The year 2021 should be called the year of surprises by now. From the introduction of the reel feature in Instagram to the low-key yet overhyped wedding of Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal, this year gave us many reasons to embrace life. While it gave us many good news, it also gave us much bad news. No, we are not talking about Omicron. This year brought the news of the break-ups of our ideal and ‘IT’ couples. Due to their own personal reasons, many celebrity couples broke up this year and that hurt us more than our own breakup. Here we bring you the list of the top 10 high-profile celebrity couples who called it off in 2021:
1. Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao: Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao have been the power couple of Bollywood since they got together. And when their decision to take their separate ways it broke our heart. After spending 15 years together, the couple announced their divorce in July this year.
2. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: No doubt it was the most shocking news of the year. In February, Kim Kardashian filed divorce from rapper Kanye West after a seven-year-long strong wedding. Kardashian and West, who share four children — North, 8, Saint, 6, Chicago, 3, and Psalm 2 —have both moved on with new romances.
3. Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya: We all were super happy when Samantha and Maga made their relationship official. But our hearts broke with the same intensity when they called their marriage off. Taking to their social media handle, the South Indian power couple, announced their separation in October after 4 years of marriage.
4. Gigi Hadid And Zyan Malik: After dating on and off since 2016, Zyan and Gigi finally broke up in October this year after the reports of the assault went viral. The former One Direction member and supermodel are the proud parents of their one-year-old daughter Khai.
5. Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello: Love songs and social media PDA don’t always reflect reality, and that was the case for Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes. In November, the singers announced they were breaking up after two years of dating. “Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship,” the statement read.
6. Sushmita Sen and Rohman Shawl: Sushmita and Rohman who kept holding each other even after a big age difference became our ideal couple soon after they started dating but when they broke up in December we started doubting the love. Not just Sushmita, Rohman was close to her daughters as well.
7. Jennifer Lopes and Alex Rodriguez: Singer Jennifer Lopez and former baseball player Alex Rodriguez broke off their engagement in April after four years together. Their formal announcement about the split came a month after rumors spread that they had ended their two-year engagement due to Rodriguez’s alleged affair.
8. Anwar Hadid and Dua Lipa: After dating each other for more than 2 years, the “Levitating” songstress and the model went on a break from their relationship but an insider recently revealed that they have broken up.
9. Elon Musk and Grimes: Elon Musk revealed to Page Six in September that he and girlfriend Grimes had become "semi-separate" after three years of dating. The billionaire SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO and the electronica musician, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, are parents to a 1-year-old son named X Æ A-Xii, pronounced “X Ash A Twelve.”.
10. Nisha Rawal and Karan Rawal: The television show's actors, Nisha Rawal, and Karan Mehra have been married since 2012. However, it was recently revealed that the marriage was not joyful when they announced their desire to separate, earlier this year. There were lots of reports coming out from both parties, and some of them were even mud-slinging at each other.
