Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck on August 20th last year, on what was their second wedding anniversary of their second wedding (they got married twice, once in Vegas and once in Georgia). The divorce filing came after months of drama. Even after all that’s happened, we still don’t know the “inciting incident” or why Ben suddenly woke up one morning last spring and decided he was done with the marriage. The whole thing has been so sad to me. Well, now they’re officially divorced.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are officially divorced, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE. The judgment comes nearly 20 weeks after the Unstoppable actress filed for a dissolution of marriage on Aug. 20.
The exes, who rekindled their romance in 2021, married in an intimate Las Vegas ceremony in July 2022. They later celebrated their nuptials with a ceremony in Georgia in front of friends and family on Aug. 20, 2022. Lopez filed for divorce exactly two years after the Georgia ceremony, listing April 26, as their date of separation and citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.
She filed at the Los Angeles County Superior Court without a lawyer, requesting no spousal support for either party, for attorney’s fees to be split, and noted that the “exact nature” of their community, quasi-community assets, and separate property and obligations are “unknown” and “will be determined.” The star also requested that her former name, Jennifer Lynn Lopez, be restored.
A week after she filed, Lopez seemed “relieved,” according to a source close to the star, who added at the time, though, “She didn’t want a divorce. She wanted to figure things out. They love each other. Jennifer is not the type to just give up.”
At that same time, an additional source said Affleck appeared to be “doing well and is very focused” in the wake of the filing: “He thrives when he has work projects. He’s been great when it comes to the kids too. He’s doing exactly what he wants. He seems very happy.”
In case you’re wondering about the money, it could have gotten complicated because they were both so busy during their brief marriage. Ben even began his company, Artists Equity, during the marriage and Jennifer really could have fought for a piece of it. It doesn’t look like she did that. TMZ says there’s no spousal support in either direction and that Ben retains his stake in Artists Equity. In turn, Jennifer retains all of her businesses, projects and paychecks, some of which happened during the marriage. Are we going to do this sh-t again in ten years? It feels like it’s always a possibility.
Photos courtesy of On The JLo, Avalon Red, Backgrid.
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- HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – FEBRUARY 13: Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Lopez (JLo) wearing a Zuhair Murad Couture gown with Joseph Saidian and Sons vintage Van Cleef & Arpels diamond earrings and A.Jaffe diamond rings arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Amazon MGM Studios’ ‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story’ held at the Dolby Theatre on February 13, 2024 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 846503912, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, JLo, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – FEBRUARY 13: Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Lopez (JLo) wearing a Zuhair Murad Couture gown with Joseph Saidian and Sons vintage Van Cleef & Arpels diamond earrings and A.Jaffe diamond rings arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Amazon MGM Studios’ ‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story’ held at the Dolby Theatre on February 13, 2024 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 846504126, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, JLo, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- LOS ANGELES, CA – Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck get cozy as they sit court side attending the Los Angeles Lakers NBA game against the Boston Celtics at Staples Center in Los Angeles. **SHOT ON 12/07/2021** Pictured: Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck BACKGRID USA 8 DECEMBER 2021 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Paris, FRANCE – Ben Affleck and his wife Jennifer Affleck (Lopez) cruise the Seine with their kids Seraphina, Violet, Maximilian, and Emme during their honeymoon in Paris, France. Pictured: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Affleck, Emme Maribel Muniz, Maximilian David Muniz, Violet Affleck, Seraphina BACKGRID USA 23 JULY 2022 BYLINE MUST READ: Best Image / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Paris, FRANCE – Jennifer Lopez spends her 53rd birthday shopping at La Samaritaine with hubby Ben Affleck during their honeymoon trip in Paris, France. JLO stunned in a vibrant red maxi dress in celebration of her special day. Pictured: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Affleck, Jennifer Lopez BACKGRID USA 24 JULY 2022 BYLINE MUST READ: Best Image / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Westwood, CA – Actress, singer and dancer Jennifer Lopez (J.Lo, Jennifer Lynn Lopez-Affleck) wearing an Antonio Grimaldi dress and Shiphra jewelry and husband/American actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck arrive at the World Premiere Of Amazon Studios’ And Skydance Media’s ‘Air’ held at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Pictured: Jennifer Lopez, J.Lo, Ben Affleck BACKGRID USA 27 MARCH 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
I agree that it is quite sad. I knew they wouldn’t last once we learned that they eloped in Vegas. My gut feeling was that they both did it because they both knew Ben would get cold feet during a longer wedding prep period. The second wedding was just a big party for their celebrity friends. I recognized Beb’s pattern, I’ve lived it with a boyfriend for years. I knew that this would be the outcome and it still makes me sad.
