Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck make relationship 'Instagram Official'

Bennifer 2.0 appears to be a go!

Jennifer Lopez made her relationship with Ben Affleck Instagram official with a birthday surprise. After rumors milled and paparazzi photos surfaced for months of the two reuniting after her breakup with ex-fiancé Alex Rodriguez, Lopez finally sealed her relationship status with a kiss.

The singer posted a series of photos dressed in a pink and orange stringed bikini, a colorful floral beach coverup and a straw hat on Instagram Saturday to celebrate her 52nd birthday. On the last slide she wore her new-but-old lover Affleck, locked by the lips.

"5 2 … what it do …..," she wrote on the relationship reveal.

The photo marks the first time either Lopez or Affleck have posted anything about their renewed love.

Lopez and Affleck first took pop culture by storm after they started dating in the early 2000s. The Hollywood power couple – who starred together in 2003's "Gigli" and 2004's "Jersey Girl" – got engaged in November 2002 (remember her pink engagement ring?). But at the time there wasn't a happily ever after – Lopez and Affleck ended their engagement in 2004.

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Leading up to Saturday's birthday kiss the two made an Instagram debut on behalf of Leah Remini who posted a two-minute video montage Thursday which featured Lopez and Affleck cuddled together in a black-and-white snap.

Over the July 4th holiday weekend, Lopez and Affleck were seen enjoying a day out at Universal Studios Hollywood in California with their kids, according to photos and reports from Page Six and Entertainment Weekly.

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Celebrity watchers took to social media to celebrate the early aughts couple's return.

"jlo doing a boyfriend reveal on her birthday at the end of a photo dump of solo bikini pics ...... it's giving leo season," @hunteryharris wrote on Twitter.

@WrittenByHanna wrote: "Relationship JLO might just take actress JLO’s spot in the JLO hierarchy."

"It's JLO's birthday but she gave US a gift. Selfless queen," @shylawhittney wrote.

"You look super happy," "Today" show host Hoda Kotb wrote under the Instagram photo.

Lopez announced her breakup with Rodriguez on the "Today" show in April with a joint statement.

"We are better as friends and look forward to remaining so," the statement read. "We will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses and projects."

Contributing: Hannah Yasharoff, Cydney Henderson

Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck married: See their relationship timeline

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are engaged again and there is a green diamond ring.

The Hollywood power couple first got together from 2002 to 2004 and reunited in 2021.

Both have been gushing in interviews about their "second chance" at love.

Bennifer is back, and it's real! Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are now married.

The twice-engaged couple got married over the weekend at the A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. Lopez confirmed via her On the JLo fan newsletter that the two had in fact wed, and she shared photos, videos and details from the big night.

While the wedding wasn't the glamorous, over-the-top ceremony fans would expect from Bennifer, Lopez said it was "the best possible wedding we could have imagined." The bride and groom made use of "a dress from an old movie and a jacket from Ben’s closet" to wear for the ceremony.

"When love is real, the only thing that matters in marriage is one another and the promise we make to love, care, understand, be patient, loving and good to one another," Lopez wrote. "We had that. And so much more. Best night of our lives."

Lopez and Affleck were an early 2000s tabloid super-couple, but both moved on to other relationships. Lopez was engaged to Alex Rodriguez before they split in April 2021. Affleck was married to Jennifer Garner before their split in 2018.

"We did it," Lopez wrote of the nuptials Sunday. "Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient."

In honor of the two reuniting, we take a look at how their relationship started, ended, and how it's going again.

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck met on the 'Gigli' movie set

Lopez and Affleck first met in 2002 on the set of the romantic comedy "Gigli," while Lopez was still married to her second husband, dancer Cris Judd. Although the movie bombed at the box office, sparks were definitely flying between Lopez and Affleck. The pair went public with their relationship shortly after Lopez's divorce from Judd.

The "Hustlers" star told People that when she met Affleck at the time, "I felt like… 'OK, this is it.'"

Affleck and Lopez embarked on a high-profile relationship that attracted widespread media coverage. The couple were nicknamed "Bennifer," a legendary combination of Affleck's and Lopez's first names that started the one-name, pop-culture-couple portmanteau trend (think "Brangelina" and "Kimye").

“We didn’t try to have a public relationship," Lopez told People in 2016. "We just happened to be together at the birth of the tabloids, and it was like 'Oh my God.' It was just a lot of pressure."

