Jennifer Lopez has officially filed for divorce from Ben Affleck after two years of marriage. The court documents were submitted on August 20, 2024, marking the end of their relationship.
Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, US media reported Tuesday, two years after the Hollywood power couple officially gave love a second chance by getting married. The pair, who were nicknamed “Bennifer” when they first dated in the frenzied tabloid celebrity days of the early 2000s, had rekindled their relationship almost two decades later. But Jennifer Lopez on Tuesday filed divorce papers at a Los Angeles court, Hollywood trade outlet Variety and celebrity gossip website TMZ said.
A source said the actress was tired of trying to make things work but Ben wasn’t interested in staying in the marriage. “ She’s very disappointed and sad, but Ben hasn’t given her any signs that he wants to continue their marriage,” the source was quoted saying.
“She tried really hard to make things work and is heartbroken. The kids are a top priority, as they always have been,” it added.
It was the fourth marriage for pop singer-turned-actress Lopez, 55, and the second for Oscar-winning movie star and director Affleck, 52.
Reason for Jennifer Lopez’s divorce from Ben Affleck
People magazine said relations became strained because of their different approaches to celebrity. “She likes to open her heart to her fans and to the world,” the magazine quoted an unnamed source saying. “He is more introspective and private. This has been difficult day-to-day.”
Divorce papers listed the couple’s date of separation as April 26, 2024, according to TMZ, which said the pair are no longer on speaking terms.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s love story
The pair first met in 2002 on the set of the widely panned movie Gigli. They became a media sensation as they started dating and announced their engagement.
But they postponed their planned 2003 nuptials, and announced their relationship was over in early 2004. “Bennifer” set the internet alight again in 2021 when photos of them together again began circulating. “It’s a beautiful love story that we got a second chance,” Lopez said in an interview around that time.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck announced their engagement in April 2022, and the A-list lovebirds wed in Las Vegas in July. They made it official again the following month in a lavish ceremony at the “Good Will Hunting” star’s 87-acre (35-hectare) estate in the southeastern US state of Georgia.
Jennifer Lopez’s earlier marriages
The actress was married three times before. She married Ojani Noa from 1997-1998 and then Cris Judd from 2001-2003. She and singer Marc Anthony were married for a decade, and are blessed with14-year-old twins. She started dating former baseball player Alex Rodriguez in 2017, but the couple called off their engagement four years later in 2021.
