Celebrity Best Friend Breakups: Stars Who Ended Their Friendships

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Celebrity Best Friend Breakups: Stars Who Ended Their Friendships

Best friends aren’t always forever — just ask the celebrities who have said goodbye to their famous BFFs for one reason or another. From Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato growing apart to Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag’s ongoing feud, not even the biggest stars can make their friendships last forever. In November 2021, Big Short director Adam McKay revealed that his more than 20-year bond with Will Ferrell went sour in 2019 over a casting decision. “I f—ked up on how I handled that,” McKay admitted to Vanity Fair. [jwplayer 75UdaqwU-zhNYySv2] Nicole Richie seemed less distraught about putting the kibosh on her brief companionship with Lindsay Lohan. The Simple Life alum told Andy Cohen during a 2014 appearance on his talk show, Watch What Happens Live, “[I] haven’t spoken to her in a while.” Based on her nonchalant response, it didn’t sound like Richie had plans to pick up a phone and give her a call anytime soon. There are also those celebrities who consistently have trouble keeping their famous friends close including Gwyneth Paltrow. Winona Ryder and the Glee alum ended their friendship over a film role. Paltrow reportedly stumbled upon the script for the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love at Ryder's home. To make matters worse for the Beetlejuice actress, Paltrow went on to win the best actress Oscar for her performance in the romantic drama the following year. In 2010, the Goop founder cut ties with another one of her besties: Madonna. "They don't speak," a source told Us Weekly at the time about the Royal Tenenbaums actress’ mysterious feud with the “Like a Prayer” singer. "I can't tell you exactly why they had the falling out, but Gwyneth can be jealous and competitive." Paltrow admitted as much in a 2010 interview with British Vogue. "Oh yes, I can be mean," the Iron Man actress told the magazine. "I can give in to gossip. I can ice people out and I definitely harbor revenge." It’s safe to say these bonds can be broken — but they can also be repaired if both parties are willing to let bygones be bygones. Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton’s decade-long friendship disintegrated in 2010 over issues of jealousy — but when the “Stars Are Blind” singer got married to Carter Reum in November 2021, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star was there to support her. In fact, the Skims founder — who used to be the heiress' assistant — fluffed Hilton’s veil before she walked down the aisle. Keep scrolling to see why these former celeb besties are no longer pals: [podcast_block]

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Celebrity Best Friend Breakups: Stars Who Ended Their Friendships

Best friends aren’t always forever — just ask the celebrities who have said goodbye to their famous BFFs for one reason or another. From Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato growing apart to Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag’s ongoing feud, not even the biggest stars can make their friendships last forever. In November 2021, Big Short director Adam McKay revealed that his more than 20-year bond with Will Ferrell went sour in 2019 over a casting decision. “I f—ked up on how I handled that,” McKay admitted to Vanity Fair. [jwplayer 75UdaqwU-zhNYySv2] Nicole Richie seemed less distraught about putting the kibosh on her brief companionship with Lindsay Lohan. The Simple Life alum told Andy Cohen during a 2014 appearance on his talk show, Watch What Happens Live, “[I] haven’t spoken to her in a while.” Based on her nonchalant response, it didn’t sound like Richie had plans to pick up a phone and give her a call anytime soon. There are also those celebrities who consistently have trouble keeping their famous friends close including Gwyneth Paltrow. Winona Ryder and the Glee alum ended their friendship over a film role. Paltrow reportedly stumbled upon the script for the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love at Ryder's home. To make matters worse for the Beetlejuice actress, Paltrow went on to win the best actress Oscar for her performance in the romantic drama the following year. In 2010, the Goop founder cut ties with another one of her besties: Madonna. "They don't speak," a source told Us Weekly at the time about the Royal Tenenbaums actress’ mysterious feud with the “Like a Prayer” singer. "I can't tell you exactly why they had the falling out, but Gwyneth can be jealous and competitive." Paltrow admitted as much in a 2010 interview with British Vogue. "Oh yes, I can be mean," the Iron Man actress told the magazine. "I can give in to gossip. I can ice people out and I definitely harbor revenge." It’s safe to say these bonds can be broken — but they can also be repaired if both parties are willing to let bygones be bygones. Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton’s decade-long friendship disintegrated in 2010 over issues of jealousy — but when the “Stars Are Blind” singer got married to Carter Reum in November 2021, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star was there to support her. In fact, the Skims founder — who used to be the heiress' assistant — fluffed Hilton’s veil before she walked down the aisle. Keep scrolling to see why these former celeb besties are no longer pals: [podcast_block]

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Lisa Vanderpump and Kyle Richards

The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills costars' friendship took a turn for the worst after getting into an argument over the PuppyGate scandal in 2018. After the fight, Vanderpump stopped talking to Richards and exited the Bravo series one year later.

