Who wins celebrity EX factor?
Talk about having it both ways! Today’s A-listers like nothing more than splitting up, before shamelessly flaunting how WELL they get on with their former lovers, so ...
CElEBRITIES . . . they’re not like the rest of us, are they? While most people couldn’t bear to be in the same room as a former partner once a relationship has ended, Hollywood stars seem to pride themselves on staying friends with their exes.
Not only that, but some profess to be ‘best friends’ with their former flames, despite acrimonious divorces, bitter legal feuds and years — often decades — of separation.
Take Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. last week marked five years since the pair ‘consciously uncoupled’ after more than ten years of marriage. But, since then, they’ve been spotted together on an almost weekly basis, sharing cosy restaurant dates, family holidays and insisting they talk ‘every day’.
And they’re not the only A-list exes flaunting ever-so-friendly relationships. last week, model liz Hurley dined at a restaurant in Mayfair with ex-husband Arun Nayar. Singleton liz has also accompanied Arun and his girlfriend on holiday, and is great friends with her ex-boyfriend, actor Hugh Grant, too.
Even the royals are not immune. Prince Andrew and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson remain firm friends, with Fergie continuing to describe their wedding day as ‘the happiest day of my life. Andrew is the best man I know’.
Celebrity psychologist Jo Hemmings says staying friends with an old flame ‘puts them and their wholesome image in a better light’. For A-listers, she adds: ‘It means no social media spats, no selling of stories and no taking a pop at each other.’
So, which other stars have the ex-factor? We round up the household names who keep their friends close — and their exes closer . . .