Jennifer Lopez's ex-fiance speaks out after news of her divorce from Ben Affleck

Juliette Morgan
Jennifer Lopez's ex-fiance speaks out after news of her divorce from Ben Affleck

Jennifer Lopez's ex-fiancé Alex Rodriguez has indirectly commented on the news of her divorce from Ben Affleck. On the same day that it became known that Lopez had officially filed for divorce, Rodriguez, who generally rarely appears on social media, posted the following phrase in his stories*: "You're either going one way or the other. You might as well choose your own path." Social media and the media considered this phrase an unambiguous hint at the problems in his former lover's personal life.

Alex Rodriguez is a former baseball player and businessman. He and Jennifer Lopez dated for several years and even announced their engagement in 2019, but they never got married: they broke up in 2021, and soon after, the singer got back together with Ben Affleck, whom she had dated 20 years earlier. After the breakup, Rodriguez always spoke very warmly of his ex-fiancée, calling her the most talented and hardworking person he had ever met in his life. At the same time, he once jokingly noted that he was glad he didn’t become her husband.

Дженнифер Лопес и Алекс Родригес/Фото: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Дженнифер Лопес и Алекс Родригес/Фото: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

The 55-year-old singer has had four husbands, including Affleck. Her marriage to the last one lasted two years, but the couple began to divorce long before the announcement of their separation: rumors about problems in their relationship began to circulate even before they got married. Nevertheless, in 2022, the couple had a lavish wedding - it lasted three days. However, this year, insider reports that this marriage is falling apart began to appear more and more often. Among the reasons cited were different attitudes to publicity (she is for, he is against), Affleck's drinking, and different interests in life. They themselves did not comment on gossip about problems in the marriage; on the contrary, Lopez publicly confessed her love to her husband and wore her wedding ring until the very end. However, insiders say that all this was a pretense - in the hope of throwing the tabloids off the trail. Now, again according to rumors, Affleck and Lopez are busy not sorting out their relationship, but dividing their property: before the wedding, they did not sign a prenuptial agreement, so everything they acquired during their two years of marriage will have to be divided.

Neither Affleck nor Lopez have made a public statement about the divorce, and the divorce became known thanks to documents published by TMZ. The date of separation is listed as April 26, but Lopez filed for divorce only on August 20, the second anniversary of their wedding.

Дженнифер Лопес и Бен Аффлек на своей свадьбе/Фото: личный архив
Дженнифер Лопес и Бен Аффлек на своей свадьбе/Фото: личный архив

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