With Bromances Too, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

July 15, 2009— -- Oh, to bask in the blush of the bromance.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Beavis and Butthead. They are the pillars on which a whole new category of relationship rests, examples of a kind of love with which women, even the Angelina Jolies of the world, simply can't compete.

At its height, the bromance allows boys to just be boys: to play PlayStation and wolf down wings, to freak out about football and knock back beers, to drunkenly drawl "I love you, man" and enjoy the Paul Rudd film of the same name. And once in a very long while, as Jonah Hill's Seth did to Michael Cera's Evan in "Superbad," to playfully poke the other on the nose, a moment of tenderness in an otherwise testosterone-loaded partnership.

But again, boys will be boys. They'll tire of each other. They'll crave "alone time." They'll think themselves worthy of solo billing, not content to be considered a two-for-one special.

And then, in art and in life, the bromance breaks up.

Or at least, it grows up, as happened in the season six premiere of "Entourage" Sunday, when Eric Murphy (Kevin Connolly) finally detached from his client and BFF, Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and moved into his own house. While E hemmed and hawed about the decision and Vinnie swore he'd be "fiiiine" living on his own, at episode's end, the latter character sat alone in the dark in his multi-million dollar mansion, a star without his sidekick.

In real life, actors Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford, buddies and roomies since they jumpstarted their careers on the CW drama "Gossip Girl," reportedly cut the cohabitation cord as well. According to Usmagazine.com, earlier this week, Crawford checked out of the New York City apartment the two shared for more than a year, supposedly because Westwick's a slob. Representatives for the bromantics didn't return ABCNews.com's requests for comment.