11 film and TV couples who hated each other in real life: from Jennifer Aniston being ‘upset’ over Jay Mohr in Picture Perfect to Dirty Dancing’s Patrick Swayze calling Jennifer Grey ‘immature’
- Some of Hollywood’s most iconic on-screen couples in our most beloved films were frenemies in real life – like Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley who didn’t get along on The Vampire Diaries until much later
- Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte spoke about their relationship after I Love Trouble, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams struggled to bond on The Notebook – but who said kissing Marilyn Monroe was ‘awful’?
There are plenty of instances in Hollywood where two stars who did not get along created iconic screen couples. Jennifer Grey even wrote in her memoir that she had begged the studio not to cast her eventual Dirty Dancing co-star Patrick Swayze. However, Baby and Johnny remain a beloved 80s couple.
Here are 11 on-screen couples who couldn’t have been further from lovers in real life.
1. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey
Initially, Patrick Swayze thought his Dirty Dancing co-star Jennifer Grey was immature, and Grey had begged the studio not to cast him.
The 1987 film is a classic romance flick, and Johnny (Swayze) and Baby (Grey) are one of the most beloved on-screen couples. And while their chemistry was undeniable while playing their characters, their real relationship was a bit rocky.
In her 2022 memoir, Out of the Corner, Grey confirmed their turbulent relationship, which had begun before Dirty Dancing started shooting.
“The sexual chemistry between Baby and Johnny was everything, and I was not feeling it. How was I supposed to trust this guy?” she wrote in her memoir. “I couldn’t help but sense Patrick’s impatience with me in rehearsals. It freaked me out to feel I’d finally gotten it with Kenny [Ortega, the film’s choreographer] and was ready to go, only to find out that with Patrick, I didn’t have it at all.”
2. Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley
“I respected Paul Wesley, I didn’t like Paul Wesley,” Dobrev revealed on the Directionally Challenged podcast in June 2019. Cue the sounds of “Stelena” fans’ hearts breaking all over the world.
Their characters had a similar up-and-down dynamic – the two dated for three and a half seasons of the show before breaking up for good in season four.