Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci Split After 2 Years
Well, it’s official, Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci have decided to call it quits after two years together, and if you ever shipped this couple for their quirky cinematic vibes and old-school continental glam, hey, same here. Their breakup announcement dropped on September 19, 2025, via AFP, a joint statement, the sort with dignity and care that makes you wonder how celebs manage breakups with such smooth PR lines. Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) reported on Twitter that Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton have ended their relationship after three years together.
Mambo Italiano (@mamboitaliano__) reports On Twitter that Monica Bellucci and director Tim Burton have announced the end of their relationship.
The “Beetlejuice” director, 67, and the Italian icon, 60, actually first crossed paths way back at Cannes in 2006, which feels almost like a movie setup for two artists, a glamorous festival, but nothing happened then since both were presumably locked down in other love stories.
Fast-forward to 2022, Monica presents Tim with the Lumière Award in Lyon, and soon after, they’re snapped arm-in-arm in Madrid, giving off those cozy vibes that honestly made a lot of us root for them from afar. The official “they’re together” moment was at the Rome Film Festival in October 2023: Tim showed up at Monica’s “Maria Callas” premiere press called him “so in love and happy,” and not to get sappy, but he really did seem like he’d found something special.
By summer 2023, Bellucci opened up in Elle France about not just loving the man, but being excited to meet the director, which led pretty naturally to her casting in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” as Delores, a villain with just enough European flair to steal half the scenes. Pretty cool move, right?
Their relationship, though short by Hollywood standards, felt a bit like a second act for both Burton after his famously eccentric partnership with Helena Bonham Carter (two kids, a bunch of movies, and a “not-quite marriage” breakup that Bonham Carter herself described as a never-ending sort of relationship), and Bellucci after her long run with Vincent Cassel (two daughters, very chic French-Italian family vibes, divorced in 2013).
Don’t you just love when stars actually sound like real human beings juggling exes and creative projects? Maybe their romance didn’t last, but honestly, they gave us a little magic red carpets in Marrakech and Giffoni, declarations about Italian cinema and monsters being metaphors for life, and even those awkward but sweet anecdotes about discovering Mario Bava films thanks to Tim. Plus, that gentle respect in their breakup makes a person want to root for friendships post-love. Maybe next time you catch “Beetlejuice 2,” yes, Monica’s in it, playing a mean-but-charming ex-wife, you’ll imagine the offscreen duo toasting to art and good memories, not just the end.
