{"id":2328635,"date":"2024-08-21T17:27:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T21:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-getting-divorced-after-two-years\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T17:35:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T21:35:11","slug":"jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-getting-divorced-after-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-getting-divorced-after-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Getting Divorced After Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-getting-divorced-after-two-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2328635&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mockery-of-lauren-boebert-cant-hide-the-lefts-hatred-of-female-happiness\/\" title=\"Left&#039;s disdain for female joy evident in mocking of Lauren Boebert\">lengthy relationship<\/a> that spanned two decades, \u200btwo engagements, and two weddings. The divorce petition was submitted to Los Angeles \u200cSuperior Court, with the separation date listed as April 26, 2024. Lopez and Affleck, \u200bwho famously reunited 20 years after initially parting ways, were known as\u200d \u201cBennifer\u201d and married twice in \u200b2022. They had earlier dated and appeared together in films like \u201cGigli\u201d and \u201cJersey \u2062Girl\u201d\u2062 in\u2063 the early 2000s before separating, only to rekindle their romance years later.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez \u2063has had multiple marriages in the past, while Affleck was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-pratt-dragged-for-instagram-post-praising-wife-healthy-daughter\/\" title=\"Chris Pratt Dragged For Instagram Post Praising Wife, \u2018Healthy Daughter\u2019\">previously married<\/a> to Jennifer Garner. The couple&#8217;s recent marriage celebrations\u200b included a quick wedding in Las Vegas and a more elaborate ceremony at Affleck\u2019s home in Georgia. Currently,\u200d Lopez is focusing on her family and\u2063 taking a break from her upcoming North American tour, which was \u2062intended to support her new music \u2063and film project.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck.<\/p>\n<p>The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling &mdash; or at least the second installment of it. The pair had become known as &ldquo;Bennifer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Court records showed Lopez filed the petition Tuesday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-los-angeles-earthquake-shakes-espn-studio-forces-host-take-things-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a> Superior Court and listed the date of separation as April 26, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>After meeting, falling in love and getting engaged in the early 2000s &mdash; and starring together in 2003&rsquo;s infamous &ldquo;Gigli&rdquo; and 2004&rsquo;s &ldquo;Jersey Girl&rdquo; &mdash; the couple parted ways.<\/p>\n<p>They reunited two decades later and married &mdash; twice &mdash; in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,&rdquo; wrote Lopez, announcing their first, quickie Las Vegas wedding that July, and signing off as Jennifer Lynn Affleck.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Stick around long enough and maybe you&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">ll find<\/a> the best moment of your life in a drive through in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-issue-statement-mysterious-monolith-discovered-outside-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas<\/a> at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through with your kids and the one you&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/love-is-patient-twenty-years-patient-jennifer-lopez-goes-all-in-with-ben-affleck-by-changing-her-last-name\/\" title=\"\u2018Love Is Patient. Twenty Years Patient\u2019: Jennifer Lopez Goes All In With Ben Affleck By Changing Her Last Name\">ll spend forever<\/a> with,&rdquo; she wrote in her newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>A month later, they had a much grander wedding at Affleck&rsquo;s house in Georgia, in front of friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Both of them had been previously married. Affleck, 52, married Jennifer Garner, with whom he s three children, in 2005. They divorced in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez, 55, 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  14-year-old twins. She started dating former baseball player Alex Rodriguez in 2017, but the couple called off their engagement in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez is starring in the upcoming &ldquo;Unstoppable,&rdquo; under Affleck and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/director-speaks-robert-downey-jr-matt-damon-walk-oppenheimer-premiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Damon<\/a>&lsquo;s Artists Equity banner.<\/p>\n<p>In May, she starred in the Netflix movie &ldquo;Atlas.&rdquo; At the end of the month, she suddenly canceled her 2024 North American tour, saying she was &ldquo;heartsick and devastated&rdquo; to be letting fans down, but the move was necessary. &ldquo;Jennifer is taking time off to be with her children, family and close friends,&rdquo; organizers said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The tour was to be her first in five years, in support of her first solo album in a decade, &ldquo;This Is Me&hellip;. 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The filing on Tuesday in Los Angeles seems to mark the conclusion of their celebrity romance\u2014at least the second chapter of it. The couple, famously dubbed &#8220;Bennifer,&#8221; had a history that included falling in love and getting engaged in the early 2000s, as well as starring together in the notorious films &#8220;Gigli&#8221; (2003) and &#8220;Jersey Girl&#8221; (2004). They separated but reunited two decades later, marrying twice in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez expressed her feelings about love during their first quick wedding at a Las Vegas drive-thru chapel that July, stating, \u201cLove is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,\u201d signing off as Jennifer Lynn Affleck. She reminisced about finding joy at an unexpected moment with her children and her lifelong partner.<\/p>\n<p>A month later, they celebrated a more elaborate wedding at Affleck&#8217;s home in Georgia surrounded by family and friends. Both had previous marriages; Affleck was married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 until their divorce in 2018 and shares three children with her. Lopez has been married three times before: briefly to Ojani Noa (1997-1998), Cris Judd (2001-2003), and for ten years to Marc Anthony starting in 2004; they have fourteen-year-old twins together. She also dated former baseball player Alex Rodriguez from 2017 until their engagement ended in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Lopez is set to star in the upcoming film \u201cUnstoppable,\u201d produced under Affleck and Matt Damon\u2019s Artists Equity banner. In May she appeared in Netflix&#8217;s movie \u201cAtlas.\u201d However, she recently canceled her North American tour planned for 2024 due to feeling &#8220;heartsick and devastated,&#8221; emphasizing the need for time with family during this period of transition after announcing it would be her first tour in five years supporting her new album \u201cThis Is Me\u2026 Now\u201d along with its related film project exploring her romantic history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2328636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bbb07fbed31e49be9c90e05096c1707d-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34552,8445,38856],"class_list":["post-2328635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ben-affleck","tag-divorce","tag-jennifer-lopez"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bbb07fbed31e49be9c90e05096c1707d-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}