September 13, 2003


Exclusive: Splitsville for Ben and J.Lo

From aol/ People news http://people.aol.com/peo...02,00.html



Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, who just days ago were planning their weekend wedding, have split up, sources close to the couple tell PEOPLE.
The break-up comes in the wake of their decision Wednesday to postpone their Sunday wedding in Montecito, Calif., before as many as 400 guests. The couple blamed the delay on excessive media attention surrounding the event, but reports persisted that Affleck was having second thoughts about the nuptials. A PEOPLE source says it was Affleck who initiated the split.

While it was unclear whether the separation was permanent, Lopez was "devastated," according to one friend. The star was in tears, sources said, on Wednesday as she called guests telling them of the wedding's postponement.

Lopez, accompanied by friends and a bodyguard, went for a very public jog and swim -- at one point changing into a bathing suit behind a phalanx of towel-bearing guards -- Saturday afternoon along Miami's South Beach, not far from her 11-bedroom house in Miami Beach, where she flew solo on Friday from Los Angeles. Affleck was believed to still be in Los Angeles, though some reports had him heading to Las Vegas for tonight's Shane Mosely-Oscar De La Hoya fight.

The split caps a tumultuous summer for the couple, whose romance became public in July 2002 just days after she divorced Cris Judd. They have endured brutal reviews for their performances in the film "Gigli," while tabloid reports have accused Affleck of misbehaving with strippers during a late-night visit to a Vancouver nightclub (reports he vehemently denied). Lopez publicly stuck by her fiancee ("for me, it wasn't an issue," she told W magazine), and plans continued apace for their wedding -- his first, her third.

Ken Sunshine, Affleck's spokesman, said he had no knowledge of a split. Lopez' spokesman Dan Klores said he believed the couple was still together, but had not spoken to Lopez in several days.

During their time together, the pair -- who met on the set of "Gigli" -- generated worldwide attention, costarring in a sexy music video for her song "Jenny from the Block" and purchasing each other extravagant gifts, including a Rolls-Royce, a Harry Winston bracelet of white and yellow diamonds and 6.1 carat pink diamond solitaire Affleck gave Lopez as an engagement ring. Nevertheless, they thought of themselves as working-class kids -- she from the Bronx, he from Boston -- who shared similar values. As a teetotaler, Lopez was also seen as healthy for Affleck, who is a recovering alcoholic.

The couple will be together again -- at least on screen. Their second costarring vehicle, "Jersey Girl," is set for release next year.

...and no one saw this coming?...LOL

Too bad they didn't follow through with it, even if only to add another one to her growing list of husbands.

oh nooo!!!


so close, so close! and she would have had another notch on her diva belt. oh dear, i hope she finds someone to marry & divorce quickly in the wake of this tragedy, or she may not be able to sustain my interest


if only... if only it could have been 2 days AFTER the wedding, instead of before.

uhhh...














































...yay?

Damn, I should've bet on this. I would've been a rich man.








































...yay? [/quote]

It ain't ovah, it ain't ovah, it ain't ovah, it ain't ovah ...

For J-Lo,this is no big deal.She will quickly find a new man (if she hasn't already) and in a few weeks,she will be going everywhere with him,insisting that he is her "soul mate" and that they were "meant for each other",blah blah blah.Same script,different cast...

must be time to make another Album&I wonder who the New Songs will be about? J-Lo still on track for Liz Taylor&Mickey Rooneyville of the Many Unions out in Hollywood.

i am so f'in tired of hearin' bout these two fools...i'm glad its over.

Well, maybe it isn't. Mmaybe they're just fooling us. Perhaps Benn-nifer is going to go behind the media's backs and get eloped. If they really are in love, then they would pull off something like that.

If Gigli had beena smash they'd still be together..I cant believe folks get together to ad their movies etc. Poor Kevin Smith and his upcoming Jersey Girl..well at least hopefully he will still have his won loyal small audience for his venture with JLopez.

Supernova said:

Jennifer Lopez needs to sit down somewhere. For at least 30 seconds.

As for Ben, it's the smartest decision of his life. Neither one of them are ready. And neither was ready for the other.

Now we can expect the inevitable wall-to-wall "aftermath" coverage.

Another fantastic publicity stunt.

namepeace said:

LOL..if u only knew how funnyt that was.."you better sit dowen somewhere" to us means go somewhere..get lost etc...and its also on th e Chicago TRC boot lol..someone from the audience says "you better sit down somewhere" as in someone was standing blocking this mans view and he was tellin em to sit down and move etc..you can hear it but I have to listen as to where and which song its been so long..me and somene else used ot crack up at that part and greet each other with "u better sit down somewhere" etc and then got stupid with it byt saying "u need to be seated" etc. lol...well I thought it was funny.

Maybe Ben finally told her "Um babe you need to stop the self tanning you look fucking orange!"

okaypimpn said:

Yep. i think it's just a distraction, they've probably been married for weeks

NWF said:

I kinda have a sneekin' suspicion about that, too. . .

Ben Afflicted is boring as fuck and Jennifer has been run through more than L.A.X at Christmastime. Both of these bitches get too much press.

BlaqueKnight said:

OMG..I was just gonna post something VERY similiar to this!!! Thank you, Blaque!!! :NOD: Well FUCKING SAID!!!

rdhull said:[quote]

namepeace said:

LOL..if u only knew how funnyt that was.."you better sit dowen somewhere" to us means go somewhere..get lost etc...and its also on th e Chicago TRC boot lol..



The only place she needs to sit is on my face.

Supernova said:

BlaqueKnight said:

Co-Sign - move on there's nothing to see here