Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck after just two years of marriage.
Jennifer Lopez Divorces Ben Affleck – Photo Shutterstock, Instagram
According to Variety magazine, Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce on Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, listing the official date of separation as April 26.
Jennifer Lopez, 55, and Ben Affleck, 52, tied the knot in July 2022 in Las Vegas after rekindling their two-decade relationship. After the intimate ceremony in Las Vegas, the couple held a lavish wedding in Georgia on August 20, 2022, exactly two years ago.
The divorce decision comes after speculation that the two were living apart, given the sale of their Beverly Hills home and Lopez’s recent announcement that she is “grief-stricken and devastated” from canceling his summer tour “This Is Me … Live“.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have gone through a tumultuous relationship in the past, being known as “Bennifer”.
After a split in 2003, the two rekindled their relationship in 2021, only to split again. Lopez and Affleck made two movies together: “GigiMartin Brest’s 2003 and Kevin Smith’s comedy Jersey Girl in 2004. By the time the latter film hit theaters, Lopez and Affleck called off their engagement and went their separate ways.
They both married and divorced in the years that followed – Jennifer Lopez from Marc Anthony, Ben Affleck from Jennifer Garner. The two then started a public relationship again about three years ago. Jennifer Lopez has frequently updated her fans about her engagement and eventual marriage via social media.
Jennifer Lopez addressed her relationship with Ben Affleck in her recent album, This Is Me … Now, the follow-up to her 2002 album, This Is Me … Then. Affleck appears in the album’s accompanying film, “This Is Me … Now: A Love Story,” released on Prime Video in February, in which he plays an aging news anchor wearing prosthetic makeup.
During their second relationship and marriage, Affleck and Lopez regularly appeared on the promotional circuit for each other’s projects, walking the carpet for “This Is Me … Now: A Love Story”, “The Mother”, “Air”, “The Last Duel” and “Marry Me” together. The two attended the Golden Globes earlier this year.
In May, Lopez canceled her summer tour “This Is Me… Now”, by a statement which read: “Jennifer takes time off to be with her children, family and close friends“.
