#21: Benjamin Bratt, The End
The relationship ended in 2001, not abruptly but with a sense of quiet finality. Neither framed the split as dramatic; it was understood as a mismatch in timing and long-term direction.

Its conclusion marked the end of Roberts’ most sustained pre-marriage partnership. Soon after, she stepped away from highly public romance altogether, preparing—consciously or not—for a very different kind of commitment.
