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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Martha Alexander

The new celebrity breakup rules — and how to navigate social media

Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox’s entire two-year relationship has been closely recorded on Instagram

(Picture: Getty Images for The Recording A)

Breaking up in front of literally the entire world is surely the stuff of nightmares. But for celebrities in high-profile relationships, it’s all too real, especially today when their lives are lived, shared and judged on social media as well as in the tabloids.

Some manage to “consciously uncouple” without much online fanfare — maintaining at least the facade of dignity, goodwill and benevolence as they release statements asking for privacy to be respected. They might also take a social media sabbatical.

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