The Office's on-and-off pairing remained so tantalizingly close after the series wrapped in 2013 that even Kaling gets why people are still shipping them. "If I was on the outside looking at it, I would think the same thing," she told GoodHousekeeping.com in 2019 of naming him godparent to her eldest. "But the truth is that B.J. is so much more like family now than a platonic friend. He's the godfather to my daughter, he comes over like once a week. Sometimes he'll come over just to hang out with her."
Why Kristen Stewart Won’t Discuss Robert Pattinson Romance Again
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This Spider Monkey wants everyone to let go.
Over a decade after Kristen Stewart's relationship with Twilight costar Robert Pattinson ended, she is bled dry when it comes to answering questions about her ex.
"Rob and I can't just keep talking about that s--t, because it's f--king weird," Kristen told Rolling Stone in an article published Feb. 14. "It's like if someone kept asking you—I mean for literally decades— ‘But senior year in high school?' You're like, ‘F--king A, man! I don't know!'"
While the 33-year-old clarified that she somewhat understands the public's infatuation with her past romance, she and Robert have lived a thousand years since their 2013 breakup—which followed a 2012 cheating scandal between the actress and her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders.
In the years since, Kristen notably came out as gay in a 2017 episode of Saturday Night Live, and has been linked to Alicia Cargile, St. Vincent, and her now-fianceé Dylan Meyer. Robert, for his part, dated FKA Twigs for three years before beginning a relationship with Suki Waterhouse—to whom he is engaged and expecting his first child with—in 2018.
Kristen Stewart's Relationship History
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Since the duo played the iconic Bella and Edward in the explosive Twilight franchise, it makes sense that fans have been obsessing with this romance for—a while. Still, neither star seems entirely convinced that their characters' love story was one worth dying, or rather becoming a vampire, for.
"They are very romantic, but at the same time, it's not like The Notebook romantic," Robert told Jennifer Lopez in a 2019 Variety interview. "Twilight is about this guy who finds the one girl he wants to be with, and also wants to eat her. Well not eat her, drink her blood, whatever."
As for Kristen, she now prefers looking at the subtext of the franchise, rather than gushing over the literal romance.
"It's such a gay movie," she told Variety in January. "It's all about oppression, about wanting what's going to destroy you. That's a very Gothic, gay inclination that I love."
And while they'll never fall in love again, the lion and the lamb remain friends. In fact, the Spencer actress recently crashed her old costars' 37th birthday party in May, along with Catherine Hardwicke, who directed the first Twilight film.
Read on for more friendly exes.
Jennifer Aniston & Brad Pitt
No, they are never, ever, ever getting back together. But at this point—between the birthday parties, the friendly embraces and even freaking acting out a sexual fantasy in a star-studded virtual reading of Fast Times at Ridgemont High—it feels like the former Hollywood golden couple is just taunting us.
Sarah Silverman & Jimmy Kimmel
You know you're cool when you can pop into your ex's talk show and give him a hard time. Such was the case when Silverman turned up on Kimmel's stage to chat about her new show, I Love You, America and his "cute," "bright," "funny" wife Molly Kimmel. "It's not fair!" she cracked. "She gets, like, new woke Jimmy. I had Man Show Jimmy."
Chris Pratt & Anna Faris
TBH, we might still be mourning this relationship harder than either of its participants. Because when Faris—now engaged to cinematographer Michael Barrett—heard that Pratt was set to wed Katherine Schwarzenegger in 2019, she offered to officiate. She even sent over a gift after the newlyweds welcomed daughter Lyla in August 2020. Thrilled for son Jack to become a big brother, a source told E! News, Faris "is very supportive."
Tarek El Moussa & Christina Anstead
It would have been super easy for the exes' relationship to become a flop. But more than four years after a messy split, the HGTV stars are still killing it at two projects: parenting kids Taylor and Brayden and turning run-down properties into someone else's dream home.
Lisa Bonet & Lenny Kravitz
Literally "best friends" as the rocker put it in a 2013 interview with Oprah Winfrey, the parents to actress Zoe Kravitz still consider themselves kin. "We're one big happy family," Kravitz said of his ex, now wed to Jason Momoa. "It's beautiful, and it just shows you what can be done."
Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner
Since their 2015 breakup, the parents to Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel have hit the conscious uncoupling trifecta: Joint vacations, shared holidays and public displays of admiration with Affleck dubbing his ex "an amazing mother" during a 2016 interview with E! News.
Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder
Nina and Ian may have called it quits in 2013 after three years of dating, but they've remained close friends since then. In 2014, the Vampire Diaries star started dating Nikki Reed and tied the knot later that year. Naturally, Dobrev befriended the Twilight actress.
Lady Gaga & Taylor Kinney
The two called it quits in July 2016 after five years together. The singer said on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show the following October that she's "very close" to Kinney, adding, "He's been my lover and a friend for so long," she said. "We love each other. That's it."
Mindy Kaling & B.J. Novak
Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz
The exes had no trouble coparenting their son, Bronx, after finalizing their divorce back in 2011. The Fall Out Boy star has even said his former wife is "an awesome mom."
Miley Cyrus & Nick Jonas
So she's over those "7 Things" then? The JoBro musician has said he's "really friendly" with his ex. "We've got a good relationship."
<p>Michael C. Hall & Jennifer Carpenter</p>
The Dexter stars first met on set in 2006 before things got romantic in 2008. And although they divorced in 2011, Carpenter assured there was "nothing but love and respect" between the exes a few years later.
Bruce Willis & Demi Moore
Long the gold standard of copacetic exes, the parents to daughters Rumer, Tallulah and Scout remain so tight that the decision to ride out coronavirus stay-at-home orders together in Idaho was a no-brainer. Quarantine dance party anyone?
Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony
Some four years after their 2014 divorce, Lopez was still giving her former spouse, dad to her twins Max and Emme, props. "While I was married to Marc, he really helped me with my confidence and he saw where I suffered," she said on a 2018 episode of Sunday Today. "He was like, 'You're a great singer. Don't ever let anybody tell you you're not a great singer.' And I respected him so much 'cause I consider him one of the best singers of all time."
Courteney Cox & David Arquette
Even if it hasn't been his day, his week, his month or even his year, the actress will be there for her former husband and Scream costar. "I mean, as divorces go, I would say it's one of the better ones. For sure," she shared on Running Wild With Bear Grylls eight years after their 2010 split. Raising daughter Coco, she continued, "We're good co-parents together."
Cameron Diaz & Justin Timberlake
Their real life romance may have fizzled in 2007. However, that doesn't mean the two couldn't heat up the screen in the 2011 movie Bad Teacher.
Peter Facinelli & Jennie Garth
Sure, the initial few months of their 2013 split were rough going, but the actors have now reached the group vacation stage of their divorce. "I really like her husband and I think he's a great guy," the Twilight alum told LaPalme Magazine of a 2017 trip to Cancun that included Garth, Dave Abrams, Facinelli's now-fiancée Lily Anne Harrison and their three daughters Luca, Lola and Fiona. As for his relationship with Garth, he continued, "People come into your life for a reason and relationships can change," he told LaPalme. "Just because we aren't living together doesn't mean you can't love each other."
Will Arnett & Amy Poehler
Despite a surprise separation in September 2012, the couple decided to put on a united front for their children. "As you know, Will and I are very, very good friends," she explained during a 2014 interview with Howard Stern. "We are doing a really good job. I don't think a 10-year marriage constitutes a failure. I think relationships are really tough."
