Love is a wonderful thing and while we all want to believe that it lasts forever, for some very famous people, love turned out to be a very expensive pay day. If you thought the getting married costs a fortune in the celebrity sphere, try getting a divorce. Here are some insanely expensive divorce settlements.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver
All marriages have their ups and downs, but it seems that when you father a child with your housekeeper, that’s a pretty explosive issue. Arnold Schwarzenegger needs no introduction and his former wife Maria Shriver was a respected a news writer and producer and correspondent, not to mention the niece of John F. Kennedy. They seemed to have it all, and when Schwarzenegger became the Governor of California their profile got an additional boost. Still, when Arnold’s secret son became a known fact, the couple called it quits. After 25 years together and one major public humiliation, Maria Shriver walked away with $250 million!

Roman Abramovich and Irina Malandina
Roman Abramovich is the ninth richest man in Russia with a net worth of $9.1 billion. There’s no doubt that his former wife, Irina Malandina could have gotten an outrageous amount of money in her divorce settlement had she wanted to. But when filling for divorces following suspicion that her husband was unfaithful, Malandina decided to stick to her humble beginning and not play the greed card. She official divorced the business tycoon in 2007 and received $300 million (a drop in the ocean for the multi-billionaire ex).

Mel Gibson and Robyn Moore
Hollywood has always been known as a toxic place for marriage, but Mel Gibson seemed to have found a way to make it work. Him and wife Robin were together nearly 30 years and shared seven children. In 2009, after a three year separation, Moore filed for divorce and since Gibson never had her sign a prenuptial agreement, she was entitles to half of everything he had: $450 million dollars. Gibson’s career and personal life have since been on a downward spiral but Moore is still entitled to half of any future earnings of Gibson.

Rupert Murdoch and Anna Maria Torv
Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch’s fortune was made at an early age when he took over the Sunday Mail from his father. For four decades he made millions of dollars by making numerous acquisition of media outlets and publishing companies. While he was busy making money, his then wife, Anna Maria Torv, raised their three children. In 1999, after 32 years of marriage, the couple divorced, leaving Torv with a whopping $1.7 billion! Yes. That’s billion with a B.

Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng
Oops he did it again! Rupert Murdoch was 68 when he married 30 year old Wendi Deng, whom he met just before his separation from Torv. After a very brief romance, the two married (only 17 days after his divorce was finalized). The age difference was huge but the couple managed to hang in there for 13 years (and had 2 daughters). Alas, by 2013 it was all over but this divorce cost Murdoch a lot less money. Deng left the marriage with $1.8 million, a $44 million penthouse in Fifth Avenue, and a $15 million mansion in Beijing. Yes. That’s it.

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