Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are formally over. The 55-year-old pop singer filed for divorce from the 52-year-old Oscar winner on Tuesday, August 20, after two years of marriage. The estranged pair would have celebrated their second marriage ceremony anniversary final month.
TMZ was the primary to report the information. The outlet reported that J. Lo listed her and Ben’s date of separation as April 26, 2024. Moreover, she submitted the submitting “professional per,” in line with the outlet, which signifies that she filed for divorce with out an lawyer.
In her submitting, Jennifer didn’t point out whether or not she and her now-estranged husband filed a prenuptial settlement, per the outlet.
The divorce submitting comes months after hypothesis over their marital standing first surfaced. Within the Spring, followers seen that the Gigli co-stars hadn’t been photographed collectively for multiple month after her This Is Me … Now movie and The Biggest Love Story By no means Instructed documentary got here out. Ultimately, a number of retailers reported that there was hassle in paradise.
Though they seemingly squashed the break up rumors after they have been noticed out collectively on a number of events, Jennifer dodged a query about her marriage on the premiere of Atlas. In Might, a reporter pressed the actress in regards to the standing of her and Ben’s relationship, to which J. Lo responded, “You understand higher than that.” On the finish of the month, the “Jenny From the Block” hitmaker canceled her 2024 tour. In line with her OnTheJLo publication announcement, the multi hyphenate defined to followers that she “wouldn’t do that if [she] didn’t really feel that it was completely needed,” whereas Dwell Nation famous in a separate assertion Jennifer was “taking break day to be together with her kids, household and shut associates.”
Ben and Jennifer listed their Beverly Hills mansion up on the market over the summer season. And, on her fifty fifth birthday in July, the Argo actor reportedly bought a brand new dwelling in California whereas the “On the Flooring” artist celebrated her big day throughout the nation within the Hamptons. Earlier this month, nevertheless, Jennifer was noticed visiting Ben on his 52nd birthday.
The pair often known as “Bennifer” have been certainly one of Hollywood’s most well-known love tales. After falling in love in 2002, Ben and Jennifer bought engaged, and the Good Will Searching co-writer even appeared within the Selena star’s “Jenny From the Block” music video. The couple went on share the display once more within the 2004 movie Jersey Woman. Nevertheless, at that time, they’d known as off their engagement and break up. Greater than 20 years later, they rekindled their romance in 2021.
Neither Jennifer nor Ben has publicly spoken out about their pending divorce.
