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“I don’t”: The shortest celebrity marriages

Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from husband Kris Humphries after just 72 days of marriage. But she’s not the only celeb to have had a short union…

01/11/11 1,910 Views 18 Comments
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries pictured at Kardashian's birthday party last week
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries pictured at Kardashian's birthday party last week
Image: AJM/EMPICS Entertainment

REALITY TV STAR Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries may have had a US$10 million fairytale wedding – but there just wasn’t enough love to go around to keep the two together.

In what apparently came as a surprise to her new husband, Kim filed for divorce after 72 days together.

She said:

I had hoped this marriage was forever but sometimes things don’t work out as planned.

But Kardashian isn’t the only celebrity who has had a short-lived matrimonial union – Britney Spears, Lisa-Marie Presley, Renee Zellweger, Peaches Geldof and a number of other celebrities have found their marriage barely lasted kissing time.

In the slideshow below, we take a look at some of the shortest celeb marriages.

Read: Kim Kardashian files for divorce 72 days after getting married>

“I don’t”: The shortest celebrity marriages
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  • (Almost) 24 hours

    Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's 1983 marriage to her seventh husband, Count Felipe de Alba, lasted less than a day - because it transpired her previous marriage had not been dissolved properly. Oops. (pic: PAT ALISAU/AP/Press Association Images)

  • 2 days: Britney Spears and Jason Alexander

    A copy of the complaint for annulment for Britney Spears and Jason Allen Alexander filed at the family court in Las Vegas, in 2004. This duo got married on a whim - and the marriage lasted as long. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta)

  • 9 days: Dennis Hopper and Michelle Phillips

    Actor Dennis Hopper met Mamas & Papas singer Michelle Phillips at an after-party in 1970. They married six months later... it lasted nine days. (AP Photo)

  • 9 days: Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman

    In 1999, TV personality Electra married basketball player Rodman in Las Vegas - he applied for annulment nine days later. They stuck it out for another five months, but it wasn't to be. (pic: Neil Munns/PA Archive/Press Association Images)

  • 29 days: Drew Barrymore and Jeremy Thomas

    Actor-director Drew Barrymore met Welsh bar owner Thomas in 1994 - and got married after six weeks. So perhaps it's unsurprising that it lasted less than a month. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

  • 3 Months: Nicolas Cage and Lisa-Marie Presley

    The daughter of Elvis and married the Hollywood actor in Hawaii in 2002 - but it ended after Presley called the union "a big mistake". (Pic: KVARTUC BRANIMIR KVARTUC/PA Archive/Press Association Images)

  • 60 days: Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon

    In 2007, Pamela Anderson married twice-divorced Rick Salomon in Las Vegas - 10 weeks later, they had separated, and by December they were divorced. (pic: Tammie Arroyo/UK Press/Press Association Images)

  • 72 days: Kim Kardashian

    Kim Kardashian and her husband Kris at her birthday celebration in Las Vegas, just over a week ago. Kardashian filed for divorce at the weekend. (pic: AJM/EMPICS Entertainment)

  • 6 months: Peaches Geldof and Max Drummey

    Wild child - and daughter of Bob - Peaches Geldof married singer Drummey after a week of dating in 2008. Perhaps surprisingly, they lasted six months. (pic: G6010C/EMPICS Entertainment)

  • 10 months: Chantelle Houghton and Samuel Preston

    Big Brother stars Chantelle and Preston fell in love on screen - even though he had a long term girlfriend at the time. They married in August 2006 but divorced 10 months later. (Pic: UK Press)

  • 11 months: Sinead O'Connor and Nick Sommerlad

    O'Connor and Sommerlad, a journalist, fell madly in love after meeting at a gig - after three months they got married, but the union lasted less than a year. Her third marriage, to Steve Cooney, also lasted less than a year. O'Connor leapt back into the dating scene this summer. (AP Photo / Tammie Arroyo)
  • Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's 1983 marriage to her seventh husband, Count Felipe de Alba, lasted less than a day - because it transpired her previous marriage had not been dissolved properly. Oops. (pic: PAT ALISAU/AP/Press Association Images)
  • A copy of the complaint for annulment for Britney Spears and Jason Allen Alexander filed at the family court in Las Vegas, in 2004. This duo got married on a whim - and the marriage lasted as long. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta)
  • Actor Dennis Hopper met Mamas & Papas singer Michelle Phillips at an after-party in 1970. They married six months later... it lasted nine days. (AP Photo)
  • In 1999, TV personality Electra married basketball player Rodman in Las Vegas - he applied for annulment nine days later. They stuck it out for another five months, but it wasn't to be. (pic: Neil Munns/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
  • Actor-director Drew Barrymore met Welsh bar owner Thomas in 1994 - and got married after six weeks. So perhaps it's unsurprising that it lasted less than a month. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)
  • The daughter of Elvis and married the Hollywood actor in Hawaii in 2002 - but it ended after Presley called the union
  • In 2007, Pamela Anderson married twice-divorced Rick Salomon in Las Vegas - 10 weeks later, they had separated, and by December they were divorced. (pic: Tammie Arroyo/UK Press/Press Association Images)
  • Kim Kardashian and her husband Kris at her birthday celebration in Las Vegas, just over a week ago. Kardashian filed for divorce at the weekend. (pic: AJM/EMPICS Entertainment)
  • Wild child - and daughter of Bob - Peaches Geldof married singer Drummey after a week of dating in 2008. Perhaps surprisingly, they lasted six months. (pic: G6010C/EMPICS Entertainment)
  • Big Brother stars Chantelle and Preston fell in love on screen - even though he had a long term girlfriend at the time. They married in August 2006 but divorced 10 months later. (Pic: UK Press)
  • O'Connor and Sommerlad, a journalist, fell madly in love after meeting at a gig - after three months they got married, but the union lasted less than a year. Her third marriage, to Steve Cooney, also lasted less than a year. O'Connor leapt back into the dating scene this summer. (AP Photo / Tammie Arroyo)

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