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* AlternativeRock duo Music/TheWhiteStripes consist of Jack and Meg White, who divorced shortly after hitting it big but remained together musically. The divorce was actually [[SlaveToPR for image reasons]], and they have [[LikeBrotherAndSister pretended to be siblings]], so this is a slightly skewed example.

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* AlternativeRock duo Music/TheWhiteStripes consist of Jack Director Creator/ZhangYimou casted his former partner Creator/GongLi for both ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'' and Meg White, ''Coming Home''.
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* Music/{{ABBA}} consisted of two men and two women,
who became two married couples. Both couples divorced shortly after hitting it big but remained together musically. The divorce was actually [[SlaveToPR for image reasons]], and they have [[LikeBrotherAndSister pretended continued to be siblings]], so this is make music for a slightly skewed example.while, but ultimately broke up in 1983. In 2021, all band members reunited for their first new album in 40 years (''Voyage'') and for a planned "virtual concert".
* Music/KateBush broke up with longtime boyfriend and bassist Del Palmer in the '90s, but Palmer still plays on her albums.
* Simone Simons was Mark Jansen's girlfriend when she joined Music/{{Epica}} and remains in the band despite the two of them breaking up not long afterwards.



* Music/{{ABBA}} consisted of two men and two women, who became two married couples. Both couples divorced and they continued to make music for a while, but ultimately broke up in 1983. In 2021, all band members reunited for their 1st new album in 40 years(Voyage) and for a planned "virtual concert".

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* Music/{{ABBA}} consisted of two men and two women, who became two married couples. Both couples divorced and they Music/MerleHaggard continued to make music tour with his ex-wife Bonnie Owens after the two divorced.
* Shortly after joining Music/NoDoubt, Music/GwenStefani began dating bassist Tony Kanal. Their breakup, which nearly caused the band to split up, inspired much of Stefani's writing
for a while, what proved to be the band's breakout album, ''Music/TragicKingdom''. Both have remained in the band, and Stefani co-wrote one of the songs on her 2004 solo debut about their friendship.
* Music/SineadOConnor divorced drummer John Reynolds in the early '90s,
but ultimately he continued to play on her records and was a frequent songwriting partner until her death in 2023.
* Music/{{Slowdive}}'s vocalist duo Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead
broke up in 1983. In 2021, all band members reunited for their 1st new before the making of the band's second album in 40 years(Voyage) ''Souvlaki'', and for a planned "virtual concert".it definitely shows in the lyrics of the songs.



* George Hamilton and his ex-wife Alana had a daytime TalkShow in TheNineties.

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* George Hamilton Music/TaylorSwift hired Creator/TaylorLautner for the music video of "I Can See You" over a decade afer their breakup.
* Music/RichardThompson
and his ex-wife Alana Linda Thompson's last duet album, ''Shoot Out the Lights'', was made during the acrimonious dissolution of their marriage, [[CreatorBreakdown reflected in the lyrics]] of some of the songs. The supporting tour had Linda tripping him as he went onstage, and guitarist and fellow Fairport Convention alum Simon Nicol, who was a daytime TalkShow member of their backing band, said that the first thing he would do was look for the exits. These concerts, which were apparently incredible and featured some the best performances in TheNineties.either Richard or Linda's career, are [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes commercially unavailable]] because the acrimony behind the scenes brings back bad memories for both of them. In the 2000s, their relationship as friends had been repaired enough that Richard appeared on Linda's 2002 album ''Fashionably Late''. In 2010, the two performed their first show together since 1982 at a tribute to their recently deceased mutual friend, folk singer Kate [=McGarrigle=], at the Meltdown Festival. They've continued to work with each other into the 2010s. "Love's for Babies and Fools", a song from Linda's 2013 album ''Won't Be Long Now'', features only the two of them — it's effectively the only Richard & Linda Thompson recording since ''Shoot Out the Lights''. The whole Thompson family — Richard, Linda, all three of their children (all of whom are musicians themselves), Richard's stepson, their nephew, and their children's spouses — recorded an album, ''Family'', together in 2014 under the name Thompson.
* AlternativeRock duo Music/TheWhiteStripes consist of Jack and Meg White, who divorced shortly after hitting it big but remained together musically. The divorce was actually [[SlaveToPR for image reasons]], and they have [[LikeBrotherAndSister pretended to be siblings]], so this is a slightly skewed example.
* On ''Music/TheWiggles'', cast members Lachy "Purple Wiggle" Gillespie and Emma "Yellow Wiggle" Watkins fell in love while working together and got married in 2016 but later separated in 2018. Since then, both Lachy and Emma are AmicableExes and still enjoys each other's company.
* CountryMusic singer Music/LeeAnnWomack divorced singer-songwriter Jason Sellers shortly before starting her career in 1997. Despite this, she recorded songs written by him on her first three albums, and he frequently contributed backing vocals as well (most ironically on the one-night stand song "I May Hate Myself in the Morning").
* John Doe and Exene Cervenka of the LA punk band Music/{{X|USBand}} divorced in the mid-1980s, shortly before the release of the album ''Ain't Love Grand''. The band continued on, with Doe and Cervenka remaining on friendly terms.
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* Johnny Galecki and Creator/KaleyCuoco secretly dated for around 2 years in the early days of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', before their characters Leonard and Penny became involved.



