The “Bennifer” love story that first blossomed greater than twenty years in the past has come to an finish.
On Tuesday, Jennifer Lopez, 55, filed to divorce Ben Affleck, 52, in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom, in response to courtroom filings obtained by USA TODAY. Tuesday marked the second anniversary of the estranged couple’s Georgia marriage ceremony ceremony. TMZ and Selection report their date of separation as April 26.
TMZ was first to report the information. USA TODAY has reached out to reps for Affleck and Lopez for remark.
This was the second marriage for Affleck and the fourth for Lopez. The 2 had been engaged to one another twice: first in 2002 then once more in 2021.
JLo, Ben Affleck sparked hypothesis of their cut up earlier this yr
Lopez’s submitting comes after a number of months of fan and media hypothesis as she and Affleck began showing in public solo.
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On the Might 6 Met Gala in New York Metropolis, Affleck was absent as Lopez carried out her duties as one of many occasion’s co-chairs. The night time prior, Affleck participated in Netflix’s “The Biggest Roast of All Time: The Roast of Tom Brady” in Los Angeles, and Lopez didn’t appear to be in attendance.
The separate appearances occurred whereas Lopez was reportedly filming “Kiss of the Spider Lady” in New Jersey and Affleck was in Los Angeles filming “The Accountant 2.”
On Might 16, Lopez and Affleck had been photographed collectively for the primary time in over a month, every noticed sporting their marriage ceremony rings. Since then, they’ve been noticed collectively a handful of occasions whereas additionally reportedly not residing collectively.
JLo and Ben Affleck’s relationship, from 2002 to 2024
The 2 hit it off after assembly in 2002 on the set of the rom-com “Gigli,” when Lopez was married to her second husband, Cris Judd.
After Lopez and Affleck known as off their engagement, blaming an excessive amount of media consideration, in January 2004, the “This Is Me… Now” singer went on to marry Marc Anthony later that yr. The couple welcomed twins Max and Emme in 2008. They divorced in 2014. Affleck married fellow actor Jennifer Garner in 2005 and had three youngsters collectively: Violet, Fin and Samuel. The 2 divorced in 2018.
In March 2019, Lopez obtained engaged to MLB star Alex Rodriguez, however they formally known as it quits in April 2021.
When Affleck and Lopez had been noticed collectively a number of occasions following JLo and A-Rod’s cut up, the rumor mill churned with hypothesis that “Bennifer” was making a comeback. Lopez put the rumors to relaxation in July 2021 when she went Instagram official with Affleck for her 52nd birthday.
The couple began displaying as much as main occasions collectively and sharing PDA at locations just like the Venice Movie Pageant and the 2021 Met Gala.
In April 2022, Lopez revealed she and Affleck had been once more engaged, this time with a uncommon inexperienced diamond ring. (Affleck proposed with a now-famous pink diamond engagement ring twenty years prior.)
A number of months later, Lopez revealed a shock for followers in her On the JLo fan e-newsletter: that she and her fiancé obtained married in a late-night ceremony in Las Vegas on July 16, 2022 – and that it was “the very best marriage ceremony we might have imagined.”
“We did it,” she wrote. “Love is gorgeous. Love is variety. And it seems love is affected person. Twenty years affected person.”
A month later, they exchanged their vows once more at a extra formal marriage ceremony ceremony at Affleck’s property outdoors of Savannah, Georgia.
As 2024 obtained underway, hypothesis about whether or not the 2 had been on the outs began effervescent up as they continued to make public appearances with out the opposite.