Hollywood Actress and Singer, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, two years after they tied the knot.
According to US media report on Tuesday, the Hollywood power couple who were nicknamed “Bennifer” when they first dated in the frenzied tabloid celebrity days of the early 2000s, had rekindled their relationship almost two decades later.
Court documents seen by SKY NEWS show Lopez filed the papers on Tuesday – exactly two years on from their grander wedding ceremony held a month after their Vegas trip.
Lopez listed the date of their separation as April 26 and there is no prenuptial agreement, according to entertainment news outlet TMZ.
The Hollywood couple tied the knot in Las Vegas in July 2022, having rekindled their relationship almost 20 years after calling off their first engagement.
It was the fourth marriage for pop singer-turned-actress Lopez, 55, and the second for Oscar-winning movie star and director Affleck, 52.
The pair first met in 2002 on the set of the widely panned movie “Gigli.”
They became a media sensation as they started dating and announced their engagement.
But they postponed their planned 2003 nuptials, and announced their relationship was over in early 2004.
“Bennifer” set the internet alight again in 2021 when photos of them together again began circulating.
“It’s a beautiful love story that we got a second chance,” Lopez said in an interview around that time.
Lopez and Affleck announced their engagement in April 2022, and the A-list lovebirds wed in Las Vegas in July.
They made it official again the following month in a lavish ceremony at the “Good Will Hunting” star’s 87-acre (35-hectare) estate in the southeastern US state of Georgia.
The couple reportedly bought a $60 million home together in Los Angeles last year.
But rumours of marital troubles emerged in the entertainment press and on social media earlier this year.
Fans noted that Lopez celebrated her 55th birthday without her husband last month, and TMZ said they had sold their joint home, with Affleck moving into a luxury bachelor pad.
“She likes to open her heart to her fans and to the world,” the magazine quoted an unnamed source as saying.
“He is more introspective and private. This has been difficult day-to-day.”
AFP//SkyNews
