10 Infamous Affairs Where Tabloids Blamed "The Other Woman"

10 Times Celebs Became the Other Woman in Infamous Affairs

Welcome to MsMojo, and today were exploring the most notorious and scandalous times in history when famous faces were involved in love affairs with married celebrities.

Sienna Miller

Balthazar Getty & Rosetta Millington

Having been on the other side of an affair after her partner Jude Law hooked up with his childrens nanny in 2005, Miller found herself as the other woman in 2008. That year, intimate photos of her and Balthazar Getty, the actor and musician, were published in newspapers. The problem was that Getty, part of the famous family, had been married to fashion designer Rosetta Millington since 2000. Miller was heavily criticized in the press for being a homewrecker. She went on to successfully sue the newspapers that published the compromising photos. By 2009, the affair was over. Getty went back to Millington, and they are still together today.

Tori Spelling

Dean McDermott & Mary Jo Eustace

Only a year into having tied the knot with Charlie Shanian, in 2005, Spelling was cast in the Lifetime TV film Mind Over Murder. There, she met her co-star and soon-to-be affair partner, Dean McDermott, whod been married to Mary Jo Eustace since 1993. The same night they met, the duo hooked up. This caused both marriages to implode, resulting in a double divorce. A month after Spelling divorced Shanian, she and McDermott had their nuptials, which they renewed in 2010. However, it wasnt all post-affair bliss. In 2014, McDermott admitted he cheated on Spelling. While they reconciled and tried for several years to stay together, McDermott posted on social media in 2023 that theyd split. The following year, they filed for divorce.

Lauren Bacall

Humphrey Bogart & Mayo Methot

In 1938, Humphrey Bogart and Mayo Methot tied the knot, securing themselves as one of Hollywoods biggest power couples. However, their life wasnt easy. The couple reportedly clashed, with Methot allegedly having drinking and mental health issues. With issues mounting, Bogart was then cast in 1944s To Have and Have Not. His characters love interest was played by Bacall. At the time, she was 19 while he was 45. Regardless of the big age gap, the two began having an affair. By 1945, Bogart and Methot had divorced. A few months later, he married Bacall. While there were allegations of affairs from both, the couple would act together and remain married until Bogart passed away in 1957.

Marla Maples

Donald & Ivana Trump

While attending a celebrity tennis match, model and actor Maples met Donald Trump. While they started as friends, it soon became something far more intimate. Trump had been married to Czech model Ivana Zelníková since 1977. In 1989, Donald arranged for Maples to appear during a family skiing vacation, causing the two women to clash when the affair was discovered by Ivana. A month later, in 1990, the New York Post released an infamous headline about Mapless positive review of Donald in the bedroom. By the end of the year, Ivana and Donald were officially divorced. He married Maples in 1993. However, amid allegations shed had an affair with her bodyguard, Maples and Donald split in 1999.

LeAnn Rimes

Eddie Cibrian & Brandi Glanville

There seems to be something in the catering when it comes to Lifetime movies. This time, it was 2009s Northern Lights that caused not one but two marriages to crumble. Cast as the leads were country musician Rimes and actor Eddie Cibrian. Rimes had gotten married to Dean Sheremet in 2002, while Cibrian got hitched to Brandi Glanville in 2001. Several months after meeting on set, the two began their affair. As reports came out about it, Cibrian made statements to deny he'd had any relationship with Rimes. However, shortly afterward, Rimes and Cibrian broke up with their partners and later got divorced. In 2011, the new couple had their nuptials and have been together ever since.

June Carter

Johnny & Vivian Cash

Before he was a country musician, Johnny Cash married Vivian Liberto in 1954. Yet, as his celebrity took off, their marriage began to decline. Johnny would spend long periods away from home touring. He met Carter, who was a part of the family band the Carter Family. Yet, during their time on tour together, Carter and Johnny fell for each other. Its believed that one of his most famous songs, Ring of Fire, is an allusion to the affair. Both married couples, Johnny and Vivian, plus Carter and Edwin Nix, divorced in 1966. Two years later, Carter and Johnny tied the knot. They remained together for the rest of their lives, passing away within months of each other in 2003.

Ingrid Bergman

Roberto Rossellini & Marcella De Marchis

When this affair was discovered, the world went into a meltdown as it painted Bergman as the biggest homewrecker ever. In 1948, Bergman sent Rossellini a letter requesting he cast her for a project. Well, he did just that for 1950s Stromboli. Their affection went further than the professional as the duo had an affair. That secret leaking caused Rossellinis wife, Marcella De Marchis, to divorce him. Because of his refusal, Bergman had to divorce her husband, Petter Lindström, by proxy in Mexico, allowing her to marry Rossellini in 1950. During their marriage, which ended in 1957 after Rossellini had another affair, Bergman was essentially blacklisted in Hollywood. She managed to return afterward and sealed her name as one of the industrys greatest actors.

Katharine Hepburn

Spencer & Louise Tracy

In 1942, Hepburn and Spencer Tracey starred as love interests in Woman of the Year. Not only did this birth one of the most famous on-screen pairings in Hollywood, making 9 films together, but it created one of the most iconic and saddest celebrity relationships. It was an open secret that Hepburn and Spencer were having an affair, as he was married to Louise Tracy. While they were married on paper, the couple was essentially living separate lives. However, in 1967, shortly after completing Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with Hepburn, she found Spencers body after he had a heart attack. Their affair had lasted 26 years. However, out of respect for the family, Hepburn didnt attend the funeral.

Elizabeth Taylor

Eddie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds

In 1958, Taylors world was destroyed as her husband of one year, Mike Todd, had perished in a plane crash. Soon after, Eddie Fisher went to Taylor to offer comfort. This wasnt unusual as he and his wife, Debbie Reynolds, were very close to Taylor and Todd. They even named their son after Taylors husband. But this time, Fisher and Taylor got too close, beginning an affair. Soon, it became public knowledge. This led to Fishers TV show being canceled in 1959. The same year, Reynolds divorced Fisher, as he married Taylor before splitting in 1964. Taylor later called the marriage a mistake as she was acting out of grief. Thankfully, Reynolds and Taylor would later reconcile their friendship.

Camilla Parker Bowles

Charles III & Princess Diana

In Dianas immortal words in her 1995 Panorama episode, There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. She married the future Charles III in 1981. Rather than his new bride, Charless eyes were on Camilla. The two had previously had an affair when she was married to Andrew Parker Bowles. The illicit relationship resumed in 1986. In 1992, Diana and Charles announced their separation. Shortly after, a royal scandal emerged when recorded telephone conversations between Charles and Camilla were published. Famously, it involved Charles wishing he was a tampon. By 1995, Camilla and Andrew divorced, with Charles and Diana following a year later. Camilla and Charles married in 2005, eventually becoming the UKs King and Queen.

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