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Most Dysfunctional Celeb Couples

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Dec 14, 2009 9:03 PM
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Nancy Spungen, Sid Vicious
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Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungeon

Punk groupie Nancy was stabbed to death with Sid's knife, but to this day no one knows for sure who wielded the blade. Five months later, Sex Pistols bassist Sid left his mother a suicide note and overdosed on heroin. The film Sid & Nancy turned them into popular icons of drugged-out self-destruction.


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Ike & Tina Turner

Ike, in his own words: "Sure, I've slapped Tina...There have been times when I punched her to the ground without thinking. But I have never beat her."

Charming.


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Madonna & Sean Penn

Lit match, meet dynamite fuse. These two didn't even seem like a good idea at the time. He was charged with felony domestic assault in 1988 and they ended their four-year marriage in 1989.


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Robin Givens & Mike Tyson

The yearlong marriage between the star of 1980s sitcom Head of the Class and the heavyweight champ was fraught with allegations of greed and spousal abuse.


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Courtney Love & Kurt Cobain

Heroin, clinicial depression and rock-star drama doomed this pairing, but the two did successfully produce adorable Frances Bean Cobain.


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David Gest & Liza Minnelli

So many friends of Dorothy in this photo...


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Tommy Lee & Pamela Anderson

The marriage of the Mötley Crüe drummer and the Baywatch pinup is largely remembered for launching one of the Internet's first celebrity sex-tape frenzies.


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Kim & Marshall Mathers

He's lyrically murdered her once, in the six-minute rap "Kim," and divorced her twice. We think Mr. Mathers needs to get out of Detroit and start mixing with a better class of lady. You can't just stay hung up on your high school girlfriend forever, you know?


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Brandon Davis & Mischa Barton

The O.C. star and the oily oil heir were tabloid staples during their troubled year together, as rumors swirled of drug use and general debauchery.


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Shanna Moakler & Travis Barker

The Blink-182 drummer and the former Miss USA continue to be in an on-again, off-again relationship that seems largely devoted to toggling their MySpace statuses between single and married.


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Amy Winehouse & Blake Fielder-Civil

He's spent time in jail and her most famous (and admittedly catchy) song would seem to be an autobiographical refusal to take her drug-addicted self to rehab. At first their dysfunction was the gimmick that got them ahead, but now it's just plain sad.


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Pete Doherty & Kate Moss

Not that the superskinny supermodel was ever anybody's saint, but getting in bed with this self-admitted junkie seemed to turn her to the dark side. Ick.


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Lindsay Lohan & Samantha Ronson

We don't know what these two crazy kids are really into—heck, they might just be high on life—but their mindless shenanigans are a fairly pathetic way to squander their youth. Grow up, you silly, silly little girls!


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Jon & Kate Gosselin

She's a controlling bitch. He's a douche. Don't believe us? Read the news for yourself.


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Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown

Whitney's being all grown-up now and taking responsibility for her actions, but the truth is that we'll always blame that dang Bobby Brown for destroying her life.

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