The world of celebrity can be full of rumors and fiction, and it is not uncommon to hear upsetting stories about co-stars who did not get along and had massive bust-ups during the filming of our favorite movie, or something upsetting like that. But we wanted to bring you something more positive than all that, and so we decided to celebrate some beautiful celebrity friendships that have stood the test of time, and are an inspiration for us all, with some quite unlikely pairings in the mix too!
1.Elton John & Eminem
Elton John Eminem
Elton John and Eminem might not seem to have similar choices, one being a popular songwriter who has been inspiring generations and another a controversial rapper. Their friendship is strong as is evident by it lasting two decades already. These two singers met while they performed at the 2001 Grammy awards together. While speaking to the Rolling Stone magazine Elton John said, “I love him, I don’t see much of Marshall, but we speak a lot. He has worked very hard at coming clean, and it has changed Eminem very much. I just saw a photograph of him in a magazine, and he looks like a 17-year-old. I’m so happy for him.”
2. Snoop Dog & David Beckham
Snoop Dog & David Beckham
Snoop Dog and David Beckham’s friendship started in the year 2007. It was during the shoot of the reality show called “Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood”. David Beckham was invited to one of the episodes to teach Snoop Dog’s children to play soccer. That was the beginning point of a great friendship between them. In 2010, while giving an interview, Beckham revealed that Snoop asks for his opinion before launching a new music track and that he is also a great fan of the celebrity rap star. Their friendship can also be seen in the music commercial for the sports brand Adidas. It is also known that David has a large picture of Snoop up on the wall in his house. This is surely an interesting friendship.
3. Eva Longoria & Victoria Beckham
Eva Longoria Victoria Beckham
Eva Longoria and Victoria Beckham are known to be best friends for over 10 years. These two met when Victoria moved to Los Angeles in 2007 with David Beckham, her husband, to support his career in football. They discovered that they both have various common interests and a love for fashion. Longoria, while having a conversation with the Daily Mail Australia, said that “We’re best friends and have shared lots of life lessons,” she continued saying that they have done a lot of stuff together and Victoria was there with Eva when she got divorced from Tony Parker, her first husband. For years, Beckham and Victoria have been a huge support system for each other.
4. Bette Midler & 50 Cent
Bette Midler & 50 Cent
Bette Midler and 50 Cent are for sure an unexpected pair in this list. The rapper and the actress met while they were working together on the New York Restoration Project and became good friends in a short time. E! News has named them as “Little Jewish lady and the great big rapper,”. Midler about their friendship said that “He’s such a doll. I love him. He’s gorgeous.” According to the same news, the two have maintained their friendship over the years and it all started with a conversation on a very ordinary topic; it turns out both of them just love gardening. It is so nice to witness such a deep friendship between the two seemingly quite different superstars.
5. Matthew McConaughey & Guy Fieri
Matthew McConaughey & Guy Fieri
The bromance of Guy Fieri and Matthew McConaughey has been running for over 15 years, it is so special that when Fieri was given a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame, McConaughey was the featured speaker. He spoke about how the two became friends, and told about how for around 15 years he was living in an Airstream, traveling across America. He used to live on the road and came across this show, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Drives, and it quickly became his favorite show. He said that one day on the road he got the number of the host, Guy Fieri, and he called him up and said ‘Listen, hey man, it’s Matthew McConaughey.’” Clearly, the rest is history.
6. Selena Gomez & Jennifer Aniston
Selena Gomez & Jennifer Aniston
You won’t believe where Selena Gomez & Jennifer Aniston met for the first time. They two met at a Vanity fair event in the WC. While Aniston was a guest on the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” she revealed the details about their friendship when questioned by the host. They both tell of how they literally bumped into each other when Jennifer walked out of a stall and that’s how their friendship started. “We’ve known each other for years, you’ve been over to my house, we’ve had pizza—a girl after my own heart,” Jennifer said. Pizza night with these two would be so amazing, wouldn’t it?
7. Amy Adams & Emily Blunt
Amy Adams & Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt and Amy Adams met while they were together shooting for the movie “Charlie Wilson’s War”. The chemistry they shared was so amazing that they later went on to do another movie “Sunshine Cleaning” together. What made these two become so good friends? Emily spoke about their friendship on MTV news. “We have a weird inner dialogue that we sort of know what the other one’s thinking,” She continued by adding, “It was like I’d known her forever. She still very much feels like my sister.” They continued their connection post the movie and they are still known to be best friends.
