By Brooks Welch
You heard right, actress and singer Jennifer Lopez and actor Ben Affleck are running their engagement back one mo’ gain after nearly two decades.
As reported by CNN, the couple originally engaged in 2002 after meeting on the set of “Gigli” where they played criminals stuck on a job together, and they struck up a real-life friendship. In January 2004, they called things off.
On Friday night, Lopez announced their engagement via Lopez’s newsletter — called On the JLo, reported Variety. The movie star taped a video for fans, sporting a green diamond engagement ring. Rather than saying anything specific, she let her followers connect the dots.
According to People, the soon-to-be husband and wife rekindled their romance last year.
Lopez recently told the publication what makes their connection different now compared to 18 years ago, saying, “We’re older now, we’re smarter, we have more experience, we’re at different places in our lives, we have kids now, and we have to be very conscious of those things.”
“It’s a beautiful outcome that this has happened in this way at this time in our lives where we can really appreciate and celebrate each other and respect each other,” she added. “We always did, but we have even more of an appreciation because we know that life can take you in different directions.”
“We have been in the game in the public eye long enough to know who we are as people and what really matters and what doesn’t matter. We have kids and we respect each other. … We really live our lives in a way we can be proud of and our kids can be proud of you,” she said. “We’re just operating from a place of love and respect for everyone in our lives and that is very important to us. We know what the truth is [and] we hold it sacred.”
