10 celebrity couples who survived cheating scandals

Though the Smiths themselves wouldn't call it a scandal, the rest of the world was shocked when Alsina spoke about a relationship he had with Pinkett Smith during an interview in June 2020.

"I totally gave myself to that relationship for years of my life, and I truly and really, really deeply love and have a ton of love for her," he said. He went on to claim that Smith knew about the relationship, and gave Alsina and Pinkett Smith his "blessing."

After the interview, the Smiths issued a quick statement denying the relationship, but Pinkett Smith announced on her Twitter that she was "taking [herself] to the Red Table."

In July 2020, the Smiths sat down at the red table, and discussed their relationship. They spoke about a dark period in their marriage, when they thought they were going to separate and "never speak again." That's when Pinkett Smith and Alsina began their relationship — or, what Pinkett Smith originally called "an entanglement." Smith denied giving Alsina "permission" (although Alsina didn't call it that), but did know that the two were seeing each other.

However, Alsina and Pinkett Smith's relationship came to an end, once she and her husband decided to try and work things out, which they did.

On April 11, 2018, photos of Thompson appearing to cheat on his then-nine-months-pregnant girlfriend Khloé Kardashian surfaced — and immediately things went from bad to worse. TMZ then revealed video footage from October 2017 that showed Thompson supposedly kissing two other women at a club.

Despite the cheating rumors, Thompson was with Kardashian for the birth of their child, as seen on an episode of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." The two remained a couple: An anonymous source told Us Weekly that the pair were "fully back together."

However, on February 19, 2019, reports surfaced that Kardashian and Thompson had split because he had cheated on her again — this time with a close friend of the family, Kylie Jenner's best friend and roommate, Jordyn Woods.

Woods later described the incident on Red Table Talk in 2019, saying, "[There was] no passion, no nothing. He just kissed me … it was a kiss on the lips. No tongue … no making out."

She added, "I'm no home-wrecker. ... I never tried to steal someone's man."

But that wasn't the end of the road for Thompson and Kardashian. They worked through the drama and are once again back together. As of May 2021, they are looking into having another child together via surrogate.

The entire saga of Taylor cheating on Cartwright with a fellow Sur employee, Faith Stowers, was documented during season six of "Vanderpump Rules," which aired from November 2017 to May 2018.

Viewers watched as news of the cheating circulated around the friend group before eventually getting back to Cartwright, who almost immediately broke up with Taylor. However, the break-up was short-lived, and the two got engaged in the season seven premiere and married during season eight. They welcomed their son, Cruz, in April 2021.

"I see him every single day making efforts and he's completely changed the way he treats me, the way he talks to me, the way he listens to me. Every single thing about our relationship is better," Cartwright told Us Weekly in November 2018.

The story of Kevin Hart's infidelity is confusing, to say the least.

He first denied any cheating in July 2017, then posted a video on Instagram apologizing with the caption, "Sending so many apologies to my wife & kids. I gotta do better and I will. I'm not perfect and have never claimed to be ...I love you all."

It was revealed later that Hart was in the center of an alleged extortion attempt. It was reported that a person allegedly had a video of Hart and a woman engaging in sexual activity, and was trying to expose Hart and receive money. During an interview with "The Breakfast Club," Hart admitted to his cheating.

Hart spoke about the scandal in May 2020 on a podcast. He said that when Parrish found out, it "wasn't a walk in the park," but she "came to an amazing conclusion of, 'I like the fact that we have a family, that we have a household, and I like the fact that we now got a job to do to get better,'" Hart said. "'That's what you owe me. You owe me [to] get better.'"

In September 2020, they welcomed their second child together, a daughter named Kaori.

David Letterman had only been married to his wife for six months (although they had been together for over 20 years) when he admitted on-air to having sex with women who worked for him.

The relationships — specifically an affair with his long-time assistant Stephanie Birkitt — came to light when Birkitt's boyfriend, Robert "Joe" Halderman, a producer at CBS, allegedly tried to extort Letterman for $2 million in exchange for Halderman's silence. Instead, Letterman called his attorney, an investigation was launched, and he revealed the affairs to his audience.

Halderman later pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny and served four of a six-month jail sentence.

