Leaving or divorcing someone is not easy but staying for love, is even more difficult.
Hollywood is no alien to swift marriages and quick breakups. While most of our beloved celebrities don't waste a single minute calculating their next moves after a betrayal, some wait, remember their love for their spouse or partner, and try to give their relationship another chance.
Here is a list of seven celebrities who even after experiencing their spouse's betrayal, gave their love another chance.
Once an ideal Hollywood couple, Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas were caught under the net of divorce rumors back in 2012 when Banderas was caught cheating on her, according to Women Health Magazine. Griffith had responded to it with “BoyfriEND, girlfriEND, friEND, everything has an end, except for family," according to Celeb Dirty Laundry confirming the infidelity, but eventually chose to forget the past and give their marriage another chance. But they shook the industry by ending their 15-year long marriage in 2014 as a result of rumors of Banderas' continued affairs.
The former Los Angeles Lakers star was under the radar of the media for serious assault allegations related to a 19-year-old Colorado Hotel employee in 2003, reported The US Weekly. Even though he initially denied any kind of connection with the woman, he later agreed to consensual intercourse. Experiencing public humiliation, Venessa filed for divorce in 2011. But their love for each other and their family got them back together in early 2013. They were married till the recent passing away of the basketball legend along with their daughter, Gigi, in a plane crash.
According to People, Back in 2002, Harrelson was arrested for an indecent act under the influence of alcohol and Louie was the one who stayed with him and bailed him out. He would later describe it as “one of the worst nights" of his life as reported The Hollywood Reporter. But to his surprise Louie forgave him and the two got married in 2008. They have three daughters.
In 2005, a piece of sizzling news hit the tabloids that Jude Law had been in an illicit relationship with his children's nanny while he was engaged to Sienna Miller and as it turned out, it was true. As reported by People, the nanny gave rather graphic details to Sunday Mirror to which Law had to apologize publicly through the same newspaper. Following the revelation, the two separated for some time but reconciled in 2009 until Miller's betrayal came to light with her co-star and friend Daniel Craig in 2011.
It was a huge revelation when Sharon Osborne divulged about her husband Ozzy's infidelity in 2016 which was reported by The People. She confessed that Ozzy had cheated on her with six women. She said, “He had women in different countries. Basically, if you’re a woman giving Ozzy either a back rub or a trolley of food, God help you.” The water hit the roof for Sharon when she found out that Ozzy had been in a 4-year relationship with his hairdresser. Ozzy soon accepted that he was suffering from compulsive sexual behavior. The pair reconciled after Ozzy's return from the rehab and took their wedding vows again.
One of the world's most adored power couples had a hiccup along the way of their perfect life when David's personal assistant accused him of being in a fourth-months long affair with her in 2004, reported E! News. Despite all the rumors, the two remained strong. While David proved his fidelity, Victoria chose to remain silent. They left the past behind them and welcomed their two kids, Cruz in 2005 and Harper in 2011, destroying all assumptions made by the media and people about their relationships' fate after the allegation.
Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin were enjoying each other's company when former supermodel Janice Dickinson dropped the bomb on Stallone. She told him that she was the father of her to-be-born daughter Savannah. Stallone, realizing his duties as a father, broke up with Flavin to be with Dickinson until a DNA test proved that he wasn't the father, reported The Daily Mail. Flavin and Stallone got back together when they realized they still loved each other and tied the knot in 1997.
References:
https://people.com/movies/woody-harrelson-wife-reaction-2002-foursome/
https://people.com/archive/caught-with-the-nanny-vol-64-no-5/
https://people.com/music/sharon-osbourne-says-ozzy-cheated-with-six-women/