12 Sweet Celebs Who Married Awful People

7. Kim Kardashian

Before Kanye West, Kris Humphries, and Reggie Bush, Kim Kardashian married Damon Thomas. Kardashian was 19 when they eloped in 2000, and by February 2004 they’d split. Court documents obtained by Daily Mail paint a terrifying picture of the marriage. Kardashian accused Thomas, who was 10 years her senior, of “poisoning” her against her friends and family, urging her to drop out of college. She also claimed he was violent and slammed her into walls, pulled her hair, and punched her in the face. Kardashian alleges that Thomas encouraged her to get plastic surgery in order to become “perfect.”

He denied the claims to In Touch Weekly and alleged that Kardashian was trying to get more money out of him in their divorce settlement, claiming she cheated on him with Jennifer Lopez’s second husband, Cris Judd.

8. Bethenny Frankel

Bethenny Frankel’s divorce proceedings from ex Jason Hoppy lasted longer than her two-year marriage. The pair tied the knot in 2010 but were separated by 2012, and by Frankel’s account, the split was very ugly. However, it was Hoppy’s alleged behavior after their divorce that was most unsettling.

TMZ reported that in November 2016, Frankel’s boyfriend, Dennis Shields, had his lawyer send Hoppy a cease and desist letter after Hoppy allegedly sent him more than 100 harassing emails about Frankel.

In January 2017, Page Six reported Hoppy was arrested for allegedly threatening Frankel when she picked up their daughter, Bryn, from school in New York—and it was revealed that he allegedly sent more than 150 emails of various insults and threats to her and Shields, allegedly calling her “ugly,” “old,” and “irrelevant.”

9. Christie Brinkley

Christie Brinkley married Peter Cook in 2001, but by 2007, he got sloppy with his alleged cheating. Around 2005, Cook supposedly began hooking up with an 18-year-old assistant, Diana Bianchi, behind Brinkley’s back. Bianchi’s stepfather reportedly learned about the affair and spilled the beans to Brinkley, who quickly filed for divorce. They had a bitter custody battle over their daughter, Sailor, and a bitter battle over money—and he lost, taking home only $2.1 million of Brinkley’s estimated $60 million fortune. Cook made every attempt to smear Brinkley in the media, which his next wife kiboshed.

Cook’s subsequent wife, Suzanne Shaw, faced similar infidelity. After their split in 2014, she publicly apologized to Brinkley for ignoring her warnings about Cook, who later was accused of allegedly photographing women without their knowledge. Shaw even wrote him an email leaked to Page Six that read, “To think you fought Christie, the mother of your children, for custody, knowing what you were, knowing what you did…trolling the internet…filming your prostitute. Covertly photographing…and so much more.” Yikes.