Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck had been wed Saturday in a late-night Las Vegas drive-through chapel, culminating a relationship that stretched over 20 years in two separate romances and headlined numerous tabloid covers. Lopez introduced their marriage Sunday in her publication for followers with the heading “We did it.” Lopez initially made their engagement public in April on the identical publication, “On the J Lo.”
“Love is gorgeous. Love is sort. And it seems love is affected person. Twenty years affected person,” wrote Lopez in a message signed Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
Lopez wrote that the couple flew to Las Vegas on Saturday, stood in line for his or her license with 4 different {couples} and had been wed simply after midnight at A Little White Wedding Chapel, a chapel boasting a drive-through “tunnel of affection.” Lopez mentioned a Bluetooth speaker performed their temporary march down the aisle. She referred to as it the very best night time of their lives.
“Stick round lengthy sufficient and possibly you’ll discover the very best second of your life in a drive by way of in Las Vegas at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of affection drive by way of along with your youngsters and the one you’ll spend ceaselessly with,” mentioned Lopez.
News of their nuptials first unfold Sunday after the Clark County clerk’s workplace in Nevada confirmed that the pair obtained a wedding license that was processed Saturday. The marriage license submitting confirmed that Lopez plans to take the title Jennifer Affleck.
Representatives for Lopez and Affleck declined to remark. Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, famously dated in the early 2000s, spawning the nickname “Bennifer,” earlier than rekindling their romance final 12 months. They earlier starred collectively in 2003′s “Gigli” and 2004′s “Jersey Girl.” Around that point, they turned engaged however by no means wed.
Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom he shares three kids. They divorced in 2018.
Lopez has been married 3 times earlier than. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa from 1997-1998 and to Cris Judd from 2001-2003. She and singer Marc Anthony had been married for a decade after marriage ceremony in 2004 and share 14-year-old twins collectively.