Shortest Hollywood celebrity marriages

BY Hollywood standards, Kate Walsh and Alex Young should be proud of their 14-month marriage.
Tinseltown is filled with celebrities who impulsively wed, only to split up within a year. The number of famous couples that don’t make it into double-digit months is staggering. And a few, like Britney Spears and her high-school pal Jason Alexander, barely last days. (They managed to clear the 48-hour hurdle, with seven hours’ change.)
When both spouses work in entertainment, the countdown to implosion seems to run louder and faster than everyone else’s.
Ah, the age-old question: Can fame and love coexist? If these short-lived celebrity marriages are any example, the answer seems to be no.
Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad “Nicky” Hilton, Jr.: Nine Months
Perhaps Liz should have realised that lasting marriages weren’t her thing when nearly nine months into her first, to millionaire Conrad “Nicky” Hilton, Jr., in 1950, she got a divorce. Coincidentally, Hilton’s great-niece Nicky (yup, Paris’ sister) would have a short-lived marriage of her own 54 years later. She was granted an annulment from money manager Todd Andrew Meister after only three months.
Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd: Eight Months
Cris might not have been famous enough to keep up. While he was successful as a backup dancer, director, and choreographer, he was nowhere near J.Lo’s level of fame. And she seemed drawn to the limelight like a moth to a flame. Something else she was allegedly drawn to: “Gigli” costar Ben Affleck, with whom she was rumoured to be having an affair. The marriage was effectively over when the rumours proved to be true. Jennifer and Ben were engaged shortly after her split with Cris, igniting the Bennifer phenomenon. Although they lasted longer than eight months, they didn’t make it to the altar.
Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman: Six Months
Maybe Dave Navarro should have checked the tabloids for a character reference on Carmen Electra. If he had, he might have discovered that it was Dennis Rodman, the totally eccentric basketball star, who filed for an annulment after ten days of marriage to the “Baywatch” beauty. (What does it say about her when Rodman, in an attempt to flee his bride, claimed he was too intoxicated when they exchanged vows?) The oddball pair managed to stay together for six months before splitting for good. Well, at least they gave it the old college try.
Tom Green and Drew Barrymore: Five Months
Drew and Tom endured a lot during their romance, including his bout with cancer and a fire that severely damaged their Hollywood Hills home. But while extreme situations might have held them together briefly, their marriage could not endure. Maybe Drew should have gone with the instinct she had the night she and Tom almost married on “Saturday Night Live” and she backed out. Eventually she did manage to walk down the aisle with him, but it lasted only five months. Shockingly, Drew’s marriage to Tom was not her shortest. She and her first husband, bar owner Jeremy Thomas, were together for only 39 days. Tom must have felt very special.