Courtesy of Operation SmileLove can be quite complicated—especially when you're a celebrity.
Earlier today, sources confirmed to E! News that Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney were broken up and had thus called off their engagement. "They want to keep it private," said an insider. "It's heartbreaking."
And, indeed, it is heartbreaking to plan on saying "I do's" but never actually wed. That said, Gaga and Taylor are far from the first star couple to break off their engagements before the wedding. In fact, here are TK celeb pairs who never made their way down the aisle, either.
1. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck: Who doesn't remember Bennifer's reign from 2002 to 2004? The twosome met while filming Gigli and later co-starred in Jersey Girl. Ben even starred in J.Lo's iconic "Jenny From the Block" music video. In 2003, the Oscar winner proposed to the singer-actress-dancer with a 6.1-carat pink diamond ring. In early 2004, however, Bennifer called it quits just before they were supposed to wed.
2. Alanis Morissette & Ryan Reynolds: This former pair began dating back in 2002 and were engaged in 2004. In 2007, however, Alanis and Ryan called it quits. In 2010, the singer married rapper Mario "Souleye" Treadway; Ryan married Scarlett Johansson in 2008, but the couple split in 2010.In 2012, he married Blake Lively, who is now pregnant with the couple's second child.
3. Johnny Depp & Winona Ryder: The Edward Scissorhands co-stars were engaged for three years, but ultimately called things off in 1992. When Johnny's estranged wife Amber Heard made abuse allegations against the star earlier this year, Winona spoke to TIME about her personal experience with her former fiancé, saying, "I can only speak from my own experience, which was wildly different than what is being said. I mean, he was never, never that way towards me. Never abusive at all towards me. I only know him as a really good, loving, caring guy who is very, very protective of the people that he loves. It's hard because I feel like. That's my experience. And it's been a very long time."
4. Britney Spears & Jason Trawick: The pop princess and her agent fiancé broke up in 2013 after a year-long engagement. "Jason and I have decided to call off our engagement," Britney said in a statement at the time. "I'll always adore him and we will remain great friends."
5. Bristol Palin & Levi Johnston: The teenagers announced their engagement and pregnancy on the day of the 2008 Republican National Convention. In 2009, following the birth of their son Tripp, Bristol and Levi split again. They reconciled briefly in 2010 but ultimately called off their engagement just a few weeks later. Both have since married and had more children but continue to co-parent 6-year-old Tripp.
6. Julia Roberts & Kiefer Sutherland: According to an archived People article, America's Sweetheart called off her engagement to the actor in 1991 just three days before they were set to wed.
7. Jude Law & Sienna Miller: The Alfie co-stars got engaged in 2004 and split the following year. After two attempts at reconciling their relationship, they called it quits for good in 2011. "...I think this happens in everyone's lives: you get back together, you try and make it work, and it doesn't," she said in a 2011 interview with The Guardian. "It's not acrimonious, it had run its course."
8. Sheryl Crow & Lance Armstrong: This high-profile romance kicked off in 2003, and by 2005, the singer and then-acclaimed cyclist were engaged. They announced their split in 2006. In Lance's 2009 book Lance: The Making of the World's Greatest Champion, he claimed that he and Sheryl had been "up against her biological clock—that pressure is what cracked it [the relationship]."
As Sheryl told The Telegraph, "There were a lot of things that fed into us not being together, like there are in every relationship. We just had some very big, fundamental differences."