A dream wedding… not so magical. Presented as the event of the year, the wedding of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck did not attract the stars. The couple celebrated their wedding on Saturday August 20, 2022, for the second time in just over a month, in the sumptuous residence of the star of Will Hunting, 18 years after the end of their first relationship. Ben and J.Lo had already married in mid-July in Las Vegas, but decided to formalize their union for the second time, surrounded by their loved ones on the 35-hectare estate of Ben Affleck in the State of Georgia.
And the wedding weekend didn’t start off so well. The day before the big day, the actor’s mother took a big fall and cut her leg badly when she fell off a dock. As a result, an ambulance was called and the whole family ended the evening in the hospital. The next day, for the $9 million ceremony, everything was perfectly aligned to celebrate the wedding of the year. Only downside, the VIP guests were really not many. Among the few celebrities present during the festivities, according to the magazine People, only Affleck’s longtime friend Matt Damon and director Kevin Smith were in attendance. And that’s all. We learned yesterday that even Jennifer Garner, the mother of Ben’s 3 children, had found a good excuse not to attend the ceremony. Casey Affleck, Ben’s famous brother was also absent…
According to AFP, the guests were dressed all in white and J.Lo wore a Ralph Lauren dress made in Italy. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck met in 2002 on the set of Gigli, widely considered a turnip, and the relationship between these two big names in Hollywood had been closely watched by the paparazzi. Their marriage, planned at the time for 2003, had been postponed, before they announced their separation in 2004. The two stars had ignited the web last year by giving a chance to their couple, nicknamed “bennifer” (the contraction of their first names) in the early 2000s. “It’s a beautiful love story that we were able to have a second chance“, had commented the interpreter of Jenny From The Blockin an interview granted in February to the magazine People.
The one who is also a businesswoman, with a line of cosmetics and perfumes bearing her name, announced in April her engagement with the actor in a very short video. Visibly moved, she was seen admiring a ring set with a green stone. 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 (to whom he gave the reply in the films Pearl Harbor and Daredevil), with whom he has three children.
This wedding was the second for the couple, who had already said yes in Las Vegas a month ago. The couple, accompanied by their children, then enjoyed a (first?) honeymoon in Paris, the city of lovers. So romantic !