14 Women Who Got Famous For Divorcing Stars
Between Hollywood Exes and Basketball Wives, divorcing a rich dude has been solidified as a legit career path.
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Taking a man’s last name, taking him to the cleaners, and subsequently watching a career as a socialite take off are the natural progression for these 14 women who got famous for divorcing stars.
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Nicole Murphy
The former Mrs. Eddie Murphy and the almost Mrs. Michael Strahan reportedly pocketed a cool $15 million after divorcing Eddie 2006. It wasn’t “half” like Eddie infamously joked about, but was still quite a sum.
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Torrei Hart
No shots, but would any of us know who Torrei Hart was if it weren’t for some hilarious Kevin Hart jokes and that infamous Twitter beef?
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Shaunie O’Neal
Any time you see a former NBA player’s jumpoff launching a career in reality television, you can thank Basketball Wives mastermind, Shaunie O’Neal. When it comes to television gigs, you can make a solid argument she hustles harder than Shaq.
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Laura Govan
The thickness is real, and after allegedly being the centerpiece of a feud between Gilbert Arenas and Shaq, Gloria Govan is somewhat of a household name among athlete WAGs.
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Evelyn Lozada
From Antoine Walker to Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Carl Crawford, Lozada seems to have a type.
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Kris Jenner
Bruce Jenner says Kris and Kim have seen him wearing women’s clothes before. Without knocking the man’s lifestyle choices, it’s fairly safe to say your husband wanting to identify as a woman qualifies as “irreconcilable differences.”
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Pilar Sanders
A judge slammed Pilar Sanders with seven days in Collin County Jail on a contempt-of-court charge after she was caught repeatedly slandering former NFL cornerback Deion Sanders. She also lost all visitation rights to her three children. Like they say, sometimes infamy is crazier than fame.
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Amber Rose
The ultra-thick Amber dated Kanye West and married Wiz Khalifa. Back and forth theatrics before, during, and after their Hollywood divorce has kept her in the public eye, and any straight male isn’t really mad at that fact.
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Malaak Compton
Between allegedly cheating on her and essentially saying he was sick of being married, it doesn’t sound like Malaak Compton really wanted the type of fame that came with being married to Chris Rock.
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Heather Mills
Having one leg didn’t stop Heather Mills from getting financially knee deep in Paul McCartney. She peeled the former Beatle for $50 million, and it’s not like anyone would really know her had she and McCartney never gotten hitched.
