You need to stop whatever you're doing right now because Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck
spent a weekend away together, and we NEED to talk about it. That's right folks; fans
feel like they've been thrown back to 2001 when low rise jeans were cool and Bennifer
were on their way to their happily ever after.
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In his most recent interview, Matt Damon was bombarded with questions about his long time
bestie Ben Affleck and his weekend away with ex-fiance Jennifer Lopez. Are they back together?
Are the rumours true? Like any good best friend, Matt tried his hardest not to spill any beans,
but he couldn't help but reveal just a little bit of info that had Bennifer fans squealing
in their seats.
While playing it super coy, Matt said, "I hope it's true. I love them both. I hope it's
true, that'll be awesome."
We all know the vow of secrecy between two friends when it comes to spilling secrets,
and it's clear that Matt's lips are sealed shut. But let's put it this way, if he's hoping
that it's true, that could only mean one thing ... If something warm and fuzzy is being rekindled
between Jennifer and Ben, their friends are here to support it!
If we take a quick quiz down memory lane for a moment, Bennifer had quite the romantic
journey.
The pair first met on the set of Gigli in 2001. The movie was a flop, but if one thing
was for sure, it was that sparks flew between the leading two co-stars. At the time, J.Lo
was still married to her second husband, dancer Cris Judd but they soon split and Bennifer
was born. In fact, at this point, we're convinced it should be added to the dictionary.
Reflecting back on when she first met Ben, Jennifer said, "I felt like … 'Okay, this
is it. But sometimes I feel like what you think people are and how you see them when
you love them is different than when they reveal later."
They were the centre of tabloids during the early ‘2000s and let's face it, who doesn't
want to have a poster of them framed in their home? Those two are hot hot hot. When Affleck
featured in the singer's "Jenny from the Block" music video, fans were practically sweating
from the steamy scenes of the couple together. J.Lo in a hot-pink bikini and Affleck in a
white tank while they sunbathe on a boat. Does it get any hotter than that? Phew!
Jen admitted that even though they didn't want their relationship to be so public, having
the paparazzi follow them around all the time along with the constant news headlines added
a lot of unwanted pressure to their relationship.
"We were on the cover of every magazine, every week, it was just a weird thing. … Our relationship,
I think, did suffer because of that. That's not the only reason … but I think it definitely
played a part in the dynamic of our relationship." Jen confessed.
Bennifer went on to get engaged at the end of 2002. Ben got down on one knee and proposed
with a massive 6.1-carat pink diamond that was alleged to have cost him a whopping $2.5
million. We're pretty sure that if the Titanic had that rock on board, it wouldn't have needed
to hit an iceberg to sink to the bottom of the ocean.
Unfortunately, just as the couple was riding the high of their engagement, things quickly
came crashing down. Ben and Jennifer Garner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZwWTEirsol
- 0.40) worked together on the movie Daredevil and while filming the co-stars fell for one
another, and they fell hard. So all that chemistry you see in the movie, that's all real. It
wasn't much later that Bennifer called off their engagement and Garner filed for divorce
from her husband, Scott Foley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzeNprRE3EE - 4.22).
"We met on 'Pearl Harbor,' which people hate, but we fell in love on 'Daredevil.'" Affleck
admitted in an interview later, which is pretty scandalous because he was still with J.Lo
at the time. So he blatantly admitted to falling in love with another woman during their engagement.
The news that Bennifer was no more shattered the hearts of fans all over the world. But
no one could have been more heartbroken than Lopez, who said "I was eviscerated. I lost
my sense of self, questioned if I belonged in this business, thought maybe I did suck
at everything."
No one could have imagined how the singer must have felt, knowing that while she was
engaged to a man that she loved and was supposed to marry, he was busy falling in love with
another Jennifer.
The pair both went their separate ways and started families of their own, seemingly moving
on and putting their past behind them. J.Lo married Marc Anthony and gave birth to gorgeous
twin daughters. Affleck married Garner, and they had three beautiful children together.
Unfortunately, both of those marriages came to an end.
Jennifer and Marc split after four years together, and the singer admitted, "Thinking back, maybe
deep down I knew that this was a Band-Aid on the cut, that my wound hadn't been stitched
or healed. But I pushed all that to the back of my mind."
Ben didn't live happily ever after with his new Jennifer, and they divorced in 2018. His
struggle with alcohol abuse along with other problems seemed to be the root of the pair's
split, and even though Affleck sought treatment for his addiction, it wasn't able to save
their marriage.
"I have completed treatment for alcohol addiction; something I've dealt with in the past and
will continue to confront, I want to live life to the fullest and be the best father
I can be." Ben confessed in a statement.
As the years passed, both J.Lo and Ben had other relationships. Affleck dated "Saturday
Night Live" producer Lindsay Shookus, Shauna Sexton and Ana de Armas. Lopez even went on
to get engaged to baseball player Alex Rodriguez and everyone thought that she had finally
found the one.
Then the shocking news broke in April that J.Lo and Alex had called off their engagement
and the world was at a standstill. What was going on? Everything had seemed to be sunshine
and daisies between the couple, and suddenly they had separated. The baseball player was
heartbroken by the split, and he was under the impression that they were just taking
some time apart to think things through and would soon reunite.
Then the real bomb dropped. Ben had been sending love letters via email since February to Jen,
trying to win her heart and get her back. Then it all started to make sense, J.Lo had
reconnected with her first real love, and he was impossible to ignore. With Affleck
pursuing her perhaps she realized that Alex wasn't the one she really wanted? Maybe Ben
had always been the one for her and they had never gotten to give Bennifer another chance
because they had always been seeing other people.
Maybe Ben wanted to try and win Jen's heart back before she married Alex and missed out
on his chance. Whatever the reasons were, fans have always been a sucker for Bennifer,
and no one is going to complain. Well, except for Alex. After hearing about Bennifer's weekend
together, sources revealed that Alex was "shocked" by Jennifer and Ben's reunion as he had hoped
that he would "be able to make it work and reconnect" with his ex.
All we know is that Bennifer is back on, and while it's still early days, fans are rooting
for things to work out for the pair. Maybe it's finally time for Ben and J.Lo to have
their happily ever after. Bennifer Forever!