Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's second chance at romance is a story that has had all of us believing in love again.
Splitting in 2004 after two years of dating and a huge celebrity engagement, they were spotted together again in 2021 and later wed in 2022 proving that romance doesn't have to be over the first time round.
Now, singer and actress Jennifer has opened up on her marriage to Ben, calling it a 'mind-blowing' relationship.
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The famous pair originally began dating in 2002 after they met during filming for movie romcom Gigli.
Their romance grew and before we knew it, 'Bennifer' was a thing and they were inseparable. Ben proposed to Jennifer with a six-carat pink diamond solitaire ring and it appeared the future was set.
Yet it wasn't to be as just two years later in 2004, the couple split with both citing intense media attention as one of the reasons for their difficulties.
In the years that followed they both met and settled down with others. For Ben, he married Daredevil co-star Jennifer Garner, with the pair later separating after 13 years in 2018. They share three children together - Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 11.
Jennifer also wed, as she had a 10-year marriage to Latin salsa superstar Marc Anthony and shares her 15-year-old twins Max and Emme with him.
Fast-forwarding to the present day, the couple are now back in eachothers lives and seem happier than ever.
Speaking about the launch of her new album This Is Me... Now with OK! Magazine, she revealed how her second chance romance has made her feel.
She said: "This Is Me... Now captured that moment when I really wasn’t sure I would find this kind of love again.
"Then it did happen again and it’s even more mind-blowing and better than it ever was the first time around."
When Ben and Jennifer rekindled their romance in 2021 and started over, it appeared the timing was perfect.
Last year whilst talking to Vogue to promote her JLo Beauty range, she explained why she couldn't help but give their love a second chance: "Ben wants me to understand my worth and know my value. I feel even more relaxed and comfortable, which makes me feel even more beautiful than I have ever felt with someone else."
This time round the couple have kept their relationship fiercely quiet, even marrying in secret in Las Vegas in July 2022 and then again at Ben's Georgia mansion.
Explaining their double nuptials to talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, she said: "Twenty years ago, we were supposed to get married… and it kind of all fell apart back then and this time, a month before, I absolutely had a little PTSD and I was like, ‘Is this happening?’
"We were so happy, but I just felt the wedding was so stressful and one day Ben just said, 'F**k it, let’s just go to Vegas and get married tonight.'"
Topics: Celebrity, Jennifer Lopez, Sex and Relationships
Niamh Spence