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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck live apart amid breakup rumors
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The marriage milestone marked a full circle for the couple, whose romance began in the early 2000s.
In fact, as Lopez explained to Apple Music Zane Lowe in 2022, their breakup in 2004 – which, at least in part, was the result of intense media scrutiny – was deeply painful.
“Once we canceled that wedding 20 years ago, it was the biggest heartbreak of my life,” she explained. “Honestly, I felt like I was going to die.”
Lopez added that the separation “sent me into a spiral for the next 18 years where I just couldn’t get it right. But now, 20 years later, she has a happy ending. That doesn’t happen.” would ever produce in Hollywood. ‘ end.”
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