Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s Las Vegas wedding at A Little White Chapel was full of “laughter, smiles and tears,” according to the minister who married them.
Ryan Wolfe exclusively told Page Six in a new interview that Affleck, 49, “gasped” as Lopez, 52, strutted down the aisle, “as only Jennifer Lopez can,” in “Here Comes the Bride”.
“He saw her walk down the aisle and you could tell he was like, ‘Wow, woah,'” Wolfe shared. “He let out a little gasp. You could tell he was definitely right in the moment.”
Wolfe — who “truly believes” that Affleck and Lopez are “soulmates” — added that he could “tell their love is real” and genuine based on how they acted around each other during the intimate ceremony.
Recalling how it all began, Wolfe told Page Six that it seemed like a normal Saturday night at work. Then, out of the blue, the A-list couple pulled up to the venue in a black SUV around 9 p.m. and asked Grace Christian Center’s lead pastor and coordinator, Kenosha Portis, if they “have had time to to one more wedding.”
Lopez legally changed her name to “Jennifer Affleck” after the wedding. OnTheJlo
“Jennifer wore a white dress. She looked beautiful and stunning, as always. And Ben looked nice and suave, as he always does,” Wolfe said, adding that the actor kept things casual by arriving with ” jeans and a white T-shirt.”
Wolfe told us he spoke to Affleck as he led him to the men’s room to change, as the “Argo” actor insisted he “didn’t need anything fancy.” While Affleck was quick to change into his tuxedo, his leading lady took a little longer to change out of her vintage white dress and into a Zuhair Murad gown.
“They came back through the doors and they just have a presence about them. You know they’re somebody,” Wolfe said of the moment the stars entered the chapel.
Wolfe says they opened the lobby doors to the chapel to widen the aisle for the “always impressive” Lopez. OnTheJlo
The couple insisted they didn’t want “anything fancy” and only asked that they take their own vows and add “a little bit of God” to the ceremony.
“His vows were beautiful, they were special. And I know they were very important to them. You could tell it was something between them that they wanted to share with each other,” the pastor said. “It was a very special and emotional ceremony and moment that they shared. And their kids were absolutely hooked.”
The only people in the room other than the couple, Wolfe and Portis, were Lopez’s 14-year-old daughter, Emme, and Affleck’s 13-year-old daughter, Seraphina, who acted as the sole photographers of the event Although the wedding was small, Wolfe says the two children brought all the excitement.
According to the minister, Affleck put his phone down to record the ceremony. Getty Images
“You can tell that Jennifer’s son and Ben’s son have a good relationship. They’re close,” Wolfe said, adding that after Lopez and Affleck were announced as husband and wife, the two teenagers burst out ‘”excitement” and they hugged.
Once Bennifer 2.0 said her “I do,” the couple sealed the deal with a kiss destined for the movies. The exchange at the altar wasn’t “too long” but “very, very special,” with Wolfe joking that he had to “take some notes from Ben.”
After their nuptials, Wolfe went from minister to photographer as he helped the happy couple take photos in Elvis’ pink Cadillac and the Tunnel of Love.
Wolfe says the couple were “relaxed and quiet, but very nice people.” GC Images
Over the course of his ministry career, the pastor estimates he has officiated over 10,000 weddings and can “feel” when a couple will make it. Apparently the vibes were right at A Little White Chapel that night, as he’s sure “this is for them.”
But Wolfe isn’t one to bet money on the newlyweds. According to “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin, Lopez’s mother, Guadalupe Rodriguez, “always said that Ben is her. [Jennifer’s] true love.”
The two stars rekindled their romance last year after the “Marry Me” actress ended her four-year relationship with former MLB star Alex Rodriguez. A year after the couple started dating, the actor popped the question for the second time with a big green spark.
The couple were previously engaged in 2002. They postponed their 2003 wedding after it attracted too much media attention and eventually split before reuniting in 2021. After the difficulty of trying to plan their first wedding, sources told Page. Six that the couple would elope and celebrate with friends and family afterwards.
The singer looked excited the next morning as she lay in bed showing off her ring and new wedding band. jlo/Instagram
While the couple enjoyed an intimate Sin City ceremony, the newlyweds are planning a much bigger “multi-day party” at Affleck’s 87-acre property in Riceboro, Ga. The big event will serve as a birthday party for Jennifer, who turns 53. July 24
Lopez confirmed her marriage to Affleck in the July 17 edition of her “On The JLo” newsletter, saying it was “exactly what we wanted.”
“We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out that love is patient. Twenty years of patient,” he said.
“Stay long enough and you might have the best time of your life in a car in Las Vegas at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love, with your kids and the person you’re going to pass through. always with. Love is a great thing, perhaps the best of things, and worth waiting for.”