Jennifer Lopez has ended months of speculations since January about separation after filing for divorce on Tuesday from husband Ben Affleck. They got married in July 2022 in Las Vegas after years of and off relationship. Lopez had told the media back then that she was head over heels in love with Affleck. She said she reaped the fruits of twenty years of being patient.
Lopez filing for divorce comes two years after the Hollywood power couple’s lavish Georgia wedding ceremony. They had reportedly eloped to Las Vegas in July 2022 to fulfill the actress-singer’s fairytale.
Lopez and Affleck, called ‘Bennifer’ by the paparazzi, had tried to make their marriage work through couples therapy sessions. They had been living separately since April 2024.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Were Never Meant To Be Together
Lopez and Affleck’s romance goes back nearly two decades. The Let’s Get Loud singer and the Daredevil actor first met on the sets of the comedy Gigli. They got engaged in November 2002 and their wedding was called off days before their marriage day in September 2003, with Affleck blaming excessive media attention. In January 2004, the couple split for good.
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Over the years, Lopez and Affleck got engaged and married to others – Lopez married Marc Anthony in 2004 and has 14-year-old twins and divorced in 2015, then dated Alex Rodriguez in 2017 but called off their engagement in 2021; Affleck married actress Jennifer Garner in 2005 and divorced in 2018 – they have three children together.
Lopez and Affleck’s latest marriage woes came to light when the singer abruptly canceled her 2024 North American tour because of heartsickness. She took the time to be with her kids, family and close friends.
