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    Celebrity couples keep breaking up. Why do we care so much?

    Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are the latest high-profile pair to announce their split in what some have deemed "the year of the celebrity breakup." Experts explain why people get so invested from afar.
    by Rachel Treisman Sep 09, 2023 4 minutes
    Some of the celebrity couples who have announced their splits in recent months include (L-R): Billy Porter and Adam Smith, Britney Spears and Sam Asghari and Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner.

    Joe Jonas filed for divorce from Sophie Turner this week after four years of marriage, devastating many of their fans and sending some pop-culture watchers into a frenzy.

    They are just the latest celebrity couple to split up this summer, with others including Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, Justin and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez, Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello, Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef and Billy Porter and Adam Smith.

    There were plenty of big-name breakups even before that: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn, Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott and Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner – just to name a few.

    In fact, so the year of celebrity breakups.

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