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Friendly Celebrity Exes Who Have Stayed Close

Love lost doesn’t mean friendship lost for all famous exes! Several former celebrity couples have proven that pumping the brakes on their romance doesn’t mean that they can’t become friends afterward.

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s post-breakup bond has become the golden standard for cordial former lovers. The A-listers got married in 1987 and finalized their divorce in 2000 after having three children: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah.

Two decades after their split, the pair spent part of the coronavirus pandemic together in early 2020 while quarantining alongside their daughters in Idaho. (Willis’ wife, Emma Heming, later joined the exes and brought daughters Mabel and Evelyn.)

“We have three children whom we will continue to raise together, and we’re probably as close now as we ever were,” the Die Hard star told Rolling Stone in 2000. “We realize we have a lifelong commitment to our kids. Our friendship continues. The institution has been set aside.”

Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake, meanwhile, began dating in 2003 but split in 2007. After calling it quits, the former flames costarred in 2011’s raunchy comedy Bad Teacher — a film that saw the pair’s characters hook up on screen.

At the time of Bad Teacher’s release, the “Can’t Stop the Feeling” crooner said that he didn’t feel awkward filming the intimate scene with Diaz. “I didn’t look at it like that,” he previously told Access Hollywood. “We obviously know each other, but I looked at it as a really funny, funny scene that I’ve never seen done before.”

Timberlake continued, “What I actually remember was, you know, they got to my closeup for that scene, so I was just kind of by myself — which is hard to imitate in real life. Jake [Kasdan], the director, kept yelling out, ‘OK, more contorted! Uglier face! Flare your nostrils! Curl your lip up … more!’ And I’m trying not to laugh.”

Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick were also able to come out on the other side after their rocky romantic relationship, which lasted from 2006 and 2015. The exes have established a good friendship and strong coparenting dynamic for their three children, Mason, Penelope and Reign.

After splitting from Sofia Richie in late 2020, Disick has spent more time with the Poosh founder, including at her sister Kim Kardashian’s 40th birthday bash that October 2029. A source told Us in November 2020 that Kardashian and Disick’s dynamic has changed.

“Kourtney and Scott’s relationship has taken a bit of shift recently — spending more time together and being more kind with each other,” the insider revealed. “Scott has always loved Kourtney, and the door is open on his side in case she ever wants to take their relationship back to a romantic place.”

Take a look at more famous ex-lovers, such as Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie, have maintained close relationships after splitting up.


Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato
The former Disney Channel stars, who previously dated for four months in 2010, reunited in October 2021 at a Halloween celebration. Jonas shared a selfie of the exes via Instagram Story, alongside a purple heart sticker and even tagged his former flame. Lovato later reshared the snap on their Story. Courtesy of Joe Jonas/Instagram
Drew Barrymore and Tom Green
Not only did the former couple, who were married from 2001 to 2002, tearfully reunite in a September 2020 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, but the exes chatted via Instagram Live the following year. “Will you give [your parents] my love?” Barrymore asked in the September 2021 exchange, which Green said that he would “of course” do. Courtesy of Drew Barrymore/Instagram
Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler
The twosome announced their split in April 2020 after 10 years together, and although their separation got off to a rocky start, they've worked to put on "a united front" for their three children: Camden, Jaxon and Saylor. "He's their father. That's important and they need to see that from me," Cavallari told Mr. Warburton in May 2021, four months after the former couple posed side by side for a friendly Instagram pic. Courtesy of Kristin Cavallari/Instagram
Alex Rodriguez and Cynthia Scurtis
Despite their "very messy" history, the exes became "good friends" in the wake of the retired athlete's split from Jennifer Lopez in April 2021, a source told Us. "He has a lot of respect for her husband and they’ve gotten closer as friends," the insider noted. The duo, who share daughters Natasha and Ella, reunited in June 2021 for a joint workout. Courtesy of Alex Rodriguez/Instagram
Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson
After Cyrus’ 2019 split from now-ex-husband Liam Hemsworth and a brief fling with Kaitlynn Carter, the “Mother’s Daughter” singer moved on with the Australian crooner that October. When their breakup was confirmed in August 2020, Simpson raved about Cyrus’ song “Midnight Sky” and shared a screenshot of their celebratory FaceTime call to his Instagram Story.  “So proud of you,” he wrote over the pic. “Congratulations to the most special of all. Go cop that new new!” P&P/MEGA
Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak
The former Office costars dated on and off while working together on the NBC sitcom during its early days, and they have since become the best of friends. After Kaling gave birth to her first child in 2017, she named the One More Thing author her daughter’s godfather. “The truth is that BJ is so much more like family now than a platonic friend,” she told Good Housekeeping in 2019. “He’s the godfather to my daughter, he comes over like once a week. Sometimes he’ll come over just to hang out with her.” Jason Merritt/Radarpics/Shutterstock
Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick
The Keeping Up With the Kardashian costars developed a good friendship and coparenting relationship after dating on and off from 2006 to 2015. “I do think we are very lucky to be doing it this way and we can, if we have an issue or something that, you know, one of the kids is going through, we can deal with it together,” Kardashian told Disick in an April 2019 chat for her Poosh brand. “Nobody knows our kids better than us so to be able to do that together and, like, come up with solutions together, I think is, you know, there’s no better [way] … Like, what else could you want.” Courtesy of Kourtney Kardashian/Instagram
Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz
Bonet and Kravitz, who are parents of daughter Zoë Kravitz, divorced in 1993 after six years of marriage. However, the former couple have forged a close bond as friends, even after the Cosby Show alum married Jason Momoa in 2017. “People can’t believe how tight Jason and I are, or how tight I still am with Zoë’s mom, how we all relate,” Lenny said in Men’s Health’s November 2020 issue. “We just do it because that’s what you do. You let love rule, right? I mean, obviously, after a breakup, it’s work — it takes some work and time, healing and reflection, et cetera. But as far as Jason and I? Literally the moment we met, we were like, ‘Oh, yeah. I love this dude.’” Lionel Hahn/ABACA USA/Startraks
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
After consciously uncoupling in 2014 and divorcing in 2016, the former A-list pairing developed a strong coparenting relationship. In October 2020, the exes had a beach double date in The Hamptons with Paltrow’s husband, Brad Falchuk, and Martin’s girlfriend, Dakota Johnson. “Chris is a very close friend,” the Goop founder told the Evening Standard in 2019. “I see him every day, I talk to him every day. And it was very difficult, but I think you see in the children that they got through it, so I am proud of us, I really am. We kept to our commitment that we would put the children first.” Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt
Aniston and Pitt had a dramatic separation in 2005 following rumors of his alleged affair with now-ex-wife Angelina Jolie. Since then, the former pair have become good friends. The Ad Astra actor attended the Friends alum’s 50th birthday bash in 2019, and the exes later congratulated each other backstage at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards following their respective wins. A source told Us in January 2020 that Aniston “appreciates having his support as she would with any close friend in her life, and she is there for him as well.” David Fisher/Shutterstock; Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber
