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(#1) Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter - Dexter
In one of the most famous (and most scandalous) on-set romances, soon after meeting on the set of the TV show Dexter, Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter fell in love and eloped. They stayed together through Hall's treatment for lymphoma, but later divorced after just two years together.
After the split, it was revealed that after a false cancer diagnosis, Hall had multiple affairs, which led to the divorce. Throughout all this, the actors had to play siblings that had their own brief (and weird) dalliance.
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(#2) Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco - The Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory leads Galecki and Cuoco were involved in a secret romance for two years, while their characters were engaging in an on-again, off-again fling of their own. According to Galecki, their real-life relationship was kept secret because of the strain of their on-screen one.
This eventually led to their breakup on and off the show - though their characters would later get married.
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(#3) Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush - One Tree Hill
Like their characters on the show One Tree Hill, Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush could not stay together for the long haul. After meeting on the show and getting married soon after, Murray and Bush divorced two years later.
Unfortunately for all of the fans of the supposedly perfect high school couple, this divorce contributed to Murray leaving the show after just three seasons.
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(#4) Michael Vartan and Jennifer Garner - Alias
Alias co-stars Michael Vartan and Jennifer Garner got together while playing love interests on the show, but their fling eventually ended. Recently, after her split with husband Ben Affleck, Garner and Vartan were rumored to be back together again. -
(#5) Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson - The O.C.
Teen heartthrobs Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson seemed to demonstrate chemistry when they met on set of The O.C., but neither their on-screen nor real-life relationships would work out. Later, Bilson would say dating her on-screen beau would cause stress on and off the set, and said the relationship wound up being "invasive." -
(#6) Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes - Dawson's Creek
Kaite Holmes and Joshua Jackson met on the set of the teen drama Dawson's Creek, and soon fell in love. Shortly thereafter, their characters got together on the show, but it was not until after they split in real life.
Holmes would later say: "I guess if Pacey [Jackson's character] and Joey [Holmes's character] dated the first season, there would be more of a clear indication of what's going on between us. But it's just so far from that."
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(#7) Penn Badgley and Blake Lively - Gossip Girl
Badgely and Lively were stars of the hit show Gossip Girl, but they couldn't keep the same relationship that their characters showed on screen. The on-again, off-again romance somewhat mirrored their GG characters's relationship, except their TV personas' relationship ended with a wedding! -
(#8) Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev - The Vampire Diaries
The connection they showed on the show Vampire Diaries translated outside of the vampire-centric drama for Somerhalder and Dobrev, but it wouldn't last. Dobrev would later leave the show, partly because of their ill-fated relationship, and called the whole experience "challenging in different ways." -
(#9) Scott Speedman and Keri Russell - Felicity
Keri Russell and Scott Speedman's characters may have began as a couple on the show Felicity, but they formed a relationship of their own off the set. However, it wouldn't last, and the love triangle between Russell's Felicity, Speedman's Ben, and Scott Foley's Noel would develop very much alongside their real one. -
(#10) Jason Behr and Katherine Heigl - Roswell
It's often difficult to develop family chemistry on TV shows, but when two co-stars are dating each other, it makes it much easier. That's what happened on the sci-fi show Roswell as TV-siblings Behr and Heigl got together in real life.
Because of their great chemistry, Behr and Heigl became even greater parts of the show as it went on.
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(#11) Milo Ventimiglia and Alexis Bledel - Gilmore Girls
Ventimiglia and on-screen girlfriend Bledel dated for four years between 2002-2006, but after Ventimiglia's character moved away, and Bledel's Rory found other love interests, the relationship floundered. But don't despair, because both characters were back for the Gilmore Girls reboot.
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(#12) Mark Salling and Naya Rivera - Glee
It seemed that every character on Glee hooked up at some point, and while Brittana was perhaps Naya Rivera's best on-screen relationship, she and Mark Salling became a couple in real life. This prompted the writers to make their two characters into a couple, but it got ugly real quick on the show and in real life.
Shortly after their IRL breakup, Rivera was accused of keying and egging Salling's car, and while this wouldn't end up being a part of their Glee storyline, Santana and Puck soon moved on as well.
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(#13) Jesse Spencer and Jennifer Morrison - House
As a couple on the medical drama House, Spencer and Morrison seemed perfect for each other, but after a brief engagement in real life, the co-stars split up. While everyone said they were professional on the set after the breakup (and even got married on the show), Morrison would soon leave the show and rumors of tensions have continued. -
(#14) Sebastian Stan and Leighton Meester - Gossip Girl
In another Gossip Girl-fueled romance, Stan and Meester would soon become a couple after meeting on set. But, the two ended their relationship right around the time that their characters split on TV. Coincidence? I think not. -
(#15) David Annable and Emily VanCamp - Brothers & Sisters
Annable and VanCamp were originally brother and sister on the show so aptly called Brothers & Sisters, but soon became boyfriend and girlfriend in real life. After showing such great chemistry on- and off-screen, the writers wrote in a paternity scandal so that the two could be a couple on the show as well. Unfortunately, neither relationship would last.
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In recent years, the domestic divorce rate has remained high and has always been a sensitive topic in society. Many celebrities also choose to end their marriage relationship. But because they were not only husbands and wives but also partners at work, some celebrities after a breakup or divorce still have to face embarrassing moments, and the movies or TV shows they worked with were affected and had to modify the storyline.
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