(Los Angeles) American star Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from actor Ben Affleck, according to US media reports on Tuesday, after two years of a marriage that was a second chance for one of Hollywood’s most famous couples.
Nicknamed “Bennifer”, the duo set the internet and the celebrity press alight by getting married in Las Vegas in July 2022, 18 years after the end of their first relationship.
But Jennifer Lopez filed legal divorce papers with a Los Angeles court on Tuesday, industry media reported. TMZ And VarietyHis spokesman declined to comment.
Rumors of a separation between the 55-year-old singer-actress and the 52-year-old actor-director had been brewing for several months.
In late July, “JLo” celebrated her birthday without her husband present, according to tabloids. On the occasion, she posted a lengthy thank-you message on Instagram, addressed to her fans, family and loved ones, but which omitted to mention her spouse.
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Jennifer Lopez
The couple put their luxurious Beverly Hills villa, which they bought together last year, up for sale in early July, according to the website. TMZAffleck has since bought a new home in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, the magazine reports.
More than 20 years after their first romance
The relationship between the actor of Will Hunting and the interpreter of Jenny From the Block has been a passion in Hollywood for over 20 years.
They met in 2002 on the set of Gigliwidely regarded as a flop, and their romance was subsequently followed closely by the paparazzi.
Engaged for the first time, they had announced a wedding for 2003, before postponing it and then announcing their separation in 2004.
The two-time Oscar-winning actor-director and the businesswoman – who has a cosmetics and perfume line under her name – remained friends after the split.
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The relationship between the actor of Will Hunting and the interpreter of Jenny From the Block has been a passion in Hollywood for over 20 years.
In 2020, Ben Affleck had thus estimated with the New York Times that his ex-girlfriend should have been nominated for an Oscar for her role in Queensa film in which she plays a New York dancer driven by her thirst for revenge against her Wall Street clients.
“She should have been nominated. She is authentic,” the star of Pearl Harbor.
Their rapprochement the following year, then their marriage in 2022, celebrated twice – first in Las Vegas, then in the state of Georgia – had caused a lot of ink to flow.
Jennifer Lopez has already been married three times, including to singer Marc Anthony, with whom she has twins.
Ben Affleck, known for his roles in Argo Or Gone Girlwas married to actress Jennifer Garner, with whom he has three children.