In May 2022, the Halloween Kills star got candid about how much she "missed" her former friend while appearing on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. “On a scale from one to 10 … two to three,” Richards quipped.

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Selena Gomez and Francia Raisa

Rumors of an alleged feud between the two actresses began in November 2022 after Gomez said that Taylor Swift was her only friend in the industry.

Raisa — who donated her kidney to the Only Murderers in the Building star in 207 amid her battle with lupus — expressed her disappointment in being left out and commented "Interesting" on a post that included Gomez's quote and unfollowed her.

The Rare Beauty founder clapped back on a TikTok explaining the drama and said, “Sorry I didn’t mention every person I know."

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Kaitlyn Bristowe and Chris Harrison

The Bachelor Nation alums had a falling out after Bristowe took on a role as a mentor following Harrison's exit from the franchise in 2021.

“They offered me the position to come in, and what the Bachelor franchise said [I was there to do] was to mentor Katie,” the former Bachelorette explained during a January 2023 episode of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. “[They said] I wouldn’t be replacing Chris. Then all these articles started coming out, saying, ‘Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe replacing Chris Harrison.’”

Bristowe said she reached out to the former host about the situation and never heard back. Harrison, for his part, explained his silence on a February 2023 episode of the “Most Dramatic Podcast Ever" with the Dancing With the Stars alum.

“I was the mentor — somewhat of a father figure — where I listened. And I asked questions, and I was all about you and your life, because that was my job and I care. And I took a lot of pride in that and that’s how our relationship started,” he said. “This time, I needed that flip of just the, ‘Hey, how are you? Are you OK?’ Not, ‘Are you OK with me taking the show and you’re irreplaceable.’ And I appreciated those words, but it was just at that time, I didn’t have the bandwidth to deal with all of that.”

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Will Ferrell and Adam McKay

The former producing partners, who had been friends since the ‘90s, called it quits on their professional and personal relationship in 2019.

In an interview with Vanity Fair two years later, McKay explained that he thought a casting decision is what hurt their friendship. He cast John C. Reilly in a series about the Lakers over Ferrell — and didn’t let the Stranger Than Fiction star know.

“I f—ked up on how I handled that,” McKay explained in 2021. "[Ferrell] took it as a way deeper hurt than I ever imagined and I tried to reach out to him, and I reminded him of some slights that were thrown my way that were never apologized for.”

He continued, “The whole time it was like I was saying it out loud, ‘Let’s not become an episode of Behind the Music. Don’t let it happen.’ And it happened.”

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Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan

The heiress and the Freaky Friday star were inseparable until 2006, when Lohan started dating Hilton’s ex, Stavros Niarchos. The frenemies spent years taking shots at each other until June 2017 when it seemed as if the two had made amends.

However, later that year, Hilton threw a bit of shade Lohan’s way, accusing the Parent Trap actress of crashing her infamous 2006 night out with Britney Spears. She did it again in May 2019 after Andy Cohen asked her to list three nice things about Lohan on his talk show Watch What Happens Live. “She’s beyond, lame and embarrassing,” Hilton replied.

Soon after, Lohan fired back at the time through her spokesperson, who told Us Weekly, “Obviously, Paris needs to feel relevant and is desperate for attention.”

However, the two might be ready to reconcile. On a December 2021 episode of her podcast, Hilton congratulated Lohan on her then-recent engagement to fiancé Bader Shammas.

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Jef Holm and Arie Luyendyk Jr.

Holm slammed his ex-friend in September 2017 after it was announced that the race car driver would be the season 22 Bachelor. "Oh, the stories I could tell …" he tweeted. "I stopped being friends with him years ago because he's disgusting."

The two appeared together on Emily Maynard's season of The Bachelorette in 2012. Maynard picked Holm, while Luyendyk Jr. was the runner-up. However, Maynard and Holm called it quits later that year.

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Jennie Garth and Tiffani Amber Thiessen

Thiessen told Howard Stern in 2012 that when she first joined the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1994, “the girls were not very nice to me.” However, after Garth “actually apologized” for her behavior towards her, “Jennie and I became very good friends,” the White Collar actress revealed. 

However, it wasn’t meant to last. Thiessen didn’t go into detail as to what led to their breakup, but she told Stern, “I was the one who was hurt, let’s just say that. I was the one who was hurt.”

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Ken Paves and Jessica Simpson

What caused the former BFFs to split? "Ken is sick of her cycle of dumping friends when she's with a guy," a source told Us in 2010 of Simpson, who married ex-NFL star Eric Johnson in July 2014. "She doesn't care about the world, only herself. All she talks about is men, love, and sex."

