01of 20Machine Gun Kelly & Megan FoxMegan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly.Phillip Faraone/GettyThe “Bad Things” singer revealed in a July 2021GQprofile that he had a poster of Fox hanging in his bedroom as a teen, plus a tattoo that nods to the actress’Transformersfranchise.“That’s some full-circle s—,” Kelly said of the twofinding their wayto each other.The actressalluded to some relationship issuesin Feb. 2023 after she rid her Instagram of his photos and posted lyrics from Beyoncé’sLemonade, writing, “You can taste the dishonesty/It’s all over your breath.”

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Machine Gun Kelly & Megan Fox

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The “Bad Things” singer revealed in a July 2021GQprofile that he had a poster of Fox hanging in his bedroom as a teen, plus a tattoo that nods to the actress’Transformersfranchise.

“That’s some full-circle s—,” Kelly said of the twofinding their wayto each other.

The actressalluded to some relationship issuesin Feb. 2023 after she rid her Instagram of his photos and posted lyrics from Beyoncé’sLemonade, writing, “You can taste the dishonesty/It’s all over your breath.”

02of 20Pete Davidson & Phoebe DynevorKarwai Tang/WireImageHe burns for her! TheSaturday Night Livecast memberreportedlyconfirmed to Marquette University studentsin a Zoom Q&Athat he was dating his dream girl.When asked to namehis celebrity crush, the comedian said “I’m with my celebrity crush,” apparently alluding to theBridgertonstar in the early days of their relationship, which began in the spring of 2021.The pairbroke upin August of the same year.

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Pete Davidson & Phoebe Dynevor

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Phoebe Dynevor and Pete Davidson hosted by Lanson attend day 6 of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 03, 2021 in London, England.

He burns for her! TheSaturday Night Livecast memberreportedlyconfirmed to Marquette University studentsin a Zoom Q&Athat he was dating his dream girl.

When asked to namehis celebrity crush, the comedian said “I’m with my celebrity crush,” apparently alluding to theBridgertonstar in the early days of their relationship, which began in the spring of 2021.

The pairbroke upin August of the same year.

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Justin Bieber & Hailey Baldwin

The model and musicianhad been friendssince they were young teenagers, before Bieber confirmed it wassomething morewith a kissing New Year’s Eve pic in 2016.

“Marrying Justin is Hailey’s dreamcome true,” a source toldPEOPLE. “She always had a crush on him and she was so happy and excited when they got a bit older and dated.”

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Jason Momoa & Lisa Bonét

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“I’m a full-fledged stalker,” hetoldJames Corden in 2017. “I didn’t tell her that until we had two babies, otherwise, I’d be creepy and weird. But yeah, [I’d] just always wanted to meet her. She was a queen, always.”

Years later, Momoa was still thrilled to be married to his dream girl.

“If someone says something isn’t possible,” he toldEsquire,“I’m like, ‘Listen here, I married Lisa Bonet. Anything is f—ing possible.’ "

Unfortunately, thecouple divorcedin January 2022 after five years of marriage and 16 years together total.

05of 20Brad Paisley & Kimberly Williams-PaisleyRick Diamond/Getty"He stalked me – isn’t that romantic?” the actress joked onGood Morning Americain 2018.“And it could have ended in jail or marriage. and was like ‘Alright, I’ll marry you.’ ““He and his girlfriend went and sawFather of the Bride,” she said of her country star husband. “Things didn’t work out obviously with that girlfriend, and seven years after they broke up, he was like ‘Maybe I’ll call that girl that was in that movie.’ “He did — ostensibly to cast her inhis music video for “I’m Gonna Miss Her (the Fishing Song)” — and they hit it off, marrying shortly thereafter.

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Brad Paisley & Kimberly Williams-Paisley

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Brad Paisley, Kimberly Williams

“He stalked me – isn’t that romantic?” the actress joked onGood Morning Americain 2018.

