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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have been on the news a lot recently because of their surprise wedding announcement. The couple has spent years with their respective partners but also claimed an on-again-off-again romance with each other when they first caught the public eye together almost 20 years ago and broke off their engagement almost 18 years ago.

Ben Affleck and JLo 18 years later

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Ben Affleck got married to Jennifer Lopez in the fabulous city of Las Vegas, known for its casino, resorts, luxury hotels, and most of all, chapels. The city is known for keeping the romance alive as couples tend to elope and get hitched and it seems that is exactly what was in the cards when JLo and Affleck decided it was time.

Ben Affleck and JLo

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Ben Affleck and JLo’s Vegas Wedding

“We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient… This is 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… [We wanted] the world to recognize us as partners and to declare our love to the world through the ancient and nearly universal symbol of marriage.”

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Ben Affleck and Jlo at the premiere of her movie Marry Me

She calls it her dream wedding, one she had wanted for a long time and with Ben Affleck, it seems her dream did come true.

“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.”

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Ben Affleck and Jlo at the premiere of her movieMarry Me

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Netizens Unhappy With Ben Affleck-JLo Media Coverage

As can be expected from the world, any subject digressing from the current unhappy state of the socio-political climate gets roasted by the netizens. Now, as the internet gets increasingly filled with stock photos of the couple’s wedding and their in-love pictures, netizens want the media coverage to stop already. Some of their tweets are downright nasty while some others are hilarious.

https://twitter.com/YunkBardiMinaj/status/1548788453285851137

did we ask

— .🐉⁹ (@tzumoonlight)July 16, 2025

WE DONT CARE

— dawbby (@besthouseelf)July 19, 2025

Ain’t this her 117th marriage🤨

— Liaz🧃 (@SAJIOON)June 17, 2025

😂😂😂pic.twitter.com/vokjH6XlCc

— Bud ♀️😎🎨🎶 (@cococureforthis)August 02, 2025

https://twitter.com/unknownbitch61/status/1548795751836286976

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It seems that whatever the case with the netizens though, the couple is as much in love as young teenagers discovering first loves. At the end of the day, the fact holds up that two people are happy in each other’s company and a little bit of happiness never hurt anybody, especially in the face of the chaos that the planet is suffering through these days.

Source:OnTheJLo

Diya Majumdar

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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.

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