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18 'I Do... No, I Don't' marriages

Sinead O'Connor logged 18 days between wedding and split -- see how that rates among quickie celeb unions

By Benjamin Wood and Erin Strecker December 27, 2011 at 07:00 PM EST
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Sinead O'Connor and Barry Herridge

Sinead O'Connor | Duration: 18 days At least she can take comfort knowing her marriage isn't the shortest on this list. The ''Nothing Compares 2 U'' singer might…
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Duration: 18 days
At least she can take comfort knowing her marriage isn't the shortest on this list. The ''Nothing Compares 2 U'' singer might have thought nothing compares to Barry Herridge, but it didn't work out. Still, it was a marathon next to some of the short-lived celebrity unions you'll see on the following screens. —Erin Strecker

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Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman, Carmen Electra | Duration: 9 days Who would have thought the basketball player and the Playboy model couldn't make it work? The honeymoon ended quickly for the pair…
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Duration: 9 days
Who would have thought the basketball player and the Playboy model couldn't make it work? The honeymoon ended quickly for the pair after their 1998 wedding, with Electra filing for divorce just 10 days later. —ES

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David Gest and Liza Minnelli

David Gest, Liza Minnelli | Duration: 16 months After a star-studded wedding that featured Michael Jackson as best man, Elizabeth Taylor as matron of honor, and 17 bridesmaids (including Mia…
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Duration: 16 months
After a star-studded wedding that featured Michael Jackson as best man, Elizabeth Taylor as matron of honor, and 17 bridesmaids (including Mia Farrow, Janet Leigh, and Chaka Khan), the oft-spoofed couple separated in 2003, initiating a four-year lawsuit-filled divorce battle. —Benjamin Wood

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Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries

Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries | Duration: 72 days It was the divorce announcement heard 'round the world — or, at least, in constant rotation on E! . After their fairy-tale…
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Duration: 72 days
It was the divorce announcement heard 'round the world — or, at least, in constant rotation on E!. After their fairy-tale 2011 wedding, Kim changed her mind and took Kris to divorce kourt instead. —ES

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Kenny Chesney and Renée Zellweger

Kenny Chesney, Renee Zellweger | Duration: 4 months The country music superstar and the artist-formerly-known-as-Bridget-Jones followed a brief courtship with a brief 2005 marriage. The couple had their nuptials annulled…

Duration: 4 months
The country music superstar and the artist-formerly-known-as-Bridget-Jones followed a brief courtship with a brief 2005 marriage. The couple had their nuptials annulled and cited, of all things, ''fraud.'' —BW

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Mario Lopez and Ali Landry

Ali Landry, Mario Lopez | Duration: 18 days The model and the exercise buff/ Saved by the Bell alum called it quits just two and a half weeks after saying…
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Duration: 18 days
The model and the exercise buff/Saved by the Bell alum called it quits just two and a half weeks after saying ''I do'' in 2004, after Lopez admitted to a wilder-than-expected bachelor party. Mr. Belding taught you better, AC. —ES

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Cinjun Tate and Alyssa Milano

Alyssa Milano | Duration: 10 months The Charmed star ended her marriage to the Remy Zero vocalist-guitarist in December of 1999. Y2K concerns? — BW
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The Charmed star ended her marriage to the Remy Zero vocalist-guitarist in December of 1999. Y2K concerns? —BW

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Kid Rock and Pam Anderson

Kid Rock, Pamela Anderson | Duration: 4 months If at first you don?t succeed... After previously dating in 2001, and splitting in 2003, Kid Rock and Pam Anderson gave it…
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If at first you don?t succeed... After previously dating in 2001, and splitting in 2003, Kid Rock and Pam Anderson gave it another shot and married in 2006 on a yacht in St. Tropez. Is it wrong we kind of want them to give it one more shot? —ES

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Robin Givens and Svetozar Marinkovic

Robin Givens | Duration: Less than 24 hours When it comes to quickie weddings, Givens and Marinkovic's 1997 ceremony takes the wedding cake. Mike Tyson?s ex married her…
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When it comes to quickie weddings, Givens and Marinkovic's 1997 ceremony takes the wedding cake. Mike Tyson?s ex married her tennis instructor, and then separated from him later that same day. A love-love match? No. —ES

