In the early 2000s, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were considered an absolute dream couple. 20 years later it is no different. But it was a long way until then, as the singer reveals about her happy ending. The former separation from the Hollywood star was "so painful".
"A happy ending like that would never happen in Hollywood," Jennifer Lopez summarizes her love story with Ben Affleck in a new interview with Apple Music. When the couple broke off their engagement in 2004, no one believed in a happy ending. Least of all the 53-year-old singer herself.
"It was so painful. To be honest, I felt like I was going to die," she recalls of the difficult time. For the next 18 years she was caught in a vicious circle "where I just couldn't get it right". Twenty years later she now knows: "You can get a happy ending if you do the work for it (...) and don't give up." In July, the couple said yes in a small circle in Las Vegas. A big wedding with family and friends followed later.
Their love comeback is now followed by a new album entitled This is Me...Now. It is slated for release in 2023, marking the 20th anniversary of their record This Is Me...Then, which was released in 2002. The ninth studio album "charts the emotional, spiritual and mental journey" that the musician "has taken over the past two decades," according to an initial announcement for the record. "It's about hope, faith and true love that never ends."
Lopez dedicated the album This Is Me...Then, which included hit singles Jenny from the Block and All I Have, to her partner Ben Affleck. The two were in a relationship for the first time from 2002 to 2004 and then married other partners. With titles like "Dear Ben pt. II" and "Midnight Trip to Vegas", the new album also points to the love story with Affleck, which was finally crowned with a wedding on the second attempt.
