Celebrity Marriages That Failed For The Strangest Reasons

We've all heard about actors who go truly method when they're playing a part (looking right at you, Daniel Day Lewis and Jim Carrey) or who get a little too committed. Extreme weight loss or weight gain, bad haircuts, shaving their eyebrows — you name it, some celeb has probably done it (and maybe even received an Oscar in return).

With the Hollywood divorce rate way higher than the U.S. National Debt, it's no wonder celebrity couples decide to sign prenuptial agreements. Of course, considering many celebrities can exhibit wacky behavior, it should come as no surprise that many prenups wind up being downright nuts. What are some of the worst? We've pulled together rumors circulating around some of Hollywood's hottest and formerly hottest couples. Read them and you'll probably weep.

Scandalous love affairs have always captivated us. Like Paris and Helen of Troy, these tales of illicit love and deceit are built into the very fabric of our stories and narratives. So when a real-life scandal plays out in front of our very eyes, we are drawn to it like moths to a flame. When a celebrity's private life becomes more interesting than their work, the media and the fans flock to the more engaging story and devour it. And what's more captivating than an affair?

People love celebrities for the drama they create on stage and screen, but they seem to love the drama of celebs' private lives even more so. One of the questions that whets people's appetites the most is how much money is exchanged when celebrity couples part ways. Well, we were able to find out some of the sums that changed hands when these spouses felt they had to call it quits.