Editing Jennifer Lopez (section)

==Personal life==
Lopez was in a nearly decade-long relationship with David Cruz, her high-school boyfriend, until the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jennifer Lopez's Late High School Sweetheart David Cruz Was 'Soft-Spoken and Kind' Says Source |url=https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-late-ex-david-cruz-kind/ |access-date=June 11, 2021 |magazine=People |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611224520/https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-late-ex-david-cruz-kind/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They were engaged at one point, and Cruz relocated to Los Angeles to be with her when she began pursuing her career.<ref>{{harvnb|Parish|2009|p=22}}</ref> She later said of Cruz, "You get lucky, you have a first love like that."<ref name=BrokeAllTheRules>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/jennifer-lopez-marry-me-interview-cover-1294974/|title="I Just Said, Fuck It": How Jennifer Lopez Broke All the Rules to Get to the Top|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Alex|last=Morris|date=February 7, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601094939/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/jennifer-lopez-marry-me-interview-cover-1294974/|url-status=live}}</ref> She was married to Cuban waiter Ojani Noa from February 1997 to January 1998. In subsequent court cases, Noa was prevented from publishing a book about their marriage<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/people/jlo-wins-payout-from-ex-over-tellall-memoir/2007/08/09/1186530500816.html | title=J-Lo Wins Payout From Ex | access-date=August 28, 2007 | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=August 9, 2007 | archive-date=October 16, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016114514/http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/jlo-wins-payout-from-ex-over-tellall-memoir/2007/08/09/1186530500816.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1528384/jennifer-lopez-sues-first-husband-to-block-tell-all-book/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906134913/http://www.mtv.com/news/1528384/jennifer-lopez-sues-first-husband-to-block-tell-all-book/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |title=Jennifer Lopez Sues First Husband To Block Tell-All Book |first=Chris |last=Harris |access-date=December 26, 2021 |publisher=MTV News |date=April 11, 2006}}</ref> and from using private honeymoon footage of Lopez in a documentary.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Michael Y. |last=Park |title=Jennifer Lopez Sues Ex over Honeymoon Tape |url=https://people.com/crime/jennifer-lopez-sues-ex-over-honeymoon-tape/ |date=November 10, 2009 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |magazine=People |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520192131/https://people.com/crime/jennifer-lopez-sues-ex-over-honeymoon-tape/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Myrddin |last=Gwynedd |title=Jennifer Lopez halts sale of 'intimate' honeymoon tape |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-halts-sale-of-intimate-honeymoon-tape/4IEWBN6POFBHWRNW36XTX25P24/ |date=June 6, 2011 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref>

Lopez was in an [[on-again, off-again relationship]] with record producer and rapper [[Sean Combs]] (then known as "Puff Daddy") from 1999 to early 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=All of Jennifer Lopez's Famous Loves |url=https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-dating-history/ |date=March 11, 2024 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |magazine=People |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515213343/https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-dating-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=J. Lo finally dishes on P. Diddy |first=Gary |last=Susman |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/05/26/j-lo-finally-dishes-p-diddy/ |date=May 26, 2003 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520192131/https://ew.com/article/2003/05/26/j-lo-finally-dishes-p-diddy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On the night of December 27, 1999, Lopez, Combs and rapper [[Shyne]] were arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and possession of stolen property, after leaving the scene of a shooting at a [[Times Square]] nightclub.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Faguy |first=Ana |date=2024-03-31 |title=Why The 1999 Shooting Where Diddy—And Jennifer Lopez—Were Arrested Has New Attention |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2024/03/31/why-the-1999-shooting-where-diddy-and-jennifer-lopez-were-arrested-has-new-attention/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331213619/https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2024/03/31/why-the-1999-shooting-where-diddy-and-jennifer-lopez-were-arrested-has-new-attention/ |archive-date=2024-03-31 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> Charges against Lopez were dropped within an hour<ref>{{cite news |first=Christopher |last=O'Connor |title=Puff Daddy Arrested On Weapons Charge After Nightclub Shooting |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/620068/puff-daddy-arrested-on-weapons-charge-after-nightclub-shooting/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106073016/http://www.mtv.com/news/620068/puff-daddy-arrested-on-weapons-charge-after-nightclub-shooting/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |date=December 27, 1999 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |publisher=MTV News}}</ref> while Combs was acquitted of all charges at trial in March 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Puff Daddy Acquitted |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101420 |date=March 13, 2001 |access-date=May 20, 2021 |publisher=ABC News |archive-date=June 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608171340/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101420 |url-status=live }}</ref> They broke up shortly thereafter.