Jennifer Lopez Recordsdata for Divorce from Ben Affleck

TMZ confirmed Lopez filed for divorce, little greater than two years after saying “I do” in a July 2022 Las Vegas wedding ceremony and three years after rekindling their romance after splitting greater than 20 years prior. They reportedly wouldn’t have a prenup.

Hypothesis of a cut up has been rampant for months now, after Lopez confirmed as much as the Met Gala — which she was cochair of this 12 months — solo. Affleck allegedly missed the occasion as a result of a piece dedication, as he was filming The Accountant 2 in Los Angeles.

The date of separation was listed as April 26, 2024, which might have been little greater than per week earlier than the Gala on Could 6. The final public occasion they attended collectively, in the meantime, was a Los Angeles Lakers recreation again on March 16.

In fact, the indicators of a cut up have been fairly seen for a while, as the 2 continued to be seen with out the opposite at occasions and purple carpets for months.

Lopez went on to attend Paris Vogue Week and all of the promotional occasions for her Netflix film Atlas solo. Affleck was additionally MIA from her Bridgerton-themed birthday festivities within the Hamptons in July, whereas she attended a Bruno Mars live performance with out Ben on the night time of his personal birthday final week — although there are experiences she did cease by his rental residence to “congratulate” him.

She was noticed carrying her wedding ceremony band as lately as August 10, although that was actually the one approach the 2 made it appear to be they had been possibly working issues out. That, it appears, was all a ruse.

The couple even put their residence in the marketplace; Ben lately bought his personal home, whereas Jen continues to search for one herself.

Even earlier than the Met Gala, nevertheless, Ben made headlines and obtained the meme remedy for showing lower than completely satisfied to be at Hollywood occasions along with his different half.

Earlier this 12 months, Lopez turned their very lengthy and troubled love story into an album and accompanying movie, This Is Me … Now. That challenge dropped again in February, together with a making of documentary, The Best Love Story By no means Informed.

Within the latter, Affleck admitted that having Lopez share a lot of their private life was troublesome — saying, “Issues which might be non-public, I might at all times felt, are sacred and particular, as a result of, partly, they’re non-public. So this was one thing of an adjustment for me.”

He was additionally shocked when she determined to share private love letters he wrote her with musicians, to encourage the album.

“I do not suppose he is very snug with me doing all of this,” she additionally stated within the doc about making their story so public. “However he loves me, he is aware of I am an artist and he’ll assist me in each approach he can as a result of he is aware of he cannot cease me from making the music I made and writing the phrases that I wrote. That is going to occur and he does not wish to cease me.”

He additionally defined that he is at all times had a “very agency sense of boundaries” across the press, whereas Lopez doesn’t. He stated that originally, he advised her, “Pay attention, one of many issues I do not need is a relationship on social media” — earlier than he “realized it isn’t a particularly reasonable factor to ask.”

Generally, it appeared the 2 had been at all times a bit at odds for deal with the press and media scrutiny that comes with being Bennifer.

The 2 first met whereas filming Gigli in early 2002, whereas Lopez was nonetheless married to second husband Cris Judd. She filed for divorce from Judd in July 2002, shortly after she and Affleck wrapped filming on the film. The 2 costars then turned romantically concerned, earlier than they obtained engaged by November that very same 12 months.

However days earlier than their September 2003 wedding ceremony, the 2 postponed their nuptials — blaming “extreme media consideration.” Simply months later, in January 2004, they formally referred to as off the engagement and cut up.

After their relationship led to 2004, Ben and Jen each pursued different relationships. That 12 months, Jennifer reconnected with former flame Marc Anthony, and the couple tied the knot in June. In 2008, the duo welcomed twins Emme and Maximilian.

In the meantime, Ben started courting Jennifer Garner in 2004, whom he married the next 12 months. The couple shares three youngsters: Seraphina, Violet, and Samuel.

Sadly, their relationships finally did not work out, with Jennifer and Marc splitting in 2011 and Ben and Jennifer ending issues in 2018.

The pair every had a string of relationships within the public eye within the years to observe, with Affleck coupling up with Ana de Armas and Lopez getting engaged to former baseball star Alex Rodriguez.

When each these romances fizzled out in 2021, Ben and Jen reconnected. Whereas there was loads of hypothesis and rumors surrounding the standing of their relationship, they formally went public with their romance on Lopez’s birthday in July.

Then, in April 2022, they introduced their second engagement, earlier than tying the knot for the primary time that very same July in Las Vegas … and once more in August with a big ceremony surrounded by household and mates in Georgia.

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