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Can You Really Be Best Friends With Your Ex? These Celebrities Seem To Have Managed It

Celebrity Exes Who Really Are Best Friends
Edward Tew
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“Can we still be friends?” These are the words we always say at the end of a relationship, but rarely mean.

But, somehow, the people on the planet you'd think would have egos too large to trump any chance of a truce, seem to be able to pull it off.

We're talking about celebrities, like Madonna and Sean Penn, who married in a great paparazzi whirl of helicopter dust in 1985, and divorced 25 years ago this weekend.

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They way they were...

The pair, comprising the famously volatile Oscar-winning Penn, and the ruthless cut-her-losses Madge, seem to still genuinely get on - last seen hanging out together on a trip to Haiti last November, a full two and a half decades after Madonna described their screaming rows, and how on one occasion her estranged husband tied her to a chair.

Time obviously heals all such wounds... or is that the celebrity bubble is such a small world, you have to grin and bear it because you're always going to bump into your ex somewhere along the trail? After all, even Jennifer Aniston managed a smile (small) for her ex-husband Brad Pitt when their paths crossed at the Oscars.

Here is our list of admirable exes who've gone one better...

Celebrity Exes Who Are Still Friends
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore(01 of10)
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The golden couple of the 90s split in 2000 have always remained close. Bruce holidayed with Demi and her new love Ashton Kutcher, attended their wedding, AND provided a shoulder to cry on for her when that all went wrong. Now they own apartments in the same Manhattan block. All in all, they set the bar high! (credit:Getty Images)
Simon Cowell and Sinitta(02 of10)
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Simon can be a prickly man at the best of times but it seems when it comes to his ex-girlfriends he’s got a bit of a soft spot. And when it comes to Sinitta, that soft spot turns into a revolving waterbed covered in rose petals. But... the Simon situation has definitely changed! Whether Sinitta will remain head of the harem from 2014 is uncertain. (credit:Getty Images)
Harry Styles and Caroline Flack(03 of10)
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They had a brief, much publicised, romance in 2011 and still appear to be close, as Caroline was seen celebrating the One Direction star’s 19th birthday in 2013. (credit:PA)
Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr(04 of10)
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So amicable is their post-relationship relationship, we’d hardly noticed they'd split up. Frequently seen together with their three-year-old son, Flynn, and hanging out at awards parties, they remain inseparable. (credit:AP)
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein(05 of10)
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Although they ended their relationship in 1989, the Blondie duo are still touring together, quite happily, to this day. (credit:Getty Images)
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton(06 of10)
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Despite his very public differences with another ex, Mia Farrow, Woody seems to be on wonderful terms with his Annie Hall actress, who most recently stepped up to salute him publicly at the Golden Globe Awards. Mia, meanwhile signed off on Twitter "nite all". (credit:WikiMedia)
Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan(07 of10)
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In 2012, this golden pair of the 80s finally reunited to perform their hit ballad 'Especially For You', and last November Kylie tweeted Jason the fact that they were married (on 'Neighbours') 25 years ago. Well, you know how the song goes. (credit:AP)
Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron(08 of10)
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Divorced in 1991, the pair came together again for the 2010 Oscars when they were both up for the Best Director award. When Kathryn won, James jokingly (we think) pretended to strangle her. They remain mutually admiring of each other's work, with Kathryn revealing how her ex reads her scripts and helps her. (credit:Getty Images)
Dennis Waterman and Amanda Redman(09 of10)
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The couple enjoyed a brief fling in the 80s during the production of the musical 'Windy City'. And, hopefully, they still get on well because they have to see a lot of each other while filming 'New Tricks'. (credit:Getty Images)
George Clooney and Mariella Frostrup(10 of10)
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Though never actually confirmed as a couple, the rumours have been persistent, and it's no secret is that they're still the best of friends. George is even godfather to Mariella’s kids. (credit:PA)

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