<ref name=behind/> Shyne was sentenced to ten years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wartofsky |first=Alona |date=2001-06-02 |title=Rapper Shyne Sentenced To 10 Years in Shooting |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/06/02/rapper-shyne-sentenced-to-10-years-in-shooting/3c760036-1296-4b6b-a2c9-aaed52f77fac/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Lopez later said that, while she had "cared very much" about Combs, their "crazy, tumultuous" relationship "was always something I knew would end."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tannenbaum |first1=Emily |title=Jennifer Lopez and Diddy Fans Are Hoping for Reunion After the Rapper Posted Sweet Throwback |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/jennifer-lopez-diddy-throwback |access-date=June 7, 2021 |magazine=Glamour |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607035602/https://www.glamour.com/story/jennifer-lopez-diddy-throwback |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=behind/> She was married to [[Cris Judd]], her former backup dancer, from September 2001 to January 2003.<ref>{{cite news |first=Arpita |last=Nath |title=Flings in the world of Hollywood! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/flings-in-the-world-of-hollywood/articleshow/7618392.cms |newspaper=Times of India |date=March 4, 2011 |access-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127100257/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/flings-in-the-world-of-hollywood/articleshow/7618392.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Time 100 Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Lopez and [[Marc Anthony]], 2006]]
Before her divorce with Judd was finalized, Lopez was in a relationship with actor and filmmaker [[Ben Affleck]] from mid-2002 to early 2004. Although they had crossed paths several times before (including at the [[70th Academy Awards]] and at the premiere of ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'',<ref name=StyleRules/>  both in 1998), their first major meeting was on the set of ''Gigli'' (2003) in December 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-says-there-was-genuine-love-with-ben-affleck/|title=Jennifer Lopez Says... "I really felt like when I met Ben, 'Okay, this is it."|work=PEOPLE|first=Melody|last=Chiu|date=March 25, 2016|access-date=May 31, 2022|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531183929/https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-says-there-was-genuine-love-with-ben-affleck/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/04/19/in.hop.jlo.restaurant/|title=J. Lo opens Madre's... Affleck gave J. Lo congratulatory flowers|work=CNN|first=Ellen|last=Lieberman|date=April 19, 2002|access-date=May 31, 2022|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531184936/https://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/04/19/in.hop.jlo.restaurant/|url-status=live}}</ref> They later worked together on the music video for "Jenny from the Block" and the film ''Jersey Girl'' (2004).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-14-ca-affleck14-story.html |title=Ben Affleck's Roller Coaster Takes a New Turn |first=Patrick |last=Goldstein |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 14, 2007 |access-date=March 17, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402211123/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/14/entertainment/ca-affleck14 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dam |first1=Julie |title=Jewels of Engagement – Vol. 58 No. 21 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20138503,00.html |work=People |access-date=April 14, 2017 |date=November 18, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101212/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20138503%2C00.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> Her album ''This Is Me... Then'' was dedicated to and inspired by Affleck. Their relationship was extensively publicized.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why is Bennifer 2.0 so exciting? Because last time, we screwed it up |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-05-12/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-reunion-bennifer-2-0 |access-date=May 13, 2021 |first=Meredith |last=Blake |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 12, 2021 |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831025233/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-05-12/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-reunion-bennifer-2-0 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tabloids referred to the couple as "[[Bennifer]]", a portmanteau ''Vanity Fair'' described as "the first of that sort of tabloid branding".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/jennifer-lopez-201109 |title=Jenny Back on the Block |first=Lisa |last=Robinson |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=August 4, 2011 |access-date=April 14, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714073057/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/jennifer-lopez-201109 |archive-date=July 14, 2016 }}</ref> They became engaged in November 2002,<ref>{{cite news|last=Silverman|first=Stephen|title=Ben's Proposal 'Beautiful,' Says Lopez|url=https://people.com/celebrity/bens-proposal-beautiful-says-lopez/|work=[[People (American magazine)|People]]|access-date=February 24, 2019|date=November 11, 2002|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001222/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C624998%2C00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Jeanne|title=J. Lo, Ben make first appearance as fiances|newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=December 10, 2002|page=2}}</ref> but their planned wedding on September 14, 2003, was postponed with four days' notice because of "excessive media attention".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Armstrong |first1=Mark |title=Lopez, Affleck Postpone Weekend Wedding |url= https://people.com/celebrity/lopez-affleck-postpone-weekend-wedding/ |work=People |access-date=December 26, 2021 |date=September 10, 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072338/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C624672%2C00.