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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIt’s the second time down the aisle for Ben, who has three children – daughter Violet, 16; daughter Seraphina, 13; and son Samuel, 10 – from his decade-long marriage to Jennifer Garner, which ended in 2018.<\/p>\n
Jennifer has 14-year-old fraternal twins – daughter Emme Maribel Mu\u00f1iz and son Maximilian David Mu\u00f1iz – from her third marriage to Marc Anthony, which ended in 2011 after seven years.<\/p>\n
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They do! TMZ reported Sunday morning that the couple collectively known as ‘Bennifer’ obtained a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada (her engagement ring pictured May 31)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A source close to the on\/off couple – who previously dated between 2002-2004 – confirmed to the site: ‘They did, indeed, get hitched and the license is a signal they are now man and wife’ (pictured September 10)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Thrice-divorced Lopez was also previously married to Cuban waiter Ojani Noa from February 1997 to January 1998 and her former back-up dancer Cris Judd from September 2001 to June 2002.<\/p>\n
The Halftime producer-star was said to have started texting Affleck again in February 2021 and they went public with their rekindled romance in April 2021 – the same month she announced the end of her four-year relationship to ex-fianc\u00e9 Alex Rodriguez amid cheating rumors.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the five-time Emmy nominee was famously dumped by his Deep Water leading lady Ana de Armas over the phone in mid-January 2021 after a year-long relationship.<\/p>\n
‘I feel so lucky and happy and proud to be with him. It’s a beautiful love story that we got a second chance,’ Jennifer gushed to\u00a0People\u00a0in February.<\/p>\n
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Leo couple: The wedding news comes exactly one week until the Bronx-born pop diva celebrates her 53rd birthday and less than a month before the Berkeley-born, Cambridge-raised actor will turn the big 5-0 (pictured July 3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFirst wife: It’s the second time down the aisle for Ben, who has three children – daughter Violet, 16; daughter Seraphina, 13; and son Samuel, 10 – from his decade-long marriage to Jennifer Garner (L, pictured in 2018), which ended in 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
‘Before we kind of put [our relationship] out there and we were na\u00efve and it got a little trampled. We both were like, “Wow, we’re so happy and we don’t want any of that to come into play again.” We’re older now, we’re smarter, we have more experience, we’re at different places in our lives, we have kids now, and we have to be very conscious of those things. We’re so protective because it is such a beautiful time for all of us.’<\/p>\n
Lopez added: ‘I just feel very happy and lucky to be in a relationship that’s happy and loving, and I want to do everything I can to protect that and keep it safe. It deserves that, it really does. We hold it sacred.’<\/p>\n
Ben and the On My Way singer have spent the past few months house hunting for the best possible marital mansion and\u00a0TMZ\u00a0reported her car was parked outside James Packer’s $60M Beverly Hills estate as recent as June 2.<\/p>\n
It’s safe to say JLo is obsessed with marriage considering her most recent movie roles involved her playing 50-something brides – Kat Coiro’s rom-com Marry Me and Jason Moore’s upcoming Shotgun Wedding.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nQuarantine boos: Meanwhile, the five-time Emmy nominee was famously dumped by his Deep Water leading lady Ana de Armas over the phone in mid-January 2021 after a year-long relationship (pictured in 2020)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
![\"'Nothing](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/17\/18\/48324915-11022501-_Nothing_but_love_between_us_Missing_from_Jennifer_s_side_were_h-a-54_1658080605308.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n‘Nothing but love between us’: Jennifer has 14-year-old fraternal twins – daughter Emme Maribel Mu\u00f1iz and son Maximilian David Mu\u00f1iz – from her third marriage to Marc Anthony, which ended in 2011 after seven years (pictured in 2019)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSerial monogamist: The Halftime producer-star was said to have started texting Affleck again in February 2021 and they went public with their rekindled romance in April 2021 – the same month she announced the end of her four-year relationship to ex-fianc\u00e9 Alex Rodriguez (pictured in March 2021) amid cheating rumors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThrice-divorced: Lopez was also previously married to Cuban waiter Ojani Noa (L) from February 1997 to January 1998 and her former back-up dancer Cris Judd (R) from September 2001 to June 2002<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s relationship timeline: From the early 2000s until now<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n![\"Rekindled](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/07\/16\/04\/45508165-9793997-Rekindled_romance_Ben_Affleck_and_Jennifer_Lopez_sent_the_pop_cu-a-120_1626406406644.jpg\")
