The Birth of Bennifer: Box office 爆弾s, cheesy music 尊敬の印s, a pink 約束／交戦 （犯罪の）一味, a 延期するd wedding and now a REUNION! A look at Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's iconic love story
- The songstress, 51, and actor, 48, who were engaged in 2002 before 延期するing their 2003 wedding and 公式に splitting in 2004, were seen 再会させるing over the 週末?
- Their union featured two diabolical movies, 噴出するing musical 尊敬の印s, a raunchy ビデオ cameo and bling - yet it seemed their making was their downfall, when the scrutiny and glamour they attracted ended their romance
- Jennifer and Ben first met while filming 2003 romantic-comedy Gigli in December 2001?
- In January 2004, Jennifer's 代表者／国会議員 確認するd the 分裂（する） 説: 'I am 確認するing the 報告（する）／憶測 that Jennifer Lopez has ended her 約束／交戦 to Ben Affleck. At this difficult time, we ask that you 尊敬（する）・点 her privacy'?
The 報告（する）／憶測d return of Bennifer - also known as Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck - has left the showbiz, music and 事実上の／代理 worlds in shock, delight and blissful nostalgia in equal 対策.
The superstar couple, who were engaged in 2002 before 延期するing their 2003 wedding and 公式に splitting in 2004, were seen 再会させるing over the 週末 に引き続いて 51-year-old Jennifer's 分裂（する） with fianc? Alex Rodriguez, and the 最近の 発覚 that Ben, 48, has been an active 使用者 on the celebrity dating app Raya.
Travel 支援する in time, at the heady start of the aughts, which Jennifer branded the 'Birth Of The Tabloid', stories were 支配するd with every minute 詳細（に述べる） of the showbiz couple who 法廷，裁判所d no end of publicity.
Their union featured two diabolical movies, 噴出するing musical 尊敬の印s, a raunchy ビデオ cameo and bling - yet it seemed their making was their downfall, when the scrutiny and glamour they attracted ended their romance.
にもかかわらず this, Bennifer 確実にするd there was no acrimony to their high-profile 分裂（する）, with the estranged pair often 称讃するing one another and 詳細（に述べる）ing their friendship - now we take a look 支援する at the highs, lows and all things in between of one of the 2000s most-discussed couples (and their 再会!)...?
Then and now: Jennifer Lopez first met Ben Affleck on the 始める，決める of Gigli in December 2001 (left) before 落ちる ing in love and later splitting in 2004, however they appeared together over the 週末, Ben 素早い行動d his former 炎上 Jennifer away on a 私的な jet for a romantic 逃亡 trip to a 高級な ski 訴える手段／行楽地 in Montana (権利)
DECEMBER 2001
Jennifer and Ben first met while filming 2003 romantic-comedy Gigli in December 2001.
The movie, upon its 結局の 解放（する） two years later,?won seven Razzies, was branded 'unwatchable' by some critics and 獲得するd?$7.2m in the box office against a 報告（する）／憶測d $55m 予算.
Yet all was not lost, as the film brought Bennifer closer together.
SEPTEMBER 2002?
While they were yet to know about their ぼんやり現れるing box office 失敗, Bennifer were in 前線 of the camera once more in 2002 as they 再会させるd to film 2004 movie?Jersey Girl.?
The movie was where their love was 固く結び付けるd and the couple's romance was born.?
Their 指名する was in fact born on-始める，決める, as Jersey Girl director Kevin Smith 明らかにする／漏らすd this week: 'Bennifer' is 傾向ing. It's a 指名する I first gave the kids during 'Jersey Girl' pre-生産／産物, before the world 設立する out they were dating...
'I'd later 減少（する） the 指名する in an interview with the @nytimes. すぐに thereafter, it appeared in the article and then entered the vernacular.'
Jennifer and Ben first met while filming 2003 romantic-comedy Gigli in December 2001 (left) and later filmed Jersey Girl together in 2002 (権利)
2002 ONWARD?
The 二人組 made their red carpet debut at the 首相 of her movie Maid In Manhattan and so was the birth of the tabloid favourites and their all singing, all dancing pap personalities.?
