 Celebs Who've Publicly Admitted The Reasons Why They Regret Ending Their Marriages

She added that she and Robert, who was 11 years her senior, "dated and eventually got engaged."

By 1978, the couple married and Kris became pregnant with their eldest daughter, Kourtney, on their honeymoon. The Jenner-Kardashian matriarch said this resulted in a wave of backlash from Robert's conservative Armenian family: “I got pregnant on our honeymoon. I had Kourtney nine months, two weeks, and two days later. And I know that because all the Armenian ladies were probably counting. So I was like, ‘No, I promise I got pregnant on my honeymoon!’ You know, those were the days that [I was] very old-fashioned."

Within the next eight years, the couple welcomed three other children — Kim, Khloé, and Rob.

However, in 2023, the famous "momager," sat down with daughter Khloé during The Kardashians, to discuss her past infidelities and stated that she takes solace in the idea that everything works out the way it's supposed to: "I'm not proud of the way that I behaved during that time, but you know what? Everything happens for a reason. I really do live my life by thinking God has a plan, and without that whole thing happening, there never would've been Kendall and Kylie." (Kris married now-ex Caitlyn Jenner one month after her divorce was finalized).

However, by 1993, it was publicly confirmed that the couple was engaged when they were spotted sharing a soda during a Seattle Sonics game.

The pair married in a private ceremony on New Year's Day 1994. They went to great lengths to keep the ceremony intimate, even booking the empty rooms in their hotel and hiring every helicopter on the island to keep the paparazzi at bay.

Within eight years, the couple welcomed their children: Jennifer, Rory, and Phoebe.

A few weeks later, during an appearance on the Today show, Gates addressed his prior comments, stating, "Despite the fact that the divorce wasn’t great, having those three kids, the work we were able to do together — even if I knew that it [wouldn't] last forever, I would still do it again. My business career, though, there’s been some up and downs, has been incredibly phenomenal. My kids are phenomenal. So it’s even hard for me to complain about things."

Ultimately, Gates said, "I’ve moved past the divorce, and Melinda’s doing well. I’ve got a lot of work that I love to do. So I’m not really complaining about anything."

The duo reunited once again on the set of Daredevil in 2003, but at that time, Garner and Foley were still married, and Affleck had recently gotten engaged to Jennifer Lopez. Garner and Affleck still became good friends, with the 13 Going On 30 star telling People, "He's your basic tall, dark and handsome. He's it. I can't imagine anyone in the world I would rather see swoop in and save the day than Ben."

Garner filed for divorce from Foley in April 2003, and Affleck and Lopez ended their engagement in January 2004. By October of that year, Garner and Affleck took their romance public by appearing at Games 1 and 2 of the 2004 World Series to cheer on Affleck's home team, the Boston Red Sox. In a 2010 interview with Parade, Garner revealed that her and Affleck's romance began over email, "Well, it helped that we were both single at the time," she said. "He's a very good writer...He's a very persuasive writer."

In June 2009, the couple had a private wedding ceremony in Turks and Caicos. Affleck and Garner's reps confirmed they were married and expecting their first child. Garner later told InStyle, "We were able to have a beautiful, private wedding and I couldn't be happier."

"The biggest regret of my life is this divorce." The Armageddon star continued, "Shame is really toxic. There is no positive byproduct of shame. It's just stewing in a toxic, hideous feeling of low self-worth and self-loathing. It's not particularly healthy for me to obsess over the failures — the relapses — and beat myself up. 

He admitted that he ultimately used the experience as a learning opportunity, "I have certainly made mistakes. I have certainly done things that I regret. But you've got to pick yourself up, learn from it, learn some more, try to move forward."

He said it was love at first sight for him, but not for Cox, adding, "I had to trick her." However, in 2011, Cox told Robin Roberts that she and Arquette "fell in love on the first" movie.