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRekindled romance: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez sent the pop culture sphere into a frenzy by rekindling their romance after 17 years apart; Ben and Jennifer pictured on July 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
2001\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBen Affleck and Jennifer Lopez first met on the set of their film Gigli in December 2001.<\/p>\n
The movie, upon its eventual release two years later, won seven Razzies and was branded ‘unwatchable’ by some critics.<\/p>\n
It garnered $7.2m in the box office against a reported $55m budget.<\/p>\n
Yet all was not lost, as the film brought Bennifer closer together.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe beginning:\u00a0Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez first met on the set of their film Gigli in December 2001<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSEPTEMBER 2002<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n![\"Reunited:\u00a0While](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/04\/12\/23\/45507869-9793997-Reunited_While_they_were_yet_to_know_about_their_looming_box_off-m-50_1649801809953.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nReunited:\u00a0While they were yet to know about their looming box office failure, Bennifer were in front of the camera once more in 2002 as they reunited to shoot the 2004 movie Jersey Girl<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
While they were yet to know about their looming box office failure, Bennifer were in front of the camera once more in 2002 as they reunited to shoot the 2004 movie Jersey Girl.<\/p>\n
The movie was where their love was cemented and the couple’s romance was born.<\/p>\n
Their name was in fact born on-set, as Jersey Girl director Kevin Smith revealed this week: ‘Bennifer’ is trending. It’s a name I first gave the kids during ‘Jersey Girl’ pre-production, before the world found out they were dating…<\/p>\n
‘I’d later drop the name in an interview with the @nytimes. Shortly thereafter, it appeared in the article and then entered the vernacular.’<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2002 ONWARD\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThe duo made their red carpet debut at the premiere of her movie Maid In Manhattan and so was the birth of the tabloid favorites and their all singing, all dancing pap personalities.<\/p>\n
From red carpet appearances to Juicy Couture tracksuits, they soon became one of the world’s most photographed couples thanks to their Hollywood good looks and glamorous style.<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNOVEMBER 2002<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Engaged:\u00a0Ben](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/04\/12\/23\/45508163-9793997-Engaged_Ben_popped_the_question_to_Jennifer_in_2002_during_a_vis-a-37_1649801605151.jpg\")
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nEngaged:\u00a0Ben popped the question to Jennifer in 2002\u00a0during a visit to see his family in Boston – leading to a delighted surprise; Ben and Jennifer pictured in 2003<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ben popped the question to Jennifer with an eye-popping 6.1-carat pink solitaire diamond from Harry Winston during a visit to see his family in Boston – leading to a delighted surprise.<\/p>\n
She described the proposal, saying: ‘It’s just a blanket, a quilt of rose petals, all over the whole entire house. So many candles, and vases, bouquets. And my song I’m Glad was playing… I walk in and I was just like overwhelmed. I wasn’t expecting it, and I was just like ‘Oh my God.”<\/p>\n
Ben then revealed that his mother Christopher Anne Boldt helped him with the proposal, after which Jennifer said: ‘I just started sobbing. Crying. I was like ‘Oh! My God!”<\/p>\n
She went on: ‘I had cried a lot over sadness over the years. And for the first time in my life, I cried incredible purging tears of happiness…<\/p>\n
‘It was the most cleansing feeling and the most wonderful feeling I had ever had.’<\/p>\n
Later that month, Ben appeared in Jennifer’s Jenny From The Block music video including one scene – designed to look like a stealth paparazzi video – showing the actor caressing her famous derriere.<\/p>\n
