Los Angeles:
Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, US media reported on Tuesday, two years after the Hollywood famous person couple formally tied the knot, giving love a second probability.
The pair, nicknamed “Bennifer” after they first dated in the course of the tabloid-crazy movie star period of the early 2000s, have rekindled their relationship almost 20 years later.
However Hollywood commerce outlet Selection and movie star gossip web site TMZ stated Lopez filed divorce papers in a Los Angeles courtroom on Tuesday.
Representatives for Lopez declined to remark. Affleck’s publicist didn’t instantly reply to AFP’s request for remark.
That is the fourth marriage for Lopez, a 55-year-old pop singer and actor, and the second for Affleck, a 52-year-old Oscar-winning film star and director.
The 2 first met in 2002 on the set of the critically panned movie “Gigli”.
They induced a media sensation after they began relationship and introduced their engagement.
However they postponed their deliberate wedding ceremony in 2003 and introduced the tip of their relationship in early 2004.
In 2021, “Bennifer” as soon as once more turned standard on the Web, and images of them collectively started to flow into once more.
“It is an attractive love story and we get a second probability,” Lopez stated in an interview on the time.
Lopez and Affleck introduced their engagement in April 2022, and the A-list couple married in Las Vegas in July.
They made the announcement official once more subsequent month in a lavish ceremony on the Good Will Searching star’s 87-acre (35-hectare) property within the southeastern US state of Georgia.
Hollywood figures in attendance on the three-day occasion included Affleck’s previous buddy Matt Damon and director Kevin Smith.
The couple reportedly bought a $60 million dwelling collectively in Los Angeles final yr.
However earlier this yr, rumors of marital issues surfaced in leisure media and social media.
Followers famous that Lopez celebrated her fifty fifth birthday final month with out her husband, and TMZ stated they’d bought their shared dwelling and Affleck had moved right into a luxurious bachelor pad.
Based on Individuals journal, the connection turned strained on account of their differing attitudes towards celebrities.
“She likes to divulge heart’s contents to her followers and the world,” the journal quoted an unnamed supply as saying.
“He is extra introspective and personal. That is troublesome in on a regular basis life.”
Based on TMZ, the divorce paperwork listing the couple’s separation date as April 26, 2024, and say the 2 not have any relationship.
Lopez was beforehand married to actor Ojani Noah, dancer Chris Judd and singer Marc Anthony, with whom she has twins Max and Amy.
Afu is married to actress Jennifer Garner and they’re dad and mom to Violet, Seraphina and Samuel.