8. Jessica Biel & Jennifer Garner
Jessica Biel Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner & Jessica Biel are two other actresses who also met while shooting for a movie. They were working together in the film “Valentine’s Day” and had a connection that lasted even after the filming ended. The duo had a conversation with Marie Claire where they talked about their friendship. Garner stated that it’s rare when you get to work with women in film, as generally there is one woman and a lot of men in the cast. “It’s odd”, Jennifer said. She continued and said that in this movie, she felt grateful to find a friend like Jessica, even though most of their scenes as best friends in the film were over the phone.
9. Blake Lively & Florence Welch
Blake Lively & Florence Welch
Blake Lively who was once a fan of the band Florence and the Machine became the lead singer, Florence Welch’s closest friends. These two talented women leave no stones unturned to set best-friends’ goals. Welch talked about the friendship between the two in an interview with E! News. She told of how Blake came to the band’s first New York show and that she has not missed any performance by her in America. She also flew to Las Vegas just because Welsch was performing there on New Year’s eve.
10. Beyoncé & Gwyneth Paltrow
Beyonce & Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyoncé are known to set the total BFF goals. These two met at a charity concert in New York City for the first time. Paltrow, who was married to Chris Martin at the time, the Coldplay frontman, gelled well with the couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé. They became friends in a short period and even after Paltrow and Martin got divorced their friendship kept blooming. Gwyneth, while invited as a guest on The Ellen Show, revealed how they became friends. “We just kind of hooked up and became close,” Paltrow continued, and added, “And they’re incredible people. They’re very, very kind, generous, good, good people.”
11. Courteney Cox & Laura Dern
Courteney Cox & Laura Dern
Courteney Cox and Laura Dern have been friends for a long time and to an extent that they even get their families to celebrate Christmas Eve together for the last 14 years. Both of them have shared pictures on Instagram along with their families. Courtney captioned one of her posts with; “I love this family and our Christmas Eve tradition. Some things never change…much. ?♥️? #family.” Dern also posted the same photograph and wrote, “Christmas Eve morning ritual year 14!!!! Love to all!”. It is really wonderful when friends truly become family as with these two!
12. Jon Hamm & Paul Rudd
Jon Hamm & Paul Rudd
Indeed, the funny man Paul Rudd and the debonaire Jon Hamm really hit it off. “He is genuinely a very bright guy! And he’s athletic! I mean, we do have a very competitive relationship,” Rudd spoke about Hamm while speaking to Grantland.com. “When I say competitive, I mean we play chess a lot. And Scrabble. So when I say he’s a comedy nerd at heart, what I mean is that he’s just a giant nerd at heart.”
13. Emma Stone & Jennifer Lawrence
Emma Stone & Jennifer Lawrence
Woody Harrelson who was a mutual friend of these two has introduced them to each other. They have a funny incident of having a common stalker, named “John the Orchestra Guy” who would send mass text and was a studio worker.
In an interview with W magazine, Stone mentioned how Jen and Emma texted for over a year before they met. While she was driving to the house, she thought ‘Oh, my God, what if it’s John the Orchestra Guy?’ and the other one had the same thought. Jen then called Stone and told her that she was just calling to confirm that she is not John the Orchestra Guy. She wasn’t and that’s how they met.
14. Lena Dunham & Taylor Swift
Lena Dunham & Taylor Swift
It might be easy to think that these two might not have a lot of things in common. Dunham, who is known for her work in the HBO series Girls and to be the modern voice of feminism, while Swift is a mainstream pop singer. Yet, Swift has made sure to be a social activist too and uses her fame as a platform for important messages. Their friendship is very precious to them both, and according to the Insider, it started on Twitter in 2012 when Lena tweeted praising Taylor Swift’s new album. She Tweeted “If she’d been here when I was in college I would have written papers on her, not Sylvia Plath”. Taylor responded by telling her how she loved Lena’s show Girls on HBO. Everything else is just history now.
