17 Couples You Fully Forgot Went to the Met Gala

By Isabel Jones
Updated Apr 15, 2019 @ 2:45 pm
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The First Monday in May has been attracting the biggest names in fashion and film for more than 70 years. And, considering the decades that have passed, the photo archives read like a walk through a graveyard of celebrity relationships — albeit, a very fashionable graveyard at that.

While this year we'll send each other heart-eyes emojis at the sight of of-the-moment couples like Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse or Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton, not every pair to walk the Met's red carpet has made it the distance. (Looking at you, Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart.) 

Click-through to relive the glory of bygone celebrity relationships. 

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Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley (1995)

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Claudia Schiffer and David Copperfield (1998)

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Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown (1999)

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Kirsten Dunst and Jake Gyllenhaal (2003)

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Adrien Brody and Nicole Kidman (2003)

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Stanley Tucci and Edie Falco (2003)

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Rosario Dawson and Jason Lewis (2006)

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John Mayer and Jessica Simpson (2007)

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Christina Ricci and Chris Evans (2007)

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Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise (2008)

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Jude Law and Sienna Miller (2010)

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Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson (2010)

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Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom (2011)

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Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough (2012)

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Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani (2013)

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Casper Smart and Jennifer Lopez (2013)

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Sean Penn and Charlize Theron (2014)

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