Lopez addressed the invasion of privacy in her 2002 music video "Jenny from the Block," which included a memorable appearance from her actor beau, Affleck. The music video featured surveillance camera footage and paparazzi shots of the couple at home, restaurants, a gas station and even lounging on yachts.

The couple got engaged in 2002 with the 'magnificent' pink ring

Lopez confirmed her engagement to Affleck during a November 2002 interview with Diane Sawyer. She proudly showed off a pink engagement ring, calling it "the most magnificent thing I've ever seen."

"I still look at it and kind of marvel at it," Lopez said during the interview. "He’s like, 'I just wanted you to have something that no one else would have.'"

Lopez and Affleck were set to tie the knot in September 2003, but they postponed their nuptials over "the excessive media attention surrounding our wedding."

"When we found ourselves seriously contemplating hiring three separate 'decoy brides' at three different locations, we realized that something was awry," the couple said in a joint statement at the time.

The statement continued: "We began to feel that the spirit of what should have been the happiest day of our lives could be compromised. We felt what should have been a joyful and sacred day could be spoiled for us, our families and our friends."

Bennifer broke up in 2004

The couple officially split in January 2004.

At the time, Lopez's rep said, "Jennifer Lopez has ended her engagement to Ben Affleck. At this difficult time, we ask that you respect her privacy."

Both attributed the demise of their relationship to all the media attention.

In 2008, Affleck said he and Lopez were "too accessible" during their high-profile relationship: "I think Jen and I made a mistake in that we fell in love, we were excited and maybe too accessible. I don't think either of us anticipated the degree to which it would take on a world of its own."

In 2014, Lopez called her split from Affleck "my first big heartbreak."

"I was in the tabloids every other week about how my life was falling apart. It was a tough time," she told HuffPost Live. But Lopez added that she would "do it all over again… even the relationship part."

Lopez and Affleck both moved on to new relationships

Lopez went on to marry singer Marc Anthony in 2004 and welcomed twins Max and Emme (now age 14) in 2008. The couple divorced in 2014.

Affleck married actress Jennifer Garner in 2005; the two divorced in 2018. They share three children together: daughters Violet, 16; Seraphina, 13; and son Samuel, 10.

Lopez got engaged to baseball star Alex Rodriguez in March 2019 and scheduled an Italian wedding for June 2020. They later called off their engagement in April after they "realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so."

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Despite their early aughts breakup, Lopez and Affleck remained friendly. Lopez's May cover of InStyle magazine, published in April, included praise from Affleck.

"She remains, to this day, the hardest-working person I've come across in this business," Affleck said at the time.

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In addition to praising her talent, Affleck also pointed out her seeming inability to age.

"Where are you keeping the fountain of youth?" he joked. "Why do you look the same as you did in 2003 and it kind of looks like I'm in my 40s…at best?"

The feeling was mutual. Lopez replied, "Ben is funny! He still looks pretty good, too."

JLo and Ben start dating again, paparazzi captures them together

A month after Lopez split from Rodriguez, she and Affleck were caught on camera over and over again.

Rumors started to churn after it came to light the pair both attended the Vax Live concert in LA in May 2021, at which Lopez performed. They appeared separately, but the coincidence took over social media timelines. A couple of days later, photos obtained and published by the Daily Mail showed Lopez and Affleck driving in a car together in Montana over Mother's Day weekend.

Longtime pal Matt Damon was in on the rumors, telling the "Today" show that same month, "I hope it's true."

In June, Lopez and Affleck were spotted having a steamy PDA dinner at a Nobu restaurant in Malibu, according to photos obtained by Page Six and reports from People.

Leah Remini contributed to the talk after posting a quick clip of the two taking a picture together during her birthday celebration in late June.

Over the July Fourth weekend, Lopez and Affleck were seen enjoying a day at Universal Studios Hollywood in California with their kids, according to photos and reports from Page Six and Entertainment Weekly. The next day, photos obtained by Page Six and People showed Bennifer enjoying a cozy walk together in coordinated beige ensembles.

Bennifer goes Instagram and red carpet official

On Lopez's 52nd birthday in July 2021, she posted a series of bikini-laced Instagram photos that ended with a kiss. On the last slide, she wore her new-but-old lover Affleck, locked by the lips.

