The popular singer, dancer and actor Jennifer Lopez (JLO) has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck . The filing in Los Angeles Superior Court brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the second instalment of it — that dazzled from the very heights ofthe pop culture firmament and emblazoned countless tabloid covers.
They became known, even before such power-couple portmanteaus wereubiquitous, as “Bennifer.” 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 in2004, and share 14-year-old twins. Lopez started dating former baseball player Alex Rodriguez in 2017,but the couple called off their engagement in 2021. All along, it had been Lopez who was more vocal in describing her and Affleck’s journey.
When asked earlier this year whether she was harder on herself becauseher relationships had been so high-profile, Lopez agreed.
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.