Despite splitting in 2016 after 11 years together, Watts and Schreiber have managed to stay on good terms while coparenting their sons, Sasha and Kai. “I’m pretty proud of us, corny as that may sound,” she told Net-A-Porter’s Porter magazine in 2019. “We’ve made it our absolute priority to be good and kind to each other and we’re absolutely committed to that.” John Shearer/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Alicia Silverstone and Chris Jarecki
Though the Clueless actress filed for divorce from Jarecki in May 2018 after 20 years together, she revealed to Us in November that there's no love lost between them. We both love our son, right? We both want to be with our son and we both love each other too," she said. The vegan enthusiast also revealed that the former pair communicates "every day" in order to raise their son Bear as a family unit. "We’re so good at coparenting with each other."  Gregg DeGuire/WireImage.com
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan
Following their split, Tatum and Dewan, who share daughter Everly, told fans in a joint statement in April 2018 that they are “still a family.” A month later, the actor called the dancer “baby” on his Instagram Story for Mother’s Day.  Dewan then sent her ex love on the social media platform that August following the death of his close childhood friend. In October 2018, after Us broke the news they were both in new relationships, the twosome reunited to take Everly trick-or-treating and shared a sweet selfie in their costumes on Instagram. Courtesy Channing Tatum/Instagram
Chris Pratt and Anna Faris
The Parks and Rec alum and the Mom star, who split in August 2017 after eight years of marriage, stepped out together for a family stroll with their son, Jack, the following August. Months later, Faris told Marie Claire in May 2018 that the pair “have a great friendship.” In October 2018, Pratt and Faris took Jack trick-or-treating in Los Angeles with their new significant others, Katherine Schwarzenegger and Michael Barrett, respectively.  Matt Crossick/PA Images/INSTARimages.com
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
The former couple caught up with each other at Lily-Rose Depp’s birthday party held Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on June 2, 2018, according to photos obtained by the Daily Mail. The Twilight costars dated for four years before Stewart was spotted kissing her married Snow White director Rupert Sanders in exclusive photos published by Us in July 2012. They gave their romance another try before splitting for good in May 2013. Ian Gavan/Getty Images
Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky
The pair first met when the Oscar winner was cast in his movie Mother!, but they’d eventually call it quits in October 2017 after one year of dating. In February 2018, Lawrence admitted in an interview that she still loved him very much and she went on to present him with an award at the BAM Gala that May. Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Brooklyn Academy of Music
Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy, Cressida Bonas
The royal invited both his exes to his wedding to Meghan Markle at St George's Chapel in Winsdor Castle on May 19, 2018. Harry and Davy dated on and off for seven years while he romanced Bonas from 2012 to 2014. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images; PA Images/INSTARimages.com(2)
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon
The former America’s Got Talent host and the songstress, who married in April 2008 but finalized their divorce in late 2016, were spotted enjoying two dinners in a row with their twins, Moroccan and Monroe, in April 2017. They also regularly celebrate holidays together and attend red carpet events. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard
The former flames, who dated for two years before breaking up in 2011, reunited at an afterparty for the 2018 Met Gala on May 7 where they not only exchanged pleasantries, but also posed for photos together. The actor also complimented his ex while promoting Straw Dogs in 2011. “Kate is such a great actress and she’s so much more than a good-looking Hollywood starlet,” he told BlackBook at the time. “We shared a really special experience on that film.” Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer
Despite announcing their split in October 2016 after nine years of marriage, the jewelry designer called Maguire her “best friend” while speaking with Us at the Create & Cultivate 100 Launch in January 2017. The former couple also posed for photos at Gilt.com’s “Jennifer Meyer & Jenna Dewan Tatum Launch Exclusive Jewelry Collection Benefitting Baby2Baby” event in December 2017. They share daughter Ruby and son Otis. Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Gilt.com
Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman
The parents of daughters Olive and Frankie split in March 2016 after four years of marriage. In June 2017, the Santa Clarita Diet alum and Kopelman spent Father’s Day together by visiting The Ice Cream Museum in Los Angeles. Barrymore also penned a sweet message to her ex on Instagram in March 2018, writing, “I say to Will Kopelman thank you for always being the best dad and supporting and enabling me to do what I need and want to do. I know that’s not everyone’s situation. And I never take it for granted. I never had family growing up. And that’s also a support system I cherish every day of my life. I love my family and everyone in it. Because they form these little girls too. And man, did I pick well!” Daniel Robertson/startraksphoto.com
