Jennifer Lopez Quotes About Ben Affleck Ex Jennifer Garner

While Jennifer Lopez is currently married to Jennifer Garner’s ex-husband Ben Affleck, the two women have had nothing but kind things to say about each other over the years.

Lopez and Affleck were first linked in 2002 while filming their movie Gigli. They soon began dating and Ben proposed in November 2002.

They originally planned to tie the knot in September 2003, though called off the wedding just days before the ceremony. “Due to the excessive media attention surrounding our wedding, we have decided to postpone the date,” the Good Will Hunting actor and Marry Me actress shared in a joint statement at the time. “When we found ourselves seriously contemplating hiring three separate ‘decoy brides’ at three different locations, we realized that something was awry.”

The pair never made it down the aisle and eventually split in January 2004. Lopez later married Marc Anthony in June 2004, while Affleck married Garner in June 2005.

The former American Idol judge and Anthony welcomed twins Maximilian “Max” David Muniz and Emme Maribel Muniz in February 2008. Meanwhile, Affleck and the 13 Going On 30 actress share kids Violet, Seraphina and Samuel.

However, it wasn’t meant to be for either couple. Lopez and Anthony divorced in 2014, while Affleck and Garner called it quits in 2015.

Following their divorces,J. Lo and Affleck eventually rekindled their romance in April 2021 after she called off her engagement to Alex Rodriguez.

The pair began a whirlwind romance and became engaged in April 2022. Affleck and Lopez got married in a surprise Vegas-style wedding on July 16, 2022, while they had a larger wedding one month later in August.

Now that the Air actor and Wedding Planner star are married, they have had to work with Jennifer to coparent their children.

In November 2022, a source told Us Weekly that Affleck’s ex and wife have been working to strengthen their relationship as they raise the kids.

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“Now that Jen and Jen have been coparenting, they’ve been getting to know each other better and have formed a very new friendship,” the insider said at the time, adding that Garner “can’t believe how sweet” Lopez is to her kids.

It seems that all of the kids get along, while Garner was even spotted taking Emme and Seraphina to Disneyland in May 2023.

Keep scrolling to see everything that Lopez and Garner have said about each other in light of their shared connection to Affleck.

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Lopez Sets the Record Straight

While appearing on the Howard Stern Show in December 2021, Affleck claimed he felt “trapped” in his relationship with Garner and said it was the reason he “started drinking alcohol.”

Rumors began to swirl that Lopez was offended by Affleck’s comments, though she set the record straight. “This story is simply not true. It is not how I feel,” the “On The Floor” singer said in a statement as she praised Affleck and Garner’s coparenting relationship. “I couldn’t have more respect for Ben as a father, a coparent and a person.”

Their Blended Family

The Maid in Manhattan actress also reflected on creating a blended family with Affleck while speaking to Vogue. “The transition is a process that needs to be handled with so much care,” she said. “They have so many feelings. They’re teens. But it’s going really well so far.”

Lopez added that she hopes their children view her and Affleck as allies. “Someone who really loves and cares about them but can have a different perspective and help me see things that I can’t see with my kids because I’m so emotionally tied up,” she explained.