New reports have claimed Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s young marriage is on ‘shaky ground’, with the pair reportedly looking at the option of divorce. With the rumour mill in overdrive, the Herald looks at when claims of a split first surfaced and why. Only two years after Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot , the couple are facing intense speculation they are heading for divorce.
From photos of Affleck without his wedding ring, to multiple solo outings and even claims Affleck branded the relationship a “fever dream” that happened only because of an unstable mental state, the rumour mill has gone into overdrive about the couple, infamously known as Bennifer. Having first met on the set of the American romantic crime comedy Gigli in the early 2000s, the pair officially began dating in 2002, and were even engaged to be married until their separation in 2004 — of which Lopez later confessed was because they “crumbled under the pressure ”. In the 20 years they spent apart, Lopez was married to Marc Anthony between 2004 and 2014 with the pair welcoming their now-16-year-old twins, Max and Emme.
Meanwhile, Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005 and welcomed three children: Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 11, before separating in 2018. While Lopez and Affleck didn’t make things official again until 2021, they caught the attention of fans in 2015 during a flirty exchange at the Oscars. Affleck reportedly “whispered in her ear” while, to the d.
