On music's biggest night, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez were dangerously close to a run-in on the Grammys red carpet, and both took the stage during the show to perform and present, respectively. Rachel McAdams — who stunned at nearly every awards ceremony while representing her film, Spotlight — found herself in the same room with not one but two famous exes, Michael Sheen and Ryan Gosling, during award shows; while we just barely got a nostalgic reunion between Rachel and Ryan at the Golden Globes, we'll never quite know if they exchanged pleasantries.
Orlando Bloom is another star who had several exes to dodge these past couple of months. Even though he's now romancing Katy Perry, Orlando's afterparty rounds included a few past paramours. Keep reading to see more former couples who inadvertently met up this award season, then look back on the pairs who lasted way longer in your head.
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams at the Golden Globes
The former Vampire Diaries costars and couple have kept things pretty friendly since their 2013 split, with Nina recently speaking out about Ian's "beautiful" wedding to Nikki Reed, saying, "They look happy and I am happy." Ian arrived at the InStyle and Warner Bros. afterparty with his wife, while Nina showed up solo. There are no photos of them together, though we like to think the three of them had a cute convo at some point in the night.
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Claire Danes and Billy Crudup at the SAG Awards
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Claire Danes and her ex Billy Crudup were both in attendance at the SAG Awards in January. Billy ended up joining his Spotlight costars on stage after their big cast win, and Claire was up for an award for her role on Homeland. Claire and Billy's relationship involved a pretty insane amount of drama; when they got together in 2003, Billy was dating actress Mary-Louise Parker, who was seven months pregnant with his baby. Oof. In a criminally odd turn of events, Billy and Claire's romance came to an end in 2006 — when she began dating her Evening costar (and now husband) Hugh Dancy.
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Big Sean and Ariana Grande both attended the Grammys, but it's doubtful that they met up or spoke. Their April 2015 breakup wasn't without a little drama, but Ariana rose above when she wrote a powerful essay about the sexism she experienced after their split. "What I meant when I said what I said about not being Sean's ex is that I am tired of living in a world where women are mostly referred to as a man's past, present, or future PROPERTY / POSSESSION," she wrote, adding, "I . . . do not. belong. to anyone. but myself. and neither do you."
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Orlando Bloom, Selena Gomez, and Nina Dobrev at the Golden Globes
Orlando Bloom was rumored to have hooked up with both Selena and Nina in 2015, and all three of them were at the InStyle and Warner Bros bash. He and the stunning singer reportedly started getting cozy in March and were spotted hanging out as late as July — they also got wrapped up in a bizarre love square (?) that also involved their exes Justin Bieber and Miranda Kerr and resulted in a nightclub brawl. Yeesh.
Orlando and Nina, however, were seen "making out for 20 minutes" at Comic-Con in July. Needless to say, this may have been one awkward evening.
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Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth at the Golden Globes
Orlando and Kate, who dated on and off from 2003 to 2006, both attended the Weinstein afterparty; Orlando was obviously solo, while Kate arrived with husband Michael Polish. The two seem to be on good terms, as they were photographed looking chummy at a cocktail event in September 2015.
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Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult at the Golden Globes
Jennifer Lawrence won a Golden Globe Award, but she also won the attention of her ex-boyfriend Nicholas Hoult. The two, who dated on and off before splitting in 2014, were spotted chatting during one of the show's commercial breaks. LA Times reporter Amy Kaufman snapped a photo of their encounter, writing, "Yes, that's JLaw talking to ex Nicholas Hoult during the first commercial break. #GoldenGlobes."
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Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez at the Grammys
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Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, and Michael Sheen at the Oscars
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Not only was Rachel a complete knockout on the Oscars red carpet, but she also hit the stage to present alongside fellow hottie Michael B. Jordan and again when she and her Spotlight costars accepted the award for best picture. In the audience that night were two of her ex-baes, Ryan Gosling and Michael Sheen — Ryan was solo (again), while Michael was accompanied by his girlfriend, Sarah Silverman. Let's just say that it was probably pretty hard to ignore Rachel in that supersexy gown.