Apart from the perceived happily ever after ending of a classic rom-com, those celebrity hookups we see in the gossip columns infrequently work out. Not that every single one of them is doomed, but more often than not after a few years, the Brangelina’s and Bennifer’s of this world fall apart.

While there are several lessons from these failed relationships, not coming up with a portmanteau isn’t one of them. Divorce being expensive is one, and the reason, therefore, can be the same, no matter what the actual reason. Sometimes, you realize you don’t want to split, as one of these celebrity encounters proved.

Phil Collins and Orianne Cevey – $34 Million

As the rock star that he is, Phil Collins has had his fair share of female partners. But the one that seemed to stick the most was Swiss national Orianne Cevey. The couple first met when she worked as his translator during a tour, and they got married in 2009.

They lived together in Switzerland but split up in 2006. Divorce didn’t stop them from being together either, and despite forking out $34 million on a settlement, Collins reunited with Cevey, and they lived in Miami. It all came tumbling down again when she secretly married another man while living with Collins. He sold the Miami house in 2021.