Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey will hit up the MTV VMAs Sept. 7. But there was a time duos like Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez attended the iconic night.
A slew of incredibly memorable duos have taken to the stage during the MTV Video Music Awards’ four-decade history.
There was Madonna making out with Britney Spears and then Christina Aguilera at the 2003 show, a Hennessy-toting Kanye West and the microphone he swiped from Taylor Swift during her 2009 acceptance speech, Beyoncé and the baby bump she revealed roughly five months ahead of daughter Blue Ivy‘s 2012 arrival, plus Spears and Banana, the albino Burmese python she carried during her iconic 2001 performance.
“In my head I was saying, Just perform, just use your legs and perform,” the pop star recounted in her 2003 memoir The Woman In Me. “But what nobody knows is that as I was singing, the snake brought its head right around to my face, right up to me, and started hissing.”
In that moment, she continued, “I was thinking, Are you f—ing serious right now? The f—ing goddamn snake’s tongue is flicking out at me. Right. Now. Finally, I got to the part where I handed it back, thank God.”
She won’t deny it wasn’t her favorite moment; she’s not trying to hide it.
And yet she and the serpent might not be the most incompatible pair to attend the iconic awards show. Everyone from Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber (she actually interviewed her then-boyfriend at the 2011 outing) to Spears and then-love Justin Timberlake to Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey have posed for photographers at the annual event.
But the trophy for the least successful pair might just go to Christina Applegate and Brad Pitt. Before the actress was married…with child(ren), she was set up with a still-on-the-rise, pre-Interview with the Vampire Pitt, only to ditch him during the 1989 show, she admitted during a 2015 appearance on Watch What Happens Live.
As for the star who trumped Pitt’s perfectly coiffed ’80s hair, Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach later confirmed on radio show Elliot in the Morning “that dude would be me. So there was a time on this earth when Sebastian Bach was, like, a hotter lay than Brad Pitt.”
And there was also a moment in time where Sarah Jessica Parker attended with then-steady boyfriend Robert Downey Jr. a year after Cher snuggled up with Richie Sambora. Before the stars take to the VMAs carpet Sept. 7, enjoy this trip down memory lane.
While they didn’t wear their iconic denim outfits, the pop world’s then-reigning king and queen did delight fans regardless with their joint appearance at the 2000 MTV VMAs.
We would be bad liars if we said we didn’t miss this couple just a bit…they broke up in late 2017 after dating on and off for about six years. Here they are at the 2011 MTV VMAs.
Speaking of denim, looks like these two paid homage to Britney and JT at the 2014 MTV VMAs.
A couple of months before they ended their whirlwind relationship and engagement, the pop star and Saturday Night Live performer made their red carpet debut as a couple at the 2018 MTV VMAs.
The SNL alum and Larry David‘s daughter dated for two years before splitting in 2018. But first they attended the 2017 MTV VMAs together.
Miley Cyrus‘ little sister and the rapper made their red carpet debut at the 2018 MTV VMAs, weeks after they began dating…and weeks before they broke up.
Their’s was a short-lived love story—the two dated for three months until October 2008. During that time, they squeezed in an MTV VMAs date, where they were also joined by his Jonas Brothers band mates, Nick Jonas and Kevin Jonas.
The then-spouses seemed like they wanted to leave each other forever when they attended the 2004 MTV VMA red carpet. They also attended the 2005 show together before calling it quits a year later.
A year before she dated her Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson, the actress (now wed to screenwriter Dylan Meyer) was in a relationship with her Speak co-star. They attended the 2008 MTV VMAs together.
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The model and the rapper attended the 2014 MTV VMAs together, one month before she filed for divorce.
In 2006, years before he married Kim Kardashian, Kanye was engaged to the fellow fashion designer. They attended the 2007 MTV VMAs and ended their six-year relationship the following year.
Before the musician was burnin’ up for now-wife Priyanka Chopra and she was teammed up with NFL running back Christian McCaffrey, they attended the 2014 ceremony as a couple.
The rapper and her then-boyfriend attended the 2014 MTV VMAs. They got engaged a year later and split in 2016.
It was getting a bit “Hot In Herre” when Longoria posed with the musician at the 2005 event.
We’re gonna let you finish scrolling through, just wanted to let you know that a year before West and his then-girlfriend ended their two-year romance, they turned up at the 2009 show so he could borrow the mic from Taylor Swift.
The two celebrities starred in Elizabethtown together, and also shined on the red carpet at the MTV VMAs, the year they reportedly dated in 2005.
These two were spreading some magic before the 1997 MTV VMAs. At this ceremony, Apple gave her famous “the world is bulls–t” acceptance speech.
“On the Way Down” to Simpson and Cabrera finding their forever partners, they attended the 2004 MTV VMAs.
In 2008, the star popped up at the award show again on the arm of her then-husband.
Sure, this romance is so yesterday, but at the time of the 2005 VMAs, these two were living the lifestyles of the rich and famous together.
This former Mr. and Mrs. made quite the splash on the MTV VMA red carpet in 1999.
The pop icon and Bon Jovi‘s former guitarist stepped out together at the 1989 MTV VMAs when they were a new couple. They broke up the following year.
In 2001, the actress was back at the iconic show with a new rock star.
While their relationship lasted less than a year, this duo managed to hit the 2008 MTV VMAs red carpet together before their split two months later.
Before she wed Matthew Broderick, the Sex and the City alum was going steady with the Avengers star. Before they ended their seven-year romance in 1991, they attended the 1990 MTV VMAs together.
As the story goes, these two went on one date and chose the 1989 MTV VMAs as the setting. However, she left mid-date for a mystery man and the two never went out again.
Source: www.eonline.com