“And it could have ended in jail or marriage. and was like ‘Alright, I’ll marry you.’ "

“He and his girlfriend went and sawFather of the Bride,” she said of her country star husband. “Things didn’t work out obviously with that girlfriend, and seven years after they broke up, he was like ‘Maybe I’ll call that girl that was in that movie.’ "

He did — ostensibly to cast her inhis music video for “I’m Gonna Miss Her (the Fishing Song)” — and they hit it off, marrying shortly thereafter.

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Nick Cannon & Mariah Carey

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Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon

“At one point, I was like, ‘I’ma get Mariah Carey,’ " Cannon remembered. “It turned from my celebrity crush to like, ‘Nah, she’s about to be my girlfriend.’ People were like, ‘You’re bugging. There’s no way you can get Mariah Carey.’ I was like, ‘Watch, I’m telling you.’ "

The couple eventually got together and wed in 2008, and had two kids before splitting after six years of marriage.

07of 20Ariana Grande & Pete DavidsonPete Davidson and Ariana Grande.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/REX/ShutterstockThe “Thank U, Next” singer said it waslove at first sightwhen she met the comedian, who first crossed her path when she hostedSaturday Night Livein 2016.“I’m not a crushy person… [but I] jokingly said to my tour manager, ‘I’m marrying him. 100 percent. I’m literally marrying him,’ " shetoldJimmy Fallon in 2018.“We never exchanged numbers or anything,” she added. “But I had the biggest crush in the whole world on him the whole time, like forever. Like, my friends used to make fun of me for it, all that stuff.“Things got serious quick when the couple began dating in 2018, and theygot engageda few weeks later. Fast forward four months, and theysplit for goodin October 2018.

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Ariana Grande & Pete Davidson

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The “Thank U, Next” singer said it waslove at first sightwhen she met the comedian, who first crossed her path when she hostedSaturday Night Livein 2016.

“I’m not a crushy person… [but I] jokingly said to my tour manager, ‘I’m marrying him. 100 percent. I’m literally marrying him,’ " shetoldJimmy Fallon in 2018.

“We never exchanged numbers or anything,” she added. “But I had the biggest crush in the whole world on him the whole time, like forever. Like, my friends used to make fun of me for it, all that stuff.”

Things got serious quick when the couple began dating in 2018, and theygot engageda few weeks later. Fast forward four months, and theysplit for goodin October 2018.

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Katherine Schwarzenegger & Chris Pratt

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She calls it like she sees it! TheGift of Forgivenessauthor said her future husband was her favorite"Hollywood Chris"nearly a year before they started dating.

Duringa 2017 interviewwithAccess Hollywood,Schwarzenegger was asked who she’d be interested in –Chris Pratt, Chris Hemsworth orChris Evans.

“Chris Evans,” she said, before retracting her response. “Actually,Chris Pratt.Chris Pratthas been looking good lately so you never know!”

09of 20John Krasisinski & Emily BluntJohn Krasinski and Emily Blunt.Frazer Harrison/GettySmitten from the start, the actor toldGlamourhe’d seenThe Devil Wears Prada"75 times” before he and Blunt began dating.“I’m lucky enough that she stayed with me and didn’t realize that she had really married her stalker!” he joked in 2016.The stars ofA Quiet Placemet in 2008 and married two years later.

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John Krasisinski & Emily Blunt

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Emily blunt and John Krasinski

Smitten from the start, the actor toldGlamourhe’d seenThe Devil Wears Prada"75 times” before he and Blunt began dating.

“I’m lucky enough that she stayed with me and didn’t realize that she had really married her stalker!” he joked in 2016.

The stars ofA Quiet Placemet in 2008 and married two years later.

10of 20Olivia Munn & John MulaneyJohn Mulaney; Olivia Munn.Bryan Bedder/Getty; Karwai Tang/GettyYears beforethey coupled up, theVioletstarhit “send"on an email to the comedian after meeting him at a wedding.Adding that “he never emailed back,” she chalked it up to crossed wires in conversation withHuffPost Livein 2015.“I might’ve got the wrong email — probably. That’s what I tell myself,” she joked.

