20 Celebrity Couples You Forgot Dated In 2002

Take a walk down memory lane with us. [alt_text](%2F%2Fwww.apartments.com%2F%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/fovww92uyLwPoFB9VqqGyYEm_H4=270) May. 12 2022 [Bustle logo](%2F%2Fbustle.com%2F%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/1IU2wWgWj9BGh9or7MEvOLFkr1c=270) [alt_text](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2F2002-nostalgia-is-forever%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/zcU3oFCyJLwXBc90gHq3crp6z40=270) [The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2F2002-nostalgia-is-forever%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/2/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/PAW6iRM1aJ3SaHh91sJDHuUsVuY=270) 2002 was a banner year for pop culture: [Bennifer](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fentertainment%2Fjennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-bennifer-couple-names-2002%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/kFPSCBWlut_uD_IZ0NiPc6-9AdQ=270) was going strong. Spider-Man ruled the box office. Avril Lavigne was all over the radio, and The Bachelor had audiences in a chokehold. Twenty years later, this exact same sentence (somehow?) holds true. Plenty of other things happened that year, too: the first musical collaboration between Beyoncé and Jay Z, the first Gossip Girl book, the dawn of American Idol. [Justin and Britney](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fentertainment%2F2002-magazine-covers-celebrities%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/fZVKsmED41za1CEuItg_CdKryjM=270) were still a thing, and so were… [Alanis Morissette and Ryan Reynolds](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrity-couples-2002%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/IOSYc6LZyP7c0opCRlA7DnuAHC4=270)??? It’s fun to reminisce, so we took a walk down memory lane exploring the ways that the major hallmarks of 2002 are *still* impacting pop culture. Below, enjoy some of the stories from this very special TBT. [Read More](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2F2002-nostalgia-is-forever%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/3/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/lepVBx3k2Kjii7-qiMXuH0i8r_I=270) Step Into The Time Machine 🚀👇 %2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fstyle%2F2002-fashion-trends%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/XNvm8Ld9dLabmcIT8y0fLqeUewA=270 Whoever Said Orange Is The New Pink… [6 2002 Fashion Trends We’re Stoked Are Coming Back](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fstyle%2F2002-fashion-trends%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/2/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/YHVHwe4_0yaYV9PexVWYB2p2isU=270) Millennial pink, you’ve had your day in the sun, we’re ready for something a little more Elle-Woodsian. (Or, if all-over fuchsia isn’t your bag, [pair it with black for nails](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fstyle%2Fpink-and-black-nails%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/SfKXL1v-hvGTbwMjICNBoCZuSmw=270) that would be Avril-approved today or 20 years ago.) Besides the Pepto pink, here’s everything else you should be digging out of your closet RN. 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[Read More](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fentertainment%2Favril-lavigne-on-let-go-travis-barker-pop-punk%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/3/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/kWctRIGiFDrFF40jRs4uB8dCQk0=270) %2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrity-couples-2002%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/2/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/3B6XZIaBhIEcb7IDMicCsTzYUow=270 Isn’t It Ironic [20 Celebrity Couples Who You Forgot Dated In 2002](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrity-couples-2002%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/3/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/2BnsKP2ZxCTpPOn1qmPJjhn2VTA=270) Thanks in part to their [reunion](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fentertainment%2Fjennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-bennifer-couple-names-2002%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/2/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/BQ5WhN23_KNTFcmkQgAcphVaoWg=270), but mostly the “[Jenny From The Block” butt grab](%2F%2Fwww.instyle.com%2Fcelebrity%2Fjennifer-lopez%2Fjennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-butt-grab-jenny-from-the-block%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/FMH_6L3873Rmr3OJAqp7EbnPc_Q=270), there’s simply no forgetting Ben and Jen’s coupledom. And I, personally, will never forget about Dunst-Gyllenhall because of the [salad-hands incident](%2F%2Fwww.instyle.com%2Fnews%2Ftbt-jake-gyllenhaal-kirsten-dunst-relationship%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/zKcVVvOyY67wZquhprikboeCN_Q=270). But Alanis and Ryan Reynolds?! That feels like a parallel dimension. 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From The Past [The 9 Wildest Magazine Covers From 2002](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fentertainment%2F2002-magazine-covers-celebrities%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/3/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/s2KgMAEYySbjH2kha3EtZddOs3s=270) Jennifer Aniston and the cover of People magazine: Name a more iconic duo (and don’t you dare say Ross and Rachel). It was the Jen and Brad heyday, and the Friends star was a regular fixture on the weeklies in your grocery checkout aisle. Also noteworthy from this list: Pink coming for Britney’s crown, and more [Salad-Fingers from Ms. Dunst](%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv=M3iOROuTuMA%26utm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/RQG4yBDhbN7ILLeD0F6ZgCesEhk=270).] [Read More](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fentertainment%2F2002-magazine-covers-celebrities%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/4/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/OuX_QEtDnhIHlUfrD3WKSZ2skEM=270) [alt_text](%2F%2Fwww.apartments.com%2F%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/2/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/rK3i4gnTXCh-5gjbgKI3FJh1pKk=270) Astrology %2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Flife%2Fmay-12-zodiac-sign-daily-horoscope-for-2022%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/561srGfIX9Yos88JMRs0ncbKK-4=270 [Here’s Your Daily Horoscope](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Flife%2Fmay-12-zodiac-sign-daily-horoscope-for-2022%3Futm_campaign=29155%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/2/01000180ba9bb241-bffee264-5914-490f-ad89-112849af4d6d-000000/tTbCGS0GD1R9zxYiBeUHNIflyjg=270) The past is the past and you still exist in the here and now so, remember: What you want and what you need are different things. 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