Boy meets girl, boy marries girl, boy and girl live happily ever after. What could be better than that? Well, in real life, the path to true love isn't always so linear. Marriage takes constant communication, commitment, and a lot of hard work, but not all relationships evolve so they end with divorce. But sometimes a second (or third!) marriage is worth the wait. These celebrities got divorced and found their true soul mate. Allow them to inspire you to always be open to new relationships. Because while life may take you down paths you didn't plan, love will always find a way.
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Then: Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe
Witherspoon met fellow actor Phillipe on her 21st birthday and the two got married in 1999. They had two children together, but ended up separating in October 2006. "I think more of the problem was age. When we got together we were so young," Philippe said on Larry King Now.
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Now: Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth
In 2011, Witherspoon married talent agent Jim Toth in a small ceremony. On their seventh wedding anniversary, Witherspoon praised him as the man who "keeps her smiling every day" on Instagram.
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Then: Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes
Winslet was married to director Jim Threapleton in her early twenties and then Mendes (pictured) from 2003 until 2010. When asked about her two divorces in an interview for WSJ Magazine, she responded: "I know lots of people who are not in the public eye who have gone through several marriages...And f**k me, it hasn't been easy, you know." Tell 'em, Kate.
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Now: Kate Winslet and Ned Rocknroll
In 2012, Winslet married Rocknroll in a secret ceremony and the two have been going strong ever since. "Thank God for Ned - really. He's just so incredibly supportive, and he's so much fun," she said in the same interview with WSJ.
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Then: Meghan Markle and Trevor Engelson
In case you hadn't heard, Markle was married to Engelson, an American actor and producer, from 2011 to 2013. The two dated for almost seven years before tying the knot, but sadly divorced a few years after they made it official.
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Now: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
On May 19, 2018, Markle proved that fairy tales do exist when she married Prince Harry and became the Duchess of Sussex. Fun fact: She's the first divorcée to become a member of the Royal Family.
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Then: Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise
Kidman was married to Cruise in the '90s. Despite going their separate ways in 2001, Kidman told Ladies' Home Journal in 2006, "...he was lovely to me and I loved him. I still love him."
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Now: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban
A few years after her divorce, Kidman met country music singer Keith Urban. The couple recently celebrated their 13-year wedding anniversary and have two kids together.
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Then: Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb
Vergara married her high school sweetheart, Joe Gonzalez, at the age of 18. They have one son together, but divorced in 1993. Then Vergara dated and got engaged to Nick Loeb (pictured), but split in 2014 and have since been dueling it out in a public legal battle over the frozen embryos the pair conceived while together.
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Now: Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello
Vergara and Manganiello began dating in June of 2014 and were engaged six months later. She gushed about him on The Ellen Degeneres Show, saying "He's a great guy - super fun, super normal, and we clicked." Want to hear something even cuter? Before they were together, Manganiello told People that she was his celebrity crush.
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Then: George Clooney and Talia Balsam
Clooney was married to Balsam from 1989 to 1993. Following his divorce, the tabloids notoriously labeled him a perpetual bachelor.
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Now: George Clooney and Amal Clooney
The actor proved them wrong by marrying Amal Alamuddin (now Clooney), an attorney who specialises in international law and human rights, in 2014. When asked about her on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, he said, "I met someone who I would absolutely trade my life for. I met someone, who, her life meant more to me than my life. I had never had that experience before."
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Then: Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom
Kerr was married to Bloom for three years. They divorced in 2013, but remain close friends. The reason for the split? In an interview with The Edit, Kerr said, "We weren't bringing out the best in each other."
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Now: Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel
In 2017, Kerr married Spiegel, the founder of Snapchat. In an interview with Net-a-Porter, she said he's inspired her to transition from modelling to running her own companies, like her skincare line, Kora Organics.
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