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Olivia Munn & John Mulaney

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John Mulaney, Olivia Munn

Years beforethey coupled up, theVioletstarhit “send"on an email to the comedian after meeting him at a wedding.

Adding that “he never emailed back,” she chalked it up to crossed wires in conversation withHuffPost Livein 2015.

“I might’ve got the wrong email — probably. That’s what I tell myself,” she joked.

11of 20Joe Manganiello & Sofía VergaraSofia Vergara/InstagramYou heard it here first! TheMagic Mikestar told PEOPLE the actress was his “celebrity crush” in June 2014 – though theModern Familyactress would tease him about the admission when they started dating just a few months later, perE! News.“I’ve had a crush on Sofia for years,” Manganiello toldNews.com.auin 2015. “Actually, all my friends knew about it to the point where just before she was to announce she was going to be single again, my friend, the editor of PEOPLE magazine [then Jess Cagle], told me before he was to release a public statement to the masses.“So he sent it to me first to warn me that there’s going to be a line of guys going after her. He wrote to me, ‘I want you to get there first. Go get her!’ " — and he did. They wed in November 2015.

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Joe Manganiello & Sofía Vergara

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Sofia Vergara, Joe Manganiello

You heard it here first! TheMagic Mikestar told PEOPLE the actress was his “celebrity crush” in June 2014 – though theModern Familyactress would tease him about the admission when they started dating just a few months later, perE! News.

“I’ve had a crush on Sofia for years,” Manganiello toldNews.com.auin 2015. “Actually, all my friends knew about it to the point where just before she was to announce she was going to be single again, my friend, the editor of PEOPLE magazine [then Jess Cagle], told me before he was to release a public statement to the masses.

“So he sent it to me first to warn me that there’s going to be a line of guys going after her. He wrote to me, ‘I want you to get there first. Go get her!’ " — and he did. They wed in November 2015.

12of 20Cody Simpson & Miley CyrusMiley Cyrus and Cody Simpson.Miley Cyrus/InstagramThough they’ve since split, Simpson wasn’t afraid of the climb to Cyrus' heart. In a 2012 interview, a 15-year-old Simpson said that the star “has always beenmy childhood celebrity crush.““I knew all the words to her songs, I’m not gonna lie. I’m not ashamed about it, at all,” he said at the time. “I was a big Miley Cyrus fan. I think she will be, forever, the most dateable Disney star.”

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Cody Simpson & Miley Cyrus

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Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson getting their hair done together

Though they’ve since split, Simpson wasn’t afraid of the climb to Cyrus' heart. In a 2012 interview, a 15-year-old Simpson said that the star “has always beenmy childhood celebrity crush.”

“I knew all the words to her songs, I’m not gonna lie. I’m not ashamed about it, at all,” he said at the time. “I was a big Miley Cyrus fan. I think she will be, forever, the most dateable Disney star.”

13of 20Josh Duhamel & FergieEric Charbonneau/WireImage"I had read in a magazine that he had a naughty dream about me,” the Black Eyed Peas singerreportedly toldPlayboyin 2007 – before they bumped into each other on the set of his showLas Vegaswhen her band performed.“After they finished rehearsing, I was walking out, and all of a sudden she was walking toward me,” Duhamel toldBest Life.“I was like, Oh boy. She stopped. And this is so sad, but I said, in this desperate voice, ‘You’re hot!’ ““The crush of a lifetime, and that was my line!” he said of the 2004 encounter. “But then an interesting thing happened. She replied, ‘Yeah, I readInStyle. So … how was I in your dream?’ “The pickup line worked, and the now-exes started dating that year beforetying the knotin 2009 and welcoming a son in 2013. They announcedtheir splitafter eight years of marriage in 2017.

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Josh Duhamel & Fergie

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FERGIE & JOSH DUHAMEL

“I had read in a magazine that he had a naughty dream about me,” the Black Eyed Peas singerreportedly toldPlayboyin 2007 – before they bumped into each other on the set of his showLas Vegaswhen her band performed.