Not content with a video cameo, Jennifer dedicated her sensual and gushing track Dear Ben from her third studio album This Is Me… Then to her husband-to-be.<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSEPTEMBER 2003<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n![\"Postponed:\u00a0Days](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/04\/12\/23\/45508157-9793997-Postponed_Days_before_their_wedding_the_couple_astounded_fans_wh-a-52_1649801870706.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPostponed:\u00a0Days before their wedding, the couple astounded fans when they announced a postponement; Ben and Jennifer pictured in 2003<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Days before their highly-publicized wedding, the couple astounded fans when they announced a postponement due to increasingly feverish media attention.<\/p>\n
Their statement read: ‘Due to the excessive media attention surrounding our wedding, we have decided to postpone the date…<\/p>\n
‘When we found ourselves seriously contemplating hiring three separate ‘decoy brides’ at three different locations, we realized that something was awry…<\/p>\n
‘We began to feel that the spirit of what should have been the happiest day of our lives could be compromised. We felt what should have been a joyful and sacred day could be spoiled for us, our families and our friends.’<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0JANUARY 2004<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThe couple confirmed their split with a simple statement.<\/p>\n
Jennifer’s representative announced: ‘I am confirming the report that Jennifer Lopez has ended her engagement to Ben Affleck.<\/p>\n
‘At this difficult time, we ask that you respect her privacy.’<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2004 – 2005<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLater that year, Jennifer sought comfort in her longtime friend, Marc Anthony, explaining: ‘[I wanted to] find someone who could make me feel loved and wanted in my loneliest hour…<\/p>\n
‘Thinking back, maybe deep down I knew that this was a Band-Aid on the cut.’<\/p>\n
She married the singer that June and went on to have twins with the star in 2008. She divorced Marc in 2014.<\/p>\n
Ben meanwhile wed actress Jennifer Garner in 2005 and they share three children, Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9. The couple split in 2018.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLater in 2004, Jennifer sought comfort in her longtime friend, Marc Anthony and they wed in June (pictured in 2006)\u00a0Ben meanwhile wed actress Jennifer Garner in 2005 and they share three children, Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9. The couple split in 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2012<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBen made it clear that they very much remained friends, when he told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘We don’t have the kind of relationship where she relies on me for advice but we do have the kind of relationship where there’ll be an e-mail saying, ‘Oh, your movie looks great’…<\/p>\n
‘I remember when she got American Idol. I said, ‘This was really smart. Good luck.” I respect her. I like her. She’s put up with some stuff that was unfair in her life, and I’m really pleased to see her successful.’<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2014<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nTwo years on, Jennifer told Huffington Post: ‘I would do it all over again, I think. I really would. Even the relationship part. I just feel like everything is part of your story and your journey and is meant to be and helps you grow if you’re willing to look at it, and I’m willing to look.’<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2016<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n![\"Struggles:\u00a0On](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/04\/12\/23\/42853208-9793997-Struggles_On_making_their_relationship_work_Jennifer_detailed_wh-a-40_1649801678485.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStruggles:\u00a0On making their relationship work, Jennifer detailed why things struggled for the pair<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
On making their relationship work, Jennifer detailed why things struggled for the pair.<\/p>\n
She said: ‘I think different time different thing, who knows what could’ve happened, but there was a genuine love there, We didn’t try to have a public relationship…<\/p>\n
‘We just happened to be together at the birth of the tabloids, and it was like, ‘Oh my God.’ It was just a lot of pressure.’<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAPRIL 2021<\/span><\/p>\nAfter being proposed to in 2019, Jennifer unexpectedly called off her engagement to MLB star Alex Rodriguez in April.<\/p>\n
