Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck's Relationship Timeline: From Their Reunion to Their Wedding
10/06/2022 07:00 pm EDT
Rumors begin
The former couple sparked romance rumors in April 2021 when Affleck was spotted in an SVU supposedly to visit Lopez. For the next few months, sources revealed they continued hanging out and confided in one another about their recent breakups and the media spotted them on several occasions.
Confirmations
In July 2021, Lopez initially made a subtle confirmation of her rekindled flame with Affleck via an appearance on her BFF Leah Remini's Instagram. She later shared a photo of her kissing Affleck for her birthday the same month.
The second time around
Affleck has been gushing about just how lucky he feels since getting another shot with the Marry Me star. In Dec. 2021, he told WSJ. "I've had second chances in my career. I've had second chances as a human being. Life is difficult, and we are always failing and hopefully learning from those failures," he said. "The one thing you really need to avail yourself of the opportunities provided from that growth is the second chance. I've definitely tried to take advantage of that. I haven't always been successful, but in cases in which I have, they've turned out to be the defining aspects of my life."
With age comes wisdom
In Feb. 2022, Lopez told PEOPLE what the difference is between their relationship now versus to 18 years ago. "We're older now, we're smarter, we have more experience, we're at different places in our lives, we have kids now, and we have to be very conscious of those things," she said.
He proposed
Affleck was first spotted ring shopping with Lopez's teenage daughter Emme by his side. She confirmed the engagement in a newsletter she sent out to her fans. "Did you ever imagine your biggest dream could come true?" she wrote at the time. "Saturday night while at my favorite place on earth (in the bubble bath), my beautiful love got on one knee and proposed. I was taken totally off guard and just looked in his eyes smiling and crying at the same time 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."
"I Do"
Lopez shared some intimate details about their shotgun nuptials. "Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient," her newsletter reads in part. "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...We barely made it to the little white wedding chapel by midnight."
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