* Johnny Galecki and Creator/KaleyCuoco secretly dated for around 2 years in the early days of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', before their characters Leonard and Penny became involved.



* George and Robin Lakoff (divorced) both work as linguistics professors at the University of California, Berkeley and get along well as professionals.
* Simone Simons was Mark Jansen's girlfriend when she joined Music/{{Epica}} and remains in the band despite the two of them breaking up not long afterwards.

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* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Creator/LenaHeadey (Cersei) and Jerome Flynn (Bronn) dated sometime before 2014; reportedly it ended on very bad terms. However, there is some debate as to how badly it ended, with there being rumors that they had to use a body double for Flynn in a scene where he was just in the same room as Cersei and not speaking to her. Additionally, there is at least one example of Bronn conveniently leaving the room just as Cersei's about to enter the scene.
* George Hamilton and Robin Lakoff (divorced) both work as linguistics professors at the University of California, Berkeley and get along well as professionals.
* Simone Simons was Mark Jansen's girlfriend when she joined Music/{{Epica}} and remains
his ex-wife Alana had a daytime TalkShow in the band despite the two of them breaking up not long afterwards.TheNineties.



* This is what broke up the Music/CocteauTwins, as vocalist Liz Fraser and guitarist Robin Guthrie had a messy breakup and Fraser didn't want to continue the band.
* CountryMusic singer Music/LeeAnnWomack divorced singer-songwriter Jason Sellers shortly before starting her career in 1997. Despite this, she recorded songs written by him on her first three albums, and he frequently contributed backing vocals as well (most ironically on the one-night stand song "I May Hate Myself in the Morning").
* Music/MerleHaggard continued to tour with his ex-wife Bonnie Owens after the two divorced.
* Music/RichardThompson and Linda Thompson's last duet album, ''Shoot Out the Lights'', was made during the acrimonious dissolution of their marriage, [[CreatorBreakdown reflected in the lyrics]] of some of the songs. The supporting tour had Linda tripping him as he went onstage, and guitarist and fellow Fairport Convention alum Simon Nicol, who was a member of their backing band, said that the first thing he would do was look for the exits. These concerts, which were apparently incredible and featured some the best performances in either Richard or Linda's career, are [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes commercially unavailable]] because the acrimony behind the scenes brings back bad memories for both of them. In the 2000s, their relationship as friends had been repaired enough that Richard appeared on Linda's 2002 album ''Fashionably Late''. In 2010, the two performed their first show together since 1982 at a tribute to their recently deceased mutual friend, folk singer Kate [=McGarrigle=], at the Meltdown Festival. They've continued to work with each other into the 2010s. "Love's for Babies and Fools", a song from Linda's 2013 album ''Won't Be Long Now'', features only the two of them — it's effectively the only Richard & Linda Thompson recording since ''Shoot Out the Lights''. The whole Thompson family — Richard, Linda, all three of their children (all of whom are musicians themselves), Richard's stepson, their nephew, and their children's spouses — recorded an album, ''Family'', together in 2014 under the name Thompson.
* This is the reason why many adults in the workforce, or high school students in small schools, don't date coworkers or classmates even if they want to. Despite liking each other, the potential awkwardness following a breakup is enough to make them avoid the situation entirely.
* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Creator/LenaHeadey (Cersei) and Jerome Flynn (Bronn) dated sometime before 2014; reportedly it ended on very bad terms. However, there is some debate as to how badly it ended, with there being rumors that they had to use a body double for Flynn in a scene where he was just in the same room as Cersei and not speaking to her. Additionally, there is at least one example of Bronn conveniently leaving the room just as Cersei's about to enter the scene.
* Music/SineadOConnor divorced drummer John Reynolds in the early '90s, but he continued to play on her records and was a frequent songwriting partner until her death in 2023.
* On ''Music/TheWiggles'', cast members Lachy "Purple Wiggle" Gillespie and Emma "Yellow Wiggle" Watkins fell in love while working together and got married in 2016 but later separated in 2018. Since then, both Lachy and Emma are AmicableExes and still enjoys each other's company.
* Music/KateBush broke up with longtime boyfriend and bassist Del Palmer in the '90s, but Palmer still plays on her albums.
* Shortly after joining Music/NoDoubt, Music/GwenStefani began dating bassist Tony Kanal. Their breakup, which nearly caused the band to split up, inspired much of Stefani's writing for what proved to be the band's breakout album, ''Tragic Kingdom''. Both have remained in the band, and Stefani co-wrote one of the songs on her 2004 solo debut about their friendship.