‘We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so. We will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses and projects,’ read a statement the pair released at the time.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDone!\u00a0After being proposed to in 2019, Jennifer unexpectedly called off her engagement to MLB star Alex Rodriguez (pictured) in April<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Shortly after, Ben was seen arriving at Jennifer’s home in a white Escalade SUV that is said to belong to the Hustlers star. He was later seen being dropped off by the singer’s security.<\/p>\n
They had also reportedly enjoyed several meet-ups at the\u00a0the Hotel Bel-Air around the same time.<\/p>\n
TMZ\u00a0reported that Affleck had reached out to J-Lo via email while she was in the Dominican Republic shooting her rom-com Shotgun Wedding earlier this year.<\/p>\n
The pair are said to have continued communicating until Jennifer wrapped up filming in late April, with numerous sources stating that they were ‘just friends.’<\/p>\n
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Rekindled romance: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez sent the pop culture sphere into a frenzy by rekindling their romance after 17 years apart; Ben and Jennifer pictured on July 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
2001\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez first met on the set of their film Gigli in December 2001.<\/p>\n The movie, upon its eventual release two years later, won seven Razzies and was branded ‘unwatchable’ by some critics.<\/p>\n It garnered $7.2m in the box office against a reported $55m budget.<\/p>\n Yet all was not lost, as the film brought Bennifer closer together.<\/p>\n The beginning:\u00a0Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez first met on the set of their film Gigli in December 2001<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SEPTEMBER 2002<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Reunited:\u00a0While they were yet to know about their looming box office failure, Bennifer were in front of the camera once more in 2002 as they reunited to shoot the 2004 movie Jersey Girl<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While they were yet to know about their looming box office failure, Bennifer were in front of the camera once more in 2002 as they reunited to shoot the 2004 movie Jersey Girl.<\/p>\n The movie was where their love was cemented and the couple’s romance was born.<\/p>\n Their name was in fact born on-set, as Jersey Girl director Kevin Smith revealed this week: ‘Bennifer’ is trending. It’s a name I first gave the kids during ‘Jersey Girl’ pre-production, before the world found out they were dating…<\/p>\n ‘I’d later drop the name in an interview with the @nytimes. Shortly thereafter, it appeared in the article and then entered the vernacular.’<\/p>\n 2002 ONWARD\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The duo made their red carpet debut at the premiere of her movie Maid In Manhattan and so was the birth of the tabloid favorites and their all singing, all dancing pap personalities.<\/p>\n From red carpet appearances to Juicy Couture tracksuits, they soon became one of the world’s most photographed couples thanks to their Hollywood good looks and glamorous style.<\/p>\n NOVEMBER 2002<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Engaged:\u00a0Ben popped the question to Jennifer in 2002\u00a0during a visit to see his family in Boston – leading to a delighted surprise; Ben and Jennifer pictured in 2003<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ben popped the question to Jennifer with an eye-popping 6.1-carat pink solitaire diamond from Harry Winston during a visit to see his family in Boston – leading to a delighted surprise.<\/p>\n She described the proposal, saying: ‘It’s just a blanket, a quilt of rose petals, all over the whole entire house. So many candles, and vases, bouquets. And my song I’m Glad was playing… I walk in and I was just like overwhelmed. I wasn’t expecting it, and I was just like ‘Oh my God.”<\/p>\n Ben then revealed that his mother Christopher Anne Boldt helped him with the proposal, after which Jennifer said: ‘I just started sobbing. Crying. I was like ‘Oh! My God!”<\/p>\n She went on: ‘I had cried a lot over sadness over the years. And for the first time in my life, I cried incredible purging tears of happiness…<\/p>\n ‘It was the most cleansing feeling and the most wonderful feeling I had ever had.’<\/p>\n Later that month, Ben appeared in Jennifer’s Jenny From The Block music video including one scene – designed to look like a stealth paparazzi video – showing the actor caressing her famous derriere.<\/p>\n Not content with a video cameo, Jennifer dedicated her sensual and gushing track Dear Ben from her third studio album This Is Me… Then to her husband-to-be.