There’s nothing better than when a favored star who’s fallen on bad luck returns to the spotlight energized and renewed. Think Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, and even Michael Vick. But the sad reality is that comebacks are harder than we think – and certainly not wholly dependent on talent. Just ask these 15 celebs who failed (miserably) in their attempts. They know the deal.

Jodeci

We lost all of the R&B magic that was Jodeci in 1998 when the group went on hiatus – and it looks like we’ll never get it back. Just two months ago, the group attempted a comeback in London and not 30 seconds in, Mr. Dalvin had jumped off the stage, busted his arse and needed security’s help just to get back on. Then when he did get back on he, K-Ci and Jo-Jo (Devante was a no-show) sang out of tune, stumbled around the stage drunk and got straight up boo-ed. They then begged the audience to let them continue, before another group had to take over and finish their set. How horribly embarrassing.

Although they broke up and moved on with other people, we just can’t seem to get over these high-profile celebrity relationships that we thought were a match made in heaven. Here are 15 celebrity couples that we wish could have stood the test of time.

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Kanye and Alexis

Before there was Kanye West and Kim Kardashian or even Kanye and Amber Rose, there was Kanye and Alexis. The Chicago rapper/producer met Alexis Phifer back in 2002 and the cute couple dated on and off for four years before West finally popped the question. After an 18-month whirlwind engagement the two went their separate ways citing his hectic touring schedule as the cause. West dated then-unknown model Amber Rose before settling down with the reality show superstar who is now pregnant with their first child.

Sometimes the drama going on behind the scenes of your favorite movies is more compelling than what’s in front of the camera. Some celebrities have managed to keep their public personas squeaky clean. But reports from the set say that they’re a nightmare to work with.

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We try not to judge what celebrities do behind closed doors, but some stars like to invite the limelight between the sheets — unfortunately. Here are a few of the dirty celebrity sex secrets that we wish our eyes and ears could forget.

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AP. 9′s Freaky Photos of CoCo

We all already know that CoCo is hot to trot. We don’t need any more pictures of her cakes or her business courtesy of AP. 9. Someone needs to find this Canadian rapper another way to extend his 15 minutes of fame — besides his weak, 90s era rhymes.

Being a celebrity doesn’t necessarily mean skirting the law and getting away with it. However, these 15 stars somehow managed to escape the long hand of the law after an arrest.

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Lindsay Lohan is no stranger to a jail cell or a courtroom because trouble seems to follow her wherever she goes. During a night out at a club in New York last summer, the Liz & package actress allegedly got into an altercation with a psychic. Tiffany Mitchell claimed Lohan punched her and as a result she was injured. However, video surveillance outside of the club showed Mitchell falling and sustaining the same injuries she claimed Lohan caused. As a result, charges against the New York native were dropped. Lohan was recently sentenced to 90 days in rehab in yet another legal case.

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 The Real Housewives of Atlanta is known for its over the top drama, fancy gay hair stylists and larger than life cast. Kim Zolciak, the show’s resident white woman and most notable character (next to NeNe) is now gone after moving into (and losing)  her “dream” home, getting married, and lying about  the duration of her pregnancy. Sadly, there’s no more vanilla in the RHOA coffee, but just in case Andy and them wanna add a little milk back in, here are 15 replacements who would fit right in.

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Hot couples are one thing, but hot celebrity couples? They take the cake. Most of them are nearly, if not already, perfect looking and they come together to make an absolutely picture perfect scene. And sometimes that scene is way to literal when it takes the form of a clip from a nartsy home video in their bedrooms.

Whatever happened to watching an x-rated flick here or there to steam things up in the bedroom, or simply making a 5-minute video of your own and keeping it hidden?! These celebs know nothing about that life because they but their sex lives all the way on blast and got a career boost to boot.

After former All That and The Amanda Show star Amanda Bynes spent most of last year getting arrested for DUIs, hit and runs, driving on a suspended license and side-swiping police cars, you would think she would do her best to stay out of the media for negative reasons in 2013. But alas, she’s back. The actress, who says she’s now retired from the acting industry, decided to post a picture of Jay-Z, wearing glasses and looking intently somewhere, and caption it as “Ugly face.”

Homegirl was even bold enough to tag Jay-Z’s Twitter handle so that he’d get the message. Very soon after, she deleted the Tweet (along with a chunk of others), continued to post photos of herself and had nothing to say, apology or denial wise. No normal celeb accusations of being hacked or anything like that, so it’s safe to say that homegirl was happily behind the rather rude message. Which is ironic, because a while back, she labeled Beyoncé and Jay-Z on Twitter as a “foxy couple.” Well, guess they’re not that foxy to her anymore. Bynes, 26, has been known for posting some pretty random tweets and messages online over the last few years, and was even said to have something of a beef with other troubled child star, Lindsay Lohan, who blasted Bynes on Twitter last year for not getting put in jail for her bad driving (which is what happened to Lohan). So this stunt seems pretty normal for her. But per the usual for Jigga Man, he hasn’t responded and probably won’t, and he’s been seen happily traveling around Los Angeles with Beyoncé and Blue Ivy, as they’re all in town for the Grammys.

Of course, Amanda Bynes isn’t the first person to have a less than positive thing to say about Jay-Z’s looks, but is it weird that I just feel like other celebrities  (who aren’t rappers and have no connection to this man) should know better than to publicly make their negative opinions known? You know the backlash you could receive, and plus, you should have something better to do! Ah well, either way, he doesn’t seem to be sweating it (probably because he’s fanning himself with his American Express black card and a stack of money…)

Let’s be clear, there are only like two or three people on this list who you could say look “bad” after delving into the world of plastic surgery. And while some might look okay with their enhancements and changes, if you ask us, they looked perfectly fine, if not fabulous, before they decided to mess with the knife, Botox and other things that changed their features dramatically. Sometimes it’s just good to work with what God gave you, even if you have the money to morph yourself.

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Tamar Braxton

It’s clear almost every woman in the Braxton clan has had a little somethin’ somethin’ done, but aside from Tamar, every other sister kind of knew when to quit. She doesn’t look bad per se (though some, like K. Michelle for instance, like to say she looks like a Muppet), but baby girl didn’t need the cheekbone changes and other work. And all the make up that her make up artist piles on, along with the big lacefronts, don’t do her true beauty justice.

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It has been a rocky road for some of Hollywood’s most notable names when it comes to their children. Custody battles aren’t exactly a rarity in Hollywood, but it it’s not often that judges rule in favor of men and award them custody of their children while offering their ex-wives visitation and sometimes no rights at all. That’s the situation all of these celebrity women found themselves in as they had to relinquishment their position as sole guardian and try their best to co-parent from afar.