Sadly, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck‘s second likelihood at fortunately ever after didn’t get a fairytale ending. The Hollywood energy couple is divorcing after two years of marriage.
Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck on Tuesday, August 20 on the Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom, per Selection. April 26, 2024 is cited as their official separation date. Lopez filed for divorce on the second anniversary of their second marriage ceremony. The primary was a small ceremony in July 16, 2022, adopted by an even bigger occasion in Georgia on August 20, 2022.
Information of Affleck and Lopez’s divorce comes after rumors of marriage troubles and the couple promoting their $60 million California mansion. The pair didn’t tackle any break up hypothesis previous to their announcement.
In her 2024 documentary, The Biggest Love Story By no means Instructed, Lopez admitted that Affleck was uncomfortable along with her opening up so publicly about their relationship. “However he loves me, he is aware of I’m an artist, and he’s gonna help me in each approach he can as a result of he is aware of you possibly can’t cease me from making the music I made… he doesn’t need to cease me. However that doesn’t imply he’s comfy being the muse.”
The previous couple rekindled their earlier relationship in 2021 after 20 years aside. They first met in 2002 on their set of their movie, Gigli. Lopez and Affleck obtained engaged that very same 12 months and had been dubbed “Bennifer” by the media. Simply days earlier than they had been alleged to get married in 2003, they postponed their marriage ceremony. The couple ended their relationship for the primary time in 2004.
Affleck and Lopez went on to marry different folks. Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005. They’ve three youngsters collectively. Lopez wed Marc Anthony in 2004, they usually welcomed twins in 2008.
After years aside, the Oscar winner and Second Act star paths converged once more. They rekindled their relationship in April 2021. A 12 months later, Lopez introduced their second engagement. Affleck and Lopez obtained married in Las Vegas on July 16, 2022, they usually had a second marriage ceremony in Georgia a month later.
“We did it. Love is gorgeous. Love is variety. And it seems love is affected person. Twenty years affected person,” Lopez wrote in a letter she printed in her e-newsletter. “So with one of the best witnesses you can ever think about, a costume from an previous film and a jacket from Ben’s closet, we learn our personal vows within the little chapel and gave each other the rings we’ll put on for the remainder of our lives…it was the very best marriage ceremony we might have imagined. One we dreamed of way back and one made actual (within the eyes of the state, Las Vegas, a pink convertible and each other) at very, very lengthy final.”
After their marriage ceremony, Affleck and Lopez had been devoted to protecting their new blended household united. The couple additionally confirmed their help for one another at premieres and different public occasions. Affleck joined Lopez on the 2021 Met Gala (though he didn’t stroll the purple carpet along with her), however he noticeably didn’t attend the occasion in any respect in 2024 when Lopez was a cochair.
