Going Through a Scary Breakup? Celebrities Have Been There, Too

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Celebrities talk about the awful breakups they have lived through.

Breakups are the worst. It doesn’t matter if you are the dumper or the dump-ee, breakups can put your heart into a blender and chop it into little pieces. Are you in the middle of one? Stars in Hollywood tell us of when they had their hearts broken or divorced. They’ve had blender hearts too!

“Years and years of crying. Oh, the tears!” Supermodel Kate Moss told Vanity Fair that it took years for her to fully recover from her breakup with Johnny Depp. She’s not alone. Celebrities and everyday women alike have felt the pain of a broken heart. If you’re facing a scary breakup this Halloween, commiserate with these quotes from famous women who have been in the same situation.

“Why Does My Ex Avoid Me at All Costs?”

Demi Moore

“I used to think that what scared me was the idea of being abandoned until someone said to me, ‘Only children can be abandoned. Adults can’t be abandoned because we have a choice. Children don’t have a choice.’ So I started to rethink. ‘OK, it’s not that. What’s the underlying thread that really scares me?’ I think what scares me is not having the courage to reach my full potential.”

— Demi Moore talked about getting over her fear of being abandoned shortly after her breakup withAshton Kutcher.

Taylor Swift

“There’s just been this earth-shattering, not recent, but absolute crash-and-burn heartbreak, and that will turn out to be what the next album is about. The only way that I can feel better about myself—pull myself out of that awful pain of losing someone—is writing songs about it to get some sort of clarity.”

— Taylor Swift found creative inspiration from a devastating breakup.

Jessica Simpson

“It was like a death in the family: you go through the mourning stage, then the rebellion, and then all of a sudden you have to find life by yourself … I loved everything about marriage. I loved having a companion to wake up with and have barbecues with. But things happen and people grow apart. I don’t really ever talk about the divorce because it was a heart-wrenching thing to go through.”

— Jessica Simpson said divorce can feel like death.

Emma Stone

“I was crawling on the floor. I remember throwing up. I remember being on the floor … I have never felt anything quite like that. It was so visceral. It’s like someone has killed you and you have to live through it and watch it happen … It was awful.”

— Emma Stone’s teen heartbreak caused her to throw up.

Kate Moss

“There’s nobody that’s ever really been able to take care of me. Johnny did for a bit. I believed what he said. Like if I said, ‘What do I do?,’ he’d tell me. And that’s what I missed when I left. I really lost that gauge of somebody I could trust. Nightmare. Years and years of crying. Oh, the tears!”

— It took Kate Moss years to fully recover from her breakup with Johnny Depp.

Vanessa Paradis

“When you meet the love of your life, it’s just obvious and natural and easier. [But] you keep learning all the time. Sometimes you could be in an unhappy relationship; you are very much in love with someone, but it’s making you unhappy and you think things can change and you can work it out.”

— Vanessa Paradis believes you can be very much in love, but still be unhappy.

Madonna

“I’m very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building.”

— Madonna used her work to stay distracted during her divorce.

Kim Kardashian

“It just didn’t turn out to be the fairy tale I had so badly hoped for.”

— Kim Kardashian found out the hard way that she and ex-husband Kris Humphries weren’t meant to live happily ever after.

Halle Berry

“It’s just that you realize you are not meant to go the distance with everybody. We were meant to bring this amazing little person into the world. And I think that’s why we came together. And because of that, we are going to be together, forever, all three of us. We are a family until we are not here anymore.”

— Halle Berry sees the good that came out of her relationship with Gabriel Aubry, the father of her daughter, Nahla.

Debra Messing

“And I am at peace with the journey we’ve had. I feel like the 20 years we had together has been a huge success. And despite the fact that everything is changing, I think everyone is thriving.”

— Debra Messing sees her marriage to now ex-husband Daniel Zelman as a success.