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Tracey Edmonds and Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy | Duration: 15 days The funnyman and the movie producer were never legally married — however, they did have a not-legally-binding wedding on New Year's Day…
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The funnyman and the movie producer were never legally married — however, they did have a not-legally-binding wedding on New Year's Day 2008 in Bora Bora. Half a month later, they chose not to go forward with making it legal and announced their relationship was over. —ES

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Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito

Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Esposito | Duration: 4 months Fans of the reigning Sexiest Man Alive may be surprised to learn that the Hangover star was briefly wedded to Blue Bloods…
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Fans of the reigning Sexiest Man Alive may be surprised to learn that the Hangover star was briefly wedded to Blue Bloods actress Jennifer Esposito in 2006. While speaking on Howard Stern's radio show recently, Cooper said, ''It was just something that happened.'' You know, like getting a face tattoo or stealing Mike Tyson's tiger. —BW

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Nicolas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley

Nicolas Cage, Lisa Marie Presley | Duration: 4 months Apparently third time (for Presley) and second time (for Cage) wasn't the charm for the daughter of music legend Elvis Presley and…
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Duration: 4 months
Apparently third time (for Presley) and second time (for Cage) wasn't the charm for the daughter of music legend Elvis Presley and the star of National Treasure, Ghost Rider, Con Air, Face/Off and a LOT of other movies. The couple filed for divorce just shy of four months after their August 2001 wedding in Hawaii. —BW

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Jason Alexander and Britney Spears

Britney Spears | Duration: 55 hours Oops... she did it (the first time). Before Kevin Federline, her infamous meltdown, and the kids, Spears married childhood pal Jason Alexander…
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Oops... she did it (the first time). Before Kevin Federline, her infamous meltdown, and the kids, Spears married childhood pal Jason Alexander in 2004 in a quickie Vegas ceremony. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, however, as Spears had the marriage annulled 55 hours later. —ES

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Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd

Cris Judd, Jennifer Lopez | Duration: 8 months Before Marc Anthony but after Ojani Noa, Jenny from the Block married Judd in September 2001. She went on to judge on…
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Duration: 8 months
Before Marc Anthony but after Ojani Noa, Jenny from the Block married Judd in September 2001. She went on to judge on American Idol and he choreographed Steve Martin's dance moves on Bringing Down the House. —BW

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Tom Green and Drew Barrymore

Tom Green, Drew Barrymore | Duration: 5 months Barrymore's second marriage and Green's first lasted under six months in 2001, a short amount of time by most marital standards. Yet,…
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Barrymore's second marriage and Green's first lasted under six months in 2001, a short amount of time by most marital standards. Yet, it was still longer than Barrymore's previous marriage, of 38 days, to bar owner Jeremy Thomas in 1994. —ES

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Lauren Holly and Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey, Lauren Holly | Duration: 9 months Sure, it lasted less than a year, but just the thought that a guy like Mary Swanson and a girl like Lloyd…
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Sure, it lasted less than a year, but just the thought that a guy like Mary Swanson and a girl like Lloyd Christmas could end up together makes me desperately want to make love to a schoolboy. Wait, that's not what I meant. —BW

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Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Hilton Jr.

Elizabeth Taylor | Duration: 6 months She was just 18 when she said ''I do'' — and subsequently ''I don?t anymore'' — to first husband and hotel heir…
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She was just 18 when she said ''I do'' — and subsequently ''I don?t anymore'' — to first husband and hotel heir Conrad ''Nicky'' Hilton. She may have removed the Hilton from her name, but the marriage still proved to be the first step in a life-long empire for Taylor. —BW

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Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine

Ethel Merman, Ernest Borgnine | Duration: 32 days Their romance is now the stuff of Hollywood legend. Rumored to be done in by bruised egos, incessant complaining, and possibly flatulence,…
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Their romance is now the stuff of Hollywood legend. Rumored to be done in by bruised egos, incessant complaining, and possibly flatulence, the couple called it quits shortly after returning home from their honeymoon. Later in life, Merman included a chapter in her autobiography about the union, which consisted of a single blank page. —BW

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