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* Wrestling/{{Dwayne|Johnson}} [[Creator/DwayneJohnson Johnson]] and his former wife Dany Garcia have maintained a quite friendly relationship, both personally and professionally, since their 2009 divorce. Garcia remains Johnson's business manager to this day, and the two are part of an investment group that has owned stakes in two UsefulNotes/{{American football}} leagues—the second XFL (in which they were lead investors) and the current United Football League (formed by a merger of the XFL with the second USFL).
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* Dean Fleischer Camp and Creator/JennySlate co-wrote the ''WebVideo/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn'' shorts and books together, with Fleischer Camp directing the shorts and Slate voicing the titular Marcel, and got married in 2012. They later divorced in 2016 but continued to work together on [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 a feature film adaptation of their shorts]] that was released in 2021.
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* This is the reason why many adults in the workforce, or high school students in small schools, don't date coworkers or classmates even if they want to. Despite liking each other, the potential awkwardness following a breakup is enough to make them avoid the situation entirely.
* George and Robin Lakoff (divorced) both work as linguistics professors at the University of California, Berkeley and get along well as professionals.



* John Doe and Exene Cervenka of the LA punk band Music/XUSBand divorced in the mid-1980s, shortly before the release of the album ''Ain't Love Grand''. The band continued on, with Doe and Cervenka remaining on friendly terms.
* Dean Fleischer Camp and Creator/JennySlate co-wrote the ''WebVideo/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn'' shorts and books together, with Fleischer Camp directing the shorts and Slate voicing the titular Marcel, and got married in 2012. They later divorced in 2016 but continued to work together on [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 a feature film adaptation of their shorts]] that was released in 2021.
* Wrestling/{{Dwayne|Johnson}} [[Creator/DwayneJohnson Johnson]] and his former wife Dany Garcia have maintained a quite friendly relationship, both personally and professionally, since their 2009 divorce. Garcia remains Johnson's business manager to this day, and the two are part of an investment group that has owned stakes in two UsefulNotes/{{American football}} leagues—the second XFL (in which they were lead investors) and the current United Football League (formed by a merger of the XFL with the second USFL).
* Director Creator/ZhangYimou casted his former partner Creator/GongLi for both ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'' and ''Coming Home''.
* ''Music/TaylorSwift'' hired ''Creator/TaylorLautner'' for the music video of "I Can See You" over a decade afer their breakup.
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* In ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'', the titular Bernice Summerfield is often sharing her adventures with her Ex Jason Peter Kane.

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* In ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'', ''Literature/BerniceSummerfield'', the titular Bernice Professor Summerfield is often sharing her adventures with her Ex Jason Peter Kane.
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* An in-universe example occurs in ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', where [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Schlatt's ghost]] reaches out to Quackity and asks his ex-fiancé to get the revival book back from Dream to resurrect him. Quackity, initially hesitant and [[OldFlameFizzle not wanting anything to do with Schlatt]] (for [[BadBoss a]] [[DomesticAbuse variety of]] [[TraumaButton reasons]]), eventually makes a bet with the ghost: if Quackity won, Schlatt would never be revived and would work for him at Las Nevadas, and if Schlatt won, Quackity would get the book and revive him. The next scenes show Quackity trying to convince Sam to let him into the prison to get the book from Dream, [[ForegoneConclusion implying the bet went in Schlatt's favor]]. That being said, it's heavily implied that Quackity seeking out Schlatt in the first place was actually a last resort in response to his current relationship problems caused by a mixture of miscommunication and trauma responses.

