A Moment of Nostalgia: What the Forgotten First Wives of Hollywood Handsome Men Looked Like

Most first marriages were short-lived, and someone completely put off the habit of getting married.

Tom started dating actress Mimi Rogers in 1986, when he was already having a relationship with Heather Locklear and an affair with Cher. The romance developed rapidly – the following year they got married. Cruise recalled that Mimi, who was six years older than him, then had a boyfriend, but the future action superhero managed to quickly “neutralize” the adversary.

The marriage only lasted three years, but was fatal to Cruz’s life. It was Rogers who introduced the actor to Scientology, because of which, it is rumored, the actor’s next marriages will fall apart. Neither Nicole Kidman nor Katie Holmes could stand Tom’s fanatical devotion to religion.

If Tom Cruise was already acting in movies when he married Mimi, then Lori Ann Ellison married a stranger who dreamed of becoming a rock star. After high school, Johnny formed The Kids and dreamed of how he would collect stadiums of fans. The path to the Olympus Musical was a very thorny one, but it brought Johnny along with Lori Ann, who was his bassist’s sister. In 1983 they got married. Johnny was only 20 then, and Lori Ann was 25. While the musicians were trying unsuccessfully to break into Los Angeles, Allison was already spinning among Hollywood actors.

The girl worked as a makeup artist and had connections in the industry. She was the one who finally helped Johnny get into acting – she introduced him to Nicolas Cage, and he was able to arrange an audition for Depp for a role in the film A Nightmare on Elm Street, which became his debut on the screen. Laurie and Johnny’s marriage broke up after two years – both focused on careers. They separated peacefully and without scandals, and Lori, by the way, still bears her husband’s surname.

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The nickname of Hollywood’s most inveterate bachelor at one time stuck with George Clooney so closely that many don’t even realize that Amal isn’t his first wife at all. For the first time, the actor married at the age of 28 in 1989. His chosen one was actress Talia Bolsam, who was then 30 years old. Born to actors Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten, Thalia made numerous television appearances in the 1980s.

Talia and George’s marriage broke up in 1993 and apparently became a difficult experience for Clooney. He admitted that he was a bad husband because of which he swore never to marry again. “The Malefic” could only destroy lawyer Amal Alamuddin in 2014.

Everyone remembers Robert Downey Jr.’s romance with Sarah Jessica Parker, which began in 1984 and ended in 1991. The marriage, which the actor concluded almost immediately after breaking up with Parker, remains a bit in the shadows because of it. His chosen one then became a 22-year-old model and aspiring actress, Deborah Falconer. In eternal love, she and Robert swore to each other very quickly – before the wedding they met for a little more than a month.

The girl at first accepted the actor with all his shortcomings (then Robert already had serious addiction problems) and was even ready to sacrifice his own career for the sake of his family. In 1993, their son Indio was born, but this did not help create a family idyll. Soon the actor was in trouble with the law due to drugs, and Deborah, tired of her husband’s antics, filed for divorce, which was filed in 2004.

Actress and dancer Jennifer Esposito is still the only woman who successfully persuaded Bradley to marry. Cooper met her in 2006, and they did not delay formalizing relations. Bradley was then still a budding actor. He managed to star in several films and TV shows, but the main projects that brought popularity were yet to come.

A breakthrough for the actor will be 2009, when six films with his participation will be released at once, including The Hangover. By then, he would have divorced Jennifer long ago – their marriage lasted only four months. Esposito then claimed that Cooper was a manipulator.