15. Kate Hudson & Lea Michele
Kate Hudson & Lea Michele
These two met on the set of the TV series Glee where both of them have starred. They went on to become close even after the show and have been a major support system for each other. It was during a time of great pain when Lea’s boyfriend, Cory Monteith, passed away after a drug and alcohol overdose when she found the loyal friend Kate. Lea, in an interview with Elle magazine, told of how she called Kate that day when her house was swarmed with reporters and she immediately told her to stay at her house without giving it a second thought. That is true friendship, being there for one another when things get rocky as well as when things are great.
16. Pitbull & John Travolta
Pitbull John Travolta
Other surprising celebrity friends are John Travolta and Pitbull. The actor and the rapper were seen together in Pitbull’s video Three to Tango. John even shaved his head after getting inspired by Pitbull’s bald look. Travolta, when giving an interview to the Insider, told of how Pitbull had influenced him in the decision to change his look; “A good friend, Armando Perez, Pitbull, he lives his life like this,” he continued “He would send pictures of me, I have all my hair, and he’d superimpose no hair and say, ‘I prefer this,’ so I thought … Maybe it’s time to do it.”
17. Leonardo DiCaprio & Tobey Maguire
Leonardo DiCaprio & Tobey Maguire
These A-listers are close friends. Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire met when they were 12 and are known to be one of the longest-lasting friendships of Hollywood. The two came from similar places in that they both had single mothers raising them, and they were both trying hard to make it as child actors in the Hollywood scene. The two made a lifelong bond that has not been shaken over the years either by fame, celebrity, or Hollywood, or anything else for that matter.
18. Sienna Miller & Keira Knightley
Sienna Miller Keira Knightley
Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley became friends in 2009 while they worked together on the movie The Edge of Love. This famous duo lived together according to Zimbio, and Sienna told of how the two actresses bonded over being total nerds. “We talk about some books and we play cards games and do The Guardian crossword,” Sienna said about Keira. “She is one of my favorite girls.” It’s been a long time since they became friends and it seems that they will be friends for life. It feels so good to witness such an amazing friendship in Hollywood.
19. Jennifer Lopez & Leah Remini
Jennifer Lopez & Leah Remini
Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini were introduced to each other by J-Lo’s ex-husband Marc Anthony in 2004 at the premiere of the movie Man on Fire. They soon became the best of friends and maintained the bond, which only grew stronger with time. Jennifer and Leah while speaking with Entertainment Tonight about the night they met and how they felt that instant chemistry thing where it feels like you just love that person. They both love to have each other around, and laugh a lot together. Jeniffer also spoke about how she thought Leah was cool and also how their upbringing is very similar, which is another reason that they work together well.
20. Millie Bobby Brown and Maddie Ziegler
Millie Bobby Brown and Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler and Millie Bobby Brown can win the award for being the cutest best friends. The two met on the television series So You Think You Can Dance. Brown was there as an audience member and she went backstage to meet Maddie. They soon became close friends. In an interview with the “Interview Magazine”, the young ladies have talked about how they got connected. “They told me that I could go backstage and meet you, and I’m, like, taking deep breaths, like, “Oh my goodness,” and then you were a normal human being. You were Maddie Ziegler. Then you followed me on Twitter—and I had a meltdown—and the rest is history.”
21. Katy Perry & Allison Williams
Katy Perry Allison Williams
Katy Perry and Allison Williams are two more friends from Hollywood who were introduced by some mutual friends and clicked right away. They have been friends for a couple of years now and are often seen together at various award functions. Their closeness can be predicted by the fact that they have changed the color of their hair on the same day without the other one knowing. “We just couldn’t believe it,” Alison stated while having a conversation with Refinery29. Allison texted her that ‘I’m going to be blonde next time I see you.’ Katy responded ‘Me too!’. It was surely a hilarious moment for both of them.
22. Taylor Swift & Blake Lively
Taylor Swift Blake Lively
Blake Lively completely belongs to the squad of Taylor swift. Though they don’t generally pose for the press, their friendship can be seen unfolding on social media right in front of our eyes. Blake even posted a selfie on Swift’s birthday on her Instagram account. She captioned it “People Who I Not Only Love But Also Really LIKE, That Were Born Yesterday: Part 1 of 2, You know how I feel,” with a picture of her and her bestie smiling. Swift also went to the hospital during the birth of Lively’s first child, Inez.