“After they finished rehearsing, I was walking out, and all of a sudden she was walking toward me,” Duhamel toldBest Life.“I was like, Oh boy. She stopped. And this is so sad, but I said, in this desperate voice, ‘You’re hot!’ "

“The crush of a lifetime, and that was my line!” he said of the 2004 encounter. “But then an interesting thing happened. She replied, ‘Yeah, I readInStyle. So … how was I in your dream?’ "

The pickup line worked, and the now-exes started dating that year beforetying the knotin 2009 and welcoming a son in 2013. They announcedtheir splitafter eight years of marriage in 2017.

14of 20Kanye West & Kim KardashianKim Kardashian West, Kanye West.Kim Kardashian/instagram"I remember I saw a picture of her and Paris Hilton and I remember telling my boy, ‘Have you seen that girl Kim Kar-dijon?’ " West told Ryan Seacrest in 2006,Rolling Stonereported.After years of friendship, the rapper and reality star began dating in 2012, and wed in 2014. After six years of marriage and four kids,PEOPLEconfirmed that Kardashian filed for divorce in February 2021, in proceedings that are ongoing.

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Kanye West & Kim Kardashian

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Kim Kardashian, Kanye West

“I remember I saw a picture of her and Paris Hilton and I remember telling my boy, ‘Have you seen that girl Kim Kar-dijon?’ " West told Ryan Seacrest in 2006,Rolling Stonereported.

After years of friendship, the rapper and reality star began dating in 2012, and wed in 2014. After six years of marriage and four kids,PEOPLEconfirmed that Kardashian filed for divorce in February 2021, in proceedings that are ongoing.

15of 20Mila Kunis & Ashton KutcherC Flanigan/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesWay back in 2001, the actress toldPEOPLEthat her first kiss was a scripted smooch between her and her future husband onThat ’70s Show.“I was like, ‘Oh, he’s so cute, it’s the Calvin Klein model!’ " Kunis said of her spouse, whom she wed in 2015. “Then I was like, ‘I have to kiss him?’ I was so nervous and uncomfortable. I had the biggest crush on him.”

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Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher

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Way back in 2001, the actress toldPEOPLEthat her first kiss was a scripted smooch between her and her future husband onThat ’70s Show.

“I was like, ‘Oh, he’s so cute, it’s the Calvin Klein model!’ " Kunis said of her spouse, whom she wed in 2015. “Then I was like, ‘I have to kiss him?’ I was so nervous and uncomfortable. I had the biggest crush on him.”

16of 20Alex Rodriguez & Jennifer LopezDimitrios Kambouris/GettyProving that the power of manifestation is real, the retired MLB player called his now-former fiancée his “dream date” in a 1998 interview.“Jennifer Lopez, hopefully you can find me a date with her,” a young Rodriguez said.Watching the clip onThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallonin 2019, the ESPN analyst joked that the resurfaced footage process “dreams actually come true in America!” though it took him “20 years” to make it happen.The exes confirmed toPEOPLEin April 2021 that they had called off their two-year engagement and would be parting ways.

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Alex Rodriguez & Jennifer Lopez

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Proving that the power of manifestation is real, the retired MLB player called his now-former fiancée his “dream date” in a 1998 interview.

“Jennifer Lopez, hopefully you can find me a date with her,” a young Rodriguez said.

Watching the clip onThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallonin 2019, the ESPN analyst joked that the resurfaced footage process “dreams actually come true in America!” though it took him “20 years” to make it happen.

The exes confirmed toPEOPLEin April 2021 that they had called off their two-year engagement and would be parting ways.

17of 20David & Victoria BeckhamIn an adorable throwback video, the Spice Girl and now-retired soccer player seemed smitten while canoodling on a couch together before an interview.“When did you realize that you were really famous?” Victoria asked David, who joked, “Straight away.““It was when he first started going out with me, actually!” she exclaimed, diving for a hug.“What made you fall in love with Victoria?” someone off-camera asked.“I couldn’t put my finger on one thing. It was everything. You know, the whole package. I just fell in love with it,” he said.

