It’s no secret that we all love our beloved pets, and celebrities are no exception.
But when a couple separates and the exes have to decide who will keep their furry friends, things can get complicated.
ITV Presenter Ant Mcpartlin and Lisa Armstrong‘s bitter divorce has brought up this exact issue as they fight over custody of their chocolate Labrador, Harley.
The couple agreed to share a dog after their marriage fell apart five years ago. wants to live full-time.
But they’re not the only ones facing this conundrum, as former couples including Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart and Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are in the same position.
Here MailOnline takes a look at some of the most famous celebrity pet custody battles.
Ant McPartlin and Lisa Armstrong
Their bitter divorce dominated the headlines and resulted in a multi-million pound payout three years ago.
However, Ali and Lisa’s acrimonious breakup isn’t over yet. They are battling over custody of their chocolate Labrador, Harley.
The couple agreed to share a dog after their marriage fell apart five years ago.
However, the Mail on Sunday recently revealed that the arrangement is currently in dispute, with Armstrong telling her ex-husband that she wants Harley to live with them full-time.
McPartlin, 47, now lives with his new wife and former personal assistant, Anne-Marie Corbett, and has two maltipoos (maltese-poodle crossbreeds) called Milo and Bumble.
The fact that he has two dogs of his own has prompted Armstrong, 46, to demand that Harley live with her permanently. It’s understood that the Saturday Night Takeaway star refuses to relinquish her shared custody.
The dog now spends half his time at McPartlin’s £6million mansion in Wimbledon, southwest London, and the other half at Mr Armstrong’s West London home. to see each other.
A source close to McPartlin said, “Lisa wants a Harley, but Ant says no. He now has two dogs with his new wife and two daughters-in-law. , Still wanting joint custody Some difficult conversations occurred between Ant and Lisa.
“It’s all very sad. Ali could have moved on, remarried, and had two more dogs. Lisa was left to pick up the pieces.”
Harley was adopted in 2013 when the couple was having trouble conceiving a child.
During his divorce battle, Ant allegedly told his lawyer:
In an interview at the time, he said: We still share fairly evenly. Harley’s welfare is our top priority and we love him so much. ”
Meanwhile, Lisa is said to call Harley “baby boy.”
Armstrong and McPartlin met at a concert in the mid-1990s. At that time, McPartlin was performing with his on-screen partner Declan Nellie as his PJ & Duncan.
However, in 2018 McPartlin ended the marriage shortly after he went to rehab for addiction issues. . A few months later, he crossed the DUI limit in Richmond, southwest London, and crashed head-on into another car.
It was later revealed that McPartlin was dating Ms. Corbett, who is now 46.
In their acrimonious divorce, Ms. Armstrong was reportedly given millions of dollars, but sources say the figure was “pretty inflated.” is currently dating artist James Green.
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
When Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart divorced in July 2012, their rescue dog, nicknamed Bear, found itself at the center of a bitter custody battle.
Kristen, who was 22 at the time, also had a cat, Max, but Robert wanted a bear.
But as a California girl nursed a puppy through her battle with the deadly disease Parvo, Kristen didn’t give up on Bear easily.
She also spent a lot of time with her dog and used to fly around the country with it.
“After Rob moved his belongings from his Los Angeles apartment, he told Kristen he wanted a bear,” an insider told RadarOnline.com at the time.
“She was heartbroken. They adopted Bear together, but she always felt he was their little baby.
However, Rob is so hurt by Kristen’s actions that he decides he wants a dog to help him get through this event.
But Kristen is in no hurry to give up on Bear. She helped save Bear from the parvo disease that nearly killed Rob when he was a puppy.
“She wants joint custody, but it can get a little messy,” a source revealed at the time.
According to Mole, the couple had planned to get another dog shortly before Kristen’s affair was discovered.
“Robert and Kristen were looking at the possibility of adopting another dog. They desperately wanted a playmate for Bear and scoured petfinder.com and several high-kill shelters in Los Angeles. It seems out of the question,” an insider said at the time.
After photos emerged showing Kristen getting close to Snow and Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, the two weren’t speaking and had been living separately.
Kristen was later seen on a solo outing with the Hounds, so it looks like she won out in the end.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
Amber and Johnny famously went through a bitter divorce in 2016, with their dog once again becoming a point of contention during the lawsuit.
Ultimately, Amber ended up getting her beloved terrier after being granted custody of the pet.
Pistol and Boo’s dog rose to prominence in 2015 when Ms Heard flew them to Australia on a private jet without quarantine and was prosecuted and fined.
The pistol is said to have been a gift from Heard’s ex-girlfriend, artist Tasha Van Lee, but Boo originally belonged to Depp.
It was believed at the time that he wanted to maintain custody of the pair, saying the dogs should not be separated.
Depp, the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star, gave Heard $7 million (£5.6 million), according to a 2016 divorce settlement finalized in Los Angeles. and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Mr. Hurd, an avid rider, also grabs the horse’s arrow.
Depp, on the other hand, keeps a huge collection of vintage cars, motorcycles, boats and golf carts.
As well as real estate in Hollywood and Paris, he also holds a private 45-acre island in the Bahamas, which he reportedly bought for £2.5 million in 2004.
Heard and Depp married in 2015 but split a year later following allegations of physical abuse by Heard.
Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer and Justin loved dogs.
The Friends actress and The Leftovers actor added several dogs to their family during their seven-year romance.
But when the actors separated in 2018 after two years of marriage, they questioned who would get custody of their furry friends, including Dolly, Sophie, Clyde, and a pitbull Theroux was seen in NYC. I had to make a decision.
Jennifer has had a White Shepherd Mixed Dolly since about 2005. This was long before she started dating the actor she had her first romance with on the set of 2012’s Wanderlust.
The cake star has always been a fan of white German Shepherds. “I thought they were beautiful and great guard dogs,” she told Oprah in 2006.
In 2012, Justin and I adopted Sophie, a pitbull mix, from a shelter.
“She’s the most adorable little cookie you’ve ever seen,” said the actor. “It’s like she smoked an exploding cigar.”
In April 2018, he shared a photo of himself embracing an animal. It spends most of its life on short, heavy chains, and no animal should be forced to fight to the death.
He was also seen walking another Pitbull, a gray Pitbull, in New York at the time.
There is also Clyde. “Little Clyde sleeps on my feet all the time,” Jennifer told Self magazine in 2015.
Jennifer was spotted on Smartwater’s Instagram in 2017 with three dogs.
Her beloved dog, Norman, a Welsh Corgi Terrier mix, died in 2011, and the star got a tattoo of his name on the inside of her right leg.
According to a statement released Thursday through Jennifer’s publicist, the decision for them to go their separate ways “was made with love towards each other at the end of last year.”
Jennifer got engaged to Justin in August 2012 and married in a surprise ceremony at their home in Los Angeles on August 5, 2015.
In March 2018, it was reported that they had reached an agreement for custody of their dog.
They reportedly agreed to share custody.
While Jennifer was thought to have Dolly, Clyde the terrier, and Sophie the pitbull mix in LA, Justin lived in New York with the couple’s other pitbulls.
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren
Tiger and Erin had three dogs together, but had to decide what to do with them when they got divorced.
Nordegren acquired the couple’s three dogs after Woods was involved in a car accident in November 2009 and his infidelity became known to the world.
During the divorce proceedings, Woods and Nordegren each fought for custody of their dog, but she won.
Nordegren and Woods split in 2009 following revelations about his extramarital affair.
Nordegren received a $100 million payout, and the former couple now shares joint custody of 13-year-old Sam and 11-year-old Charlie.
