Top 10 Celebrity Break-ups 2011

There were a shocking number of break-ups in Hollywood this year!

It seemed like a new break-up every week!  Some were predictable but others were pretty shocking.

Which celebs broke up in 2011?   Here is our list of the top 10 celebrity break-ups 2011:

JLo and Marc Anthony

After seven years of marriage and twins, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony called it quits.

“We have decided to end our marriage,” they said in a joint statement. “This was a very difficult decision. We have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters.”

Lopez, 41, and Anthony, 42, were married in June 2004 and have two children together.

Were you surprised that JLo and Skeletor split up?

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries

Not shocking at all, right?

They played out their relationship on Kourtney & Kim Take New York, followed by an outrageous TV wedding.

And for just 72 days of marriage, Kris and Kim confirmed they were splitting up.  Did they do it for the cameras?  Did Kim get caught up in the wedding plans?

For whatever the reason, other than Kim’s stupidity, Humphries filed for annulment after Kim filed for divorce.

Hopefully this means that their 15 months of fame is up finally?  We can only hope.

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore

While Ashton Kutcher was hired to sweep up the problems left by Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men, he was busy himself trying to sweep the dirt under his own bed!

Looks like the rumors of Ashton’s infidelity proved to be too much for Demi.

“As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life,” Moore, 49, said in a statement.

How does the saying go?  Where there’s smoke, there’s fire… and this one was a ‘blazing!

More here.

Chaz Bono and Jennifer Elia

After dating for more than six years, Chaz Bono and Jennifer Elia called it quits. The Dancing with the Stars almost-champion proposed to his longtime girlfriend in his documentary series, Being Chaz.

Elia stood by Bono’s gender reassignment surgery in July 2010… was it all too much for her at the end of it all?

Although they are no longer a couple,  “They leave this relationship with great love, respect and affection toward one another,” Bono’s rep said.

Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard

They appeared to be in it for the long haul… but Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard announced that they separated… not recently though but almost two years ago!  They obviously kept their separation under the radar.

The Oscar-winning actress and the veteran playwright had been together for nearly three decades, since 1982.  Lange and Shepard have two children together, Hannah and Samuel.

Jesse James and Kat Von D

After all of the craziness surrounding Jesse James leaving Sandra Bullock for Kat Von D, Jesse James left the Oscar winner for Kat Von D… but their relationship didn’t last either.

Kat Von D claims Jesse James cheated on her with 19 women during their “toxic relationship”.  She said on her Facebook page that she deserved a big, “I told you so” from everyone;  “You all were more right than you’ll ever know.”

Well duh!

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz

It wasn’t a bitter split between Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, who filed for divorce after 2½ years of marriage.

“It’s very amicable. They’re on very friendly terms and speaking – it’s fine,” a source close to the couple told People. “They’ve just grown apart. They’ve been growing apart for quite some time.”

What keeps them amicable is their son, Bronx.  And there was no third party involved in the split.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver

On the other hand, there were a few third parties when it came to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver’s shocking separation.

Turns out Schwarzenegger fathered a child more than 10 years ago has been named as his former housekeeper, Mildred Patricia Baena.

Baena, now 50, worked for the former California governor and his wife Maria Shriver for over 20 years before retiring.  When the boy was a toddler,  Schwarzenegger found out about him and reportedly has been contributing financially to the boy’s upbringing since.  But he only told Shriver about it in January 2011 and she quickly moved out of their Brentwood, Calif. Mansion.

The Bachelors and Bachelorettes

After their romantic engagement on The Bachelor season finale last March, Emily Maynard and Brad Womack split up.  Rumors flew around but finally the single mom, 25, cleared all the media speculation so that she and her 6-year-old daughter, Ricki, “can move on and get back to normal.”  Maynard said while the couple loved each other, they weren’t right for one another.  Womack, 38, blames himself.

Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez of The Bachelorette broke up as well.  This couple appeared to have it together.  But an engagement on the sixth season finale of “The Bachelorette” and 18 months together and three cancelled wedding dates, it just wasn’t meant to be.

Is it the curse of reality television?

George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis

George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis split, just weeks after her comments about one day being married were published. George ran!

“We are not together anymore. It’s very difficult and very personal, and we hope everyone can respect our privacy,” Clooney and Canalis said in a joint statement.

The couple was together for two years.  Canalis was hoping to convert Clooney and have babies with him – but Clooney won’t have any of it!

NEW:

Sadly, Russell Brand has filed for divorce from Katy Perry, citing “irreconcilable differences.”

Russell released the following statement:  “Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I’ll always adore her and I know we’ll remain friends.”