23. Miley Cyrus & Kelly Osbourne
Miley Cyrus & Kelly Osbourne
The set of the DVD film So Undercover was the place these two talented women met. Miley Cyrus and Kelly Osbourne have been with each other through thick and thin. Kelly was there to support Miley when she was criticized for not giving a good performance at the MTV VMA in 2013; saying “This makes me mad. Miley is one of the most hard-working respectful women I have ever worked with. I am learning a lot from her!” Kelly tweeted about how Miley and she have become so close. She also wrote about how she is sick of all haters that are judging her, arguing that she is human and all she did was make a mistake from which she had learned a lesson for a lifetime.
24. Betty White & Jennifer Love Hewitt
Betty White Jennifer Love Hewitt
This friendship proves that age is just a number. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Betty White met on the set on the set of the movie, The Lost Valentine. Jennifer, when she appeared as a guest on the “The Late Late Show”, opened up about her friendship with Betty White. She revealed how she once saved Betty from falling in the bushes after having a night out together and getting tipsy on Vodka. “I am like the bodyguard of a national treasure… I’m like, don’t kill Betty White!” Jennifer joked. They spent the night relaxing at Betty’s house. “We got drunk. We had gummy bears. It was amazing,” she added.
25. Snoop Dog & Martha Stewart
Snoop Dog Martha Stewart
Snoop was a guest on The Martha Stewart Show when they first met. These two hit it off so well that they have passed the test of time. They are now best friends and what a time it is to be alive. Snoop, while giving an interview on the Today show, said “I love Martha, like, I love her for real,” he added. He further told of how when she was around other people he would even feel jealous. But yeah he also understands that she is Martha Stewart, and she would always have to give the world what they want.
26. Rosie O’Donnell & Madonna
Rosie O’Donnell & Madonna
There are a lot of friendships that go on and off but this is one of those friendships from Hollywood that has been running for over a decade. These two starred together in a movie in 1992, “A League of Their Own”, which is where the talented pair met. It has been mentioned how this duo bonded immediately on the set through tragedy; both sadly lost their mothers when they were only children, this added to making the bond between them unbreakable. They have been best friends for a long time now and they also have publicly supported each other during difficult times. These ladies have been friends for over 28 years now which is something rare to witness.
27. Oprah Winfrey & Ellen DeGeneres
Oprah Winfrey Ellen DeGeneres
The only thing that comes to mind when hearing the names of these are the competitors of hosting 2 talk shows, but they have nothing other than sharing the love for each other. Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres became friends at the 90’s sitcom Ellen. Oprah played the role of Ellen’s therapist in the show. Not only they are best friends but they are neighbors as well. In Montecito, California they both live in mansions. They both have not only appeared in each other’s show but Ellen has also appeared on Winfrey’s magazine’s cover page. Sharing the spotlight is just not a problem for them.
28. Whoopi Goldberg & Billy Crystal
Whoopi Goldberg & Billy Crystal
Together with the late comedian Robin Williams, this set of friends were a trio and not a duo. The three of them worked together since the 1980s in Comic Relief, where the money made from the event was given to charity. While paying tribute to Williams Billy Chrystal reflected on their friendship. “Many times, the three of us would be on stage, and Whoopi and I were like his parents and we’d taken the crazy son out,” Crystal continued by adding. “It just became so magical to work with him… But for us, it was a really great chance to get to know each other and we became the closest of friends.”
29. Ellen DeGeneres & Justin Bieber
Ellen DeGeneres Justin Bieber
The list of Ellen DeGeneres’ connections is long, but the relationship she shares with Justin Bieber is a special one. Justin has been on Ellen’s show as a guest a whopping 26 times. They are an amazing friends-duo who have great chemistry, as well as sometimes sharing similar hairstyles, and another duo who prove that age does not have to be a factor in friendship. Their best-moment list is pretty long, making it difficult to narrow it down. One of our favorites is when DeGeneres threw a graduation ceremony for Bieber because he had missed his own high-school graduation. On one of his appearances on Ellen’s show, the two also played a prank with an unsuspecting stranger by hiding in the bathroom stall together. They seem to really have a lot of fun together.
