The Most Sketchy Celebrity Couples

All eyes are on celebrity couples as they navigate their relationships with millions of fans watching on. There's nothing quite like a Hollywood romance to bring a rush of excitement and generate new, eye-popping headlines in the press. Some couples seem to possess a certain type of magic that sets them apart from the rest, while other relationships seem to raise a few eyebrows and stray so far from the average person's reality that they seem very sketchy and bizarre. Celebrity couples such as Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are absolute show-stoppers. Some fans love looking on at their extreme displays of public affection, while others are put-off by their very pubic personal choices, such as their blood-swapping hobby.

Some celebrity relationships are so sketchy that it's a wonder both individuals managed to stay together. Many 2022 headlines were dominated by the defamation case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Fans watched as their dysfunctional relationship was drudged up and re-hashed in the courtroom, turning their personal problems into a global circus. Whether it's strange behavior or questionable morals, these are the famous relationships fans just can't seem to 'unsee,' even if they really want to ...

Katie Holmes had a crush on Tom Cruise long before they were married, but with the 16-year age gap between them, nobody could have predicted that they would wind up together as a couple. Mimi Rogers, the ex-wife of Cruise starred in "Dawson's Creek," alongside Holmes. After she left the dressing room one day, fellow cast mate Mary Beth Peil told The Daily Beast that Holmes gushed over Cruise and confessed to being a super fan. After crushing on him from a distance, Holmes started dating Cruise in 2005. Cruise seemed equally enamored by Holmes, and he put on an unforgettable show of affection for her when he infamously jumped on Oprah's couch and declared his love. The couple went on to marry in 2006, according to US Weekly.

Holmes and Cruise welcomed their daughter Suri to the world, but their marriage crumbled, and the couple quickly divorced in 2012. Many speculated Cruises' involvement in The Church of Scientology had something to do with the breakdown of their marriage. Actress Leah Remini from "King of Queens" was much more vocal about her concern for the safety of Holmes and Suri. "I'm sure his master plan is to wait until Suri gets older so that he can lure her into Scientology and away from her mother," Leah said to The New York Post. "I'm only assuming that there's some type of agreement to protect her daughter," Remini said.

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly have mesmerized fans with some of the most sketchy, questionable behavior the Internet has seen in a long time. They treat every public appearance as an opportunity to pack on some hot and heavy PDA that fans simply can't unsee. One such incident involved Fox licking a blood-filled syringe earring that Kelly was wearing, and, of course, this moment was prominently featured on Fox's social media page.

The couple has over-shared some incredibly intimate details about their relationship. During a 2022 interview with Glamour Magazine UK, Fox admitted that she and Kelly drink one another's blood. "It's just a few drops, but yes, we do consume each other's blood on occasion for ritual purposes only. It is used for a reason and it is controlled where it's like lets shed a few drops of blood and each drink it," Fox said. She went on to describe the experience. "He's much more haphazard and hectic and chaotic, where he's willing to just like cut his chest open with broken glass and be like, 'take my soul, let me bleed on you,'" Fox said. Other eyebrow-raising moments include Halloween 2022, where Fox donned an S&M outfit and seductively knelt before MGK, who was dressed as a priest. The photo shows Kelly giving Fox communion in a post that was widely criticized. 

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton were very upfront and open about their obsessive behavior toward one another during the course of their marriage between 2000 and 2003. They became the original head-turners when it came to wearing vials of one another's blood – an act that some modern-day rebellious couples have since repeated. Thornton touched on that moment during a June 2018 interview with Daily Mail. "The necklaces were a very simple thing," Thornton said during the interview. "Hey, let's poke our finger with a pin and smear a little on there, and when we're away from each other, we'll wear the necklace.' That was that easy, but by the time it came out in the press, it sounded like we were wearing a bucket of blood around our necks," Thornton said. 

