What are ‘divorce rings’, you ask? You’ve no doubt heard of engagement and wedding rings, both pieces of jewellery gifted and worn to symbolise the start of a new journey with a chosen life partner. In a way, divorce rings are much the same, but the new journey the owner will embark on is a solo one thanks to the dissolution of the marriage.
We have to say, we’re into this trend! Not to glamourise divorce, but everything ends for a reason and since a break-up marks the start of a new chapter in life, what’s the harm in honouring that? Since 2023 gave us a flood of celebrity divorces and break-ups, we’ve compiled a list of our favourite celebrity divorce rings down below. Let’s hope that all these women got to keep their then engagement rings — it’s the least their former partners could do.
Our Favourite Recent Celebrity Divorce Rings
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1. Emily Ratajkowski
American model and actress Emily Ratajkowski coined the phrase ‘divorce rings’ last week, so the top spot has her name cemented on it. After she divorced her movie producer husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard, in 2023, Ratajkowski got to keep the almost $100,000 ring he gave her. The original jewellery featured two large stones (called a ‘Toi et Moi’ ring or ‘you and me’ in English), combining a three-carat pear-shaped diamond and a two-carat princess-cut diamond.
With the help of Ratajkowski’s friend Alison Chemla, who is the Creative Director and Designer at a New York City jewellery brand called Alison Lou, they remade the piece of jewellery into two separate divorce rings. As Chemla was also involved in creating the original engagement ring, things truly came full circle in Ratajkowski’s life. New rings, new beginnings.
2. Ariana Grande
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Another Toi et Moi celebrity divorce ring belongs to popstar Ariana Grande, gifted to her in 2020 by her now ex-husband, real estate agent Dalton Gomez. Since Grande reportedly returned the pear-shaped engagement ring given to her by ex-fiancé, actor and comedian Pete Davidson, we’re hoping that she kept this one. The rumoured $300,000 ring featured a pearl handed down to Grande from her late grandfather, so chances are high that the ring is still hers. The gorgeous sparkler also contained an estimated six carat tilted oval diamond. How fitting, since Grande famously “bought matching diamonds for six of her b-tches.”
3. Sophie Turner
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We don’t know about you, but this particular divorce hurt us when it was announced last year. Boyband member Joe Jonas and Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner were a couple since 2016 and they just seemed so right together. Nevertheless, all that remains of their four year marriage are two shared daughters and Turner’s three-carat pear-cut diamond ring, set on a double pavé band. The chic jewellery is estimated to cost around $150,000. Turner has her very own divorce ring at only 28 years old, but as fellow young divorcee EmRata stated in a TikTok, “personally I find it chic to be divorced by the age of 30.”
4. Sofía Vergara
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Two months ago, Colombian actress Sofía Vergara finalised her divorce from her second husband, American actor Joe Manganiello. After seven years of marriage, the deciding factor for the break-up was Manganiello wanting children, a desire Vergara did not share. It’s a shame, as the couple clearly shares an exquisite taste in jewellery. In 2014, Manganiello proposed to Vergara with a ring rumoured to have cost a whopping half a million dollars. The large cushion-cut diamond surrounded by a sparkling halo is estimated to be around 5 to 7 carats.
5. Natalie Portman
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Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman met her now ex-husband, French choreographer Benjamin Millepied, on the set of their movie Black Swan (2010). The couple were wed a few years later, only for it to end in shambles last year when rumours started circulating that Millepied was caught in an affair. Cheating allegations aside, Portman’s estimated $90,000 divorce ring stands out as an eco-friendly piece of jewellery. The four-carat old-mine cut stone surrounded by a double halo of pavé diamonds (all conflict-free) is set on a recycled platinum band. We hope Portman didn’t have the ring recycled — just turn it into a divorce ring!
6. Bonus: Rosalía
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Even though Spanish popstar Rosalía and her ex-fiancé, Puerto Rican singer Rauw Alejandro, were never married, we just had to include Rosalía’s genius repurposing of her engagement ring. This music couple called it quits in mid-2023 after being engaged for only five months. Alejandro proposed with a multi-stone ring, featuring a round brilliant-cut diamond at the centre flanked by three smaller round stones forming a triangle on either side.
Forget a divorce ring, Rosalía turned her bling into a break-up earring! The singer was photographed sporting the estimated $183,000 ring in her right ear, a fashionably creative yet daring move. We expect nothing less from a globally renowned fashion risk-taker like Rosalía.
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