2018 was the year of celeb breakups :(

2018 was a disappointing year for many reasons. One of them was that so many of our favorite couples broke up or got divorced. Though some weren’t surprising, some no one saw coming.

One of the most surprising breakups was Liza Koshy and David Dobrik, the iconic YouTube couple who had been together since 2015. They announced their breakup in a heartbreaking YouTube video in June.

Another YouTube couple, Lauren Riihimaki, better known as LaurDIY, and Alex Burriss, or Alex Wassabi, announced their breakup in a similar fashion in September after almost three years of dating.

These couples spent years together documenting their relationship for the public, yet their busy lifestyle as YouTubers created stress in their relationship. In Dobrik and Koshy’s breakup video, Koshy explains it felt as if they were living “separate lives.” This seems to be a common factor in several YouTuber and celebrity breakups e.

According to Glamour magazine, many celebrity power couples announced their “uncoupling” this year: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Jessica Andrea and Logic, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, Gigi Hadid and Zayn, G-Eazy and Halsey and Offset and Cardi B, just to name a few.

Many of these couples, such as Tatum and Dewan, had been married for several years before calling it quits. In an interview with Health Magazine, Dewan said no one’s life is perfect no matter how much it seems so, which is the case for many celebrity couples who openly share their relationship on social media and in public.

Many couples, like the ones mentioned, seemed perfect to the public and on social media. Other couples, however, have long seemed headed for the rocks.

One such couple was Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson. They rushed into an engagement after only a month of dating, which caused fans to speculate that their relationship wouldn’t last long.

Grande had also lost her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller to a drug overdose during her new relationship with Davidson, which caused a strain on her relationship, according to Complex.

Similar relationships that the public expected to end included Elon Musk and Amber Heard, Kourtney Kardashian and Younes Bendjima and Noah Cyrus and the rapper known as Lil Xan.

Though predictable, these breakups weren’t any less devastating for the celebrities themselves and fans. The numerous splits last year caused several to question why it was so hard for celebrities to find lasting love.

According to Cosmopolitan, it is harder for celebrities to maintain relationships because they are constantly in the public eye and are “so used to everyone looking at them, everybody coming to them, everyone giving to them, they forget how to turn around and give it back.”

With the difficulty of being a celebrity on top of the normal relationship struggles, it’s no surprise most relationships can’t last.

Although last year was filled with heartbreaks, all we can do is look forward to 2019 and hope our favorite couples stay strong.