In homage to Valentine’s Day here’s our Top 10 celebrity couples that despite scandal, salacious gossip and the scrutiny of life in the limelight, remain loved-up in the public eye.
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale
Hitting a decade of marriage in Tinseltown is no easy feat. After 16 years together, despite their ups and downs and long stints apart, the couple are “happier than ever,” announced the No Doubt songstress on Instagram last month, as she revealed the impending birth of their third son.
Ellen and Portia
The world’s favourite talk show host, Ellen Degeneres and her Aussie actress wife Portia de Rossi married in 2008, since then they’ve become the poster couple for the LBGT community and remained strong in their union, despite rumours as early as last week surfacing over an alleged $220 million divorce. These ladies laugh it off and continue to be one of our favourite celebrity couples.
Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady
She is a supermodel and he has won three Super Bowls – this smoking hot couple brought home a combined $80 million last year cashing in on their beauty, brains and brawn…
Making them the second richest celebrity couple. Gisele remains the highest paid supermodel in the world partly thanks her line of thongs with Grendene and other endorsements, while Brady continues to play for the New England Patriots and lend his name to a bunch of brands including Ugg.
Brangelina
When the world’s sexiest man hooks up with the world’s sexiest woman, you get Brangelina. Despite the rumour mill this couple has stayed together since falling for each other on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith in 2003.
Constantly causing speculation about their impending nuptials these hands-on parents to six kids they’re Hollywood’s most powerful acting, directing and philanthropic duo and we’re still hoping they will officially tie the knot this year.
Michelle and Barack Obama
This political powerhouse has always been open about how they’ve worked to keep their marriage strong. In 1989, Barack took Michelle on a date, to an Art Museum, followed by a Spike Lee film and the rest was history.
In the years that followed they over came the challenges of a long distance relationship and life in American politics. This couple is known as much for their PDA as their political policies and have become one of the world’s favourite first families.
Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso
He’s an Oscar winning actor and she’s a girl from Argentina… their love story could be a Hollywood rom-com. Luciana met her superstar hubby working as a single mum behind a bar in Miami. Married two years later, Damon became stepfather to her daughter Alexia and the couple have 3 daughters of their own.
Just last week during promo for ‘The Monuments Men’, Damon said, “When I was in my twenties, I wondered if I’d ever be able to settle down. But I found the right person and it was like getting struck by lightning – literally, everything changed in my life. My life is so much easier because of my wife and my marriage. Everything makes sense.”
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Mr and Mrs Carter
This musical mega-match came out the world when they performed “Crazy in Love” at the MTV Video Music awards back in 2003. Both savvy business minds and performers in their own right, together they were the highest earning celebrity couple of 2013, pulling in over $95 million, according to Forbes.
