Bennifer is no more – again.
Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck after two years of marriage.
According to TMZ, she filed the paperwork in Los Angeles on Tuesday — the same day as the two-year anniversary of their second wedding ceremony that took place in Georgia.
On May 16, they were spotted in public together for the first time in 47 days. They arrived separately at an event for one of their kids in Los Angeles, but they both had their wedding rings on.
Affleck, 51, and Lopez, 55, were initially together from 2002 to 2004. They ended their first engagement in 2004, and went on to marry and have kids with other people, before rekindling their flame in 2021.
Lopez would reveal their engagement news in her On the JLo newsletter.
“We’re older now, we’re smarter, we have more experience, we’re at different places in our lives, we have kids now, and we have to be very conscious of those things,” she told People in February of their rekindled romance.
“It’s a beautiful outcome that this has happened in this way at this time in our lives where we can really appreciate and celebrate each other and respect each other,” she went on. “We always did, but we have even more of an appreciation because we know that life can take you in different directions.”
She added, “We have been in the game in the public eye long enough to know who we are as people and what really matters and what doesn’t matter. We have kids and we respect each other. … We really live our lives in a way we can be proud of and our kids can be proud of you. We’re just operating from a place of love and respect for everyone in our lives and that is very important to us. We know what the truth is [and] we hold it sacred.”
The Oscar winner and Lopez tied the knot at A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas in July 2022. They’d go on to hold a second, more extravagant wedding at Affleck’s home in Riceboro, Georgia, that August.
Affleck shares kids Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with his first ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, 52, who he split from in 2015 after 10 years of marriage.
Lopez, for her part, is mom to 16-year-old twins Emme and Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony.
Their blended family seemed amicable, with Affleck even attending some family events with both Garner and Lopez and their kids.
In Lopez’s Prime Video documentary, “The Greatest Love Story Never Told,” (now streaming), Affleck said that when they rekindled their relationship, he had one demand.
“Getting back together, I said, ‘Listen, one of the things I don’t want is a relationship on social media,’” he said in the film.
But, he gave in.
“Then I sort of realized it’s not a fair thing to ask. It’s sort of like you’re going to marry a boat captain and (you’re like), ‘Well, I don’t like the water.’”
He added, “We’re just two people with … different approaches, trying to learn to compromise.”
Lopez has posted about Affleck on social media frequently, such as a photo of the couple kissing or cuddling on vacation.
In that same documentary, Lopez said that it was Affleck “who made me believe in myself. Maybe I’m setting myself up to be f–king criticized again I don’t know,” she said of their reunited romance. “But this is what my heart’s telling me to do. I’m facing the truth. I’m not the same as I was 20 years ago.”
Onscreen, her famous friend Jane Fonda also said to Lopez, “I don’t entirely know why, but I feel invested in you and Ben, and I really want this to work. However, this is my concern. Like, it feels too much like you’re trying to prove something instead of just living it. You know, every other photograph is the two of you kissing and the two of you hugging.”
Despite his statement that he was learning to “compromise” with Lopez’s more publicity-friendly lifestyle, Affleck has frequently looked unhappy when he’s accompanied his wife to splashy music industry events. His unenthusiastic demeanor even became a meme at the 2023 Grammys.
The rumors that they were on the rocks began when she attended the 2024 Met Gala solo.
Then, it was reported that Affleck was staying at a separate house from Lopez.
Lopez was also spotted going house hunting without Affleck, implying that she wasn’t planning to live with him moving forward.
“They started having issues a few months ago as Jen had started ramping up work commitments and prepping for her tour … They are on two completely different pages most of the time,” a source told Us Weekly.
Amid the drama, the “Jenny From the Block” singer “liked” an Instagram post detailing the qualities of a partner that could lead to an unhealthy relationship.
The message read that “you cannot build a healthy relationship with somebody” who “lacks integrity and emotional safety,” “doesn’t respect your time,” lacks “communication skills” and doesn’t have a strong sense of self.
