They said it wouldn't last. And it didn't.
Eyebrows raised when "Pretty Woman" star Julia Roberts married the loose-jointed, laconic country singer Lyle Lovett in the surprise wedding of 1993.The union warmed the hearts of armchair romantics: A peculiar-looking guy gets the Hollywood beauty courted by a bevy of handsome leading men.
But the dream appears to be over. Roberts, 27, and Lovett, 37, released a brief statement Tuesday saying they have agreed to a legal separation. No reason was given for the split.
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"Big surprise," said psychologist Joyce Brothers. "The surprise is that it lasted as long as it did."