Jennifer Lopez Files for Divorce from Ben Affleck, A Shocking Turn in Their Love Story

The Unraveling of an Iconic Relationship

After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings, and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck.

The filing in Los Angeles Superior Court brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the second installment of it — that dazzled from the very heights of the pop culture firmament and emblazoned countless tabloid covers.

A Love Story That Captivated Millions

They became known, even before such power-couple portmanteaus were ubiquitous, as 'Bennifer'.

After meeting, falling in love, and getting engaged in the early 2000s — and starring together in 2003's infamous Gigli and 2004's Jersey Girl — the couple parted ways, blaming in part the pressure of the public eye.

But to the delight of many and perhaps the skepticism of others, they reunited two decades later and married — twice — in 2022.

“Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” wrote Lopez, announcing their first, quickie Las Vegas wedding that July, and signing off as Jennifer Lynn Affleck.

The couple had flown to Las Vegas, stood in line for their license with four other couples, and were wed at A Little White Wedding Chapel, where Lopez said a Bluetooth speaker played their brief march down the aisle.

She called it the best night of the couple's lives.

A month later, they had a much grander wedding at Affleck's house in Georgia, in front of friends and family.

Both of them had been previously married. Affleck, 51, married Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares three children, in 2005. They divorced in 2018.

Lopez, 54, had been married three times before. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa from 1997-1998 and to Cris Judd from 2001-2003. She and singer Marc Anthony were married for a decade, having wed in 2004, and share 14-year-old twins. She started dating former baseball player Alex Rodriguez in 2017, but the couple called off their engagement in 2021.