Google ‘conscious uncoupling’, the Goopiest term ever that Gwyneth Paltrow kind of made up to describe her separation from husband Chris Martin, and you get 154 000 results.
In a blog post (that later crashed the website due to traffic volume)on her aspirational wellbeing website Goop, Paltrow wrote of her decision to ‘consciously uncouple’ from Martin as
“in many ways we are closer than we have ever been … while we love each other very much we will remain separate”.
Sometimes the tumult of Tinseltown is all to often too much for a celebrity relationship to bear, but some manage to make it work.
Still feel sad about Gwyneth and Chris’ split? Console yourself with pictures of Hollywood marriages that have gone the distance.
OK there’s some baggage with Jennifer Aniston, but on the whole these two are pretty brilliant together.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick married in 1997 and have three kids.
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness met while working together and have been married since 1996.
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have been married more than ten years and recently welcomed their third child.
David Beckham and Victoria Beckham married in 1999 and now have four children.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been married for 25 years and have two children together.
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck married in 2005.
John Travolta and Kelly Preston have been married since 1991 and with years of marriage counselling are still going strong.
Iman and David Bowie have been married for 21 years. It is his second marriage and her third.
Teen movie stars Sarah Michelle-Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr have been married for 11 years and have a three-year-old daughter.
Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan have four children together after 25 years of marriage.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest are gearing up for their 30th wedding anniversary.
Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor married in 2000 and have appeared in films like Zoolander together.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith married in 1997.
Kevin Bacon and actress Kyra Sedgwick have been married for 25 years.
Warren Beatty and Annette Benning have been married for 21 years.
Michelle Pfeiffer married David E. Kelley 20 years ago after her first marriage lasted seven years.
Country music royalty Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have been married for 17 years and still perform together.
