JLo wedding 2022 LIVE – Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez ‘tie the knot in Las Vegas ceremony’ after moving in together
JENNIFER Lopez and Ben Affleck reportedly got married this weekend in an intimate Vegas-style ceremony just months after getting engaged.
The famous couple said their "I dos" in the Las Vegas desert, according to
According to court records obtained by the publication, the couple obtained a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada before the ceremony was held in both of their legal names.
Jennifer, 51, and Ben, 48, bought a Los Angeles mansion together in March and announced their engagement the next month amidst speculation from fans following the pair's reconnection after years apart.
The superstar and actor famously dated nearly two decades ago and got engaged for the first time in November 2002.
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Ceremony was 'small'
The Las Vegas wedding was a "small" ceremony, a source told .
"It was super, super small," the outlet reported.
"[Jennifer's] mom and kids were there. They just wanted to be married so they got married."
Representatives for Jennifer and Ben have not commented.
JLo thanks wedding chapel
In her latest newsletter, JLo continued:
"Best night of our lives. Thank you to the Little White Wedding chapel for letting me use the break room to change while Ben changed in the men's room."
"They were right when they said, 'All you need is love.' We are so grateful to have that in abundance, a new wonderful family of five amazing children and a life that we have never had more reason to look forward to."
"Stick around long enough and maybe you'll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at twelve thirty in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through, with your kids and the one you'll spend forever with."
The letter concluded: "Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things – and worth waiting for."
'We read our own vows'
JLo went on to share details with fans about her and Ben's arrival at the wedding chapel.
"We barely made it to the little white wedding chapel by midnight. They graciously stayed open late a few minutes, let us take pictures in a pink Cadillac convertible, evidently once used by The King himself (but if we wanted Elvis himself to show, that cost extra and he was in bed)."
She continued: "So with the best witnesses you could ever imagine, a dress from an old movie and a jacket from Ben's closet, we read our own vows in the little chapel and gave one another the rings we'll wear for the rest of our lives.
"They even had Bluetooth for a (short) march down the aisle. But in the end it was the best possible wedding we could have imagined. One we dreamed of long ago and one made real (in the eyes of the state, Las Vegas, a pink convertible and one another) at very, very long last."
JLo: 'Exactly what we wanted'
In her latest newsletter, JLo wrote: "We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient."
She included a photo of them laughing together during what appears to be their big day, as the New York native is wearing what looks like a wedding dress.
JLo continued in her letter: "Exactly what we wanted. Last night we flew to Vegas, stood in line for a license with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world.
"Behind us two men held hands and held each other. In front of us a young couple who made the three hour drive from Victorville on their daughter's second birthday – all of us wanting the same thing – for the world to recognize us as partners and to declare our love to the world through the ancient and nearly universal symbol of marriage."
Bel Air mansion
In April, the couple purchased a $50million mansion together.
Their new home boasts a pool, courtyard, and a personal parking lot.
The mansion was built in the 1930s and has about 10 bedrooms and 17 bathrooms.
Outside the three-level building, the couple has a large infinity pool to take a dip in, gardens to be tended, and several fire pits to keep themselves warm.
They will also be spending time together in the wine cellar and home movie theater.
JLo and A-Rod
In 2017, Jennifer met Alex Rodriguez before getting engaged two years later. In an eerie echo of her relationship with Ben, Jennifer announced she had postponed her wedding twice - which they said was due to Covid.
In March, rumors emerged the pair had split following cheating allegations with US reality star Madison LeCroy, 30.
The Southern Charm star denied her friendship with A-Rod was physical. She said: “He’s never physically cheated on his fiancée with me.”
The couple denied they had parted ways but released a statement saying: “We are working through some things.”
By April 15, they had called the relationship off.
JLo and Marc Anthony
Just six months after calling off her first engagement to Ben, Jennifer had married singer Marc Anthony, 52.
She had briefly dated Marc in the 90s, starred in the video for his Spanish language song Contra La Corriente and recorded a duet, No Me Ames in 1999.
Together, the pair had twins Emme and Max in 2008 but by 2011 Jennifer and Marc announced they had separated.
Their divorce was finalized three years later.
She said in 2016 she knew straightaway the marriage wouldn’t last: “I hung in there for seven years. I knew very quickly that it wasn’t the right thing.”
Ben's relationships
by October 2004, Ben had gone public with his romance with Pearl Harbour co-star Jennifer Garner, 49 - who he married in 2005.
He later told how he fell in love with Garner while filming Daredevil with her in 2002 - while he was dating J-Lo.
He said in 2017: “We met on Pearl Harbor, which people hate, but we fell in love on Daredevil.”
They had three children together, Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel but things too turned sour for Ben and Garner.
But amid much-denied rumors Ben had cheated with the family nanny Christine Ouzounian in 2015, the couple announced they were getting divorced.
Ben's battle with addiction
In 2017 and 2018, Affleck went to rehab for alcohol addiction, he said: “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."
The engagement
The Hustlers star spoke about her proposal in her On the JLo newsletter after previously being photographed sporting her new ring.
The New York native featured a clip of her admiring a large green diamond, which was sitting on her wedding ring finger.
Jennifer's sister shared the video on Twitter, writing: "Major announcement!!!!"