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Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow

Though they've been friends since 1999, a source close to both stars claimed the women had a major falling out in June 2010. "They don't speak," the insider told Us. "I can't tell you exactly why they had the falling out, but Gwyneth can be jealous and competitive."

In April of that same year, the Goop founder hinted that she and the “Material Girl” singer weren’t as close as they once were. When talking to British Vogue about Madonna’s former trainer Tracy Anderson, Paltrow sniped, "Yeah, it's good that [Tracy] doesn't train Madonna anymore. It was too much. She keeps people waiting — it takes up your whole day.”

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Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan

After being shut out of Charlotte Ronson's private Hollywood party at Chateau Marmont in 2009, Richie reportedly dissed Lohan by ignoring the actress as she walked by her. "Everyone's turned on me," Lohan later told Us.

Five years later, the Simple Life alum opened up about her brief friendship with the Mean Girls star on a 2014 episode of Watch What Happens Live, saying, “[I] haven’t spoken to her in a while,” choosing not to elaborate any further.

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Brody Jenner and Spencer Pratt

After Pratt's violent outbursts got him kicked off The Hills, Jenner opened up about his rift with his former castmate. "Lately, it's hard for me — even as someone who used to be best friends with him — to see what's real and what's not as far as he goes," Jenner explained.

Nine years later, the two came to blows during a 2019 episode of The Hills: New Beginnings.

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Jon Gosselin and Michael Lohan

Gosselin became fast friends with Lindsay Lohan's estranged dad in the Hamptons in July 2009. But their friendship was doomed after Michael began dating Gosselin's ex, reporter Kate Major, later that year. (The couple divorced in 2018 after four years of marriage.)

One year later, Michael accused the Jon & Kate Plus 8 alum of cheating him out of money.

"Jon knows what the deal was. I kept him out of harm's way... and he stabbed me in the back," the amateur boxer told Access in 2010. "When you open your door to somebody and you give them a safe haven and a place to go and then they turn around and bite the hand that feeds or stab you in the back, that doesn't sit well with me."

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Rachel Zoe and Brad Goreski

Though Goreski claims his professional split with Zoe was amicable, a source close to the styling duo says otherwise. "Brad has gotten a little big in the head and Rachel is not happy," a source told Us. As for Zoe? "She's so focused on everything else that he was doing all of the work."

During a July 2021 appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Zoe admitted, “I don’t see him,” later adding, “People should be professional. They should.”

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Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato

The once inseparable BFFs reportedly grew apart when Gomez befriended country star Taylor Swift. When Lovato was asked in January 2010 if they were still close to their Princess Protection Program costar, they shot back coldly: "Ask Taylor."

A decade later, the “Sorry Not Sorry” singer told Harper’s Bazaar that they no longer keep in touch with the Only Murders in the Building actress.

"When you grow up with somebody, you're always going to have love for them. But I'm not friends with her,” Lovato said in April 2020. "I will always have love for her, and I wish everybody nothing but the best."

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Tori Spelling and Tiffani Thiessen

"All my cast members hate me," Spelling told Ryan Seacrest of her former Beverly Hills, 90210 pals. The problem? Spelling believes the actors — especially Thiessen — disapprove of how she met her husband, Dean McDermott. "She doesn't talk to me anymore," Spelling said.

While a source told Us Weekly in 2016 that the two had ended their 10-year feud, Spelling’s appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race one year later reignited the rumors that the two weren’t on the best of terms.

After a performer paid homage to Thiessen’s 90210 character, Valerie Malone, her former costar Jennie Garth refused to say the Saved by the Bell alum’s name. Spelling then chimed in, "Just say, 'That which we don't speak of.'

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Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag

Mascara-tears galore! Conrad and Montag's friendship fell apart as the cameras rolled on the set of their smash reality series The Hills. The former roommates and BFFs memorably feuded over Montag's boyfriend-turned-husband Spencer Pratt, along with the infamous accusation from Conrad, that the couple had leaked a sex tape.

In August 2021, Montag accused her former costar of treating her like a “dog,” but also said she feels “so much love” for the designer.

“It didn’t have to go that way,” she said during an episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast of their long-running feud. “She chose and wanted it to go that way, and then kept following up with that, and then kept blaming things on me and blaming her [rumored] sex tape on me.”

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Winona Ryder

When Paltrow and Ryder dated Ben Affleck and Matt Damon respectively, the actresses were inseparable in the '90s — until Paltrow reportedly stumbled upon the script for Shakespeare in Love at Ryder's home. Adding salt to the wound, Paltrow won an Oscar for the role she allegedly stole from her BFF.