Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck wed in Las Vegas
July 18, 2022, 7:57 am

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck wed in Las Vegas

Jennifer Lynn Affleck (July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress, and dancer - jlo Twitter account

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were wed Saturday (July 16) in a late-night Las Vegas drive-through chapel, culminating a relationship that stretched over two decades in two separate romances and headlined countless tabloid covers, the US news reported, citing the ssociated Press.

Lopez announced their marriage Sunday (July 17) in her newsletter for fans with the heading “We did it.” Lopez initially made their engagement public in April on the same newsletter, “On the J Lo.”

Lopez in a message signed Jennifer Lynn Affleck wrote: “Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient."

Lopez wrote that the couple flew to Las Vegas on Saturday, stood in line for their license with four other couples and were wed just after midnight at A Little White Wedding Chapel, a chapel boasting a drive-through “tunnel of love." Lopez said a Bluetooth speaker played their brief march down the aisle. She called it the best night of their lives.

Lopez said: “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."

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News of their nuptials first spread Sunday after the Clark County clerk's office in Nevada showed that the pair obtained a marriage license that was processed Saturday. The marriage license filing showed that Lopez plans to take the name Jennifer Affleck.

Representatives for Lopez and Affleck declined to comment.

Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, famously dated in the early 2000s, spawning the nickname “Bennifer,” before rekindling their romance last year. They earlier starred together in 2003's “Gigli” and 2004's “Jersey Girl.” Around that time, they became engaged but never wed.

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Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom he shares three children. They divorced in 2018.

The report noted that Lopez has 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 after wedding in 2004 and share 14-year-old twins together.

Source: usnews

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