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* An in-universe example occurs in ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', where [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Schlatt's ghost]] reaches out to Quackity and asks his ex-fiancé to get the revival book back from Dream to resurrect him. Quackity, initially hesitant and [[OldFlameFizzle not wanting anything to do with Schlatt]] (for [[BadBoss a]] [[DomesticAbuse variety of]] [[TraumaButton reasons]]), eventually makes a bet with the ghost: if Quackity won, Schlatt would never be revived and would work for him at Las Nevadas, and if Schlatt won, Quackity would get the book and revive him. The next scenes show Quackity trying to convince Sam to let him into the prison to get the book from Dream, [[ForegoneConclusion implying the bet went in Schlatt's favor]]. That being said, it's heavily implied that Quackity seeking out Schlatt in the first place was actually a last resort in response to his current relationship problems caused by a mixture of miscommunication and trauma responses.
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Sinéad O'Connor died in 2023. Dwayne Johnson and his ex no longer have a stake in the XFL—it merged with the USFL, meaning they now have a piece of the current United Football League.


* Music/SineadOConnor divorced drummer John Reynolds in the early '90s, but he still plays on her records and is a frequent songwriting partner.

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* Music/SineadOConnor divorced drummer John Reynolds in the early '90s, but he still plays continued to play on her records and is was a frequent songwriting partner.partner until her death in 2023.



* Wrestling/{{Dwayne|Johnson}} [[Creator/DwayneJohnson Johnson]] and his former wife Dany Garcia have maintained a quite friendly relationship, both personally and professionally, since their 2009 divorce. Garcia remains Johnson's business manager to this day, and the two are part of an investment group that owns the currently dormant XFL UsefulNotes/{{American football}} league.

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* Wrestling/{{Dwayne|Johnson}} [[Creator/DwayneJohnson Johnson]] and his former wife Dany Garcia have maintained a quite friendly relationship, both personally and professionally, since their 2009 divorce. Garcia remains Johnson's business manager to this day, and the two are part of an investment group that owns the currently dormant XFL has owned stakes in two UsefulNotes/{{American football}} league.leagues—the second XFL (in which they were lead investors) and the current United Football League (formed by a merger of the XFL with the second USFL).
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'':
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* Defied in ''Manga/{{Sazanka}}''.Tatsuki breaks up with Keita, who works full-time at the convenience store where she's a part-timer. In response, he says that if she wants to end their relationship, she should also quit her job, since otherwise, things would be awkward between them. She immediately agrees to do so without complaint.

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* Defied in ''Manga/{{Sazanka}}''. Tatsuki breaks up with Keita, who works full-time at the convenience store where she's a part-timer. In response, he says that if she wants to end their relationship, she should also quit her job, since otherwise, things would be awkward between them. She immediately agrees to do so without complaint.
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* ''Series/{{Annika}}'': The title character's NumberTwo, DS Michael [=McAndrews=], is her ex-boyfriend from when they were police cadets. He's now HappilyMarried and their past relationship doesn't pose a huge issue, [[spoiler:until Annika reveals in the series 1 finale that [[LukeYouAreMyFather he's the biological father of Annika's teenage daughter Morgan]]]].

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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Dick Grayson and either Starfire or ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} (Barbara Gordon). And [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]], kind of. Not to mention the ''other'' Robin/Batgirl ex-relationship, Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown.
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* In ''Series/TheIrrational'', behaviorist Alec Mercer moonlights as a consultant for the police, which means often working alongside his ex-wife Marisa Clark, who is a cop.
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* The second season of ''Series/AllSaints'' introduced Dr. Mitch Stevens, Nurse Terri Sullivan's last boyfriend from before she decided to become a nun. The two would have a WillTheyOrWontTheyRelationship for the next few years.

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* Director Creator/ZhangYimou casted his former partner Creator/GongLi for both ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'' and ''Coming Home''.
* ''Music/TaylorSwift'' hired ''Creator/TaylorLautner'' for the music video of "I Can See You" over a decade afer their breakup.
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* ''ComicBook/TimDrakeRobin'': Tim and Steph used to date and he asks the Batgirls to help him with the case in the first arc in an effort to prevent any more murders, as Stephanie's ability to figure out hints and clues and Cass' fighting skills make them a perfect aid in the case.

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