Who Dated Who In 2008?
Posted on Wed Dec 31st, 2008 2:00pm PDT By X17 Staff
In 2008, actresses swapped boyfriends, boybanders went from one teen starlet to the next, the Gossip Girl cast decided to date one another, and somehow, hunky Rob Pattinson was thrown into the mix (we'll explain this later).
It seemed like everyone was in the mood for sloppy seconds this year, and there were even some catfights too! So how are all these stars connected to one another? X17 breaks it down for you, so click after the jump to see the connections between these folks!
2. 2008 was the year that Hugh Hefner lost his prized bunnies - first Kendra Wilkinson left him and got engaged to NFL star Hank Baskett, and then he lost his main Girl Next Door, Holly Madison to none other than illusionist Criss Angel. So how is Hef connected to another group of lovers? Read on!
3. Right after Miley Cyrus' Vanity Fair photo "scandal," Hef called the 15-year-old singer a "very pretty lady" and added that she would be "welcomed in the magazine." And of course, little miss Hannah Montana is where the teenybopper love
Miley started dating Nick Jonas in mid 2007, but their puppy love came to a screeching halt in December of that year, and just a few months later, the youngest Jonas brother started dating another Disney starlet, Selena Gomez. Miley and Selena got into a little YouTube tiff, and many speculated that Miley's video retaliation was a response to her being (rightfully) pissed about Selena snacking on her leftovers. After Miley got over the whole Jonas thing, she moved on to greener pastures, and she seems to have found happiness with underwear model Justin Gaston, who recently appeared onstage with country cutie Taylor Swift at the CMAs. Don't worry though - there's absolutely nothing going on with these two - Taylor would never do to Miley what a certain actress did to her and her very own Jonas brother!
4. The Jonas brothers apparently make great sloppy seconds - just ask Camilla Belle, who began dating Joe Jonas just hours after he broke it off with Taylor Swift. Only a few weeks after Camilla and Joe became an item, several reports linked the 10,000 BC actress to Rob Pattinson, but several others claimed Camilla is dating Rob's friend, actor Tom Sturridge. So which is it? We have no idea, but girlfriend definitely gets around, so someone else might end up on this list before 11:59pm tonight!
5. So let's go back to the number two group for a second, and forget about all those hormonal teenagers and their songs about each other. Here comes Hef's involvement with yet another love cluster! When Holly Madison and Criss Angel became a couple, we began to make a list of all the ladies the illusionist has hooked up with, and we realized that he's connected to the Jennifer Aniston group via Cameron Diaz! Criss dated Cameron back in late 2007, and then we realized that the 36-year-old actress dated a bunch of dudes in 2007 and 2008 and then shared them with everyone's best Friend, Jennifer Aniston.
Cam started off with an appetizer of John Mayer, and then she moved on to a main dish of Paul Sculfor. Jen was busy dating Paul around the same time Cameron was with John, and right around the time Cameron was getting busy with Gerard Butler, Jen and John became an item. Jen and Gerard are in talks to star in a movie together, and they've been spotted out several times, so we're thinking John might be a thing of the past after Jen's had a few love scenes with
6. Cameron Diaz's BFF, Drew Barrymore made out with Gossip Girl player Ed Westwick back in September, but Ed likes to keep his options open! The 22-year-old actor was recently linked to GG co-star Jessica Szohr, and we're beginning to wonder if Ed is more like the womanizing Chuck Bass than we previously thought!
7. Ed and Jessica and Drew are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to GG hookups - Blake Lively and Penn Badgely are an item, and rumors have been swirling that 15-year-old Taylor Momsen and Chace Crawford are heating things up offscreen now! And it seems like the ladies can't stop talking about Chace!
8. The lovely Amanda Bynes said what's on most of our minds recently, when she told Cosmopolitan that she wouldn't date Chace Crawford because he was "too pretty." So what kind of guy catches Amanda's eye? A hunky jock! Amanda and baseball player Doug Reinhardt are officially an item, and if you think Doug looks familiar, you're right - he briefly dated Lauren Conrad and appeared on a few episodes of The Hills.
So there you have it - whether it's via a friend, a job or sexy times, everyone from Paris Hilton to Lauren Conrad is connected in the Hollywood dating pool. Whew!
