They were one of the most famous celebrity couples of the noughties: at the end of 2001, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck met while filming the film “Gigli”. The film turned out to be a merciless flop, but the two actors also became a couple off the screen. Lopez and Affleck made another film together with “Jersey Girl”, he appeared in the music video for her single “Jenny from the Block” and the couple also made plenty of headlines.
The engagement followed in the fall of 2002 and the wedding was scheduled to take place in September 2003. But just a few days earlier, Lopez and Affleck called it all off. One reason they cited was too much media hype. Instead of a new wedding date, the two announced their separation in January 2004.
The surprise was even greater when the love comeback was announced in 2021 and the two actually got married in 2022. But less than two years later there was a crisis in the marriage. Lopez and Affleck last appeared together in public in March. Since Jennifer Lopez posed alone at the Met Gala in early May, there have been rumors that the couple has long since separated.
Source: Stern
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