J-Lo Leah Hit a ‘Rough Patch’ After She Got Back With Ben—Here’s the Real Reason She Skipped Her Wedding

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After she missed her best friend’s nuptials, many fans are asking: Why didn’t Leah Remini attend Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s wedding and what is their friendship like now?

J-Lo and Ben married for a second time at Ben’s estate in Savannah, Georgia, in August 2022. The wedding was attended by J-Lo’s twins, Emme and Maximilian (whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony), and Ben’s children, Violet, Seraphina and Samuel (whom he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner), as well as celebrities like Matt Damon.

One star who was missing, however, was J-Lo’s longtime friend, Leah Remini. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight in 2018, Leah, who starred with J-Lo in 2018’s Second Act, revealed she met her best friend through J-Lo’s ex-husband. “I was friends with Marc Anthony and then he started dating Jennifer, and he was doing the film, Man on Fire,” Leah said at the time. “I went to the movie’s premiere and he said, ‘You have to meet Jennifer!’ And he was telling Jennifer, ‘You have to meet Leah and Angelo,’ my husband.” She continued, “We went to the premiere hoping she was gonna be ugly in real life.

And then, when I was approaching her, I was like, ‘I hope it’s the lighting. Maybe she just looks good in here.'” RELATED: Click Here For the Best New Binge-Worthy Shows You Haven’t Seen—But Should J-Lo then added about how her friendship with Leah was immediate. “We fell in love right there,” she said. “It was one of those instant chemistry things where you just feel like, ‘I love this person.