Jennifer Lopez discusses her 2003 breakup from Oscar winner Ben Affleck.
In J.Lo’s new documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told, the couple reflects on their road to rediscovering their love for each other.
“Ben and I broke up three days before our wedding,” she recalled. “We had a big wedding planned – 14 ushers and bridesmaids, and three days before, we just crumbled under the pressure,” exposing the true reason for their 2003 separation.
Ben had similar ideas, adding, “When Jen and I broke up before, the catalyst for that was this massive amount of scrutiny around our private life.”
Later, when Ben inquired if she had forgiven him for terminating their previous romance, she acknowledged to being ‘mad’ with first but found peace after forgiving him and herself and replied, “That heartbreak set both of us on a course to figuring ourselves out to being better people.”
The Can’t Get Enough singer recounted the terrible pain she suffered following the breakup, saying, “For all those years, it was really hard because I didn’t just feel like I lost the love of my life, I felt like I lost the best friend that I ever had”.
The power couple became engaged in 2002 but called off their wedding in 2004.
Lopez married musician Marc Anthony, with whom she has twins Max and Emme, who are 16 years old. Meanwhile, Ben married Jennifer Garner and has three children: Violet (18), Seraphina (15), and Samuel (11).
The couple dated several people before reconciling in 2021. In 2022, the couple enjoyed a surprise Las Vegas wedding before a traditional ceremony.
