Odds Aren't Good for Khloe and Lamar

The Reality Couple Curse

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown -- 'Being Bobby Brown'
In 2005, Bobby Brown starred in his own reality show with Whitney Houston. By October 2006, Houston filed for divorce claiming she was sick of Brown's history of infidelity, drug and alcohol arrests.

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Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson -- 'Newlyweds'
Nick & Jessica started filming their reality show during the summer of 2003 as they exchanged their vows and started their lives as newlyweds. After four seasons of honeymoon bliss (and learning the truth about chicken of the sea), the couple filed for divorce on December 16, 2005.

MTV

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline -- 'Britney & Kevin: Chaotic'
The limited-run reality series debuted on May 17, 2005 and brought viewers into the whirlwind romance of Britney and K-Fed leading up to their "secret" wedding. In November 2006, Britney filed for divorce from Federline citing irreconcilable differences.

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Flavor Flav and Brigitte Nielsen -- 'Strange Love'
After the couple developed a relationship while filming 'The Surreal Life,' VH1 gave them their own show. By the show's final episode Brigitte returned to her fiance, Mattia Dessi. (The series premiered on January 9, 2005 and ended on April 24, 2005.)

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Hulk Hogan and Linda Hogan -- 'Hogan Knows Best'
After filming three seasons, Linda filed for divorce on Tuesday November 20, 2007 after media reports cited that Hulk cheated on her with one of his daughter's close friends.

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Evan Marriott and Zora Andrich -- 'Joe Millionaire'
The FOX dating show tricked its contestants into believing Evan, a 9-to-5 construction worker, was actually a millionaire. After filming stopped, the Season 1 winner, Zora, claimed she was attracted to a completely different man while Marriott claimed she lost her sex appeal. Ouch.

FOX

Travis Barker (R) and Shanna Moakler -- 'Meet the Barkers'
MTV filmed Barker's marriage to former Miss USA Shanna Moakler from 2005–2006. By August 8, 2006 Barker filed for divorce from Moakler. (The couple have had a rocky on and off relationship since and are currently back together.)

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Jesse Csincsak (L) and DeAnna Pappas -- 'The Bachelorette: Season 4'
Like many 'Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' stars before them, Jesse and Deanna's relationship didn't last long. The fourth season aired on May 19, 2008 but by November 2008, a teary-eyed Jesse announced on his official video blog that 'Bachelorette' DeAnna broke up with him.

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Ashlee Simpson and Ryan Cabrera -- 'The Ashlee Simpson Show'
During the show's two seasons, MTV followed the young love of Ashlee and Ryan, which started in 2003. By the following summer in 2004, the two reportedly broke up due to their conflicting schedules.

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Gretchen Bonaduce and Danny Bonaduce -- 'Breaking Bonaduce'
The couple began filming their faltering marriage on VH1 in 2005. The show caught the couple in domestic disputes and couple's counseling. On April 9, 2007, Gretchen filed a divorce petition citing irreconcilable differences.

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Forget about the fact that Khloe and Lamar have known each other for about a month. Who cares that he is on the road for six months out of the year. Laugh off all the baggage each of them is bringing to this union (He has two kids from a previous relationship and she is a Kardashian).

The reason that Khloe and Lamar won't be sitting on that metaphorical front porch swing well into their golden years is because marriages that play out on reality television simply don't work out. We'd love to say the opposite, but we're just going on history here.

"Most reality television marriages are formed under false conditions with six-week production schedules and are usually based solely on immediate lust." said Life & Style Executive Editor Jared Shapiro. "Once the couple gets home the REAL reality sets in. Plus, once you are off the show, people stop caring about you. Reality stars often have a really hard time dealing with the loss of fame."

Danger sign number one is that Khloe and Lamar have already let the whirlwind of reality romance take precedence over their relationship. The pair reportedly rushed to the altar in order to stay on the demanding shooting schedule for E!'s 'Keeping up With the Kardashian's' where the wedding will air at a later date -- most likely to astronomical ratings.

"The biggest ratings grabbers are babies, weddings and deaths. This year alone we've seen Kourtney get pregnant, Khloe tie the knot and the entire Kardashian clan front and center -- with camera crew -- for Michael Jackson's funeral," dished Jarett Wieselman, senior entertainment writer for the New York Post's PopWrap. "When you take into account the fact that Khloe and Lamar have only been dating for a month, I wouldn't be surprised if Khloe's show lasts longer than her marriage!"

Let's take a look at the track record of marriages that have played out in front of the cameras starting with television's most famous newlyweds, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson. After three years of marriage mostly spent in front of MTV cameras, the pair parted ways. Soon after, 'Newlywed' spin-offs ran amok with Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro in 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave' and Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler in 'Meet the Barkers.' Both marriages self-destructed soon after the shows finished airing.

But long-term unions run the risk of falling apart once the cameras start rolling as well. Take a look at Jon and Kate Gosselin, who after nearly a decade of marriage and eight kids, split up due to the pressures of reality television. Or Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston, a couple who weathered both crack-cocaine and endless renditions of 'My Prerogative,' but finally called it quits following the Bravo show, 'Being Bobby Brown.' Even wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan couldn't fight off the reality curse, as his marriage crumbled under the lights of 'Hogan Knows Best.'

Ronnie Karam, senior editor of TVgasm.com explains that television marriages are doomed to fail for a variety of reasons, but mainly because the camera doesn't lie.

"You have to see how stupid you actually look together, which most of us can avoid ... except for the wedding pictures. All of your flaws, and worse, and all of your mate's flaws, are there for the world to see and comment on. If most people knew the crap I put up with in my relationship, they'd tell me to dump the loser and eventually I'd listen. But in private, he's my hopeless loser."

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Engaged!
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The 'American Idol' runner-up tied the knot on Sept. 26, 2009. Guarini and Capodici e known each other since high school but only started dating a couple of years ago.

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Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom
Married
The couple has been together just a month, but wed on Sept. 27.

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Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard
Married!
The couple tied the knot in a ceremony outside of Seattle.

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Jim Verraros and Bill Brennan
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John Krasinski and Emily Blunt
Engaged
'The Office' star popped the question less than 10 months after they started dating and are keeping very quiet about their engagement.

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Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson
Married
Fun Fact: Jovovich and Anderson first met in 2002, when he directed her in the box office hit 'Resident Evil.'

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Jason Schwartzman and Brady Cunningham
Married
Fun Fact: The couple wed at their home in the San Fernando Valley. The wedding had a very small ceremony with many family members and close friends, the actor's rep said.

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