As news surfaced that Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from husband Ben Affleck after two years of marriage, one of Lopez’s exes appeared to have something to say about it. Former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez reposted on his Instagram Story on Monday — one hour after the news broke — the quote, "You either go one way or the other, you might as well be the one deciding the direction.” SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE YANKEES NEWSLETTER: RESTORING THE GLORY Rodriguez and Lopez previously dated and were engaged for about two years until the two called it off in March 2021.
“We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so,” they said in April 2021, per The New York Post . “We will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses and projects. We wish the best for each other and each other’s children.
” Rodriguez, 49, played for the Yankees for 12 seasons, and he is currently dating Jaclyn Cordeiro, a fitness coach. Lopez, 55, and Affleck dated for about 3 1/2 years this time around, according to The Washington Post . They first dated from 2002-2004, ending the relationship while engaged.
After meeting, falling in love and getting engaged in the early 2000s — and starring together in 2003’s infamous “Gigli” and 2004’s “Jersey Girl” — the couple parted ways, blaming in part the pressure of the public eye . But to the delight of many and perhaps the skepticism of others, they reunited two decades later and married — twice — in 2022. “Love is beautiful.
Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” wrote Lopez, announcing their first, quickie Las Vegas wedding that July, and signing off as Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
“Stick around long enough and maybe you’ll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever with,” she wrote in her newsletter. The couple had flown to Las Vegas, lined up with their license with four other couples and were wed just after midnight at A Little White Wedding Chapel, where Lopez said a Bluetooth speaker played their brief march down the aisle. She called it the best night of the couple’s lives.
A month later, they had a much grander wedding at Affleck’s house in Georgia, in front of friends and family. Lopez and Affleck had been previously married. Affleck, 52, married Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares three children, in 2005.
They divorced in 2018. Lopez had been married three times before. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa from 1997-1998 and to Cris Judd from 2001-2003.
She and singer Marc Anthony were married for a decade, having wed in 2004, and share 14-year-old twins. She started dating Rodriguez in 2017, the year Rodriguez began his MLB retirement. The Associated Press contributed to this report MORE YANKEES COVERAGE What channel is the New York Yankees vs.
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