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Ben Affleck Skipping Premiere for Movie He Produced Starring Estranged Wife Jennifer Lopez
The past clip Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez prepared for the merchandise of a shared film, they were months into a breakup.
Now, 20 years later, past is repeating itself.
As J.Lo walked the reddish carpet Sept. 6 astatine the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival's premiere of Unstoppable, successful which she plays the parent of wrestler Anthony Robles, her estranged husband—a shaper connected the biopic—was backmost successful Los Angeles.
And Affleck, 52, appeared to beryllium successful large spirits. Wearing a bluish suit and aviator sunglasses, the Oscar victor flashed a large grin arsenic helium was photographed walking with an unidentified man.
While Lopez and Affleck’s chap co-producer Matt Damon were successful Toronto to observe the film, the Air prima remained successful Los Angeles for enactment and to spend time with his and ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s kids Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, E! News has learned.
Lopez, 55, filed for divorcement from Affleck successful Los Angeles Aug. 20, much than 2 years aft they joined successful Las Vegas aft a whirlwind rekindled romance. In her filing, the Hustlers histrion noted the brace had separated successful April.
The erstwhile mates had primitively begun a narration aft gathering connected the acceptable of the movie Gigli successful 2001. The pursuing year, they got engaged and besides filmed Kevin Smith's Jersey Girl.
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Lopez and Affleck walked the reddish carpet unneurotic for the premiere of the archetypal movie successful 2003. But by the clip came to beforehand the 2nd successful 2004, the couple had breached up and J.Lo was absent arsenic Affleck walked the reddish carpet with his ma astatine the Jersey Girl premiere successful New York City.
As for however their breakup has affected their caller film, Unstoppable director William Goldenberg weighed successful connected the existent dynamic betwixt Lopez and Affleck, noting that determination is "not really" immoderate awkwardness.
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"Everybody's a professional, and that's their ain idiosyncratic thing," helium told Variety successful an interrogation published Sept. 6. "I emotion them both. I mean, I cognize Ben better, but Jennifer was virtually a imagination to enactment with. She was incredible. And their idiosyncratic beingness is their idiosyncratic life."
Look backmost astatine Lopez and Affleck's narration history...
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December 2001: Filming Gigli
The two prepare to movie a country for the movie successful West Hollywood. The mates met on the acceptable of the film.
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October 2002: Spotted successful Beverly Hills
The 2 are spotted successful the city.
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November 2002: Filming Gigli and Engagement
The 2 movie the movie connected Will Rogers State Beach successful Los Angeles. That month, the histrion proposes to the histrion with a 6.1-carat pinkish diamond ring.
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November 2002: Filming Jersey Girl
The 2 movie the movie successful New York City.
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November 2002: Leaving MTV's TRL
Is determination thing much '00s than some Bennifer 1.0 and TRL?
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December 2002: Red Carpet Debut
The 2 marque their reddish carpet debut arsenic a mates astatine the premiere of her film Maid successful Manhattan.
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January 2003: Sundance
The 2 bundle up astatine the Sundance Film Festival successful Utah.
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February 2003: Daredevil Premiere
The 2 look astatine the premiere of Daredevil, starring Ben arsenic the superhero.
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February 2003: Daredevil Premiere
The 2 look astatine the premiere of Daredevil, starring Ben and aboriginal ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
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March 2003: Oscars
The 2 be the Academy Awards together.
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May 2003: Basketball Game
The 2 beryllium courtside astatine a Los Angeles Lakers game.
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July 2003: Canada Trip
The 2 movie a Dateline interrogation for NBC successful Vancouver.
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July 2003: Gigli Premiere
The 2 look astatine the premiere for their movie successful Westwood, Calif.
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August 2003: Gigli Is Released
...it flops astatine the container office.
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September 2003: Wedding Is Off
The 2 postpone their wedding. No aboriginal day is given.
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October 2003: Baseball Date
The 2 are seen astatine a Boston Red Sox game. The squad is Ben's favorite.
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January 2004: It's Over
The 2 extremity their engagement.
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September 2021: Red Carpet Royalty
They're baaaack. On Sept. 10, the mates makes their archetypal reddish carpet quality successful 18 years astatine the Venice Film Festival premiere of The Last Duel.
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September 2021: Look of Love
There's nary denying J.Lo makes for a stunning plus-one!
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September 2021: Back to the Stage
Ben supports J.Lo astatine the 2021 Global Citizen Live lawsuit successful New York City, wherever she performed onstage. It marked her archetypal euphony gig since she performed astatine VAX LIVE successful May, wherever the histrion besides appeared onstage separately, fueling rumors of a rekindled romance.
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September 2021: Met Gala Debut
The 2 be the Met Gala unneurotic for the archetypal time.
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October 2021: PDA astatine Premiere
Jen and Ben enactment connected a sizzling show connected the reddish carpet astatine the premiere of his film The Last Duel successful New York City.
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April 2022: Engaged Again!
Jennifer confirmed her engagement to the Gone Girl histrion with a video posted to her On The JLo site, revealing a glimpse of her beauteous engagement ringing with a greenish stone.
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July 2022: Married!
On July 16, Jennifer and Ben tied the knot successful a astonishment ceremonial astatine A Little White Wedding Chapel successful Las Vegas.
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July 2022: Post-Wedding Trip to Paris
The 2 abrogation with her twins and 2 of his kids successful the French superior soon aft their wedding.
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June 2023: Red Carpet Fabulous
J.Lo steps retired with Ben successful enactment of his movie The Flash.
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February 2024: This Is Them...Now
Jennifer merchandise This Is Me... Now, an medium astir her narration with Ben. The grounds is accompanied by a philharmonic movie titled This Is Me... Now: A Love Story and the documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told.
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March 2024: Jenny connected the Block
The mates enjoys a time retired successful NYC connected March 30, 2024.
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August 2024: Divorce
J.Lo filed for divorcement Aug. 20, listing the day of separation arsenic Apil 26, according to the filing obtained by TMZ.
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