Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot Saturday in a Las Vegas chapel late at night, ending a relationship that spanned two decades in two separate romances and headlined countless tabloid covers. Lopez announced their marriage on Sunday in her fan newsletter titled “We Did It.” Lopez first publicized their engagement in April in the same newsletter, “On the J Lo.” “Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out that love is patient. Twenty years of patience,” Lopez wrote in a message signed by Jennifer Lynn Affleck. Lopez wrote that the couple flew into Las Vegas on Saturday, stood in line for the permit with four other couples and tied the knot just after midnight at A Little White Wedding Chapel, a chapel that boasts a “tunnel of love.” A Bluetooth speaker played their short walk down the aisle and called it the best night of their lives. “Wait long enough and you might find the best time of your life on a Las Vegas ride at 12:30 in the morning in the tunnel of love with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever together,” Lopez said. News of their marriage first broke on Sunday after the Clark County Clerk’s office in Nevada showed the couple received a marriage license that was processed on Saturday. The marriage license filing indicated that Lopez intends to take the name Jennifer Affleck. Reps for Lopez and Affleck declined to comment. Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, famously dated in the early 2000s, earning the nickname “Bennifer,” before rekindling their romance last year. They previously starred together in 2003’s ‘Gigli’ and 2004’s ‘Jersey Girl’. At the time, they were engaged but never married. Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom he has three children. They divorced in 2018. Lopez has been married three times before. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa from 1997-1998 and to Cris Judd from 2001-2003. She and singer Marc Anthony have been married for a decade after tying the knot in 2004 and share 14-year-old twins together.
