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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s wedding certificate confirms name change after Las Vegas wedding-Louise Griffin-Entertainment – Metro
Mrs Jennifer Affleck it is!
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s wedding certificate was revealed (Picture: Getty/Clark County Clerk’s Office/onthejlo)
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s wedding certificate has been revealed, with the document confirming that the singer wants to go by Jennifer Affleck.
The couple – known together as Bennifer – finally tied the knot in Las Vegas two decades after first getting engaged, with JLo announcing the news casually to fans and sharing gorgeous photos of their big day.
The pair’s wedding certificate reads: ‘This is to certify that the undersigned, Pastor Ryan Wolfe, did on the 17th day of the month of July of the year 2022, at the Little White Wedding Chapel 1301 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada, join in lawful wedlock: Bejamin Geza Affleck…and Jennifer Lopez…who wishes to use the name Jennifer Affleck after marriage’.
Jen, 53, previously referred to herself as Jennifer Affleck in her wedding announcement.
Sharing photos of the big day, she wrote on her OnTheJLo blog: ‘We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient.
‘Exactly what we wanted. Last night we flew to Vegas, stood in line for a licence with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world. Behind us two men held hands and held each other.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot in Las Vegas (Picture: Clark County Clerk’s Office)
‘In front of us, a young couple who made the three hour drive from Victorville on their daughter’s second birthday—all of us wanting the same thing— for the world to recognise us as partners and to declare our love to the world through the ancient and nearly universal symbol of marriage.’
She continued: ‘They were right when they said, “all you need is love”. We are so grateful to have that in abundance, a new wonderful family of five amazing children and a life that we have never had more reason to look forward to.
‘Stick around long enough and maybe you’ll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at twelve thirty in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through, with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever with. Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things-and worth waiting for.’
They rekindled their romance last year (Picture: Rich Fury/WireImage)
Jen looked gorgeous on the big day (Picture: Chris Appleton / Instagram)
The pair tied the knot at a private ceremony (Picture: onthejlo)
She signed off the blog with her full – and new – married name: Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
JLo and Ben, 49, first dated in 2002 and got engaged in November that year – but they then postponed their wedding, which had been scheduled for 2003 and eventually split in 2004.
The couple first dated in the early noughties (Picture: KMazur/WireImage)
However, they sent fans into a tailspin last year when they revealed that they had rekindled their romance – and they seem to have gone from strength to strength ever since.
It is Jennifer’s fourth marriage as she was previously wed to Ojani Noa, Cris Judd, and Marc Anthony, with whom she shares twins Max and Emme, 14.
Ben was previously married to actress Jennifer Garner, and they share three children, Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 10.
The happy couple have since been enjoying a honeymoon in Paris and have been spotted enjoying gorgeous meals out, as well as an idyllic river cruise – while JLo took a night out of her vaycay to perform at a charity gala.
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