![]() July 17, 2003: Affleck reportedly pays a visit to a strip club in Vancouver, where he was recording Paycheck, hours after their intimate Dateline interview aired. “It goes against the fundamental code I believe in and live by: being honest, doing things with which I can live, rather than be ashamed of - doing esteemable things.” The couple never officially says when they got together, but they do emphasize their innocence. “That is absolutely not true,” he tells Vanity Fair. March 2003: Affleck denies any notion that he acted on his feelings before J.Lo and Judd separated. Ben famously leans over and kisses her butt while they sun on a yacht (yes, this relationship explains his early 2000s tan), and nobody here can blame him, really. November 5, 2002: MTV’s TRL premieres the music video for “Jenny From the Block,” a Y2K mood board starring Bennifer, combining J.Lo’s roots with her new movie-star lifestyle. 2 after a month of separation (but that’s a story for a prequel timeline).Īugust 5, 2002: People magazine pays $75,000 for nine photos of J.Lo and Ben Affleck riding in a Bentley convertible, including one where they “lip-lock.” July 26, 2002: J.Lo files for divorce from husband No. July 24, 2002: “Co-stars” and “friends” Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are seen kissing and cuddling at a surprise-birthday party for the Leo superstar, one of the first events marking the start of their relationship with the tabloids. “I only wish I were lucky enough to be in all your movies.” Signed: “With love, respect, and gratitude, Ben Affleck.” Where else does Ben Affleck meet any of his girlfriends at this point? Raya doesn’t exist yet.Īpril 2002: Affleck takes out a full-page ad in trade magazines to compliment J.Lo, which doesn’t exactly say “bestie vibes only.” “It has been nothing but an honor and a pleasure to work with you,” it reads, in part. Catch up on Bennifer with this timeline of their relationship across the ages.Įarly 2002: Pop star Jennifer Lopez and Hollywood golden boy Ben Affleck meet on the set of Gigli while Lopez is married to her second husband, Cris Judd. Sorry to everything Ben Affleck stands for, but no film could begin to encompass the daily drama ( and hilarity) of his real life. Their 2021 reunion has inspired endless gossip (bless the “sources”), not to mention several essays devoted to our nearly two-decade-long cultural obsession with this perfectly odd couple. Within a year, they were married to Jennifer Garner and Marc Anthony, respectively, occupying celebrity news with other people. Over less than two years, from 2002 to 2004, their glamorous romance fueled early-tabloid culture, set the standard for ship names, then fizzled out faster than it began. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez rekindled Bennifer over a week in Montana this May, now that the stars have realigned and they’re both single at the same time … again. It’s a Hollywood love story 20 years in the making.
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