"5 2 … what it do …..," she wrote on the relationship reveal.

The couple went on to hit several high-profile red carpets.

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They walked hand-in-hand at the Venice Film Festival in September, ahead of the premiere of Affleck's film "The Last Duel." The couple shared a sweet kiss for all the world to see.

Not a week later, the two showed more PDA the night of the 2021 Met Gala. Lopez posed on the famed steps of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art alone, but still put on a show with Affleck. After stepping inside the event, the two kissed in front of cameras with their masks still on.

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Ben talks rekindled romance with JLo, say he's 'in awe'

In December, Affleck spoke in a cover story for the Wall Street Journal about reconnecting with Lopez

“I can say that it’s definitely beautiful to me," Affleck said. "And, you know, one of the things I really value across all facets of my life now is that it was handled in a way that reflected that. And it is a good story. It’s a great story. And, you know, maybe one day I’ll tell it. I’ll write it all out. And then I’ll light it on fire."

When Lopez was honored as AdWeek's 2021 Brand Visionary in September of that year, Affleck praised his once-again girlfriend with inspiring words.

"I am in awe of what Jennifer’s effect on the world is," Affleck said in the interview. "Jennifer has inspired a massive group of people to feel they have a seat at the table in this country.”

Lopez has returned the words of admiration in interviews.

"I feel so lucky and happy and proud to be with him," Lopez told People in February. "I'm so proud of him. I'm so proud of the man he's become that I've watched from afar."

She added: "To see the person, the human being, the man that he is today, the father that he is today, the partner that he is – he is so everything I always knew he was and wanted to be."

They support each other at movie premieres

Lopez and Affleck showed up for each other in late 2021 and early 2022 — including hitting the red carpets of their movie premieres.

The couple showed up in a warm embrace for the premiere of Lopez's romantic comedy "Marry Me" in February..

Affleck and Lopez kissed, smiled and waved for the cameras as they were dressed to the nines ahead of the special screening in Los Angeles. Lopez looked great in her white dress, apropos for the movie's title.

Just a couple of months prior, the couple gushed in front of the cameras for the movie premiere of Affleck's film "The Tender Bar" in December. That time, Lopez wore a stunning turquoise gown to match her beau's debonair suit.

JLo announces engagement to Ben, shows off green diamond ring

Lopez announced her engagement to Affleck in April via a video in her On the JLo fan newsletter.

In the video, Lopez looks at her engagement ring – a green diamond with smaller diamonds on each side – and whispers, "You're perfect."

Affleck was likely in on the color green being meaningful to Lopez. She spoke about the hue being her "lucky color" in another On the JLo newsletter.

"Maybe you can remember a certain green dress," she wrote, likely referring to the iconic Versace dress she wore to the Grammy Awards in 2000 that catapulted her to superstardom. "I’ve realized there are many moments in my life where amazing things happened when I was wearing green. It may be a coincidence, maybe not. But as I took a better look, I realized there are no coincidences."

Contributing: Elise Brisco, Edward Segarra

Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck engaged: See the green diamond ring

What's old is new! Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are engaged to be married, again.

Lopez shared a video to her On the JLo fan newsletter late Friday to announce the big news.

"So I have a really exciting and special story to share," Lopez said in a video posted to her social media accounts with the caption "Major announcement!!!!" as she pointed fans to onthejlo.com. "It is my inner circle where I share my more personal things and this one's definitely on the JLo."

The video shows Lopez admiring the ring, whispering, "You're perfect." Affleck proposed with a ring featuring two smaller diamonds on each side of a large green diamond in the middle — a different shade from the pink diamond with which he proposed the first time in 2002.

USA TODAY has reached out to Lopez and Affleck's reps for comment.

Affleck was likely in on the color green being meaningful Lopez. She spoke about the hue being her "lucky color" in another On the JLo newsletter.

"Maybe you can remember a certain green dress," she wrote, likely referring to the iconic Versace dress she wore to the Grammy Awards in 2000 that catapulted her to superstardom. "I’ve realized there are many moments in my life where amazing things happened when I was wearing green. It may be a coincidence, maybe not. But as I took a better look, I realized there are no coincidences."

Lopez and Affleck's appearance at the "Marry Me" premiere in February seemingly hinted that the actress was in the bridal headspace once again. Wearing a short white dress, the singer cozied up to Affleck on the red carpet and exchanged a few kisses.

