Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Are Married
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Marry in Las Vegas
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have officially tied the knot! Lopez confirmed the happy news in her "On the JLo" newsletter on Sunday 17 July, writing, "We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient."
Multiple reports had been bubbling throughout the weekend that the couple obtained a marriage licence in Clark County, NV. Later, Lopez posted a photo on her Instagram, makeup-free and glowing from bed, directing fans to her newsletter for the lowdown.
"Exactly what we wanted. Last night we flew to Vegas, stood in line for a license with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world," she wrote. "Behind us two men held hands and held each other. In front of us, a young couple who made the three hour drive from Victorville on their daughter's second birthday — all of us wanting the same thing — for the world to recognize us as partners and to declare our love to the world through the ancient and nearly universal symbol of marriage."
Lopez went on to reveal that she wore a dress from an old film, and Affleck wore a jacket he already had in his wardrobe as the couple exchanged rings and read their vows. "When love is real, the only thing that matters in marriage is one another and the promise we make to love, care, understand, be patient, loving and good to one another. We had that. And so much more. Best night of our lives," she continued.
The news comes four months after they announced their engagement in April. Lopez and Affleck's storybook romance began decades ago, way before they officially rekindled their relationship in July 2021. The two stars met in 2001 on the set of their rom-com "Gigli" and wasted no time getting engaged the following year. However, just days before their planned 2003 wedding, the two called it quits on their nuptials and relationship due to excessive media attention.
After getting in new relationships — Affleck married and divorced ex Jennifer Garner; Lopez married and divorced ex Marc Anthony and dated Alex Rodriguez — the couple eventually found their way back to each other and got engaged again, revealing the big news in Lopez's April 12 "On the JLo" newsletter. "Saturday night while at my favourite place on earth (in the bubble bath), my beautiful love got on one knee and proposed," she wrote of Affleck's proposal, per Us Weekly. "I was taken totally off guard and just looked in his eyes smiling and crying at the same time."
The singer added that she was "trying hard to get my head around the fact that after 20 years this was happening all over again." "I was quite literally speechless and he said, 'Is that a yes?' I said, 'YES of course that's a YES.'"
— Additional reporting by Sabienna Bowman and Joely Chilcott.