In the clip, she gushed: "So I have a really exciting and special story to share…"
The mom of two added a diamond ring emoji to her Twitter handle as well, further teasing the engagement.
JLo's reflection on the demise
Jennifer Lopez didn't speak much about the relationship again until 2016 when she reflected on the demise of their relationship.
: "I think different time, different thing, who knows what could've happened, but there was a genuine love there."
But that "different time" came soon enough.
Why they broke up
In 2003, JLo and Ben Affleck began filming Jersey Girl together.
The film, which was released in March 2004, was also a box office bomb.
In September 2003, just a few days before they were set to walk down the aisle, JLo and Ben Affleck called off the wedding.
They blamed "excessive media attention" for their canceled nuptials.
They still stayed together as a couple until January 2003, when JLo and Ben ultimately announced they were done for good.
They separated for almost 20 years
During the couple's time apart after their split in 2004, Jennifer had twins Emme and Max with Marc Anthony, her ex-husband.
Prior to revisiting her relationship with Ben, she was engaged to Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez.
Ben, meanwhile, is dad to Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 10 – all of whom he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
Bennifer's beginnings
Ben and Jen first became Bennifer back 2002.
They met on the set of Gigli - a film that would go on to become a box-office bomb - while Jen was married to her second husband, Cris Judd.
Jen filed for divorce from Cris in June 2002 and her relationship with Ben took off shortly after the divorce was finalized.
Ben proposed to Jen with a 6-carat pink diamond ring in November 2002.
But they split in 2004 blaming "media attention."
Wedding bells
Jennifer Lopez, 51, and Ben Affleck, 48, have tied the knot, according to
According to court records obtained by the publication, the couple obtained a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada.
The wedding reportedly took place in the desert on Saturday, July 16.
The ceremony was held in both of their legal names: Benjamin Geza Affleck and Jennifer Lynn Lopez.
A source connected to the alleged married couple confirmed to the site that they indeed get hitched.
ARod claimed 'all is well'
Despite seeing his ex move on, the former ballplayer recently claimed all is well in his life.
He told : "I had five years of an incredible life and partnership and also with my daughters, we learned so much.
"And now we have the opportunity to take that and move forward and say, 'You know what? We're so grateful for the last five years, how do we make the next five years better because of lessons learned?'"
He added: "So I'm in a great place. I'm so grateful for where God and the light has really put me, and I'm really looking forward, mostly to see how my girls keep developing."
JLo and Ben Affleck's first appearance in 18 years
The pair showed off some PDA during their first time on the red carpet as a couple in over 15 years at the 2021 Venice Film Festival.
JLo and Ben's appearance together came after they last made a public appearance together in 2003 for the premiere of Ben's Daredevil film.
ARod has been taking hits
After news broke of JLo's engagement to Ben Affleck in April, YES broadcaster Michael Kay hinted at the news during the Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN 2, while discussing the Yankees versus Red Sox game with the ex-ballplayer, 46.
Michael, 61, told Alex: “It’s a great time in sports. You have a new Masters champion, NBA playoffs are about to start, baseball is in full swing, people getting engaged. I mean, it’s a happy time in the world.”
“Happiness and world peace is what we’re looking for," Alex responded with a smile, before changing the subject back to the game.
Alex has been taking hits since the world learned Jennifer, 52, would be walking down the aisle again.
JLo once considered stripping
When quizzed about whether she had considered stripping, she told Magazine: “I did.
“There was a moment in my life when my friends, who were also dancers, told me about making thousands of dollars at clubs in New Jersey.”
J-Lo went on to say how they offered her shows where she didn’t have to get naked, saying: “[My friends] said, ‘You won’t need to be topless.’”
However she decided against it – despite it being such a quick and easy way to make cash.
Rob Shuter on JLo's success
When it comes to JLo, Rob Shuter told The Sun: “Kindness is the secret to success! Every single successful person I have ever met is kind enough to themselves to be comfortable in their own skin. I have seen firsthand that no one is kinder to themselves than Jennifer Lopez."
“Nothing is kinder than accepting yourself. Jennifer doesn’t say cruel things to herself. That voice telling us that we are ‘not good enough’- it has to be silenced.”
Rob added, "Jennifer believes that if they can’t be kind, they have to go! You are not broken—but the way you have been thinking about yourself is.”
JLo thanks 'lying exes,' continued
“I want to thank disappointment and failure for teaching me to be strong, and my children for teaching me to love.”
“I want to thank all the people who told me to my face or when I wasn’t in the room that I couldn’t do this.
“I really don’t think I could have done it without you.”
Her emotional speech while picking up the Generation Award at the ceremony at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica left fans trying to guess who she meant.
JLo thanked 'lying exes' at MTV awards
She said on stage: “Since you cannot create truth unless you have really lived it, I have a different kind of thank-yous tonight.
“I want to thank the people who gave me joy, and the ones who broke my heart.
“The ones who were true and the ones who lied to me.
“I want to thank true love and I want to thank the way that I lied to myself. Because that is how I knew I had to grow."
Photos from the wedding
Photos of newlyweds JLo and Ben Affleck are now circulating social media.
The pair tied the knot on Sunday in Las Vegas.
Jennifer Lynn Affleck
JLo has confirmed her marriage to fans, and signed off an email with her new name: Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck.