10 Fastest Celebrity Divorces

Marriage in the most imperative and inimitable way of uniting not only two individuals but also their lives, together. But if we talk about our celebrities, they have made a height of getting married and then doing a quick, fast divorce. They think this social event is only a legal contract with no moral, ethics and commitments. Now-a-days divorces are more common than marriages. It is not only been taking place in years, not in months, but also in days, hours and minutes. Here is the countdown of those celebrities, who made the shortest lived marriage on earth, of less than a month.

1. Scott McKie and Victoria Anderson:

Marriage last for – 90 Minutes

This is the shortest marriage of all times, which lasted for only 90 minutes, when Victoria Anderson fought with her newlywed husband at the ceremony itself, where Scott was arrested later. Because of too much of drinking, Scott was fooling around with the bridesmaid right after the wedding ceremony and also was shouting at the guests by standing on a top table. Victoria first hit him with an ashtray and he picked up a hat-stand and threw upon her in presence of 50 guests. The police came and arrested the groom where Victoria was warned about her behavior. The next day she decided the marriage was over and also cancelled the honeymoon in Corfu.

2. Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker:

Marriage Last for – 6 Hours

Wedding Date – November 5, 1919

Separated – November 5, 1919

Divorce Date – March 4, 1922

Way back in 1919, Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker married after two months of dating. Because of this rash decision, they matrimony lasted for only 6 hours. Valentino, a legendry ladies man, found himself locked out of his hotel room by his newly wedded wife. After knocking for 20 minutes, he headed home. In divorce proceedings, she claimed they never consummated their union.

3. Svetozar Marinkovic and Robin Givens:

Marriage Last for – 1 Day

Wedding Date – August 22, 1997

Separated – August 22, 1997

Filed for Divorce – December 19, 1997

Robin Givens married her tennis instructor, Svetozar Marinkovic in 1997, and it was one of the shortest nuptials as it longed for only 24 hours. Though Givens filed for split months later, but they lived as man and wife for only few hours.

4. Jason Alexander and Britney Spears:

Marriage Last for – 55 Hours (2 days, 7 Hours)

Wedding Date – January 3, 2004

Annulment Date – January 5, 2004

Britney Spears, the most popular celeb, married her childhood friend, Jason Alexander, at the Little White wedding Chapel in Vegas, and later divorced him after 55 hours. She married him wearing a jeans and a base ball cap. Then they returned to a luxury suite at the Palms Hotel, where Britney later met up with her manager, brother and some friends. In context to which she later admitted, “I was in Vegas and it took over me and, you know, things got out of hand,”

5. Dennis Hopper and Michelle Phillips:

Marriage Last for – 8 Days

Wedding Date – October 31, 1970

Divorce Date – November 1970

They both are married and divorced for five times already before getting together. According to Hopper, “Seven of those days were pretty good. The eighth day was the bad one.” As on eighth day Michelle asked a weird question, “have you ever considered suicide?” With such a question, Hopper had no option but to handcuff his wife so that she wouldn’t get away.

6. Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra:

Marriage Last for – 8 Days

Wedding Date - October 31, 1998


Divorce Date - November 1998

They both were in the knot for only 8 days. In Dennis’ own word, he was in lost mind, when he married to Carman in Vegas, the place where marriages are hastily done. Later they suddenly announced that they are amicably separating, but have continued living together. Later he claimed that Cerman only wished to stay with him.

7. Robert Evans and Catherine Oxenberg:

Marriage last for – 9 Days

Wedding Date – July 12, 1998

Annulment Date – July 21, 1998

Robert was five times married already when he tied the knot with his sixth wife Catherine. Among all of his divorces, this divorce was the quickest one which took place within 9 days. He is a great producer but not a great spouse for anybody. After Catherine he married his seventh wife, Victoria White O’Gara in 2006 and divorced her after two years.

8. Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds:

Marriage Last for: 14 days

Wedding Date: January 1, 2008

Separation: Their wedding ceremony was not considered legal.

Actor, musician, comedian, writer, director and producer Eddie married actress and producer Tracey on 1^st January 2008, at a private island off Bora Bora. This nuptial was not legal as they had not registered it. They told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement that, “After much Consideration and discussion, we have jointly decided that we will forego having a legal ceremony as it is not necessary to define our relationship further. While the recent symbolic union in Bora Bora was representative of our deep love, friendship and respect that we have for one another on a spiritual level, we have decided to remain friends”. But this was not the scene within few days. Their split apparently involves some name-calling. Eddie was particularly insisting that Tracey should change her last name into Murphy, which became a huge issue and finally within 14 days they called it a off.

9. Jeremy Thomas and Drew Barrymore:

Marriage Lasted for – 19 Days

Wedding Date – March 20, 1994

Filed for Divorce – April 1994

In 1994, the 19-year old Drew Barrymore wedded the bar-owner Jeremy Thomas in his Los Angeles bar, in a spontaneous and unplanned way. It was so fast that her co-stars of ‘Bad Girls’, who were present there, found themselves in a pathetic and absurd situation, as they were without a gift. Co-star Andie MacDowell said, “I meant to get something but what do you get Drew?” This pair split 19 days later.

10. Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine:

Marriage Lasted for - 32 days

Wedding Date – June 26, 1964

Divorced Date – July 1964

Thrice-wed Broadway belter Ethel Merman and twice-wed Oscar-winner Ernest Borgnine became duo on 26^th of June, 1964. Ernest called the marriage to an end when he overheard his new wife complaining to her parents over phone about her “terrible” husband, when they were on honeymoon. During the trip, people well recognized the actor and gave much attention to Mr. Ernest, which made Mermen more and more egoistic. When they returned from Tokyo, Kyoto and Hong Kong, Ernest called it a off and said, “Madam, bye”. This has finally lead to their divorce. For Ernest, by the time they returned home, it was hell on earth. Merman, who never married again, devoted a chapter of her autobiography to the Borgnine marriage, which consists of one blank page.