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-media-criticism-expected-halftime-documentary-2022-6|title=Ben Affleck once asked Jennifer Lopez if media criticism bothered her but the pop star said she 'expected this'|work=Insider|first=Ayomikun|last=Adekaiyero|date=April 14, 2022|access-date=June 15, 2022|archive-date=June 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606065245/https://www.insider.com/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-media-criticism-expected-halftime-documentary-2022-6|url-status=live}}</ref> They ended their engagement in January 2004.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dagostino |first1=Mark |title=Affleck on 'Good Terms' with Lopez |url=http://people.com/celebrity/affleck-on-good-terms-with-lopez/ |work=People |access-date=April 14, 2017 |date=March 9, 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104106/http://people.com/celebrity/affleck-on-good-terms-with-lopez/ |archive-date=April 15, 2017 }}</ref> Years later, Lopez said Affleck's discomfort with media scrutiny was one reason for their split<ref name=behind>{{Cite episode |title=Behind the Music: Jennifer Lopez |series=[[Behind the Music]] |network=[[VH1]] |date=July 4, 2010 |season=12 |number=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jennifer Lopez on relationships and tabloids in the "Bennifer Era" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jennifer-lopez-on-relationships-and-tabloids-in-the-bennifer-era/ |website=[[CBS News]] |access-date=February 23, 2024 |date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225080657/https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jennifer-lopez-on-relationships-and-tabloids-in-the-bennifer-era/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and described it as her "first real heartbreak": "I think different time, different thing, who knows what could've happened, but there was a genuine love there."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://extratv.com/2016/03/25/jennifer-lopez-reflects-on-relationship-with-ben-affleck/ |title=Jennifer Lopez Reflects on Relationship with Ben Affleck |publisher=Extra TV |date=March 25, 2016 |access-date=April 14, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221165617/http://extratv.com/2016/03/25/jennifer-lopez-reflects-on-relationship-with-ben-affleck/ |archive-date=December 21, 2016 }}</ref>

After her relationship with Affleck, Lopez stopped discussing her personal life in interviews.<ref>{{harvnb|Bruns|2008|p=301}}</ref> She was married to singer [[Marc Anthony]] from June 2004 to June 2014;<ref>{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Dansby |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/j-lo-marc-anthony-marry-20040607 |title=J.Lo, Marc Anthony Marry &#124; Music News |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 7, 2004 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905003727/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/j-lo-marc-anthony-marry-20040607 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wedding highlights J.Lo's true talent: getting us talking|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1031F01295C1112D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|access-date=February 25, 2012|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|date=June 9, 2004|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055607/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1031F01295C1112D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|url-status=live}}</ref> they had previously worked together and dated for a few months in the late 1990s.<ref name=behind/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-no-me-ames-20-years-hot-latin-songs-chart/|title=Rewinding the Latin Charts: 20 Years Ago, Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony First Bonded With 'No Me Ames'|magazine=Billboard|first=Pamela|last=Bustios|date=June 26, 2019|access-date=June 7, 2022|archive-date=June 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607145508/https://www.billboard.com/pro/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-no-me-ames-20-years-hot-latin-songs-chart/|url-status=live}}</ref> Their wedding took place five months after the end of her relationship with Affleck. During their marriage, they collaborated on music and performed together, as well as co-starring in ''[[El Cantante]]'' (2006).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-the-first-time-video-1296576/|title=Video: Jennifer on working and performing with Marc... "Jenny From the Block" reflects on her early days for The First Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Althea|last=Legaspi|date=February 8, 2022|access-date=June 7, 2022|archive-date=June 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607145509/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jennifer-lopez-the-first-time-video-1296576/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lopez gave birth to fraternal twins, a boy and a girl, on [[Long Island]] in February 2008.<ref name="Welcomes Twins">{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/exclusive-jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-welcome-twins/|date=February 22, 2008|title=EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony Welcome Twins!|work=People|access-date=February 24, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322151618/https://people.com/parents/exclusive-jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-welcome-twins/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-reveal-baby-names/|title=Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony Reveal Baby Names|work=People|date=February 29, 2008|access-date=February 24, 2019|archive-date=February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115813/https://people.com/parents/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-reveal-baby-names/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''People'' paid a reported US$6 million for the first photographs of the twins, making them [[List of most expensive celebrity photographs|the most expensive celebrity pictures ever taken]] at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/07/01/michael-jackson-magazine-business-media-jackson.html |title=Jackson Pic Won't Make List Of Priciest Celeb Photos |work=Forbes |access-date=March 21, 2012 |first=Lacey |last=Rose |archive-date=January 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120013003/http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/01/michael-jackson-magazine-business-media-jackson.