Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck — marking an end to “Bennifer 2.0”. This was after the couple has had two engagements and three weddings in a relationship that spanned two decades.
The filing occurred on Tuesday, Aug. 20 (U.S.
time) in Los Angeles Superior Court, TMZ reported . Lopez, 54, listed the date of separation from Affleck, 51, as Apr. 26, 2024, and did not mention any prenuptial agreement, according to TMZ .
The second-time celebrity coupling delighted pop culture fans, but many expressed scepticism. The couple first met, fell in love and got engaged in the early 2000s, and even starred in movies together, but split and blamed pressure of the public eye as one of the reasons. The first run was known as "Bennifer".
Their reunion occurred two decades later and they married twice in 2022. The couple had flown to Las Vegas in July 2022, and were married just after midnight, where Lopez said a Bluetooth speaker played their brief march down the aisle. She called it the "best night" of the couple’s lives.
They stood in line for their license with four other couples that night. A month later, they had a much grander wedding at Affleck’s house in Georgia, in front of friends and family. “Love is beautiful.
Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” Lopez wrote in her newsletter, where she signed off as "Jennifer Lynn Affleck".
“Stick around long enough and maybe you’ll find the best moment of your life in a .