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck
After announcing they were calling it quits on their 10-year marriage in June 2015, the amicable exes have continued to coparent their kids, Violet, Seraphina and Samuel. The pair lived together on the same property for several months to ease the transition for the children, and have even been spotted on several family vacations together post-split, including a Caribbean getaway two months after Garner finally filed for divorce in April 2017.  Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake
Despite splitting in late 2006, Diaz and Timberlake were happy to costar in 2011's Bad Teacher. He's "a genius comedian," she gushed to Us. Jim Spellman/WireImage
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
Despite divorcing in 1998, Willis and Moore remain close friends alongside his wife, Emma Heming. Steve Granitz/WireImage
Courteney Cox and David Arquette
After separating in October 2010, the parents agreed to put the needs of their daughter Coco first. John Shearer/WireImage
Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson
Despite divorcing in 2007, Hudson and Robinson remain close friends for the sake of their son Ryder. Vince Bucci/Getty Images
Jermaine Dupri and Janet Jackson
The on-again, off-again couple called it quits in 2009 but have remained friends and associates since their split. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images
Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley
After three years of marriage, the punk rock duo divorced in 2010. "I am grateful for our time together," Lavigne said. "And I am grateful and blessed for our remaining friendship." Denise Truscello/WireImage
Debra Messing and Daniel Zelman
The Will & Grace actress filed for divorce from producer Zelman in June 2012 but called him a "dear friend." Earlier this year, she had this to say about their relationship, "We are co-parenting beautifully… We had Thanksgiving together. In my mind, we will be a nuclear family forever." The couple shares a child, Roman Walker Zelman, born in April 2004.  Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon
While Witherspoon is now happily married to Jim Toth, the Big Little Lies actress divorced Phillippe in 2007 after eight years of marriage. Despite their messy divorce, the pair reached a cordial relationship and continued to own property together and hang out at sports games and events supporting their two children, Ava and Deacon. Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage
Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie
Duff and Comrie announced their separation in January 2014, but their ongoing friendliness had fans wondering if a reconciliation is possible. The pair happily attended the Coachella Music Festival together just three months after their split and coparent their son, Luca, together.  Michael Buckner/Getty Images
Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom
Though they split in October 2013, Kerr and Bloom have remained friends and continue to speak highly of one another. "He's really happy and I'm happy," the former Victoria's Secret model told GQ in 2014. "He's a great dad. I'm really lucky to have him in my life." Bloom is the father to the couple's son, Flynn Christopher Bloom, born in January 2011.  Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
Kendra Wilkinson and Hugh Hefner
The Playboy mogul famously dated the model during the taping of his mid-2000s show about his three girlfriends, Girls Next Door. Wilkinson had stayed close with Hefner, and even brought her family to the Playboy Mansion for holidays. Following Hefner's death in September 2017, the Kendra on Top star said in a statement to Us, "He changed my life. He made me the person I am today. I couldn’t be more thankful for our friendship and our time together. I will miss him so much but he will be in my heart forever.” Denise Truscello/WireImage
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
J. Lo and Anthony officially split up in 2011 after seven years of marriage. The performers have stayed close to parent their twins, Maximilian and Emme. Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz
Parents of son Bronx, Simpson and Wentz divorced in February 2011, less than three years after their May 2008 wedding. The rockers are on good terms, celebrating their son's birthday together in November 2013 as Wentz explained they have a priority to put their son first. "We are great friends," he added of Simpson.  Chad Buchanan/Getty Images
Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter
The former Dexter costars were married from 2008 to 2011, and continued to work on their Showtime show together after the split. In September 2013, Carpenter opened up about her relationship with Hall, saying, "Our marriage didn't look like anyone else's, and our divorce didn't either, so...I said it before, just because the marriage ended doesn't mean the love did." Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder
Dobrev met Somerhalder on the set of their breakout CW series The Vampire Diaries. The pair split in May 2013 after three years together, with an insider telling Us at the time that they "will continue to work together and remain best friends, which is where the relationship started." The prediction was correct as the actors continue to pal around on and offscreen.  Michael Loccisano/Getty Images


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