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, Anthony and Lopez purchased a stake in the [[Miami Dolphins]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/latin-artists-sports-ownership-gloria-estefan-bad-bunny-more-9575188/| title=Latin Artists Who Own Sports Teams: Gloria Estefan, Bad Bunny & More| first=Jessica| last=Roiz| magazine=Billboard| date=May 19, 2021| access-date=July 7, 2022| archive-date=August 25, 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825112703/https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/latin-artists-sports-ownership-gloria-estefan-bad-bunny-more-9575188/| url-status=live}}</ref> They announced their separation in July 2011. Anthony filed for divorce in April 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/04/11/jennifer-lopez-divorce-marc-anthony-jlo/ |title=Jennifer Lopez Divorce — Marc Anthony Files Divorce From JLo |publisher=Hollywood Life |date=April 11, 2012 |access-date=June 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618174548/http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/04/11/jennifer-lopez-divorce-marc-anthony-jlo/ |archive-date=June 18, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and it was finalized in June 2014. Lopez retained primary physical custody of the two children.<ref name="2014 name change">{{cite news |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-gets-her-name-changed-1.2171025 |title=Jennifer Lopez gets her name changed &#124; Entertainment & Showbiz from CTV News |publisher=Ctvnews.ca |date=January 3, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2015 |archive-date=May 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507222340/http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-gets-her-name-changed-1.2171025 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lopez occasionally performs with her daughter.<ref>* {{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/2019/06/09/jennifer-lopez-daughter-emme-sings-its-my-party-tour/|title=Jennifer Lopez sings with daughter Emme during 'It's My Party' world tour kick-off|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=June 9, 2019|access-date=June 19, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619123027/https://ew.com/music/2019/06/09/jennifer-lopez-daughter-emme-sings-its-my-party-tour/|url-status=live}}
* {{cite magazine|url=https://graziamagazine.com/articles/lets-get-loud-for-jennifer-lopez-and-her-daughter-emme-at-the-super-bowl-halftime-show/|title=Let's Get Loud For Jennifer Lopez And Her Daughter Emme At The Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show|magazine=[[Grazia]]|first=Chrisanthi|last=Kaliviotis|date=February 2020|access-date=June 19, 2022|archive-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020031512/https://graziamagazine.com/articles/lets-get-loud-for-jennifer-lopez-and-her-daughter-emme-at-the-super-bowl-halftime-show/|url-status=live}}
* {{Cite web |date=June 20, 2022 |title=Jennifer Lopez introduces one of her twins with gender neutral pronouns |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-introduces-one-of-her-twins-with-gender-neutral-pronouns-1.5954497 |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=CTVNews |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620135523/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-introduces-one-of-her-twins-with-gender-neutral-pronouns-1.5954497 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lopez had an on-again, off-again relationship with her former backup dancer Casper Smart from October 2011 to August 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nudd |first=Tim |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-and-casper-smart-split/ |title=Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart Split |magazine=People |access-date=February 24, 2019 |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231602/https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-and-casper-smart-split/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Quinn|first1=Dave|title=Jennifer Lopez and Beau 'Casper' Smart Have Split, Says Source: 'It Wasn't Anything Dramatic'|url=https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-and-beau-casper-smart-split-source/|work=People|access-date=February 24, 2019|date=August 24, 2016|archive-date=February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231631/https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-and-beau-casper-smart-split-source/|url-status=live}}</ref> She dated [[New York Yankees]] baseball player [[Alex Rodriguez]] from February 2017 to early 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-getting-more-serious-kids-have-met/|title=Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez 'Getting More Serious' as Source Says Their Kids Have Met: 'Everyone Is Getting Along'|date=April 5, 2017|access-date=February 24, 2019|archive-date=February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231528/https://people.com/music/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-getting-more-serious-kids-have-met/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-and-alex-rodriguez/index.html|title=Alex Rodriguez talks dating Jennifer Lopez|first=Lisa Respers|last=France|publisher=CNN|date=March 31, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804164433/http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/entertainment/jennifer-lopez-and-alex-rodriguez/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BeautyAndRedemption/> They became engaged in March 2019<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.etonline.com/jennifer-lopez-and-alex-rodriguez-are-engaged-see-her-massive-ring-92838 |title=Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez Are Engaged -- See Her Massive Ring! |work=Entertainment Tonight |first=Liz |last=Calvario |date=March 9, 2019 |access-date=March 10, 2019 |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218012313/https://www.etonline.com/jennifer-lopez-and-alex-rodriguez-are-engaged-see-her-massive-ring-92838 |url-status=live }}</ref> but postponed their wedding twice due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. In response to tabloid speculation about the state of their relationship, they released a statement in March 2021, saying they were "working through some things".