From red carpet 外見s to Juicy Couture tracksuits, they soon became one of the world's most photographed couples thanks to their Hollywood good looks and glamorous style.???
Happy days:?The 二人組 made their red carpet debut at the 首相 of her movie Maid In Manhattan (left) and so was the birth of the tabloid favourites and their all singing, all dancing pap personalities?
NOVEMBER 2002?
Ben popped the question to Jennifer with an 注目する，もくろむ-popping 6.1-carat pink solitaire diamond from Harry Winston during a visit to see his family in Boston - 主要な to a delighted surprise.?
She 述べるd the 提案, 説: 'It's just a 一面に覆う／毛布, a quilt of rose petals, all over the whole entire house. So many candles, and vases, bouquets. And my song I'm Glad was playing... I walk in and I was just like 圧倒するd. I wasn't 推定する／予想するing it, and I was just like 'Oh my God.''?
Bling, bling:?Ben popped the question to Jennifer with an 注目する，もくろむ-popping 6.1-carat pink solitaire diamond from Harry Winston
Ben then 明らかにする／漏らすd that his mother?Christopher Anne Boldt helped him with the 提案, after which Jennifer said: 'I just started sobbing. Crying. I was like 'Oh! My God!''
She went on: 'I had cried a lot over sadness over the years. And for the first time in my life, I cried incredible 粛清するing 涙／ほころびs of happiness...
' It was the most 洗浄するing feeling and the most wonderful feeling I had ever had.'?
Later that month, Ben appeared in Jennifer's Jenny From The 封鎖する music ビデオ 含むing one scene - designed to look like a stealth paparazzi ビデオ - showing the actor caressing her famous derriere.???
Not content with a ビデオ cameo, Jennifer 献身的な her sensual and 噴出するing 跡をつける Dear Ben from her third studio album This Is Me... Then to her husband-to-be.?
Lyrics on the song 含む: 'You're perfect // I just can't 支配（する）／統制する myself // I can't be with no one else // Seems I'm （麻薬）常用者d to the way you like to touch me // I don't think they understand // Why I love at your 命令（する）
'From the words you speak // So 深い about it's need I have to have you // I love you, you're perfect // A manifestation of my dreams //?You make my 団体／死体 feel // About a million different things'.?
Ooh err!?Later that month, Ben appeared in Jennifer's Jenny From The 封鎖する music ビデオ 含むing one scene - designed to look like a stealth paparazzi ビデオ - showing the actor caressing her famous derriere (pictured)
SEPTEMBER 2003?
Days before their 高度に-publicised wedding, the couple astounded fans when they 発表するd a 延期 予定 to ますます feverish マスコミ attention.
Their 声明 read: '予定 to the 過度の マスコミ attention surrounding our wedding, we have decided to 延期する the date...
'When we 設立する ourselves 本気で 熟視する／熟考するing 雇うing three separate 'おとり brides' at three different 場所s, we realized that something was awry...
'We began to feel that the spirit of what should have been the happiest day of our lives could be 妥協d. We felt what should have been a joyful and sacred day could be spoiled for us, our families and our friends.'
Shock:?Days before their 高度に-publicised wedding, the couple astounded fans when they 発表するd a 延期 予定 to ますます feverish マスコミ attention (pictured left, in 2003)
?The couple 確認するd their 分裂（する） with a simple 声明 in January 2004 (pictured in May 2003)
JANUARY 2004?
The couple 確認するd their 分裂（する） with a simple 声明.
Jennifer's 代表者／国会議員 発表するd: 'I am 確認するing the 報告（する）／憶測 that Jennifer Lopez has ended her 約束／交戦 to Ben Affleck.?
'At this difficult time, we ask that you 尊敬（する）・点 her privacy.'?
2004-2005
Later that year, Jennifer sought 慰安 in?her longtime friend, Marc Anthony, explaining: '[I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to] find someone who could make me feel loved and 手配中の，お尋ね者 in my loneliest hour...?