Fans still remember the 2000 MTV interview when Thornton and Jolie were stopped on the red and told the press that they had sex in the car on their way to the event. There was also the time that Jolie informed fans she and Thornton promised to stay together forever by signing documents in blood. "We kind of signed our life away to each other and uh, legally, and with blood, that there's no possible way anybody can separate or walk away from this," Jolie told Access Hollywood.

Evan Rachel Wood claimed she was severely abused and named her abuser — Brian Warner, known to fans as Marilyn Manson. Wood's guest appearance on The View revealed her side of the story, and she detailed the alleged abuse she endured behind closed doors. She said Manson began grooming her when she as 18-years-old. Manson was 37 at the time. Wood told fans Manson cast her in his music video for "Heart Shaped Glasses" and said she was then raped on camera while filming was taking place. "He broke me down through means of starvation, sleep deprivation and threats against my life," Wood said during an interview on "Good Morning America." Wood also explained what would have happened had she tried to seek help. "He called me 158 times and cut himself every time I didn't pick up the phone and said he was going to kill himself," Wood said.

Accusations of physical and sexual abuse piled up against Manson when multiple women came forward to share their experiences. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating Manson's case, and charges may be filed against the shock-rock singer. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating the matter. The long list of women that claim they fell victim to Manson has spoken up. Manson's ex Ashley Morgan Smithline, former assistant Ashley Walters, and actress Esmé Bianco are among many that filed lawsuits alleging abuse as well, according to Oxygen.

Mia Farrow and musician André Previn adopted Soon-Yi Previn. Woody Allen and Mia Farrow then began a relationship and were together for 12 years. They shared two adopted children, Dylan and Moses Farrow, and had a child of their own. Life took a very unexpected turn for the family when Allen and Previn – his step-daughter- became intimately involved with one another. Their relationship began by chance, according to Previn, who said that Allen didn't groom her or make her feel uncomfortable in any way. 

"Woody wasn't interested in meeting us children. And the feeling was mutual; we weren't interested in meeting him. I hated him because he was with my mother, and I didn't understand why anyone could be with such a nasty, mean person," Previn said during an interview with Vulture. "I thought he must be the same way." Previn blames Farrow for being a delinquent parent and claims to have never had a bond with her adoptive mother.

Their strained relationship became more tense when Farrow found nude photos of Previn in Allen's residence. Allen faced increased pressure when Dylan accused him of sexual assault in an open letter she shared online. Allen testified in court that his sexual relationship with Previn began in 1991, "a few days after Christmas" in 1991. Previn was 21-years-old at the time. Allen was 56, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. Allen and Previn are still together today, and Allen's career has greatly diminished.

The very sketchy 2011 marriage of "The Green Mile" actor Doug Hutchison and Courtney Stodden turned heads across the globe. Why? He was 51, and Stodden was only 16. Stodden described the relationship as abusive and controlling. "I was married into a conservatorship, that's how it completely felt," Stodden said during an interview with Page Six. "I couldn't sign my name on anything, I couldn't sign a legal document." Stodden described feeling trapped and overpowered within her marriage to Hutchison. "I tried to leave and I was assaulted and so it was like the shackle where like oh my gosh this is my safe box and I need I have to stay in that box," she said. "I need to stay there and I'm safer being controlled in this environment."

Stodden divorced Hutchison in 2020 and celebrated the milestone moment with an emotional message posted to social media. "I look back at this picture and feel absolutely taken advantage of. I've been scared to even speak up about feeling groomed or being verbally abused during the almost 10-year marriage because I was a child and he was 50 when we were married," Stodden wrote to Instagram. " Stodden said. "I've felt completely trapped, manipulated, and at times abandoned by adults."

Disgraced singer R. Kelly was convicted of child pornography and sex abuse in his Chicago trial in September 2022. The once-successful artist was famous for blockbuster hits "I Believe I Can Fly," and "Bump n' Grind," but quickly lost his fan following after numerous women came forward alleging he sexually exploited them.

