The Most Shocking Celebrity Weddings: Who Lasted and Who Didn't?

KATIE Price left everyone stunned when she married fourth husband Lee Andrews reportedly just days after meeting him.

But shotgun weddings are nothing new in the showbiz world, with Katie, 47, and 41-year-old Lee’s knee-jerk romance not even being the shortest.

Katie married fourth husband Lee Andrews in Dubai – just days after meeting himCredit: BACKGRID

From the pop superstar who married a friend during a drunken night out to the A-list actor who split from his fourth wife after just four days, these are the most shocking whirlwind weddings.

Drew Barrymore and Jeremy Thomas

Drew Barrymore claimed her first marriage was a ‘green card situation’Credit: Getty Images

’s first marriage came in 1994 when . The actress was 19 at the time and she split from the bar owner just 19 days later.

Years later she accused Jeremy of marrying her for ‘money and a green card’.

Drew said: “He turned out to be the biggest schmuck I’ve ever met.

“He gained everything. It was a green card situation. That’s why I couldn’t tell anybody.”

In 2001 Drew, 50, married after two years of dating. Their divorce was finalised on October 15, 2002.

Drew was married to her third husband Will Kopelman from 2012 until 2016 and .

Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett

Julia and Lyle tied the knot after just three weeks of datingCredit: WireImage

has been married to second husband since 2002 and they share three children.

But the Notting Hill star’s first marriage took place in 1993 when she tied the knot with country singer after just three weeks of dating.

According to reports plans for their big day started 72 hours before they said ‘I do’, with them managing to squeeze the wedding in between Lyle’s tour dates and Julia’s schedule while filming The Pelican Brief.

The former couple split in March 1995 after two years of marriage – but she insisted at the time they parted on good terms.

She told the Los Angeles Times: “It’s actually ridiculously amicable.

“You’d think people who could be that nice to each other would probably be a couple, but it just sort of wasn’t the way it was intended to be.”

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton

Angelina and Billy Bob eloped after meeting on a film set in 1999Credit: Ron Galella Collection via Getty

and met on the set of Pushing Tin in 1999. In the film, the starred as a married couple dealing with fertility issues.

At the time, Angelina, 50, was recently separated from her first husband and dating actor Timothy Hutton.

Meanwhile Billy Bob, 70, had been married four times and was engaged to actress .

But Angelina and Billy Bob – who famously wore vials of each other’s blood on necklaces during their marriage – eloped on set and tied the knot in 2000.

Laura Dern later told Talk Magazine: “I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my boyfriend got married, and I’ve never heard from him again.”

Angelina and Billy Bob split in 2003 and he blamed their differing lifestyles.

He said: “I remember our time together as really being great.

“We just had different lifestyles. Hers is a global lifestyle and mine is an agoraphobic lifestyle. So, that’s really—that’s the only reason we’re probably not still together, maybe, because of a different path in life we wanted to take.”

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee

Pamela and Tommy’s shotgun wedding is one of the most famous in showbizCredit: Not Known

One of the most famous celebrity shotgun weddings is the nuptials of and .

, with the bride wearing a white bikini, just days into their relationship.

Former star Pamela, 58, told People in 2015: “It really was love at first sight.

“I only knew him four days before I married him.”

An intimate video of the former couple filmed during their honeymoon was released onto the internet for sale in 1996, after the tape was stolen from their home.

Pamela and Motley Crue rocker Tommy, 63, welcomed sons Brandon and Dylan during their marriage.

But shortly after the birth of their second son in 1997 she filed for divorce.

Though they tried to make their relationship work over the following decade, they split for good in 2008.

Nicolas Cage and Erika Koike

Nicolas filed for annulment four days after marrying his fourth wifeCredit: FilmMagic

went public with make-up artist in April 2018 and she became his fourth wife in March 2019.

But the actor, 62, , with their divorce being granted in May.

In court documents obtained by The Blast, Nicolas claimed he was intoxicated at the time of the wedding and “lacked understanding of his actions in marrying [Koike] to the extent that he was incapable of agreeing to the marriage”.

He also accused Erika of failing to “disclose the full nature and extent of her relationship with another person”.

Cher and Gregg Allman

Gregg and Cher both filed for divorce during their on/off marriageCredit: Andre Csillag/REX/Shutterstock

started dating Gregg Allman in 1975, shortly after her split from husband Sonny Bono.

The Believe hitmaker, 79, and , got married in June that year but Cher filed for divorce just nine days later.

It’s been reported that she “found that Gregg’s heroin and liquor problems were too much for her to handle” and Cher later said he “was so high he didn’t even understand me”.

Despite this, the on/off couple got back together – only for him to later file for divorce.

He told People it was their move to Los Angeles that sparked his decision, saying: “I thought I didn’t fit in.

“I filed for divorce because I was afraid it would come from her first.”

After discovering Cher was pregnant, the couple reunited once again and later welcomed son Elijah Blue.

But they split for a final time in January 1978, with Cher later swiping: “Dead weight starts out as dead weight and ends up just the same. I don’t know why I waited so long.”

LIsa Vanderpump and Ken Todd

Lisa and Ken are still together more than 40 years after tying the knotCredit: Getty Images

and Ken Todd tied the knot just three months after meeting in a London nightclub in 1982.

And the Vanderpump Rules stars are still together more than 40 years later.

Actress Lisa, 65 – who shares daughter Pandora, 39, and son Max, 34, with 80-year-old Ken – previously revealed her secret to a successful marriage.

She told Life & Style : “We’ve been married forever. I met Ken through my brother who passed last year and we’ve always been very good friends.

“We have the same ideals and the same family values and I guess we’re both religious and we both love animals and we work well together.”

Britney Spears and Jason Alexander

Britney says she was ‘very drunk’ and ‘bored’ when she married her childhood friend Jason in 2004Credit: SplashNews.com

In 2004 Britney Spears was hanging out with childhood friend Jason Alexander in Las Vegas over the New Year period.

The pals decided to get married, with Britney, 44, and Jason, 34, tying the knot at the Little White Wedding Chapel.

Pop superstar Britney wore a baseball cap and a crop top to say ‘I do’ – and unsurprisingly the marriage was annulled just 55 hours later.

Writing in her 2023 memoir The Woman in Me, Britney explained she was “very drunk” and “bored” when she decided to marry Jason.

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom

Khloe married Lamar nine days after he popped the question – but divorced him after catching him cheating in a motelCredit: Unknown

met first husband in August 2009 and just weeks later they were engaged.

And star, 41, and former NBA player Lamar, 46, tied the knot nine days after he popped the question.

Lamar said at the time: “It was quick.

“I guess that just added to the speculation. ‘Why can’t they wait …’ I didn’t want to wait.”

The former couple were married for four years before Khloe filed for divorce following a very public cheating scandal.

Appearing on the Call Her Daddy podcast recently, Khloe opened up about the moment she caught Lamar with another woman in a motel in downton Los Angeles.

She said: “I saw in the window that him and this girl were — they were either naked or she was in lingerie, something like that.

“I knocked on the door, they answered it for some reason and I just started going ballistic.”