'Thinking 支援する, maybe 深い 負かす／撃墜する I knew that this was a 禁止（する）d-援助（する） on the 削減（する）.'
She married the singer that June and went on to have twins with the 星／主役にする in 2008. She 離婚d Marc in 2014.
Ben 一方／合間 結婚する actress Jenni fer 獲得する in 2005 and they 株?three children, Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9. The couple 分裂（する） in 2018.?
Later in 2004, Jennifer sought 慰安 in her longtime friend, Marc Anthony and they 結婚する in June (pictured in 2006)?Ben 一方／合間 結婚する actress Jennifer 獲得する in 2005 and they 株 three children, Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9. The couple 分裂（する） in 2018
2012
Ben made it （疑いを）晴らす that they very much remained friends, when he told The Hollywood Reporter: 'We don't have the 肉親，親類d of 関係 where she relies on me for advice but we do have the 肉親，親類d of 関係 where there'll be an e-mail 説, 'Oh, your movie looks 広大な／多数の／重要な'...
苦痛d:?Jennifer's 代表者／国会議員 発表するd in their 分裂（する）: 'I am 確認するing the 報告（する）／憶測 that Jennifer Lopez has ended her 約束／交戦 to Ben Affleck'
'I remember when she got American Idol. I said, 'This was really smart. Good luck.'' I 尊敬（する）・点 her. I like her. She's put up with some stuff that was 不公平な in her life, and I'm really pleased to see her successful.'
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Two years on, Jennifer told Huffington 地位，任命する: 'I would do it all over again, I think. I really would. Even the 関係 part. I just feel like everything is part of your story and your 旅行 and is meant to be and helps you grow if you're willing to look at it, and I'm willing to look.'
2016
On making their 関係 work, Jennifer 詳細（に述べる）d why things struggled for the pair.?
She said: 'I think different time different thing, who knows what could've happened, but there was a 本物の love there, We didn't try to have a public 関係...
'We just happened to be together at the birth of the tabloids, and it was like, 'Oh my God.' It was just a lot of 圧力.'
再燃するd:?In 排除的 pictures 得るd by DailyMail.com, Ben, 48, and Jennifer, 51, appeared relaxed and at 緩和する around one another as they then sat 味方する-by-味方する in an SUV in Montana
MAY 2020?
Ben 素早い行動d his former 炎上 Jennifer away on a 私的な jet this past 週末 for a romantic 逃亡 trip to a 高級な ski 訴える手段／行楽地 in Montana, where the actor is understood to own a chalet.?
Keeping cover: Sources had 以前 said Ben and Jen were 'just friends' though these pictures appear to tell a different story
In 排除的 pictures 得るd by DailyMail.com, the former couple appeared relaxed and at 緩和する around one another?as they sat 味方する-by-味方する in an SUV, with the Good Will 追跡（する）ing 星／主役にする in the driver's seat, まっただ中に rumours he's been spending time at the singer's LA mansion on 多重の occasions.?
In pictures of the pair arriving 支援する to LA, both Ben and Jennifer looked dressed for 慰安 as they stood の近くに together while 出口ing the 私的な 計画（する） に引き続いて the short trip, where they had packed a かなりの 量 of luggage.??
The actor is said to own a ski chalet at the Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana - where he's believed to have stayed with Lopez - having taken family vacations there with ex-wife Jennifer 獲得する?and their three children, Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9.??????
The Yellowstone Club is a 私的な 居住の club, ski 訴える手段／行楽地, and ゴルフ 訴える手段／行楽地 位置を示すd in Madis on 郡, just west of Big Sky, and attracts megastars like 法案 Gates and Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel.
Sources have （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to E! that the pair spent 'about a week' together at the club, and they 'were alone' during their stay. They arrived 支援する in LA on Saturday.?
It is the second time Ben and Jennifer have been spotted together in just over a week.??
Keeping の近くに: It appeared as though Ben and Jen were dressed for 慰安 on their trip and kept very の近くに to one another after they landed?
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