Their love story fascinates across the Atlantic and has a few fans in France too. Stars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot in Nevada, 18 years after their first relationship, which was already highly publicized at the time, ended.
According to court documents released on Saturday and viewed by AFP, the 52-year-old singer and actress chose to take her husband’s surname, and will therefore be for Jennifer Affleck’s civil status after this ceremony in Clark County. , which includes the city of Las Vegas. The one who is also a businesswoman, with a line of cosmetics and perfumes bearing her name, announced in April her engagement with the actor in a very short video. Visibly moved, she was seen admiring a ring set with a green stone.
A separation in 2004
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck had met in 2002 on the set of “Gigli”, widely considered a turnip, and the relationship between these two big names in Hollywood had been closely followed by the paparazzi. Their wedding, scheduled for 2003, had been postponed, before they announced their separation in 2004.
The two stars had ignited the web last year by giving a chance to their couple, nicknamed “Bennifer” (the contraction of their first names) in the early 2000s.
“It’s a beautiful love story that we were able to have a second chance”, had commented the interpreter of “Jenny From The Block”, in an interview granted in February to People magazine.
The couple have become “inseparable” since they reformed and bought a house together in Beverly Hills, according to the specialized site TMZ.
Jennifer Lopez has already been married three times, including to singer Marc Anthony with whom she has twins.
Ben Affleck, known for his roles in Argo or Gone Girl, was married to actress Jennifer Garner, with whom he has three children.