Ben Affleck, "Second engagement in 20 Years" Officially Announced...The Birth of Couples of the Century [Overseas Issues]
Batman Ben Affleck, 49, and world pop star Jenifer Brook Lopez, 52, were engaged for the second time in 20 years since 2002.
Brook Lopez announced his engagement on a short video on the fan newsletter On The JLo on the 8th (local time). He looked affectionately at the green-lit Blood Diamond ring.
Brook Lopez said, "You are perfect," as romantic music flows.
“The singer’s aides are saying that the video is actually an engagement announcement,” Page Six reported on the day.
They sparked engagement rumours earlier this week when photos of them wearing rings on their wedding fingers were released while shopping in Culver City, LA with Brook Lopez's 14-year-old daughter Emmy.
“I wouldn’t have been surprised if he had proposed again,” Affleck and his close insiders told Page Six recently.
The couple first started dating in 2002 and were nicknamed "Bennifer" by fans and the media. In November of that year, Affleck presented Brook Lopez with Harry Winston's 6.1-carat pink Blood Diamond, reportedly worth $2.5 million.
Unfortunately, the media's huge interest eventually led the couple to cancel their 2003 marriage.
At the time, they said in a joint statement, "Because of the excessive interest of the media around our wedding, we decided to postpone the date. When we found out we were seriously considering hiring three "bait brides" in three different locations, we realized something was wrong."
“We began to feel that the spirit of the day we should have been happiest in our lives could be undermined. “We felt that what should have been a pleasant and sacred day could ruin us, our family and our friends,” he said.
Brook Lopez canceled her engagement in early 2004, and married singer Mark Anthony in June of the same year; the couple had twins Max and Emmy in 2008.
Affleck married Jenifer Garner in 2005 and had three children: daughter Violet, Serafina and son Samuel.
Brook Lopez was dating Alex Rodriguez in 2017 and quickly broke up; Affleck dated Anna Di Armas of the Knife Out until her split in January 2021.