<\/p>\n SEPTEMBER 2003<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Postponed:\u00a0Days before their wedding, the couple astounded fans when they announced a postponement; Ben and Jennifer pictured in 2003<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Days before their highly-publicized wedding, the couple astounded fans when they announced a postponement due to increasingly feverish media attention.<\/p>\n Their statement read: ‘Due to the excessive media attention surrounding our wedding, we have decided to postpone the date…<\/p>\n ‘When we found ourselves seriously contemplating hiring three separate ‘decoy brides’ at three different locations, we realized that something was awry…<\/p>\n ‘We began to feel that the spirit of what should have been the happiest day of our lives could be compromised. We felt what should have been a joyful and sacred day could be spoiled for us, our families and our friends.’<\/p>\n \u00a0JANUARY 2004<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The couple confirmed their split with a simple statement.<\/p>\n Jennifer’s representative announced: ‘I am confirming the report that Jennifer Lopez has ended her engagement to Ben Affleck.<\/p>\n ‘At this difficult time, we ask that you respect her privacy.’<\/p>\n 2004 – 2005<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Later that year, Jennifer sought comfort in her longtime friend, Marc Anthony, explaining: ‘[I wanted to] find someone who could make me feel loved and wanted in my loneliest hour…<\/p>\n ‘Thinking back, maybe deep down I knew that this was a Band-Aid on the cut.’<\/p>\n She married the singer that June and went on to have twins with the star in 2008. She divorced Marc in 2014.<\/p>\n Ben meanwhile wed actress Jennifer Garner in 2005 and they share three children, Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9. The couple split in 2018.<\/p>\n Later in 2004, Jennifer sought comfort in her longtime friend, Marc Anthony and they wed in June (pictured in 2006)\u00a0Ben meanwhile wed actress Jennifer Garner in 2005 and they share three children, Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9. The couple split in 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 2012<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ben made it clear that they very much remained friends, when he told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘We don’t have the kind of relationship where she relies on me for advice but we do have the kind of relationship where there’ll be an e-mail saying, ‘Oh, your movie looks great’…<\/p>\n ‘I remember when she got American Idol. I said, ‘This was really smart. Good luck.” I respect her. I like her. She’s put up with some stuff that was unfair in her life, and I’m really pleased to see her successful.’<\/p>\n 2014<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Two years on, Jennifer told Huffington Post: ‘I would do it all over again, I think. I really would. Even the relationship part. I just feel like everything is part of your story and your journey and is meant to be and helps you grow if you’re willing to look at it, and I’m willing to look.’<\/p>\n 2016<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Struggles:\u00a0On making their relationship work, Jennifer detailed why things struggled for the pair<\/p>\n<\/div>\n On making their relationship work, Jennifer detailed why things struggled for the pair.<\/p>\n She said: ‘I think different time different thing, who knows what could’ve happened, but there was a genuine love there, We didn’t try to have a public relationship…<\/p>\n ‘We just happened to be together at the birth of the tabloids, and it was like, ‘Oh my God.’ It was just a lot of pressure.’<\/p>\n APRIL 2021<\/span><\/p>\n After being proposed to in 2019, Jennifer unexpectedly called off her engagement to MLB star Alex Rodriguez in April.<\/p>\n ‘We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so. We will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses and projects,’ read a statement the pair released at the time.<\/p>\n Done!\u00a0After being proposed to in 2019, Jennifer unexpectedly called off her engagement to MLB star Alex Rodriguez (pictured) in April<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Shortly after, Ben was seen arriving at Jennifer’s home in a white Escalade SUV that is said to belong to the Hustlers star. He was later seen being dropped off by the singer’s security.<\/p>\n They had also reportedly enjoyed several meet-ups at the\u00a0the Hotel Bel-Air around the same time.<\/p>\n TMZ\u00a0reported that Affleck had reached out to J-Lo via email while she was in the Dominican Republic shooting her rom-com Shotgun Wedding earlier this year.<\/p>\n The pair are said to have continued communicating until Jennifer wrapped up filming in late April, with numerous sources stating that they were ‘just friends.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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