Lopez and Affleck first sparked reconciliation rumors after the pair was spotted together on multiple occasions fresh off Lopez's split from former baseball player Alex Rodriguez last April.

The two seemingly confirmed their relationship by going Instagram official in July, when Lopez posted a photo of her kissing Affleck while celebrating her 52nd birthday.

"5 2 … what it do …..," she wrote on the relationship reveal at the time.

Since then they've been seen hitting the red carpet together at film festivals and at the 2021 Met Gala in September.

Lopez and Affleck first met in 2002 on the set of the romantic comedy "Gigli," while Lopez was still married to her second husband, dancer Cris Judd. Although the movie bombed terribly at the box office, sparks were definitely flying between Lopez and Affleck. The pair went public with their relationship shortly after Lopez's divorce from Judd.

The "Hustlers" star told People that when she met Affleck at the time, "I felt like… 'Okay, this is it.'"

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The "Bennifer" romance first took the pop culture of the early aughts by storm. The Hollywood power couple got engaged in November 2002 with a pink engagement ring but the bended knee didn't end in happily ever after. Lopez and Affleck ended their engagement in 2004, blaming the demise of their relationship to all the media attention.

In 2008, Affleck said he and Lopez were "too accessible" during their high-profile relationship: "I think Jen and I made a mistake in that we fell in love, we were excited and maybe too accessible. I don't think either of us anticipated the degree to which it would take on a world of its own."

Fast forward to 2022 and the engagement is back on.

Between the two of them, Lopez and Affleck have five children from previous marriages. Lopez shares 14-year-old twins Emme and Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony and Affleck shares Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13 and Samuel, 10 with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.

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Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez's Las Vegas wedding: All the details

Bennifer finally made it down the aisle! Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are officially husband and wife.

The twice-engaged couple got married late-night Saturday at the A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lopez confirmed Sunday via her On the JLo fan newsletter that the two had in fact wed, and she shared photos, videos and details from the big night. "We did it," she wrote. "Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient."

"Last night we flew to Vegas, stood in line for a license with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world," Lopez continued. "Behind us two men held hands and held each other. 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 recognize us as partners and to declare our love to the world through the ancient and nearly universal symbol of marriage."

Lopez adds they "barely made" it to the wedding chapel by midnight, but that they "graciously" stayed open late and let the couple "take pictures in a pink Cadillac convertible, evidently once used by the king himself (but if we wanted Elvis himself to show, that cost extra and he was in bed)."

While the wedding wasn't the glamorous, over-the-top ceremony fans would expect from Bennifer, Lopez said it was "the best possible wedding we could have imagined."

The bride and groom made use of "a dress from an old movie and a jacket from Ben’s closet" to wear for the ceremony. Lopez and Affleck also read their vows to each other "in the little chapel and gave one another the rings we’ll wear for the rest of our lives."

"When love is real, the only thing that matters in marriage is one another and the promise we make to love, care, understand, be patient, loving and good to one another," Lopez wrote. "We had that. And so much more. Best night of our lives."

Court documents posted Sunday revealed Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, received a license on Saturday in Clark County, Nevada, The Associated Press reported. TMZ was the first to report the news. The filing shows Lopez plans to take the name Jennifer Affleck.

"They were right when they said, 'all you need is love,' " Lopez concluded in her newsletter Sunday. "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. ... Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things — and worth waiting for."

The singer signed off "with love, Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck."

Lopez announced her engagement to Affleck in April with a video shared to her On the JLo fan newsletter.

The video showed Lopez admiring the ring, whispering, "You're perfect." Affleck proposed with a ring featuring two smaller diamonds on each side of a large green diamond in the middle – a different shade from the pink diamond with which he proposed to her the first time, nearly 20 years ago.

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Lopez opened up about the details of Affleck’s “bubble bath proposal” in another issue of her newsletter the following week.

"Saturday night while at my favorite place on earth (in the bubble bath), my beautiful love got on one knee and proposed," Lopez wrote at the time. "I was taken totally off guard and just looked in his eyes smiling and crying at the same time trying to get my head around the fact that after 20 years this was happening all over again."

