Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have had a tumultuous relationship in the past, which has fascinated their fans. Not only has their latest break-up resulted in heartbreak, but this isn’t the first time that the lovebirds have gone their separate ways in style. Lopez and Affleck began dating in 2002; They got engaged but later separated in 2004 after the shooting of Gigli in 2001.
Rumors swirled at the time as to why ‘Bennifer’ broke up, but Affleck later shared his perspective in an interview on The Howard Stern Show. He explained that media scrutiny played a large role in his first split, accounting for “about 50 percent” of the problems. Affleck said, “The idea that people hate you and they hate you together… and, ‘What the fuck are they doing together?’ I was hurt and angry and felt like a fool.”
Despite this, the two stars found their way back to each other in 2022, nearly 20 years after their initial romance ended. Fans were thrilled when they rekindled their love, seeing it as a “second chance” for the pair.
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Bennifer’s ‘second chance’ romance ends
Affleck addresses “second chances” WSJ Magazine In 2021, “I’m very fortunate in my life to have benefited from second chances, and I know other people don’t even get first chances.”
“I have got a second chance in my career. As a human being I have been given a second chance. Life is hard, and we are always failing and hopefully we learn from those failures.
Unfortunately, his second chance did not last. On August 21, 2024, on their one-year wedding anniversary, Lopez filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences”.
Talking with Nikki Glaser interview magazineLopez shared, “There were times when I thought I had it figured out and then life goes, ‘Let’s send you one more thing and see if you’re ready for it. Let’s see if you really have that.’ Lesson has been learned. And I didn’t.”
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“I understand it very deeply now, which doesn’t mean I won’t make mistakes in the future, but then again, when your whole house blows up, you’re standing there in the debris going, ‘How to do that?’ I did that again. Never let it happen?
“And then you slowly start to examine it, saying, ‘Okay, I did this, I had a role in this, this is what I should have seen in the first place, this is what I didn’t see.’ ,” He said .
