Grab a Cup of Tea, Because We're Looking Back at Jennifer Lopez's Dating History

When: 1984-1994.

Cruz was Lopez's first boyfriend and high-school sweetheart. She took this relationship well into her early 20s and in a recent interview with Rolling Stone she talks about how he took her to the prom and how she called his mum when he passed away from heart disease a few years ago.

"I was like, 'Hi. It's Jennifer Lopez,' and she was like, 'Jennifer . . .' I said, 'I'm so sorry,' and she started crying. I was like, 'You know I loved David.' She was like, 'I know. He loved you, too. He always loved you.'" Lopez said. "You get lucky, you have a first love like that."

When: 1997-1998

Jennifer Lopez's first husband was Ojani Noa, who was a waiter when they started dating. The two met early in Lopez's acting career when he was an aspiring actor and working at Gloria Estefan's restaurant. They married in 1997 and by 1998 were divorced.

Since their split in 1998, Lopez's ex-husband has popped up in her life from time to time. In 2004, Lopez was able to put in place a confidentiality agreement between both parties that she later claimed he was violating when he shopped around both a tell-all book and a honeymoon tape. Noa currently acts occasionally and works mostly as a personal fitness trainer. He also has an "OnlyFan" page where he shares photos of his dog Blondie and of himself working out. In fact, this Valentine's Day, it looks like he spent it just him and Blondie, while J Lo spent hers with Ben Affleck.

When: 1999-2001

Before Diddy was Diddy or any other variation of his name, he was Puff Daddy, and Lopez's boyfriend. Together, they weathered through getting arrested and alleged infidelities on Combs's part. In an interview, J Lo said, "I never caught him, but I just knew. He'd say he was going to a club for a couple of hours and then never come back that night."

The two have since maintained an amicable friendship. Diddy even posted a throwback pic of him with Lopez amid her reunion with Ben Affleck, which had a lot of folks speculating over whether or not he was trying to shoot his shot at getting back with J Lo. In an interview with Vanity Fair, he addressed the motive behind the post.

"It wasn't no trolling involved," Diddy clarified. "That's just my friend. And I don't have nothing to say about her relationship or her life."

When: 2001-2002

Almost immediately following her split from Combs, Lopez married Cris Judd, one of her former backup dancers, who many suspected was her rebound.

"Coming out of a torrid relationship, I meet this sweet person who's so refreshing," she told Vibe magazine. "But marriage is not just about love. I thought I had learned that in my first marriage . . . . I loved Cris, still love him, he's one of the best people. This wasn't an easy thing to walk away from, but we didn't have what it takes to make a marriage work . . . . Cris knows the last thing I ever wanted in this f—— world was to hurt him."

Lopez started seeing Ben Affleck shortly after her split from Judd.

When: 2004-2011

After tumultuous relationship histories on both ends, Lopez and Marc Anthony made it work for over seven years. They had their twins, Max and Emme, and even after their split are known to be coparenting. The former couple even shared an onstage kiss during the Latin Grammys in 2016. And Lopez always shouts him out on Father's Day, showing her appreciation for him being such a good father to their kids. While many of us didn't see this breakup coming, Lopez shares in her memoir why she thinks the marriage never had a true shot at success.

"Marc came back into my life three days after I should have been at the altar saying 'I do' to another man," she wrote. ""Thinking back, maybe deep down I knew that this was a Band-Aid on the cut, that my wound hadn't been stitched or healed. But I pushed all that to the back of my mind. Because life takes unpredictable twists and turns, right? And you've just got to go with what you feel is best in the moment."

When: 2011-2016

Lopez met Casper Smart when he was working as a backup dancer on her tour. They dated on and off for almost five years but officially called it quits in 2016. Smart, who was 18 years Lopez's junior, was rumoured to have been involved with one of her dancers. Three years after their breakup, Smart opened up about what went wrong in an interview with Univision.

"I was single, she was single. It started out as flirting, then became more than flirting. There was a connection. Neither of us thought it would be more than a fun time and suddenly we were spending time together, we enjoyed each other's company, there was chemistry," he said. It's quite possible that age got in the way. "I was very young, I was 23 or 24, she was 18 years older, so she was about 42 years old with two kids. But in the moment, everything just clicked. We spent every day together for a year."

While much of their relationship was low-key, the pictures do show that the two happily enjoyed each other's company.

When: 2017-2021

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer made their red carpet debut at the 2017 Met Gala after they started dating in February of the same year. The two seemed to have a strong bond — they blended their families together, got engaged, and even bought a home together. But after four years together, the couple officially called it quits and released a joint statement in April 2021.

While it's never been confirmed if Rodriguez cheated, a source told People magazine that Lopez insisted on the breakup because she couldn't fully "trust" him. Months after the split, Lopez was seen with ex-boyfriend Ben Affleck.

When: 2002-2004; 2021-Present

After Judd, Lopez had a long engagement with Ben Affleck that lasted a little over a year and a half. The two broke things off in 2004 but remained in touch. Lopez told People, "I think different time different thing, who knows what could've happened, but there was a genuine love there." That should have been a sign that the love was still there because, after almost two decades, the two rekindled things last spring. What seemed like a publicity stunt is confirmed to be a solid relationship.

In fact, in an interview with The New York Times, Lopez spoke about why the relationship seems to be working the second time around. "I would say we learned our lesson the first time," she said. "To hold it sacred," she added. "You have to do what feels good to you all the time. But at the same time, you learn from the past, you do things better the second time. There's a part of it that, yes, we're together. But there's a part of it that's not, you know, being so open the way we were when we were so young and in love many years ago."

On 17 July, 2022, the two got married in a small ceremony after obtaining a marriage licence in Clark County, NV, and seem over-the-hills in love with each other. We couldn't be happy for them both!