Every Time Love Died, According to the Internet

By Rebecca Jennings Nov 11, 2015, 5:19pm EST

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Let us put aside the pain and heartbreak of celebrity breakups for a moment, and instead consider simple logistics. If something — a person, an animal, an abstract concept — is declared dead, it must somehow resurrect itself before dying again. This theorem, however, does not seem to apply in the world of tabloid journalism.

For what it's worth, it is disillusioning when celebrity relationships reveal themselves to be not so different from normal-person relationships, which ebb and flow. It's easier to give up on love entirely than to consider that maybe love just has a little bit of a cold at the moment! Regardless, here are all the times that the internet, a bastion of hyperbole, declared love dead:

Love Is Dead: Lana Del Rey and Italian Boyfriend Francesco Carrozzini Call It Quits

Love Is Dead: One Direction's Liam Payne and Girlfriend Sophia Smith Reportedly Break Up

Gigi Hadid And Joe Jonas Have Split Up Because Love Is Dead

Gigi Hadid And Joe Jonas Reportedly Broke Up, And Love Is Now Dead

Love Is Dead: Gigi Hadid and Joe Jonas Split After Five Months of Dating

True Love is Dead: Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman Are Getting Divorced

Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman Divorcing, Love Is Dead

Love is super dead: Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman divorce after 42 years together

Love is Dead: Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert Are Getting Divorced

Love Is Dead Part 784: Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert Are Getting Divorced

Love Is Dead: Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton Are Splitting Up

Love and Comedy Are Both Dead: Amy Poehler and Nick Kroll Have Broken Up