Studies have indicated that the likelihood of an affair turning into a long-lasting relationship is about one in a hundred.
In celebrity circles, however, that number appears to be higher. Click through the slideshow below for 10 stars who married their mistresses after divorce.
Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes
Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes' affair reportedly began in 2009 after they met on the set of the <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FEntertainment%2FInTheSpotlight%2Fleann-rimes-affair-actor-eddie-cibrian%2Fstory%3Fid%3D12032482">Lifetime movie "Northern Lights." </a>At the time, Cibrian was married to<a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FEntertainment%2FInTheSpotlight%2Fleann-rimes-affair-actor-eddie-cibrian%2Fstory%3Fid%3D12032482"> reality star Brandi Glanville</a> and Rimes was married to <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FEntertainment%2FInTheSpotlight%2Fleann-rimes-affair-actor-eddie-cibrian%2Fstory%3Fid%3D12032482">dancer-turned-food blogger, Dean Sheremet.</a> After <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aceshowbiz.com%2Fnews%2Fview%2F00035772.html">divorcing their respective spouses</a>, the actor and the country singer <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20485029%2C00.html">tied the knot</a> in April 2011.
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke and <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-505270_162-57444573%2Fethan-hawke-life-is-good%2F">wife of six years,</a> Uma Thurman, <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C1212898%2C00.html">divorced in 2004</a> amid rumors of his <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Ffilm%2F2012%2Ffeb%2F08%2Fethan-hawke-interview">affair with the couple's nanny, </a>Ryan Shawhughes. The "Gattaca" actor, however, claims that his relationship with Shawhughes did not begin until <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Ftvshowbiz%2Farticle-1034692%2FYes-married-Ethan-Hawke-admits-tied-knot-childrens-nanny.html">after he and Thurman had split.</a> In June 2008, Hawke and an <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eonline.com%2Fnews%2F57349%2Fethan-hawke-impregnates-former-nanny">already pregnant</a> Shawhughes <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eonline.com%2Fnews%2F2856%2Fethan-hawke-a-twice-married-man">got married. </a>
Eddie Fisher
While crooner Eddie Fisher was married to <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fentertainment%2F2010%2F09%2F24%2Fscandalous-love-triangle-time%2F">America's sweetheart, Debbie Reynolds,</a> he <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Ftvshowbiz%2Farticle-1268158%2FDebbie-Reynolds-losing-husband-Eddie-Fisher-Elizabeth-Taylor.html">began an affair</a> with Elizabeth Taylor. The pair got together after <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-31749_162-20046190-10391698.html">bonding over the mutual loss of Mike Todd</a> -- Fisher's dear friend and Taylor's late husband. <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-31749_162-20017578-10391698.html">Fisher divorced Reynolds </a>and eventually <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-31749_162-20046190-10391698.html">tied the knot</a> with Taylor in 1959. The pair <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-31749_162-20046190-10391698.html">split up five years later </a>when the actress left him for Richard Burton.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-31749_162-20046841-10391698.html">began their affair on the set of "Cleopatra"</a> while both actors were <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nypost.com%2Fp%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fbooks%2Ffurious_love_the_love_letters_taylor_3RREnDd0ABuOMWMFVNDcGO">married to other people</a>. They <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-31749_162-20046841-10391698.html">divorced their respective spouses</a> -- Eddie Fisher and Sybil Burton -- so they could be together. The couple <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-31749_162-20046841-10391698.html">tied the knot</a> in 1964, but <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FEntertainment%2Fmarriages-liz-taylor%2Fstory%3Fid%3D13202596">divorced ten years later</a> in 1974. They <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usmagazine.com%2Fcelebrity-body%2Fpictures%2Felizabeth-taylors-many-marriages-2011233%2F13636">gave marriage another go</a> in 1975, but <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usmagazine.com%2Fcelebrity-body%2Fpictures%2Felizabeth-taylors-many-marriages-2011233%2F13636">split again</a> less than a year later in 1976.
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20102763%2C00.html">began getting close</a> with Ava Gardner in 1948, after <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20102763%2C00.html">meeting the screen siren</a> on the MGM studio lot. The crooner, however, was <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20102763%2C00.html">married and had three children</a> with his wife, Nancy, at the time. The Rat Pack member eventually <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic-arts%2Ffrank-sinatra-love-marriages-article-1.329594">divorced his wife in 1951</a> and went on to marry Gardner <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20102763%2C00.html">just three days later. </a> But their <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20102763%2C00.html">passionate union</a> didn't last. Gardner <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ew.com%2Few%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20261652%2C00.html">filed for divorce</a> in 1954.
Woody Allen
Woody Allen was <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Fnews%2Fpbs-woody-allen-documentary-spotlights-263275">twice divorced</a> when he began his <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.express.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F99100%2FAllen-urges-court-to-ban-Farrow">12-year relationship with Mia Farrow</a> in 1980. After more than a decade together, Farrow discovered that Allen was being unfaithful when she <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2FSHOWBIZ%2F9712%2F24%2Fwoody.weds%2F">found naked pictures of Soon-Yi Previn</a> -- her adopted daughter <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.seattletimes.nwsource.com%2Farchive%2F%3Fdate%3D19920818%26amp%3Bslug%3D1508089">from a previous marriage</a> -- in Allen's apartment. In 1997, Allen <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2FSHOWBIZ%2F9712%2F24%2Fwoody.weds%2F">tied the knot</a> with Previn -- who is <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2FSHOWBIZ%2F9712%2F24%2Fwoody.weds%2F">35 years his junior.</a>
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott were both <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C1117511%2C00.html">married to other people</a> -- she to Charlie Shanian and he to Mary Jo Eustace -- when they met on the set of the <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.today.com%2Fid%2F19254737%2Fsite%2Ftodayshow%2Fns%2Ftoday-entertainment%2Ft%2Fmary-jo-was-tori-deans-other-woman%2F%23.UPneh6HIN4U">Lifetime movie "Mind Over Murder"</a> in 2005. According to People magazine, Spelling realized her <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C1117511%2C00.html">marriage was not working</a> and was <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C1117511%2C00.html">developing feelings for McDermott</a> during the three-week shoot. After <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C1117511%2C00.html">splitting with their respective spouses</a>, they <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20175757%2C00.html">tied the knot</a> in an intimate ceremony in Fiji in May 2006. The pair now have <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usmagazine.com%2Fcelebrity-moms%2Fnews%2Ftori-spelling-on-raising-four-children-its-overwhelming-2012512">four children together</a>.
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