If you are a gossip monger, celebrity affairs must be at the top of your list. Cheating celebrities are the most common topics of discussion when it comes to the entertainment industry. Celebrities have a higher mate value because of their physical attractiveness, power, money, and influence. A combination of all these makes it easy for them to find desirable and innumerable mating options.
But have you ever wondered about why do celebrity couples cheat? Let us give you the answer.
Why Do Celebrities Cheat?
Celebrities are often found to be cheating on their partners for several reasons. Celebrity affairs are a bizarre and they spread like fire. Here are some reasons that induce celebs to cheat.
#1. Money
Celebs are used to lavish lives and spending exorbitant amounts on leisure. So money becomes a very important factor for their sustenance.

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#2. Ego Clashes
In industries like entertainment, fashion, and sports, everyone gets to live their star days. But that doesn’t last forever. If both the celebs are from the industry, then the popularity charts often tend to cause problems in the paradise.
#3. Troubles with children
For some couples, children become a problem too.
#4. Substance abuse
Celebrities often become victims of alcohol or drug abuse. Depression and loneliness often make them rely on drugs to escape from the reality. Such addictions lead to breakups and divorces.

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Famous Cheaters
While celebs are known for their clandestine affairs, here are some of the celebrity couples who were caught, defamed and divorced.
#1. Eva Longoria and Tony Parker
Longoria filed for a divorce from Parker in 2010. She revealed that she had discovered several messages being sent through her husband’s phone to unknown contacts. He probably has an extra marital affair.

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#2. Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Shriver and Schwarzenegger filed for a divorce after 25 years of their wedding. Schwarzenegger admitted to having a child with their cleaning lady, Mildred Patricia Baena.

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#3. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore
The couple separated after six years of their marriage, the reason was Kutcher’s alleged affair with Sara Leal.

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#4. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
The Twilight couple ended their relationship because Stewart cheated on her partner with her ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ director Rupert Sanders. Long after they broke up, Kristen offered a public apology to Pattinson.

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#5. Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley
The couple separated after 13 years of their marriage.

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#6. Sienna Miller and Jude Law
Miller and Law’s relationship was short-lived. Just seven months after law proposed to Miller, the actor accepted having an affair with his nanny (for children with his ex-wife)

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#7. Mario Lopez and Ali Landry
The couple ended their marriage in just two weeks, because of Lopez’s alleged affair.

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#8. Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren
Woods became the center of a scandal because of his alleged affair with hostess Rachel Uchitel. It was later found out that he slept with 19 other mistresses while he was married to Elin Nordegren.

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#9. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
Just four years after their marriage, Brad was found to be emotionally unfaithful to Anniston because of his then ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith' co-actor Angelina Jolie.

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#10. James Cameron and Linda Hamilton
The couple separated eight months after their marriage. It was reported that Cameron had an affair with actress Suzy Amis while he was married.

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#11. Eddie Cibrian and Brandi Glanville
Cibrian separated from Glanville because he had an affair with co-star LeAnn Rimes.

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