Jennifer Lopez Information 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 marriage ceremony and three years after rekindling their romance after splitting greater than 20 years prior. They reportedly should not have a prenup.

Hypothesis of a break up has been rampant for months now, after Lopez confirmed as much as the Met Gala — which she was cochair of this yr — solo. Affleck allegedly missed the occasion as a consequence 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.

After all, the indicators of a break up have been fairly seen for a while, as the 2 continued to be seen with out the opposite at occasions and crimson 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 studies she did cease by his rental dwelling to “congratulate” him.

She was noticed carrying her marriage ceremony band as lately as August 10, although that was actually the one means the 2 made it appear like they have been possibly working issues out. That, it appears, was all a ruse.

The couple even put their dwelling available on the market; 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 bought the meme therapy for showing lower than pleased to be at Hollywood occasions together with his different half.

Earlier this yr, Lopez turned their very lengthy and troubled love story into an album and accompanying movie, This Is Me … Now. That venture 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 can be non-public, I would 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 stunned 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 mentioned within the doc about making their story so public. “However he loves me, he is aware of I am an artist and he will assist me in each means 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 mentioned that originally, he informed 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.”

Normally, it appeared the 2 have been at all times a bit at odds for easy methods to 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 bought engaged by November that very same yr.

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

After their relationship resulted in 2004, Ben and Jen each pursued different relationships. That yr, 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 yr. The couple shares three kids: 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 comply with, 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 pals in Georgia.

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