Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, who rekindled their celebrity romance nearly 20 years after first meeting, have been married in a Las Vegas chapel.
Key points:
- The couple married in a small chapel shortly after midnight
- Lopez confirmed she changed her name to Jennifer Lynn Affleck
- Affleck, 49, and Lopez, 52, became famous in the early 2000s before reviving their romance last year.
Lopez announced her marriage in a post in her fan newsletter that was simply titled: We Did It!
“Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out that love is patient. Twenty years of patient,” Lopez wrote in a message signed Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
He wrote that the couple flew to Las Vegas on Saturday, lined up to get the license with four other couples and were married shortly after midnight in the Little White Chapel, a chapel that had a “tunnel of the love “.
Lopez posted a series of images next to his newsletter. (Provided by: OntheJLo.com)
Lopez said she was wearing a dress from an old movie and Affleck was wearing a jacket from her closet in the simple ceremony that she said she “dreamed of a long time ago.”
“Stay long enough and you may find the best time of your life on a walk through Las Vegas at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love with your children and with whom you will spend forever.” dir López.
“Love is a fantastic thing, maybe the best of things, and it’s worth the wait.”
The Clark County Secretary’s office in Nevada showed the couple obtained a marriage license that was processed Saturday.
The presentation of the marriage license showed that Lopez planned to take the name Jennifer Affleck.
Lopez said the wedding was “the best night of their lives.” (Provided by: OntheJLo.com)
Lopez and Affleck’s representatives declined to comment.
In April, Lopez made public her engagement in a video posted to her fans showing a green engagement ring.
Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, became famous in the early 2000s before reactivating their romance last year.
They previously starred in “Gigli” from 2003 and “Jersey Girl” from 2004.
By that time, they were engaged, but never married.
The couple were named “Bennifer” in the early 2000s. (Reuters: Mike Blake)
Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom he shares three children.
They divorced in 2018.
Lopez has been married three times before.
He briefly married Ojani Noa from 1997 to 1998 and Cris Judd from 2001 to 2003.
She and singer Marc Anthony were married for a decade after the wedding in 2004. They have 14-year-old twins together.
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