30. Prince & Muhammed Ali
Prince & Muhammed Ali
These two were always tagged as larger-than-life celebrities who first met in 1997 and became friends when Ali asked Prince to help support his World Healing Project which aimed to combat bigotry. Prince later revealed to The Daily Mail that they formed a tight bond and at a press conference he said that he would do anything for Ali without hesitating. “My friend Londell McMillan called me a couple of days ago and asked me. He said, ‘Muhammad wants you to’—and I said yes”, Prince continued by adding. “I didn’t even let him finish. He could have said, ‘Mow the lawn’, and I would have been down with it. Muhammad’s my hero. He has been since I was a child.” The two trailblazers died just six weeks apart from one another in 2016.
31. Brad Pitt & Jonah Hill
Brad Pitt Jonah Hill
One of the most popular leading actors of Hollywood, Brad Pitt, and Jonah hill who is known for comedic roles in hit movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Superbad are best friends. They first met each other when they worked together in the sports drama film Moneyball. While on the red carpet of the 2011 MTV VMAs, E! News interviewed Hill where he had some of the nicest things to say about Pitt, “He’s fantastic,” Hill said, “He’s so giving. He’s just, like, a guy you look up to for so many reasons. He’s the coolest guy! He started playing pranks on me like right off the bat.”
32. Russell Brand & Helen Mirren
Russell Brand Helen Mirren
This unlikely duo teamed up in the year 2011 when they starred together in the movie Arthur’s Reboot. Everyone was surprised to see how the duo loved to work with each other and began a friendship that would go on to last years. The two gel well together and always pose together for the photographs in front of the press while at the promotion of a movie. Russell, in a conversation with Us Weekly, spoke about their friendship and how he is both fascinated and infatuated by Helen, and how when he spends more time with her and gets to know more about her, his fascination with her just increases. She, according to him, is an incredible woman.
33. Kourtney Kardashian & Justin Bieber
Kourtney Kardashian & Justin Bieber
In 2016, when these two had been spending a lot of time together, they were rumored to be in a relationship. They often posted fun photos on their social media accounts while hanging out in Los Angeles. Despite all the rumors about a romantic relationship, the two never confirmed a hookup. When Bieber went as a guest to attend the radio show The Bert Show, he opened up about their friendship when he was asked about their relationship. Bieber jokingly answered, “I’m being used, man. What can I say?” he further continued. “No, no, but for real, she’s great. I’ve known [the family] for years.” It did sound like they are best friends.
34. Kris Jenner & Jennifer Lawrence
Kris Jenner Jennifer Lawrence
A super fan of the series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Jennifer Lawrence is the best friend of Kris Jenner. Their closeness is so special that Kris at Lawrence’s 25th birthday made a surprise appearance, partying at a Los Angeles hotel. On Instagram Jenner posted a picture of them joking around, and captioned it as, “Happy Birthday you piece of sh*t… God, I love you #Jenniferlawrence thanks for making this night a night to remember…..even if we did get caught,” Jenner continued. “I love you Happy Birthday Gorgeous!!! #Bible #momager #doll.”
35. Gwyneth Paltrow & Jay-Z
Gwyneth Paltrow JayZ
Gwyneth Paltrow is the best friend of Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Along with her ex-husband, Chris Martin, they formed a tight bond together. Despite their being divorced now, the four are close and are often seen together vacationing with the kids. Their closeness can be determined by the fact that Jay-Z has written her name into the lyrics of the 2006 track Hollywood. The lyrics were “When your friends are Chris and Gwyneth, then it’s time to get all your windows tinted/ keep your eyes squinted, it’s gon’ flash any minute,”
36. Sophie Turner & Maisie Williams
Sophie Turner Maisie Williams
This duo, who played the roles of Arya and Sansa Stark, have practically grown up together on the set of the series Game of Thrones. They can be tagged as ride or die best friends. Their connection can be seen in the pictures they take together too. They are best friends since the show. “Maisie is my protector and I’m hers, too,” Turner said when speaking to Glamour UK. “I know if anything happened—especially if it was on Game of Thrones, which it never, ever would—she’d go crazy and protect me… Maisie is my strong home.”