After defending this step as “romantic and traditional”: Jennifer Affleck wants to be called Jennifer Lopez again.
Jennifer Lopez (55) wants to get rid of his last name when she divorces Ben Affleck (52). Court documents are said to show this. Although the singer and actress continues to call herself Jennifer Lopez in public, she has actually been called Jennifer Lynn Affleck since her wedding in 2022. According to media reports, J.Lo filed for divorce from the Hollywood star on August 20, 2024.
Jennifer Lopez is thus reversing a step that she defended two years ago. “We are husband and wife. I am proud of that. I don’t think that is a problem,” she said in the .
Jennifer Lopez defended her “romantic” move in 2022
In the same interview, she rejected the suggestion that her husband could also take her name. “No, that’s not tradition. There’s nothing romantic about it. It would feel like a demonstration of power.” She doesn’t need that. “I have my life and my destiny in my own hands and I feel strong as a woman and as a person,” J.Lo continued.
“I understand that people have their feelings about it, and that’s fine,” the singer continued. “But if you want to know how I feel about it, I just find it romantic. For me, it still has tradition and romance, and maybe that’s just me.”
After dating in the early 2000s, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck married in the summer of 2022. But things are said to have started to get tense between the two during their honeymoon on Lake Como. Affleck is said to have been annoyed by the many paparazzi who followed the couple everywhere they went.
Source: Stern
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