Internet reacts to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez divorce: “This is shocking news”
nme.comJennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have filed for divorce – and people online have been reacting to the “shocking news”.Earlier this month (Aug 1), reports emerged that the couple were filing for divorce after two years of marriage.The news came after Affleck purchased a new $20.5million (£17.5million) “bachelor pad” mansion in Pacific Palisades on the day of Lopez’s 55th birthday in July.
Days before, the pair listed their Beverly Hills mansion for $68million (£52.1million).Around the same time, Lopez also finalised the sale of her four-bedroom New York City penthouse for $23million (£17.6million), People reported.Now, as confirmed by Variety, Lopez has filed papers with an official separation date listed as April 26 this year.It is the second time Lopez and Affleck have separated, as the pair were engaged in 2002 before splitting in 2004.
In 2022, after rekindling their relationship, it was partly documented in Lopez’s documentary film, The Greatest Love Story Never Told.The news has reverberated on social media, with many people referencing the couple’s on-off history and joking that the news is “shocking”.Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are getting divorced.The public: pic.twitter.com/YPpn2t3tCG— chibi’s world (@chibilia_) August 20, 2024The year is 2004.
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