The 10 Biggest Celebrity Infidelity Scandals

Living in a fishbowl hardly makes for a successful marriage. Add to this the ever-present forces of temptation, egoism and the insecurity that comes with the life of a celebrity and it is easy to give in to infidelity. Here are ten instances when cheating celebrities resulted in gossip, scandals and delightful media bytes.

1. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Maria Shriver
   
   The latest celebrity infidelity scandal to erupt is one involving former Governor of California and Hollywood hunk Arnold Schwarzenegger. His twenty-five year-old marriage to Maria Shriver came undone as early this year news erupted in the media of his adulterous affair and having fathered a son with a domestic employee Mildred Baena. The fact that all this happened fourteen years ago made no difference to Shriver as she reeled under the shock of standing by a cheating husband for all this time. The couple has separated and Shriver has filed for divorce.
   
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2. Tiger Woods on Elin Norgregen
   
   This has got to be the mother of all celebrity scandals. Tiger Woods took a chance on more than his marriage when he embarked on a series of flings with women who ranged from bar hostesses to hookers. Things blew up on the one-time golfing prodigy’s face as he crashed his car in the neighborhood in a drunken daze over Thanksgiving weekend in 2009. Elin filed for divorce as the number of women who claimed to having ‘sexcapades’ with her husband kept growing in the media. After lengthy rounds of negotiations between both parties, Woods agreed to a $100 million divorce settlement with Elin in return for which she claimed to give up the right to speak about her husband’s infidelities to the media. Woods took a break from his golfing career following the tumult in his personal life but even after returning to the 2010 Masters could not find his former touch.
    
3. LeAnn Rimes on Dean Sheremet
   
   Last year country singer LeAnn Sheremet opened up to Shape magazine about cheating on ex-husband Dean Sheremet. Her infidelity created quite a scandal when rumors about her seeing actor Eddie Cibrian – also married – began making the rounds, especially since at the time Rimes was still married to Sheremet. Talking about the incident to Shape later, LeAnn admitted that though she didn’t do it the right way, it was hard getting out of any relationship.
    
4. Ashton Kutcher on Demi Moore
   
   Rumors have been swirling for some time now about how Ashton Kutcher has been cheating on the sly on his mega star wife, Demi Moore. The two who have been hailed as the new age cougar couple have apparently found it difficult to pull along what with Kutcher committing one indiscretion after another. The latest in this series appears to be a fling with 21 year-old Brittney Jones who admitted to a steamy romp with the My Boss’s Daughter actor to Star magazine. While Kutcher has furiously denied the report and even threatened to take Star to court on defamation of character, Jones has praised Kutcher as a “great lover who is considerate and sweet”. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have since, split.
    
5. Jesse James on Sandra Bullock
   
   Hollywood star Sandra Bullock’s 2010 Academy Award for her feisty performance in the feel-good movie The Blind Side was unceremoniously pushed to the shadows as the media chose to focus more on the infidelities committed by her then-husband Jesse James. The scandal erupted in March 2010 with as many as four women claiming to have affairs with James during his marriage to Bullock. Even though James issued a public apology to Bullock and his publicist said that he had checked into rehab to deal with personal issues, Bullock filed for divorce the very next month.
    
6. Reggie Bush on Kim Kardashian
   
   New Orleans Saints star Reggie Bush and his socialite and model wife Kim Kardashian were in an on-off relationship for quite a while until the couple finally called it quits in March 2010. The reason behind the definite split was said to be Reggie’s string of flings which ranged from his sleeping with booty model Carmen Ortega the previous year till most recently with a leggy bar waitress.
    
7. Tiki Barber on Ginny Cha
   
   Former New York Giants running back made a scandalous revelation on his 35^th birthday when he announced that he was separating from his wife of eleven years Ginny Cha, a fellow University of Virginia alumnus. The reason behind the split was not only a long-running sexual affair during his marriage but actually his adulterous affair with a 23 year-old NBC intern Tracy Lynn Johnson. The fact that at the time of the separation Ginny was eight months pregnant with Barber’s twins made the revelation too ugly to bear even for the gossip-hungry public.
    
8. David Beckham on Victoria
   
   English footballer and now male style icon David Beckham went through a rough phase in his marriage with singer and model wife Victoria when news erupted in various magazines of his alleged infidelities. In April 2004, the British tabloid News of the World carried claims by Beckham's former personal assistant Rebecca Loos that the two had an extramarital affair.  Around a week later, the Malaysian-born Australian model Sarah Marbeck claimed that she had slept with Beckham on two occasions. While Beckham dismissed both these allegations as “ludicrous”, Victoria is believed to have admitted later that the time was a difficult one for the couple.
    
9. Brad Pitt on Jennifer Aniston
   
   For years since their 2000 wedding, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were considered among the rare successful Hollywood marriages. But all that changed when Pitt started filming for Mr. & Mrs. Smith with Angelina Jolie. Within months his marriage was on the rocks and he formally separated from Aniston in January 2005. Even though Pitt has always denied cheating on Aniston during their marriage, he is believed to have later admitted that he fell in love with Jolie on the sets of their film.
    
10. Donald Trump on Ivana Trump
    
    Business magnate and TV personality Donald Trump got married to Ivana in a lavish society wedding in 1977. And for years they appeared to make a success out of it with raising three children and working together on several business and entertainment projects. However the world of temptations was never far away and Donald heartily succumbed to it by engaging in an adulterous affair with a former beauty queen from Georgia, Marla Maples. In 1991 Ivana filed for divorce and ensured that she walked away with around $20 million in assets, cash and jewelry from her cheating husband.