B-Lo Break Up
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Ladybug007 | Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 12:11 pm     Sources: Splitsville for Ben and J.Lo 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. |
Weinermr | Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 01:32 pm     Gee, I hope they don't keep those 52 blenders and 27 Krups espresso machines they were sent as wedding presents. |
Grannyg | Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 01:37 pm     I just hope it's true! |
Midlifer | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 05:57 am     Boo...hoo....is anybody else SICK of this subject? |
Tabbyking | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 07:17 am     i could care less about them! ben seemed to be the flavor of the year, and that's it...like 'ben and jenny's ice cream'! i was already laughing my fool head off after having heard ben had to sign a pre-nup where if he cheated, she got half his money! she is the one with the history of being unfaithful! lol to me, the entire thing is a joke. |
Ginger1218 | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 07:22 am     I agree, the whole thing is a joke. Who cares what these self absorbed people do? Jeez, with everything else going on in the world, the papers are full of their ridiculous press-grabbing exploits. |
Mak1 | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 07:58 am     Katie Couric was reading a story about the wedding being called off on Today last week, and then she laughed and said "Is anyone really interested in this???" lol |
Perkines212 | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 08:07 am     Thanks for sharing that article Ladybug007. Hopefully it will end up being the end of them being the top news. Now if my little hometown newpaper, that is far away from California, would stop writing about the recall election in ever edition. I will become a little more pleased. It is all interesting but only to a certain extent. |
Tabbyking | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 08:18 am     i am in california; i could care less about the re-call, too! it doesn't matter who gets in, it won't be 'cleaned up' in their term, so we might as well skip the re-call--and all the fuss and millions of dollars that go along with this endeavor--and just monitor our elected officials better! someone gave him free reign to get us mired in deep doo-doo. it probably wouldn't much matter who was in at this point...JMHO forget about ben and jen and the recall election. let's worry about our tvch buddies who are in Iraq, or in the path of the hurricane, or out of work. you know, real life, every day worries that bond us all together as friends! |
Ladybug007 | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 08:22 am     Dont you love how the news organizations THINK they really know what is important to us? I find it amusing that the media is whom exploits EVERYTHING. |
Midlifer | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 08:30 am     AMEN, Lady and Tabby! |
Tashakinz | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 08:38 am     yipee - maybe he'll get back to being a great, edgy indy actor instead of the plasticman she turned him into.... |
Ladybug007 | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 09:04 am     If he would just be with me..all of this would not be happening. |
Tabbyking | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 09:11 am     lady, thanks for the giggle |
Midlifer | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 09:12 am     LOL, Lady! Actually, he's too young for me, and considering his taste in women (i.e., J-Lo), I would be leary of being with him. IMHO |
Hippyt | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 12:52 pm     I agree this is about the least important thing being stuffed down our throats lately.It does make me giggle that he dumped her though,and not the other way around. |
Twiggyish | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 01:08 pm     I'm sorry, but I don't feel sorry for Ben and Jen. Tabby, right on!! |
Kaili | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 01:20 pm     I am SOOOO traumatized by this! I thought they were just the best match. Made in heaven!!!! Ha Ha Ha Ha ha. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. For anyone who didn't catch the dripping sarcasm, it was there. I've never really been into the whole celebrity relationship thing. I just don't care. I don't know them. |
Riviere | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 05:09 pm     High time Jenny on the block went Jenny down the drain.. Ben maybe couldn't understand her implants getting better reviews than his..? |
Kaili | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 05:53 am     Maybe he just couldn't afford her anymore. I'm prety sure she's rolling in a lot more cash than he is (although a small fraction of their paychecks would make me happy!!!!). |
Sweetbabygirl | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 09:42 am     Somewhere out there, Cris Judd is laughing his ass off. |
Neko | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 12:37 pm     I can't understand, even if you make that much money... Why would you waste SOOOO mcuh freaking money on an engagement ring?? I really can't understand how celebrities can spend so much money. I can just see me walking down the red carpet with a dress I either made myself, or something from Wal-mart  |
Ketchuplover | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 07:15 pm     does j-lo like ketchup? |
Dahli | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 09:53 am     John Lithgow on The View the other day when asked his opinion on this whole deal, said something like... you can live without knowing about this stuff, it does take work but it can be done. LOL!!! |
Kellirippa | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:16 am     I think it was David Letterman that said, it's not so much of a break-up as it is a pre-emptive divorce! Bill Maher was on Larry King recently, and I thought he had a great point about the media. He said he is amazed that the media can make news out of widely reported news. Of course it's widely reported, they just reported it. The make stories into huge events by reporting what is being reported, when they themselves are the reporters! |
Marej | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:24 am     Ben's mom & his buddies asked him if this is what he really wanted. |
Sia | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:02 pm     I didn't really expect Ben and J-Lo to get married and assumed that if by some miracle they actually made it to the altar that the marriage would be extremely brief. Celebrity marriages are under so much scrutiny and pressure that it must make having a relationship nearly impossible. I don't envy people who are in the public eye. Wish I had their income, though!! |
Pannie | Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 07:15 pm     yeah, what you say.^^^ A pre-emptive divorce is something for Ben to celebrate with his mom & his buddies. Phew, saved in the nick of time. Now Ben, go make a GOOD, meaningful movie. |
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