OPINION -- Another celebrity relationship has bitten the dust.

The reported end of the 20-year relationship of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban hits hard and comes hot on the heels of some other high-profile splits in recent years.

So far this year alone Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom , Jessica Alba and Cash Warren, and Lily Allen and David Harbour announced their splits, while Hugh Jackman and Deborah-Lee Furness, and J Lo and Ben Affleck each finalised their divorces.

They are among a group of celebrity splits that have shaken us to the core and include Nicole Kidman and first husband Tom Cruise, Ben Affleck and his first wife Jennifer Garner, and Brad Pitt and wives, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie.

But why does a celebrity break-up leave us feeling so upset? And w

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