She added, "I was quite literally speechless and he said, 'Is that a yes?' I said, 'YES of course that's a YES.' ”

'Speechless':Jennifer Lopez describes Ben Affleck's 'bubble bath' proposal

Lopez and Affleck sparked reconciliation rumors after the pair was spotted together on multiple occasions, fresh off Lopez's split from former baseball star Alex Rodriguez in April 2021.

The two seemingly confirmed their relationship by going Instagram official last July, when Lopez posted a photo of her kissing Affleck while celebrating her 52nd birthday. "5 2 … what it do …..," she wrote on the relationship reveal.

The couple met in 2002 on the set of the romantic comedy "Gigli," while Lopez was still married to her second husband, dancer Cris Judd. Although the movie bombed at the box office, sparks were definitely flying between Lopez and Affleck. The pair went public with their relationship shortly after Lopez's divorce from Judd.

The "Hustlers" star told People when she met Affleck at the time, "I felt like… 'Okay, this is it.' "

"Bennifer" took pop culture by storm in the early aughts. The Hollywood power couple got engaged in November 2002, but the bended knee didn't end in happily ever after. Lopez and Affleck ended their engagement in 2004, blaming the demise of their relationship to all the media attention.

In 2008, Affleck suggested he and Lopez were too public with their high-profile relationship.

"I think Jen and I made a mistake in that we fell in love, we were excited and maybe too accessible,” Affleck said. “I don't think either of us anticipated the degree to which it would take on a world of its own."

Contributing: The Associated Press and Kim Willis, Elise Brisco, Pamela Avila, USA TODAY

Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck and the pressure to make things ...

Are they together or not? Let's check social media.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have been the subject of recent relationship speculation for several weeks. After Lopez and former MLB star Alex Rodriguez split, rumors about the pop star and her ex-fiancé Affleck bubbled and photos emerged of the two spending time together – and most recently making out at dinner.

Before the age of social media, this used to be enough to confirm a buzzed-about celebrity romance – at least until the couple eventually walked the red carpet together at the glitzy event of their choosing. But in the digital age, we expect celebrities to declare their status, perhaps with an Instagram shot of their hands linked. (Think Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker or Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox.) And it's not just A-listers. Experts say many couples these days feel pressured make it "official" on social media, but they should be mindful about what they share with the world.

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"(Social media) can make your partner feel valued and feel seen if you're posting (about) them," dating coach and matchmaker Tennesha Wood says. "That can go the other way with over-posting and setting an expectation that your relationship is for social media."

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Couples on social media set false expectations

Wood says the desire to post a relationship on social media often stems from gratification one may receive. Users are interested in seeing who is dating whom because it feels like they're getting a "peek behind the curtain" into others' private lives. But she says it is rarely the full picture.

"It's unrealistic that every couple that's posting every single day is in love and there's no issues all the time," Wood says.

Dr. Niloo Dardashti, an adult and couples psychologist of Manhattan Psychology Group, says when people post on social media they are rarely sharing the "bad things that happen in their relationships," which she says can make for a "dangerous" perception of perfection.

"People compare their own lives and their own relationships that are very imperfect, like most people's are, and think that something is wrong," Dardashti says.

Keeping up Instagram appearances creates friction

Wood says constantly having your relationship on display can create friction.

"You have to essentially live up to your own brand that you created for your relationship so when things are going bad, times where you aren't happy and things aren't peachy keen and lovey dovey you're thinking this is not normal," Wood says.

Lopez and Affleck called off their engagement in 2004 (before social media became what it is today), and they previously attributed the split to public pressures.

"I think Jen and I made a mistake in that we fell in love, we were excited and maybe too accessible," Affleck said at the time.

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How to fix relationship issues that stem from social media

When social media starts to create issues within a relationship, Dardashti suggests couples take the online feeds out of the equation.

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"I typically advise people to give themselves a time limit to be on social media everyday because it can become somewhat addictive," Dardashti says.

She also recommends couples take what they see on social media with a grain of salt: "If you're going to be on social media remember to put on that lens of 'this is just one part of their life, this is not their everyday.'"

Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck make red carpet debut at Venice Festival

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck may have made their relationship Instagram official in July, but they’re now red carpet official too.

The new couple, who were previously engaged from 2002 to 2004, made their red carpet debut like it was the early aughts at the Venice Film Festival Friday. They sealed their newly-minted reconciliation with a kiss.

