17 Celebrities Who Prove You Can Still Be Pals With Your Ex

According to her interview with Entertainment Tonight, it was Lovato’s current boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama that encouraged her to stay pals with her ex. A source at Radar Online even claims that all of the Jonas Brothers love Lovato — she’s like a “sister” to them.

Paltrow’s divorce from her husband wasn’t the end of their relationship — it just changed it.

Though the actress admitted that staying friends with her ex-husband was “really hard,” the friendship the former couple have today is the one she believes that they were “meant to have.”

It isn’t easy to work with your ex-boyfriend, but Dobrev seems to have it all figured out.

A friendship between these exes seemed impossible — the Vampire Diaries co-stars dated for three years before splitting up, and Somerhalder is currently engaged to Dobrev’s good pal Nikki Reed. But somehow these two make it work, and Hollywood Life reported that they even show affection to one another while shooting their CW series.

The Ghost actress is still great pals with one of her ex-husbands.

The actors co-parent their three children and are reportedly neighbors in New York.

The Nanny star divorced the show’s creator, but it wasn’t a tragedy by any means.

Jacobson came out as gay shortly after his divorce from the actress, and the two co-created the sitcom Happily Divorced, which was loosely based on their post-breakup friendship.

Though the model split from her actor husband, they are still committed to co-parenting their son.

Kerr has admitted that while it’s challenging to stay close to her ex, she thinks that family bonding time is important for their son Flynn.

The Almost Famous actress is so committed to staying friendly with her ex-husband that she hangs out with his new family.

There’s no weirdness between these former spouses. Hudson has been spotted hanging out with rocker Robinson and his third wife, Allison Bridges, as well as their children.

These two exes were recently spotted out at dinner with mutual friends.

Though the dinner reunion between the “Dark Horse” singer and the “Gravity” crooner sparked reconciliation rumors, they insist that they’re “just friends.”

The “All About You” singer and her hockey player ex-husband are still great friends.

The two were recently spotted out at Coachella together, but that doesn’t mean that they’re back together. Duff recently Instagrammed a photo of the pair on vacation with the hashtag #modernfamily, indicating that these two are just pals and co-parents of their son.

The Kardashian matriarch always puts family first.

According to Kris Jenner, the couple realized that they were “better off apart,” but remain very good friends.

The model and her ex-husband are still best friends.

Kravitz has said that his relationship with Bonet was “wonderful,” but that their young age attributed to their breakup. Today the former couple — who share a daughter, Divergent star Zoe Kravitz — remain very close friends.

The Scream actor may have split up with his famous co-star, but they’re still a united front for their kids.

Arquette may have filed for divorce, but he has nothing but kind things to say about his ex-wife, with whom he shares a daughter, Coco. They remain close pals.

Though both the Bad Teacher actress and her co-star ex have moved on, they still have a soft spot for one another.

Diaz admitted that she’s not only “great friends” with her “Mirrors” singer ex, but she’s also on good terms with all of her exes.

There’s no bad blood between this TV star and her ex.

Though the couple reportedly broke up due to conflicting work schedules, they remained pals after their divorce, and Fox even guest starred on Williams’ ABC series Ugly Betty.

Though Cyrus allegedly dedicated “Wrecking Ball” to her ex-fiance, they have nothing but good feelings toward one another.

Cyrus told Australia’s Sunday Night that she still loves Hemsworth and he still loves her — platonically, anyway. The former couple insists that they will always be “best friends,” even though they have both moved on.

Their relationship may have been crazy dramatic, but the “Baby” singer is still close to his famous ex.

Gomez told Ryan Seacrest as far back as 2013 that while she and the Biebs are no longer a couple, she’ll always love and protect him.

Though Madonna was only married to her ex-husband for four years, they remained close over two decades later.

Madonna and the actor recently hung out together at a New York City party, and even called each other their “one true loves.”