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-announce-they-are-still-together-t211705|title=Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez announce they are still together|newspaper=USA Today|first=Alexander|last=Kacala|date=March 13, 2021|access-date=May 31, 2022|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531163538/https://www.today.com/popculture/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-announce-they-are-still-together-t211705|url-status=live}}</ref> They announced the end of their relationship in April 2021.<ref name="Today1">{{cite news|last=Clements|first=Erin|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-announce-breakup-today-exclusive-t215133|title=Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez announce breakup in TODAY exclusive|work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]|date=April 15, 2021|access-date=April 15, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416152723/https://www.today.com/popculture/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-announce-breakup-today-exclusive-t215133|archive-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref>

In April 2021, Lopez and Affleck were reported to be dating again,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=May 10, 2021 |first=Karen |last=Mizoguchi |title=Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck 'Spent Several Days' Together in Montana, Source Says |url=https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-spent-several-days-together-in-montana-source/ |access-date=October 18, 2021 |magazine=People |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027082957/https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-spent-several-days-together-in-montana-source/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with Lopez publicly confirming their rekindled relationship that July.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a37120084/jennifer-lopez-instagram-official-ben-affleck-52nd-birthday-post/|title=J.Lo Goes Instagram-Official With Ben Affleck on Her 52nd Birthday|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|date=July 24, 2021|last=LeGardye|first=Quinci|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=November 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125230856/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a37120084/jennifer-lopez-instagram-official-ben-affleck-52nd-birthday-post/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2022, Lopez announced their second engagement, 20 years after the first proposal.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-details-ben-affleck-proposal|title=Jennifer Lopez Details Ben Affleck's 'Bubble Bath' Proposal: 'Tears Were Coming Down My Face'|magazine=People|first=Benjamin|last=VanHoose|date=April 12, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=September 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912144135/https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-details-ben-affleck-proposal/|url-status=live}}</ref> They were married in Las Vegas on July 16, 2022,<ref>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2022/music/news/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-married-1235318479/|title = Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Get Married in Las Vegas|last = Garcia|first = Thania|magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date = July 17, 2022|access-date = July 17, 2022|archive-date = September 12, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220912150428/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-married-1235318479/|url-status = live}}</ref> and held a wedding celebration for family and friends the following month.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Jennifer Lopez Reveals She and Ben Affleck Faced 'Unexpected Setbacks' Before 'Perfect' Ga. Wedding |url=https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-faced-unexpected-setbacks-before-georgia-wedding-details/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |magazine=People |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206115210/https://people.com/movies/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-faced-unexpected-setbacks-before-georgia-wedding-details/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 20, 2024, Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck, citing April 26, 2024, as the date of their separation.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Earl |first1=William |last2=Longeretta |first2=Emily |title=Jennifer Lopez Files for Divorce From Ben Affleck |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-1236020852/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |access-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820230934/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-1236020852/ |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |location=United States |issn=0042-2738 |oclc=60626328 |date=August 20, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> She also requested that her legal name be changed back to Jennifer Lynn Lopez.<ref name=Robinson>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/08/22/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-name-change/74911341007/|title=Jennifer Lopez wants to go by her maiden name after Ben Affleck divorce, filing shows|last=Robinson|first=KiMi|work=[[USA Today]]|date=August 22, 2024|access-date=September 26, 2024}}</ref> On January 6,  2025, the divorce was finalized.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Vasquez |first1=Ingrid |last2=Bacher |first2=Danielle |title=Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Finalize Divorce 20 Weeks After She Filed |url=https://people.com/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-finalize-divorce-8702376 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |publisher=[[Dotdash Meredith]] |access-date=January 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250107043331/https://people.com/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-finalize-divorce-8702376 |archive-date=January 7, 2025 |location=United States |issn=0093-7673 |oclc=794712888 |date=January 6, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>