She said in an interview that she was so insecure and terrified that he was going to call it off again and that’s why he suggested on going to Vegas. in the end he ended up bailing on her. He’s trash. Talk about love bombing and gaslighting someone!
I hope she’s cured this time. She deserves better than Affleck’s hot and cold routine.
I usually don’t follow JLo too closely, but if she comes out with a tell-all memoir in another decade…boy, do I want to read that!
Seems like there was never any spousal support. At least from one side. Here’s to JLO. I hope she stays away.
Great comment, K.
While I never expected this relationship to last, even I was surprised at how quickly it fell apart and how sad I feel for Jen. I hope that over time, she’s able to get the healing she needs and deserves.
I do not think it is a coincidence that as soon as it looked like P Diddy Scandal was going to blow on JLo, Ben bailed. He does not want other people’s messes, only his own
Totally agree, @Caribbean. Who would want any public reminders of that association.
Agree. I’ve been saying all along, he nope’d out b/c the whole Combs horror story was/is coming out.
Does no one remember that JLo gets married at the drop of a hat. She jumps from one relationship to another with no thought. I for one don’t care or feel sorry for her.
I do feel somewhat sorry for her and am surprised that I do, but Ben was “The one” for her both times. On the second try, after he reached out to her, she publicly threw her whole being into this relationship. He dumped her twice publicly, and that had to really hurt.
Yeah, that line “Jennifer is not the type to just give up” kind of threw me for a loop, given her relationship history. I don’t know, maybe she’s never the one who gives up — but if not, then wow, she really needs to figure herself out and stop ending up with guys who don’t give a crap about anyone but themselves.
@Colleen. I also find it hard to be sympathetic towards either of them. And I certainly don’t feel sorry for JLo. She was engaged to ARod and as soon as she ended that relationship she was with Ben. I know this site is anti-Ben but he was a rebound for JLo. He may have courted and wooed her into a state of giddy euphoria but coming off a broken engagement, she didn’t have time to separate her feelings from ARod and I think she invested all her emotions into Ben. They’re adults with history together and apart. Anything they do now is on each of them.
Hi Colleen
100% agree.
Her first husband Ojani was a grifter, she married Chris straight after Diddy to put some distance between them and she was married to Marc for 10 years despite his cheating and physically abusing her (Crazy Days and Nights has many blinds on how Marc physically abused her). She has a bad picker but for her Ben was her true love. Unfortunately , she had to learn the hard way that he is not THE One. I think she would have given anything to make it work but Ben Affleck is NOT an easy person to deal with
I’m with you Kaiser, I don’t feel they are really done with each other. And I expect the press to be on the ‘are they together?’ train whenever their kids spend any time together.
Jlo would be a complete idiot if she trusted him again. I would be completely embarrassed for her. It would be worse than when she went back to cheating Casper!
JLo will be fine. Now, she’ll have the perfect runway for a comeback. For a woman with so much pride and ego, it was difficult to see her bend so much for him..I think he represents a deep insecurity in her that I hope she’s finally figured out how to fill on her own.
And she needs to fire her therapist if she’s still seeing the same one when she married him..period.
This was his second marriage, and her fourth? I think? Both are hugely successful, no way they went into it without an air tight prenup that said what’s mine is mine and yours is yours. Probably an easy split, at least legally/financially.
Did I misread the post? Thought it said no prenup.
Oh, well.
@Kathgal
I disagree. I think BOTH of them have gotten each other out-of their systems. I think they both were “the one that got away” to each other. I think they both overlooked the fact that they are incompatible.
Not.going.anywhere my a**.