Letterman and his wife, Regina Lasko, are still together over a decade later and, according to Letterman, "never better."

When Beyoncé released "Lemonade" in April 2016, she put a spotlight onto her marriage with Jay-Z. There was so much speculation about who "Becky with the good hair" was that it instantly became a meme.

The duo was quiet about whether "Lemonade" was based on their marriage until 2017, when Jay-Z released his new album "4:44" which was full of apologies to Beyoncé and their daughter Blue. He eventually came clean about cheating during a 2017 interview with T: The New York Times Style Magazine.

"The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone's face that you caused, and then have to deal with yourself. So, you know, most people don't want to do that. You don't want to look inside yourself," he said.

A few months before "4:44" was released, though, we knew things were back on track with the superstar couple. Beyoncé had revealed on Instagram in February 2017 that they were expecting twins. Sir and Rumi were born in June of that year.

Both Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott cheated on their respective ex-spouses with each other — they actually slept together the night they met. Then in 2013, rumors swirled around the couple, alleging McDermott was cheating on Spelling.

McDermott later admitted to the affair and checked himself into rehab — the entire saga played out on TV. In 2014, McDermott defended himself, telling E! News: "You know, I'm not the first person to ever cheat on his wife."

Spelling elaborated on her decision to stay with McDermott in 2016.

"I was like, 'You know what? I love this man. I'm going to make this work,'" she told Today.

They welcomed their fifth child, Beau, a year later in March 2017.

Boreanaz simply stated, "I haven't been faithful to my wife. Our marriage has been tainted with my infidelities. I was irresponsible," during an interview with People in 2010. He chose to make this admission after he was involved in an alleged extortion attempt.

While Boreanaz has never confirmed the identity of his mistress, Rachel Uchitel — yes, the same Rachel from Tiger Woods' cheating scandal — did release a statement in which she said there was a romantic relationship between the two of them.

At the time, Bergman told People that she's "not saying everything's okay." She continued, "I'm still angry. I'm still mad. I am still hurt," but that "it took a crisis, it took infidelity to get us off our asses and work for what we want. We do the best we can. That's all we can do."

Over 10 years later, Boreanaz and Bergman are still together.

Evan, the lead singer of the Turnpike Troubadours, had been married to Staci for almost two years when he "ghosted" her, began dating country superstar Miranda Lambert, and asked Staci for a divorce in April 2018, Us Weekly reported.

But by August of that year, Evan and Lambert were broken up — and the Felkers' divorce was final.

However, in June 2020, Staci captioned a photo with the hashtag #datenight, and in November 2020, she posted a photo with her left hand visibly rocking an engagement ring. She confirmed in the comments: "I married an upgraded version of the same man."

The biggest confirmation of all, though, was in March 2021 when she announced they had welcomed their first child, a daughter named Evangelina.

Staci captioned the photo: "Y'all welcome my husband #EvanFelker back to my grid after a few years off. He's here to introduce our first born. Evangelina Hartford Felker."

Harrelson and Louie began dating in 1990, three years after Harrelson had hired her to be his personal assistant.

In 2002, the two had been together for over a decade and had two daughters. That year, Harrelson was publicly shamed for having a "drunken foursome" in London, and he was arrested a few days later for arguing with a taxi driver.

"I went to this bar in London, and afterward these girls came up to me, these two girls, and asked me, 'So you want to take a walk on the wild side?' So I said, 'I guess I do.' And then I hopped in the car, and another girl I didn't even know hopped in. We went to my place, and one of the girls was a razzi [paparazzi] or worked for them, worked for the rags," he told The Hollywood Reporter in July 2017.

"She got a photographer to come out. That one girl manipulated the other two. I was bummed when they all left together 'cause I knew it was going to happen," he continued.

Louie kept her cool, though.

"Laura — this really gives you a sense of the depth of her compassion — what she said to me after finding out was, 'That must be really hard for you, to have this s--- exposed.' She just said that. Now that doesn't mean she wasn't upset. How did I apologize? You know, just your standard Texan grovel. But she forgave me, and we're still together," he added.

The two welcomed another daughter in 2006, and they tied the knot in 2008.