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David & Victoria Beckham

In an adorable throwback video, the Spice Girl and now-retired soccer player seemed smitten while canoodling on a couch together before an interview.

“When did you realize that you were really famous?” Victoria asked David, who joked, “Straight away.”

“It was when he first started going out with me, actually!” she exclaimed, diving for a hug.

“What made you fall in love with Victoria?” someone off-camera asked.

“I couldn’t put my finger on one thing. It was everything. You know, the whole package. I just fell in love with it,” he said.

18of 20Jamie Lee Curtis & Christopher GuestJamie Lee Curtis and husband Christopher Guest.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagicTheKnives Outstar knew it was meant to be! In a 2004 essay forO, The Oprah Magazine,Curtis remembered the first time she saw a photo of her husband in an issue ofRolling Stone, in a feature promoting his 1984 filmThis Is Spinal Tap.“I looked at the man on the right, wearing a plaid shirt and a waggish smirk. I’d never seen him before, but I pointed at him. ‘I’m going to marry that man,’ " she told her friend.The couple wed that year, and have been together ever since.

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Jamie Lee Curtis & Christopher Guest

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Christopher Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis

TheKnives Outstar knew it was meant to be! In a 2004 essay forO, The Oprah Magazine,Curtis remembered the first time she saw a photo of her husband in an issue ofRolling Stone, in a feature promoting his 1984 filmThis Is Spinal Tap.

“I looked at the man on the right, wearing a plaid shirt and a waggish smirk. I’d never seen him before, but I pointed at him. ‘I’m going to marry that man,’ " she told her friend.

The couple wed that year, and have been together ever since.

19of 20Kate Mara & Jamie BellKate Mara and Jamie Bell.Rich Fury/GettyIn a 2015Watch What Happens Liveappearance with herFantastic Fourcostars, the actress was unknowingly psychic. HostAndy Cohenasked Mara which of her costars she would “marry,” “shag” and “kill.““I’m going to marry Jamie,” she said without hesitation. Sure enough, in July 2017,the pair tied the knot, and in 2019,welcomed their first child, a girl.

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Kate Mara & Jamie Bell

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In a 2015Watch What Happens Liveappearance with herFantastic Fourcostars, the actress was unknowingly psychic. HostAndy Cohenasked Mara which of her costars she would “marry,” “shag” and “kill.”

“I’m going to marry Jamie,” she said without hesitation. Sure enough, in July 2017,the pair tied the knot, and in 2019,welcomed their first child, a girl.

20of 20Liam Payne & CherylDavid M. Benett/Getty ImagesThe former One Directioner “always” had a crush on the singer.“Obviously I have the most beautiful girlfriend in the world and she’s absolutely amazing. She’s been my dream girl since I was younger. She’s so ace,” he toldRollercoastermagazine in 2017. Payne also confessed toThe Sunthat the crush motivated the infamous wink he gave Cheryl while auditioning forThe X Factor.“I always, always had a crush on her,” he said. “I got back to school the next day and when my friends saw [the audition] they were literally ripping the piss out of me … Now they can’t say it didn’t work. The wink is powerful, it has powers beyond its own means.“Payne and Cherylwelcomed a sonin March 2017. They announced that they had ended theirromance in July 2018.

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Liam Payne & Cheryl

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The former One Directioner “always” had a crush on the singer.

“Obviously I have the most beautiful girlfriend in the world and she’s absolutely amazing. She’s been my dream girl since I was younger. She’s so ace,” he toldRollercoastermagazine in 2017. Payne also confessed toThe Sunthat the crush motivated the infamous wink he gave Cheryl while auditioning forThe X Factor.

“I always, always had a crush on her,” he said. “I got back to school the next day and when my friends saw [the audition] they were literally ripping the piss out of me … Now they can’t say it didn’t work. The wink is powerful, it has powers beyond its own means.”

Payne and Cherylwelcomed a sonin March 2017. They announced that they had ended theirromance in July 2018.

source: people.com