Jennifer Lopez shed some light on the end of her relationship with Ben Affleck back in 2003.
The Hustlers star, 54, sat down for an interview this week with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe to talk about how They called off their first wedding in September 2003, but did not break up immediately.
“We didn’t break up at that time, it was over the course of the next few months,” Jlo explained, adding that they actually broke up in January 2004.
“Because what it did was cast doubt on me, and on both of us, about what our relationship was and where it was going, I think,” he added.
The Gigli stars are back together and tying the knot in 2022, but even nearly 20 years ago, the Jenny From the Block singer, whose film This is Me…Now premieres today on Amazon Prime, knew she wanted to spend the rest. of her life with the 51-year-old director of Argo.
Jennifer Lopez shed some light on the end of her relationship with Ben Affleck in 2003 (pictured in 2002)
The Hustlers star, 54, sat down for an interview this week with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe to talk about how they called off their first wedding in September 2003, but didn’t immediately break up.
‘I knew in my heart that I wanted to be with him for the rest of my life, I knew it. But it didn’t seem like we were going to make it,” the Wedding Planner actress said, adding: “And that’s why I got scared.’
At the time, Lopez was in his early 30s and Affleck was in his early 20s and she said she didn’t feel like they were mature enough to resolve their issues at the time and make the marriage work.
“Even though he was in his 20s and I was in my 30s, I still wasn’t… we weren’t ready to deal with it, look at each other and say, what we have is real.” “We have to make an effort, we have to work a little,” he explained. “We just weren’t there yet.”
Although she was not ready to marry Affleck at the time and broke up with him in January 2004, that same year she married singer Marc Anthony, 55, and welcomed twins Emme and Max, 15, in February 2008.
Meanwhile, the Air star married Jennifer Garner, 51, in 2005 and they welcomed three children together: Violet Anne, 18, Seraphina Rose, 15, and Samuel, 11.
Lopez split from Anthony in 2011 and got engaged to baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez, 48, in 2019.
The Maid in Manhattan star has been engaged six times and married four times.
Meanwhile, Affleck split from the Alias star in 2015 after 13 years of marriage, citing the reason they simply “broke up” during a 2021 interview with Howard Stern.
“We didn’t break up at that time, it was over the course of the next few months,” Jlo explained, adding that they actually broke up in January 2004.
“Because what it did was cast doubt on me, and both of us, about what our relationship was and where it was going, I think,” he added (pictured here in 2002).
The Gigli stars are back together and tying the knot in 2022, but even nearly 20 years ago, the Jenny From the Block singer knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with the 51-year-old Argo director.
‘I knew in my heart that I wanted to be with him for the rest of my life, I knew it. But it didn’t look like we were going to make it,” the Wedding Planner actress said, adding, “And that’s why I got scared” (pictured in 2002).
At the time, Lopez was in his early 30s and Affleck was in his early 20s and she said she didn’t feel like they were mature enough to resolve their issues at the time and make the marriage work.
Even though he was in his twenties and I was in his thirties, we still weren’t… we weren’t ready to deal with it, and look at each other and say, what we have is real, we’ve got to work hard. “We have to work a little,” he explained. (Pictured here in 2002)
We just weren’t there yet.’ Although she was not ready to marry Affleck at the time and broke up with him in January 2004, that same year she married singer Marc Anthony, 55, and welcomed twins Emme and Max, 15, in February 2008.
Meanwhile, the Air star married Jennifer Garner, 51, in 2005 and they welcomed three children together: Violet Anne, 18, Seraphina Rose, 15, and Samuel, 11.
Lopez split from Anthony in 2011 and got engaged to baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez, 48, in 2019.
“We went, we both tried, we found other people, we had beautiful children, we had other families and then we even had other relationships after that,” Lopez said in her interview with Lowe.
“It wasn’t until we both did, I know for me, a lot of work, and we got to a place where I thought, ‘You know what? I’m totally fine on my own. “I’m calm.” “I love my life, I have this amazing career that I’ve built for myself, I have these amazing kids… I have great friends.” That’s when she showed up again,” she said.
“And interestingly enough, he said he’d had the same kind of experience,” the I’m Real singer added. “And that’s how it happened.”
Lopez and Affleck got back together in 2021 and tied the knot in Las Vegas in 2022 and also had a larger wedding at the Good Will Hunting star’s estate in Georgia that summer.