Lopez introduced their marriage Sunday in her e-newsletter for followers with the headline “We did it.”
NEW YORK — 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 e-newsletter for followers with the heading “We did it.” Lopez initially made their engagement public in April on the identical e-newsletter, “On the J Lo.”
“Love is gorgeous. Love is variety. 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 ceremony Chapel, a chapel boasting a drive-through “tunnel of affection.” Lopez mentioned a Bluetooth speaker performed their transient march down the aisle. She known as it one of the best evening of their lives.
“Stick round lengthy sufficient and possibly you will discover one of the best second of your life in a drive via in Las Vegas at 12:30 within the morning within the tunnel of affection drive via along with your children and the one you’ll spend endlessly with,” mentioned Lopez.
Information 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 wedding 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 within the early 2000s, spawning the nickname “Bennifer,” earlier than rekindling their romance final yr. They earlier starred collectively in 2003’s “Gigli” and 2004’s “Jersey Lady.” Round that point, they grew to become engaged however by no means wed.
Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom he shares three youngsters. They divorced in 2018.
Lopez has been married thrice 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 wedding ceremony in 2004 and share 14-year-old twins collectively.