By September 1998, the couple became engaged during a beach vacation with Cox's family. Director Wes Craven recalled Arquette waited until fireworks began, got down on one knee, and asked, ​​"Courteney Cox Arquette, will you marry me?" The pair were married the following June in San Francisco and welcomed daughter Coco in June 2004.

The Friends star noted that she and Arquette both had fought for their marriage, but at the end of the day, it simply wasn't enough, "You can love somebody so much, but it's not the life you should be living together. I think David and I are supposed to be the way we are now." She continued, "In divorce you always have regrets. We were married for a long time, so it's not like we [didn't] try."

In January of 2000, the couple welcomed their first child (both Shaq and Shaunie had children from previous relationships), Shareef Rashaun. The following November, Shaunie gave birth to their daughter, Amirah Sanaa.

The following year, the pair wed in a top-secret ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Details about the wedding were kept under wraps, even from the 248 guests, until the last second. Fellow Lake Brian Shaw later revealed, "Since we didn't find out until the last minute what was going on, I didn't know it was black tie." 

The secrecy apparently paid off because Shaq's mother, Lucille, called the wedding "the event of a lifetime."

Over the next four years, the couple welcomed two more children, son Shaqir Rashaun and daughter Me'arah Sanaa.

He wrote, "At one time my ex-wife Shaunie and I were happy, but I admit it — I was a guy. I was a guy with too many options. Choosing to be with some of those women, well, that's on me. In my mind, I never did it disrespectfully, but obviously I shouldn't have done it all."

The athlete added: "You know as well as I do relationships are about maintaining ... It wasn't the big stuff, it was the small stuff, and that's my fault. I had things to do. I was trying to win, trying to make some money. I admit I wasn't the best partner. I just didn't know how. I'm learning now."

On New Year's Day 2002, after six years of long-distance dating, Rossdale proposed to Stefani. Eight months later, the couple married in a 17th-century church in London with only 150 guests before hosting another ceremony for Stefani's family in California.

Over the next 12 years, the couple welcomed their sons: Kingston, Zuma, and Apollo.

"I feel bad for my kids, that's it." The now-59-year-old continued, "I wish I could have found a way to not have that in their lives. It wasn't fun for me to come from a broken home. It can be quite debilitating for kids…the overriding things is you don't want to let your kids down. The biggest thing would be when you see the kids, that sometimes there's a loss. It'd be nice if there was more of a connection with the person who made them with me."

Despite describing his and the "Hollaback Girl" singer's divorce as a "very contentious, hugely emotional, flared-up situation," Rossdale claimed that he tries not to speak negatively about his ex. "Less said, soonest mended, and I said nothing. I'm handcuffed because I would never want to overly say anything negative about their mom. That's just not right."

While many believed that the stars met and fell for each other while filming Cruel Intentions, Witherspoon set the record straight during a 2015 Watch What Happens Live! appearance, stating that the pair had already been "living together for about a year and a half" during the movie's production.

The couple became engaged in 1998 and married in June 1999 in Charleston, South Carolina. At their wedding, Witherspoon was several months pregnant with daughter Ava. They welcomed son Deacon in October 2003.

"There were a good four or five months of not being able to get out of bed. It was the worst time of my life." He continued, "You get through it. It's a process that's not easy, but I get less and less sad about it every day."

The then-33-year-old also addressed the claims that an affair was behind his marriage unraveling. He stated the real reason was "far more complicated and far less interesting than it's made out to be. To look and search for these salacious reasons, to pin it on a person, or a moment in someone's life, it's not realistic."

In RHOC's premiere episode on March 21, 2006, Donn described his then-wife as "a very I-am-woman-hear-me-roar, you know, get-out-of-my-way kind of gal." Throughout the reality show's early seasons, these personality differences were shown to increase their marital tension.

In 2009, the couple renewed their vows at the Grace Bay Resort in Turks and Caicos. Vicki later wrote on her blog, "When Donn read me the vows he wrote, I was so happy. Hearing how he respects me and loves me is worth everything to me. He loves me for who I am and isn't looking for me to make changes to make him happy."