Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s Complete Relationship Timeline

THE RUNDOWN

• Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck first dated in 2002, later getting engaged and breaking up in January 2004.
• Nearly 20 years later, the two stars began dating again in 2021, getting married in 2022. It did not last, and Lopez filed for divorce in 2024.
• Here, their decades of history.

The “Bennifer” reunion was the big headline of 2021, and it led to Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck getting married in July 2022. While it only took them 20 years and two engagements to tie the knot, their relationship didn’t last. They privately separated on April 26, 2024. Lopez filed for divorce in August 2024.

On Feb. 21, 2025, the couple became legally single again.

Bennifer has a lot of history: Their first round began in 2002, after they starred in that year’s rom-com, Gigli. Affleck eventually proposed to J.Lo, but they broke things off in 2004.

After that, they both went on to marry other people, have kids, and get divorced. They’ve also both dated other people since those divorces.

Bennifer’s second round began in May 2021, a month after Lopez ended things with Alex Rodriguez.

Here’s everything we know about Lopez and Affleck’s relationship, from the first time they met to their divorce over two decades later.

In early 2002, Lopez and Affleck met on the set of Gigli. Lopez was married to her second husband Cris Judd at the time of their connection.

By mid-year, Judd and Lopez were separated, and she filed for divorce two days after she was spotted kissing Affleck at her surprise 32nd birthday party. This was their first moment of being romantically linked in public.

Affleck makes a memorable appearance in J.Lo’s “Jenny from the Block” music video, which recreates some of the issues facing the superstar such as constantly dodging paparazzi when you're in a highly-publicized relationship. In one scene, Affleck caresses J.Lo’s butt, an image became a frequent topic of conversation.

In 2008, Affleck said, per Fox News, “If I have a regret, it was doing the [‘Jenny from the Block’] music video. It not only makes me look like a petulant fool, but it surely qualifies as ungentlemanly.”

That same month, Affleck proposed to Lopez as she met his family in Boston. Lopez dropped the news during an interview with Diane Sawyer, describing the moment he asked for her hand.

“It’s just a blanket, a quilt of rose petals, all over the whole entire house,” Lopez said. “So many candles, and vases, bouquets. And my song ‘Glad’ was playing...I walk in, and I was just overwhelmed. I wasn’t expecting it, and I was just like ‘Oh my God.’”

She continued, “I had cried a lot over sadness over the years. And for the first time in my life, I cried incredible purging tears of happiness. It was the most cleansing feeling and the most wonderful feeling I had ever had.”

The famous engagement ring was made from 6.1-carat pink diamond (her favorite color at the time) by Harry Winston that reportedly cost $2.5 million.

“I was just like, ‘Oh God. It can’t be pink on top of it.’ That was just too much for me to handle,” Lopez said.

The couple strutted the red carpet together for the premiere of Gigli, where Lopez takes the engagement ring for a walk.