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Trouble in Paradise: Jennifer Lopez Determined to Make Marriage with Ben Affleck Work
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An insider has revealed that despite impending divorce rumors, Jennifer Lopez is doing everything she can to make it work with her husband Ben Affleck, “at any cost.”
A source close to the couple claims that JLo, 54, has been doing her best to make it work with Ben, 51, but the two deal with life’s stresses very differently.
Rosy Beginnings
Ben and Jennifer first met in 2002 on the set of the movie Gigli. At the time, JLo was going through a divorce with her second husband, Cris Judd. She and Ben began dating, with the Justice League star proposing with a six-carat pink diamond ring a few months later. The engagement was called off the next year, but they decided to give things a second shot and got married two decades later in 2022. Two years on, things have started to look rocky, with Jennifer attending the 2024 Met Gala by herself.
Giving Each Other ‘Freedom’
But according to The U.S. Sun’s source, this was completely expected from those who knew the couple. “They’re willing to give each other a lot of space when opportunity knocks,” the source said. “They are independent people who don’t need to be with one another 24/7 like some Hollywood couples do. Jennifer doing the Met Ball and Ben doing the Brady Roast doesn’t look weird to people who know them. They give each other a lot of freedom, even when everything is great.”
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Relationship Timeline
JLo and Ben were first linked together in 2002 and became engaged later that year. However, they called off the wedding just two years later. They rekindled their romance in 2021 and finally got hitched in 2022. Here is a timeline of their love story:
– June 2002 – Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck met on the set of Gigli, and JLo divorced from her second husband Cris Judd
– November 2002 – Ben proposed to JLo with a six-carat pink diamond ring
– September 2003 – JLo and Ben called off their wedding and blamed it on ‘excessive media attention’
– January 2004 – The celebrity couple announced they are heading separate ways
– July 2021 – JLo posts an intimate photo of herself beside Ben, and they begin dating again
– April 2022 – Ben proposes to JLo for the second time
– July 2022 – The celebrity couple officially celebrated their nuptials in a Las Vegas, Nevada, ceremony
– August 2022 – Ben and JLo have a second A-list wedding at their $8.9 million George estate
‘Best Years of Her Life’
When speaking on whether they could get divorced, The U.S. Sun’s insider revealed that this could negatively affect Jennifer emotionally. “Ben has tens of millions of dollars and a dozen more films ready to make in the next few years. Ending this relationship is not going to destroy his life,” they revealed. “But Jennifer wants to make this work and wants to ride off into the sunset with this man, faults and all. These were supposed to be the best years of her life but it’s all morphed into a nightmare as she tries to re-position and adapt to very choppy waters. She has a plan to fix things, but she’s always wearing rose-colored glasses! That’s just who she is!”