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Rihanna and Hassan Jameel, Jeffree Star and Nathan Schwandt, Kaia Gerber and Pete Davidson, Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler – why did these celebrity couples break up?

Austin Butler and Vanessa Hudgens are among four celebrity couples who broke up this year. Photo: @butlerhudgens/Instagram

Now that much of the world is sheltering in place, the idea of having a person to share a cosy space with makes social distancing a little easier. Four celebrity couples, however, will be weathering the pandemic solo. Recently split from long-term relationships, their break-ups had fans wondering why they decided to call it quits. Here are the four celebrity couples who recently broke up, and why they decided to go separate ways.

Rihanna and Hassan Jameel

 

The Fenty Beauty owner and Saudi billionaire were together for three years and many speculated this partnership might one day become a marriage. But in January 2020 the couple announced their split, and many were left wondering why. “Their lives were too different and it was hard to maintain a relationship,” a source told People magazine.

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Riri, 32, was seen after the break-up with both Drake and A$AP Rocky, sparking rumours she was dating one or both of them, but a source told E! Entertainment: “Rihanna is single. She just got out of a long intense relationship with Hassan. She wants to be single and isn’t going to jump into something. She’s hanging out with A$AP Rocky, but she is not dating him.” We’re keeping our eyes open for who she will partner with next.

Jeffree Star and Nathan Schwandt

 

When 34-year-old make-up guru and YouTuber Star broke up with his 26-year-old boyfriend Schwandt after five years, the internet went crazy. Star, who had the title “wifey of Nathan” on his Twitter profile, posted an emotional video explaining the two had parted ways. “The love of my life … is no longer here every morning,” he said, adding the two were in a “state of shock”.

Schwandt and Star met on Instagram in 2014 and began dating in 2015. Star finally spilled the tea about the break-up on Instagram: “I was with someone that didn’t want to go out, didn’t want to go to strip clubs, didn’t ever want to go to the club … so it’s nice to enjoy things that you haven’t done in a while.” Rumours spread about Star rebounding with make-up artist MMMMitchell, but Star refuted that, saying: "[The] last thing I’m trying to do right now is be in a relationship with anyone. Me and MMMMitchell are really close friends.”

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Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler

 
Hudgens, 31, hasn’t had a great year. First the High School Musical star broke up with her Disney boyfriend, Butler, 28, (whom she met on the set of the film), in January after an eight-year relationship. “Vanessa and Austin are officially broken up, and Vanessa has been telling those close to her about their break-up,” a source told US Weekly. Then, a month ago, she was criticised by fans and others for her crass commentary on the coronavirus outbreak.

But heartbreak doesn’t seem to have lasted long for Hudgens. She was spotted at a Los Angeles Lakers game with Lakers player Kyle Kuzma (who was incorrectly linked to Kendall Jenner) just a week after the break-up with Butler. Sources told E! News Hudgens and Butler may get back together, saying: “They’re just shooting on two different continents and it’s a matter of distance,” the source said, explaining why the two broke up. Butler has been picked to play Elvis in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis Presley biopic, and Hudgens is filming The Princess Switch 2 for Netflix.

Kaia Gerber and Pete Davidson

 

Poor Pete Davidson. The 26-year-old comedian was so distraught over his break-up with singer Ariana Grande he posted a life-threatening message on Instagram, saying: “I’m doing my best to stay here for you but I actually don’t know how much longer I can last. All I’ve ever tried to do was help people. Just remember I told you so.” (The post prompted the New York City Police Department to visit the Saturday Night Live studios and check on Davidson, and the post has been deleted.)

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He found love again when he met Gerber, 18, but that was a short-lived romance. “She’s very young, and I’m f – ing going through a lot and it was before I went to rehab,” he told People. Davidson hasn’t found anyone new, and Gerber, daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford and Randy Gerber, continues to focus on her modelling career.

 

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Fans are wondering why these four famous couples decided to call it quits