Sex & Relationships

10 Celebrities Who’ve Dated Their Friend’s Ex

Selena Gomez is dating her friend Bella Hadid’s ex, The Weeknd and naturally Bellz isn’t to happy about it. But dating your friend’s ex isn’t exactly an uncommon thing in Hollywood…

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It’s no secret Bella Hadid isn’t down with Selena Gomez dating The Weeknd. According to TMZ, Selena never got in touch with her or Gigi Hadid to let them know she was seeing the “Starboy” singer, and they’d become pretty close last year through Taylor Swift’s squad.

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Back in 2008 Taylor Swift dated Joe Jonas. Seven years later and her close, personal friend (and #squadmember) Gigi Hadid dated him.

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Back in the peak Disney Channel days, Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez both had their turns of dating Nick Jonas. As a result, each girl released her own version of angsty, teen anthems and to this day, Miley and Selena don’t partake in friendly exchanges.

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Before Talvin was a thing, Ellie Goulding dated Calvin Harris. Once they finished making sweet, sweet music he moved on with Rita Ora before dating Taylor Swift.

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Close friends Cameron Diaz and Kate Hudson have both dated Alex Rodriguez.

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During the making of Twilight Nikki Reed and Robert Pattinson started dating. Halfway through filming, they broke up and his epic love affair with Kristen Stewart began. Oh and Nikki seemed totally cool about the entire thing.

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In another instance of vampire-love-gone-wrong, Nikki Reed started dating her friend Nina Dobrev’s ex Ian Somerhalder not long after they broke up.

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Disputing over backup dancers may not be the only trigger in Katy and Taylor’s war. Taylor- who had a fling with Mayer back in 2010- surely must’ve felt slight peeved that Katy was dating her ex.

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Proving that no guy can ruin their friendship, Taylor Swift seemed pretty chill when Selena Gomez started dating Taylor Lautner in 2009.

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In a class vintage example of breaking girl code, Elizabeth Taylor broke up the marriage of her best friend Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher – but wait for it- then proceeded to ask Debbie to be the bridesmaid at their wedding. Savage.

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