Rumors Swirl Around 'Bennifer': A Complete Timeline Of The ...

16 May 2024

Forbes

Topline

After 22 years, five marriages and five children with other partners between them, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have made a number of recent appearances apart—Lopez at the Met Gala, Affleck at the celebrity roast of Tom Brady—fueling speculation about the state of their two-year marriage, just the latest in their long public history.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez attend the Los Angeles Premiere Of Amazon MGM Studios "This Is ... [+] Me...Now: A Love Story" on Feb. 13, 2024.

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May 14Jennifer Lopez is seen looking at houses in Los Angeles without Affleck, TMZ reported.

March 31Lopez and Affleck are last seen in public together on Easter Sunday on a lunch date at Cecconi’s in Brooklyn.

Feb 16, 2024Lopez releases the album and documentary "This Is Me... Now" with at least two tracks written specifically for her husband: "Dear Ben" (from 2002's "This Is Me...Then" album) and "Dear Ben Pt. II."

Jan. 2023Lopez announces the couple, and their children, moved in together.

April 2022The couple announces their engagement and Lopez shows off photos of a 8.5 carat natural green diamond ring.

Sept. 2021The pair makes their red carpet re-debut at the 2021 Venice Film Festival and follow it up with a Met Gala appearance.

May 2021Rumors that Affleck and Lopez are back together are reported by Us Weekly and later confirmed by E! News and People.

April 2021Affleck speaks to "InStyle" for the magazine's cover story about Lopez, calling her "the hardest-working person I’ve come across in this business."

March 2021Lopez and Rodriguez officially split one month after calling off their engagement.

January 2021Affleck and de Armas break up.

March 2020Affleck and his "Deep Water" co-star Ana de Armas are spotted kissing in Costa Rica.

April 2019Affleck and Shookus break up.

March 9, 2019Jennifer Lopez announces she and Rodriguez are engaged.

July 2017Affleck begins dating "Saturday Night Live” producer Lindsay Shookus.

February 2017Lopez starts dating former Yankees player Alex Rodriguez.

March 2016Lopez tells People there was "genuine love" in their then decade-old relationship and says tabloid attention put "a lot of pressure" on the pair.

June 30, 2015Garner and Affleck, who have three children, announce their divorce days after their 10th wedding anniversary.

June 2014Lopez and Anthony finalize their divorce.

July 2011 Anthony and Lopez, who had two children together, announce their separation

.June 29, 2005Affleck marries actress Jennifer Garner, who he met on the set of “Pearl Harbor” four years earlier and started dating in the summer of 2004.

June 5, 2004Lopez marries singer Marc Anthony, who she first met in 1998.

Jan. 2004Lopez and Affleck officially called it quits.

Sept. 2003The couple postpone their wedding one day before the planned ceremony, citing "excessive media attention."

Nov. 2002Affleck proposes to Lopez on a trip to Boston to visit his family and the proposal leads Lopez to cry “incredible purging tears of happiness,” she says at the time (the 6.1-carat pink diamond Harry Winston ring is reported to have cost $2.5 million).

Nov. 2002Affleck has a steamy cameo in Lopez's “Jenny from the Block” music video, which he later says he regretted: "It not only makes me look like a petulant fool, but it surely qualifies as ungentlemanly."

July 2002Lopez is spotted kissing Affleck at her 32nd birthday party and files for divorce from Judd two days later.

Early 2002Lopez and Affleck meet on the set of crime comedy "Gigli" (Lopez is married to Cris Judd at the time).

Forbes Valuation

Affleck, 51, was ranked at No. 37 on Forbes' list of highest-paid celebrities in 2020, making $55 million that year. He's starred in box office hits like "Batman v. Superman," "Pearl Harbor" and "Armageddon" over his decades-long career, and scored eight-figure salaries for recent films like "The Last Duel" and "Hypnotic." Lopez, 54, was ranked at No. 56 on the highest-paid celebrities list that same year. It's estimated she made $47.5 million thanks to deals with Versace, DSW, Quay sunglasses and her own fragrance. She's built her fortune through eight studio albums, a Las Vegas residency and a series of world tours, including a 2019 world tour that grossed $55 million.