Ridiculous Romance

This infamous Astronaut Love Triangle rocked the news in 2007! But of course headlines sensationalized dumb diaper discourse over the complicated truth beneath it all. So we blasted into orbit to get an astronomical view of this 900 mile story of love, heartbreak, and danger!

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Lizzy Borden (not the axe murderer) met Rob Black when she worked for his porn production company. But after getting into professional wrestling, an alleged affair with wrestler The Messiah had violent repercussions. When the feds cracked down on their shocking and disturbing pornography, not even Larry Flynt wanted to back them up!

CW: Explicit language (more than usual) and references to gross-out porn and simulated sexual violence.

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude got wrapped in each other and created some of the most recognizable art in the 21st century. Despite the monumental scale of their projects, their biggest challenge was getting Jeanne-Claude equal recognition as a woman in the art world. 

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Bill Wyman was in The Rolling Stones, but unlike his bandmates Jagger and Richards, he was invisible to the tabloids. That is until he was 52 and married an 18 year old whom he'd been dating for 5 years! And we wish that was the most ridiculous part of this truly outrageous story.

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We ruined our search history forever to look into these four-legged love affairs! Some people married their pets for a laugh, others for symbolic tradition, and some did it for a political statement - but of course a few people were quite literally just chasing tail. We’ve got ‘em all right here!

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George Lucas had finished Star Wars, and could finally enjoy the lighter side of life with his wife Marcia! But the seductive power of the film empire he was building was too strong to resist! And Padmé-- whoops, we mean Marcia, couldn't save him from the dark side of his passions.

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George Lucas always wanted to be a Star director. But he struggled to emotionally engage his audiences. Fortunately he found A New Hope when he fell in love with the incredible film editor Marcia Griffin. They married, and together created one of the most iconic films of all time! (spoiler alert it's Star Wars)

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Napoleon III exploited Mexico's civil war to install Max and Carlota as Emperor and Empress in a puppet regime. Duped into believing the country had voted for their leadership, they tried to bring progressive reform to the war torn country. But their kindness couldn't protect them from heavy political crossfire, and France had no interest in helping.

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Max and Charlotte (later Carlota) were two royal nobodies who kept stumbling into extremely powerful and volatile positions! Their attempt to liberalize Austrian-controlled Italy led to a revolution, which somehow resulted in them being crowned Emperor and Empress of Mexico?? You've got to hear it to believe it!

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In the 16th century, Amina was a queen of Zazzau in present-day Nigeria, and she expanded her kingdom more than any ruler before or after her! She never took a husband, but satisfied her needs with more... disposable lovers.

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