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The actress told HuffPost in 2013 that her dating deal-breaker is "if people aren't nice or try to act like a—holes to be cool. I really dislike that."
The 'SNL' star has dated some of Hollywood's highest-profile women, and during the November 16 episode of iHeartRadio's 'River Cafe Table 4' he talked about how he takes people to nice restaurants because "even if I'm a s–t date, it's like, at least the food was great," he joked. When asked about what happens if a potential partner is rude to servers, he said, "Then immediately, in my head, I'd be like, 'OK, never [again]. This is it," he added, noting that his own experience working in a restaurant was foundational to this deal-breaker.
The 'Siwas Dance Pop Revolution' star gave E! News a list of her deal-breakers in November 2021, which included, "You must not think drinking milk is weird because I like milk," and, "You must not think ranch is gross because I like ranch. Pickles. We love Pickles, mushrooms."
In May 2021, the actress told E! News' Daily Pop that she "probably [has] a very long list [of deal-breakers]" when it comes to dating. "I've been alone for a long time now," she added with a laugh.
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She added, "I hate lipstick, but what I realize is that depending on the person, I don't think I would mind lipstick. I don't think I would." She also said that though watching a movie together is her ideal date, the film choice has to be "a mutually agreed-upon decision," because she once watched 'Avatar' with a boy and felt she wasted four hours of her life.
Though he's happily married now, the youngest Jonas Brother once told Cosmopolitan his deal-breaker involves too much research. "The worst dates are when people, like, know more about me than is comfortable," he said.
The former One Direction member said on a press tour for 'This Is Us' that he doesn't like lateness. "If you are going on a first date just be early first of all. Just don't be late—it's tardy and nobody likes tardy people," he said.
Back when he was still just a teenager, Bieber's biggest concerns included footwear. In an interview, he reportedly once said, "I will not even look at you if you're wearing Uggs, even if you're Beyoncé!"
In an interview with Just Jared, the singer mentioned that his deal-breaker is "a girl that's really rude."
On an episode of her Instagram Live show 'Bad and Booshy' with Lindsay Flores in December 2020, the actress made it clear that her biggest deal-breaker is if the person is one of your friend's exes. When Flores teased that she might date a friend's ex, Berry replied: "No I f—king wouldn't. No, the answer is no."
"That's a cardinal sin, like you don't date your bestie's exes," she explained. "If I know you, I'm not dating your past nothing because that's just not cool." When pressed on whether she'd change her mind if the person was her soulmate or if they'd only been on two dates with a friend, Berry remained firm. "My soulmate is not in the form of anybody I know's exes." She added, "If my friend's only been out with them twice, he's not on my list. That's how I feel."
In 2018, the actress told Us Weekly that she would never date anyone who didn't motivate her—a lesson she learned after one of her exes told her a song she recorded was "not very good at all." Thorne explained, "If you're dating someone that's not going to motivate you or encourage you, don't date them. You should straight up just be out of the relationship right then and there."
After the implosion of her romance with Italian real estate developer Raffaello Follieri, who went to jail for what is now famously known as the Vati-Con scandal, the actress was asked by MTV to describe her deal-breakers when it came to me. She replied, "Uh...fraud?" with a laugh.
The 'Moxie' actor and son of Arnold Schwarzenegger told Us Weekly that he won't date anyone who doesn't inspire him. "I think that having a significant other is meant to make you a better person and bring out the best in you and you bring out the best in them." He explained that it's the same with friends: "It's about surrounding yourself with people that root for you and expect more from you."
In 2019, the 'Avengers' star told The Hollywood Reporter his deal-breaker is someone who isn't independent since, he said, "I was always a really autonomous guy my whole life." He added, "If I'm with someone who just kind of adopts my life, that can feel a bit suffocating."
In the reunion show that aired after the end of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians,' Kourtney was asked if her relationship with Scott Disick, the father of her three children, would have survived if it weren't so public. "I think the substance abuse was a deal-breaker," she replied.
Jennifer Aniston could have almost any man she wanted, but she alluded to her deal-breaker in February 2021, and it's a great one. The actress posted a clip from a documentary about singer Eartha Kitt on her Instagram Story in which a reporter asks, "If a man came into your life, wouldn't you want to compromise?" and Kitt responds, "Stupid. A man comes into my life and I have to compromise? You must think about that one again … For what? For what?" Aniston has certainly shown in her selective dating that she won't waste time compromising.
On 'The Late Late Show with James Corden' in 2019, the actress shared her dating deal-breaker was going to Disneyland after fellow guest Milo Ventimiglia revealed that he used Disneyland as a date location. "I didn't like it," she said, adding that she had an argument when the guy she was with didn't compliment her Minnie Mouse ears enough. "So it was done. I was out. I was over it."
Swift once told Glamour magazine, "Here's what I've learned about deal-breakers. If you have enough natural chemistry with someone, you overlook every single thing that you said would break the deal."
The actor told Rolling Stone in 2012 about his very specific deal-breakers. "I've not dated girls because of their feet, just the length of certain toes and the shape of where things should be and they're not," he said. "Hammertoes are bad. And the second toe being too long? That's bad, too."
Palmer added, "He has to have something to do because otherwise, it's just like codependent, and he's gonna start asking me for money because he knows I got it. It's too much."
On an episode of 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' in March 2020, the actress, singer, and television host was asked if she had any deal-breakers. She replied, "Oh, yes. Deal-breakers for me in love? Oh yes, honey. You've got to have something going on because I have stuff going on. So I can't be like doing all my stuff and then call you, and you're just sitting there waiting for me. That's too much."
The singer said, "'Well you're with the wrong person then, honey.'" It's a deal-breaker that we're honestly not surprised by: "You have to love Christmas."
Dating is a difficult game, so it's handy to go into it knowing what you're willing to accept and what you're not. And if you don't go into it with that knowledge, you'll at least come out of it with a much better idea of what you will absolutely avoid in the next partner!
Deal-breakers are a great way to set boundaries and make your needs known, and, if communicated correctly, they can attract the people you want and quickly get rid of the ones you don't. Celebrities, like us, each have their own specific priorities and particular tastes, and they have expressed a wide range of rules that they uphold for themselves. Click through to find out what the stars consider to be deal-breakers in their dating lives.
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Dating is a difficult game, so it's handy to go into it knowing what you're willing to accept and what you're not. And if you don't go into it with that knowledge, you'll at least come out of it with a much better idea of what you will absolutely avoid in the next partner!
Deal-breakers are a great way to set boundaries and make your needs known, and, if communicated correctly, they can attract the people you want and quickly get rid of the ones you don't. Celebrities, like us, each have their own specific priorities and particular tastes, and they have expressed a wide range of rules that they uphold for themselves. Click through to find out what the stars consider to be deal-breakers in their dating lives.