The Best Breakups
Let these serve as examples of how mature and loving former partners can be even after the union ends.

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
When Bruce Willis and Demi Moore got hitched in Vegas in 1987, they became the Hollywood power couple. When they called it quits eleven years later, they demonstrated unexpected class, residing in mansions across the street from each other and remaining amazingly friendly. After all, how many ex-husbands do you know who’d happily hang with their former wife and her much younger boy-toy hubby? Says Willis about the arrangement, “An actor friend of mine saw me, Demi, the kids and Ashton eating dinner and said, 'Man, this is evolution.'”

Esther “Eppie” Lederer (a.k.a. Ann Landers) and Julius Lederer
Ann Landers spent decades doling out snappy advice. But when announcing her divorce from her philandering husband in her column she admitted, “The lady with all the answers does not know the answer to this one.” Lovers of irony everywhere were delighted, but Landers, always a lady, made a point of buying Lederer several pairs of skivvies and socks before vacating their apartment. Thank you, Ann, for keeping your ex in clean underwear—and choosing to not air your dirty laundry.

George Hamilton and Alana Collins
Before marrying rocker Rod Stewart, model Alana Collins cut her teeth on perma-tanned actor George Hamilton. Even though they divorced in the late seventies, the two sorted out their settlement on the back of a napkin over dinner and incurred only $750 in legal fees—a record for even the most amicable of Hollywood partings. Remaining close, the two co-hosted a talk show in the mid-1990's and, in 2005, began work on a reality show chronicling their comings and goings, plus those of Hamilton's most recent ex-wife and the children from their various couplings. Collins has said of their relationship, “We're best friends, and we're each other's family. We'll always be in each other's lives.”

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson
The seemingly perfect union between fun-loving royal son Prince Andrew and spunky redheaded Sarah Ferguson ended abruptly in 1992 amidst ubiquitous tabloid photographs of a topless Fergie having her toes sucked by another man. Eschewing a nasty breakup for an amicable parting, the two continued to live together as friends in Andrew's mansion, sharing meals, custody of their two daughters, and even continuing to send joint Christmas cards. Though Fergie finally moved out in 2002, “the happiest divorced couple in the world,” as she called them, still engender hope and speculation for a royal reunion.

Barbie and Ken
Ending an era of perfect plastic bliss, Mattel announced in 2004 that Barbie and Ken were going their separate ways after 43 years. While rumors swirled that a certain newcomer named Blaine, the Australian boogie boarder, played a part in the split, the couple's business manager Russell Arons cited reluctance on Ken's part to make their union official. Arons added that the two were parting on good terms. Barbie and Ken, lacking mouths that actually open and expressions other than smiles, had no choice but to agree.

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