Feature - Celebs Unlucky in Love

25 March 2009

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They appear to have it all – beauty, money, fame – but why can’t some celebs hold onto a man? Female First looks at the women who are unlucky in love.

Just recently we heard how Jennifer Aniston is single once again after dumping her toyboy lover John Mayer who, it seems, would rather spend time on Twitter than with her.

We heard how he had been avoiding her – ignoring her calls and shunning her emails. And just when we thought Jen had finally found someone who could begin to match up to Brad Pitt. How wrong could we be?

As the woman who brought us the loveable Rachel Green in Friends, we couldn’t help but feel happy for her when she married Brad in 2000 – even if we were all green with envy. We watched their fairytale romance progress and then sadly crash and burn. Hollywood’s golden couple were no more.

When Brad and Angelina Jolie became official in 2005 after first meeting on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith, our hearts went out to Jen; even more so when Ange announced that she was pregnant with their first child Shiloh Nouvel. Seeing pictures of the happy family plastered on every magazine going must have hurt.

Jen seemed to turn a corner when she met Vince Vaughn while filming the ironically titled film The Break Up. Talking about him at the time she said: “He literally brought me back to life. My first gasp of air was a big laugh. It was great.” However, as bad luck again would have it, the pair split in 2006 after more than a year together. Jen said that the relationship had ran its course.

In 2008, she met musician Mayer, 31, at an Oscar party. We had high hopes for her, but after a whirlwind romance, it looks like Jen’s desperation to be a mum gave Mayer cold feet. At 40, Jen feels her biological clock is ticking at a rapid pace, with sources saying that she regrets not starting a family with Brad when she had the chance.

Experiencing such heart-ache has made Jen much more aware, if a little cynical, of relationships. Speaking to Vogue in 2008, she said: “Whoever said everything has to be forever, that's setting your hopes too high. It's too much pressure. And I think if you put that pressure on yourself—because I did! Fairy tale! It has to be the right one!—that's unattainable."

Another lady we’d like to see happy in love is Geri Halliwell. The 36-year old former Spice Girl recently announced her split to fiancé Fabrizio Politti just two months after she agreed to marry him. Having proposed to Geri just a week after meeting her in an Italian night club, we should’ve known that the relationship was doomed from the start – talk about rushing into things.

A source told Heat: “Geri woke up one morning last week and decided she just wasn't the marrying type. She loved being in a relationship but decided that all she needs is her daughter Bluebell to keep her happy."

Having previously dated singer Robbie Williams, screen writer Sacha Gervasi who is Bluebell’s father, and American dancer Ivan ‘Flipz’ Velez, Geri told Fabulous magazine that she doesn’t believe that she could ever have a long-lasting relationship.

“I love the idea of the swan that mates for life, but I don’t know how to get that. I don’t know if anyone does. All I can say is I’m very open.”

Geri recently announced that she plans on staying off men for a year but who knows what the future has in store for her.

Another songstress hoping to find a man is Britney Spears – a woman who hasn't had it easy in recent years. Back in her hey day when she and childhood sweetheart Justin Timberlake turned up at an awards ceremony in matching denim outfits, (yes, best forgotten I know) we classed them as the cutest couple on the planet. Both gorgeous and incredibly talented, the pair appeared perfect for each other.

Sadly it wasn’t meant to be and after an intense few years together, the couple split in 2002. Both were said to be heartbroken and devastated.

In a Sky 1 television documentary called Britney: For the Record, the 27-year old said: “With Justin, he was part of the magnitude of what I had become. So when he was gone I was like, 'What am I supposed to do with myself?'"

"He started to do an album for himself and he started to do things for himself, and I just never saw him anymore. When it ended I felt so alone. I didn't really want to think about the reality of it. I never faced it - I just ran."

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