Many indicated they were underage and described a very controlling and abusive environment they were forced to endure during their time with Kelly. At the time of this conviction, Kelly was already serving time on a 30-year sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking in New York, according to Global News. During the trial, a victim referenced only as Jane Doe, testified that a fraudulent marriage scheme was in place to protect Kelly after he impregnated superstar singer Aaliyah (via HuffPo). 

Aaliyah was reportedly just 15 when she was coerced into marrying Kelly in an illegal ceremony. Witnesses claimed Kelly was 27, and Aaliyah's fake identification was used to make her appear to be the age of consent, even though she wasn't. Kelly said he married Aaliyah because she was underage and needed the permission of her parents or "a spouse" to get an abortion, the woman testified, according to Insider. Aaliyah was considered the "Princess of R&B" and was tragically killed when her airplane crashed in August 2011.

Mick Jagger has been linked to numerous women during his decades-long career, and has the reputation of being a playboy. But at the time of this wiritng, the legendary rocker is very much in love with his long-term girlfriend, ballerina and choreographer Melanie Hamrick. Their relationship has developed into a close family bond and they are both active parents to their son Deveraux, who was born in 2016. 

This is far from being a conventional relationship. Jagger became a great-grandfather in 2014 when Assisi Jackson, Jagger's 21-year-old granddaughter, gave birth to a baby girl. Just two years later, he welcomed Devereaux into the world. Jagger is 79, and Hamrick is 35, making their age gap a whopping 44-year difference. They have decades between them, but they seem to have mastered the balance in their relationship. Hamrick shares photos of their son online, and Jagger has appeared in a few of the images, but the couple is rarely, if ever, seen out and about. 

The two artists have combined their talents by collaborating on a ballet, Porte Rouge. Hamrick choreographed the movements and the music was created by The Rolling Stones (via Town and Country Magazine).

Fans tuned in to observe the unique relationship between Anna and Josh Duggar on the hit reality television show "19 Kids and Counting." Their devotion to their faith and marriage was apparent from the first episode. Our so audiences thought. However, nothing could prepare them for the depths of Anna's loyalty and support after Josh was charged and later convicted of two counts of possessing and distributing child pornography. Federal agents executed a search warrant at Duggar's used car lot in November 2019, and uncovered a computer that contained child pornography. ABC 40/29 News showed footage of Anna holding Josh's hand as he exited the courtroom. She was heavily pregnant with their seventh child and continued to trek to the courtroom to stand by her man.

Josh was accused of molesting a babysitter and his four of his sisters before the child porn case was filed against him. Anna was widely criticized for failing to shield her children from Josh, and fans were stunned to discover she even wrote a letter to the court in an appeal for leniency, asking the judge to go easy on Josh. She wrote, "Consider reuniting us as a family again soon. He is a kind, loving, supportive, and caring father and husband, his primary focus in life," according to court documents procured by Entertainment Tonight. Duggar was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison (via CBC News). 

Every marriage has its challenges, but Johnny Depp and Amber Heard aired their dirty laundry in the courtroom, leaving fans to wonder why and how they could have stayed together as long as they did. This was triggered by Heard's op-ed in The Washington Post, where she alleged that she was a victim of abuse at the hands of Depp. This prompted Depp to file a $50 million defamation suit against her. The lawsuit played out in a Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom over six weeks, where both parties made serious allegations against one another. 

Depp accused Heard verbal and physical abuse and of defecating in their bed. Depp described being told about the fecal matter, and being shown a photograph of the mess. "It was a photograph of the bed – our bed – and um, on my side of the bed was human fecal matter," Depp said, according to video footage obtained by Law and Crime Channel. 

Heard took the stand and accused Depp of sexual and physical assault. "I thought this is how I die, he's gonna kill me now. I couldn't breathe. I remember trying to scream and I couldn't scream. It was suffocating," Heard said, according to courtroom footage posted by Inside Edition. Depp ultimately won the case. He experienced a surge in popularity and experienced a revival of his career, including reprising his role as the face of Dior's Sauvage fragrance, according to TMZ.