Plenty of celebrities have been romantically involved with prominent people outside the entertainment world, such as famous athletes, billionaires, or even royalty.
Here are 15 celebs who’ve dated or married politicians:
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Talk show host Montel Williams briefly dated Vice President (and current Democratic presidential nominee) Kamala Harris around 2001.
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Since the early 1960s, it’s been speculated that Marilyn Monroe allegedly had an affair with President John F. Kennedy.
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In her 2015 book Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling revealed that she had a short, secret relationship with a White House staffer. She kept him anonymous, referring to him only as “Will.”
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Sheryl Lee Ralph has been married to Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes since 2005.
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Sometimes, a celebrity’s political partner wasn’t a politician when their relationship began. Curb Your Enthusiasm actor Cheryl Hines has been married to current independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. since 2014.
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Barbra Streisand dated Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1969.
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Kim Cattrall dated Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1981.
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Elizabeth Taylor was married to Virginia Senator John W. Warner from 1976-1982.
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Model and singer/songwriter Carla Bruni married French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008.
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Star Trek: Voyager actor Kate Mulgrew was married to Ohio politician and Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan from 1999-2014.
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Maria Shriver was married to actor-turned-politician California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 1986-2021 (though they separated in 2011).
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Jane Fonda was married to California State Senator Tom Hayden from 1973-1990.
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Singer Linda Ronstadt dated California Governor Jerry Brown “for a number of years” between the early ’70s and the late ’80s.
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And finally, in a TikTok post from July 2024, content creator and former 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days cast member Stephanie Matto (who infamously went viral in 2021 for selling her farts in jars) alleged, “I have been dating a US senator for the past year.”