Love On The Run
Inspired by the Malaysian Islamic court decision allowing a husband to divorce his wife by cell phone text message, Simon Jefferey jotted down a few of the ruder lover-leavings in an article in The Guardian:

Billy Bob Thornton
Ended his co-habiting relationship with fellow actor Laura Dern by marrying Angelina Jolie. "I left our home to work on a movie and, while I was away, my boyfriend got married and I've never heard from him again," (Dern) explained.

James Brown
A "mutual decision was made by both parties", according to a full page advertisement in the entertainment magazine Variety that announced Brown's divorce from Tomi Rea. It was illustrated with a photograph of his family with Goofy at Disneyworld.

John Donne
Seventeenth century poet and clergyman who was separated from his 17-year-old beloved after her uncle had him imprisoned for marrying a minor. From jail he wrote the lines: "John Donne, Anne Donne, undone."

Matt Damon
The US actor dumped Minnie Driver - whom he had met filming Good Will Hunting - live to the American nation on the Oprah Winfrey chat show.