The couple, known to fans as "Bennifer," walked hand-in-hand ahead of the premiere of Affleck's new film "The Last Duel." Lopez wore a daring Georges Hobeika white couture gown with a cascading slit, while Affleck opted for a classic black and white tuxedo with a bow tie.

"Long Live Bennifer," Kim Kardashian West wrote on her Instagram Story over a picture of Lopez and Affleck at the festival.

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Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, shared a sweet kiss on the carpet.

Earlier in the day, Affleck and Lopez were pictured snuggled up on a water taxi traveling across the Venice basin toward the Cipriani Hotel.

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After rumors milled and paparazzi photos surfaced for months of the two reuniting after her breakup with ex-fiancé Alex Rodriguez, Lopez finally confirmed their relationship status on her 52nd birthday by sharing a photo on Instagram of her and Affleck lip-locked.

Rodriguez and Lopez ended their relationship and ultimately their engagement in April after a public flip-flop the month prior on whether they had broken up or not. Lopez and the former MLB star announced they "realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so," according to a statement shared exclusively with the "Today" show and confirmed to USA TODAY by a person familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly.

Lopez and Affleck first took pop culture by storm after they started dating in the early 2000s. The Hollywood power couple – who starred together in 2003's "Gigli" and 2004's "Jersey Girl" – got engaged in November 2002 (remember her pink engagement ring?). But at the time there wasn't a happily ever after – Lopez and Affleck ended their engagement in 2004.

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Jennifer Lopez: Why Ben Affleck's proposal left her 'speechless'

Third time's a charm? More like two, if you're Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.

Last week, Lopez included a video in her On the JLo fan newsletter to share that she and Affleck were engaged once again — nearly two decades after they called off their first engagement in 2004. Now, Lopez is sharing more intimate details from the "bubble bath" proposal.

On Tuesday's installment of her newsletter, the "Marry Me" actress began: "Did you ever imagine your biggest dream could come true?"

"Saturday night while at my favorite place on earth (in the bubble bath), my beautiful love got on one knee and proposed," she wrote. "I was taken totally off guard and just looked in his eyes smiling and crying at the same time trying to get my head around the fact that after 20 years this was happening all over again."

This time around, Affleck proposed to Lopez with a ring featuring two smaller diamonds on each side of a large green diamond in the middle — a different shade from the pink diamond with which he popped the question the first time.

"I was quite literally speechless and he said, 'Is that a yes?' I said, 'YES of course that's a YES,' " Lopez wrote.

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Lopez added that the proposal made her smile "so big" and "tears were coming down my face." She said she was "feeling so incredibly happy and whole."

Affleck also likely was in on the color green being meaningful to Lopez, since she spoke about the hue being her "lucky color" in another On the JLo newsletter over the weekend.

"Maybe you can remember a certain green dress," she wrote, likely referring to the iconic Versace dress she wore to the Grammy Awards in 2000. "I’ve realized there are many moments in my life where amazing things happened when I was wearing green. It may be a coincidence, maybe not. But as I took a better look, I realized there are no coincidences."

In Tuesday's newsletter, Lopez wrote that "green has always been my lucky color and now, for sure, it always will be."

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Lopez and Affleck first sparked reconciliation rumors after they were spotted together on multiple occasions fresh off the singer's split from former baseball player Alex Rodriguez last April.

Then, Lopez broke the Internet last July when she confirmed her rekindled romance with Affleck by posting a photo on Instagram of the two kissing while celebrating her 52nd birthday.

Now, the two are headed back down the aisle. But Lopez is still basking in her proposal.

"It was nothing fancy at all," Lopez wrote Tuesday. "But it was the most romantic thing I could've ever imagined… just a quiet Saturday night at home, two people promising to always be there for each other. Two very lucky people. Who got a second chance at true love."

Between the two of them, Lopez and Affleck have five children from previous marriages. Lopez shares 14-year-old twins Emme and Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony and Affleck shares Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 10 with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.

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Met Gala: Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck show PDA after Venice Film Fest

The Bennifer 2.0 tour continues.

Jennifer Lopez may have posed on the Met Gala steps alone Monday night, but her boyfriend, Ben Affleck, was still in attendance – the two weren't shy with showing off PDA after stepping inside the event, sharing a kiss with their masks still on.

Lopez, frequently a Met Gala standout, interpreted the evening's theme, "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion," with a nod to the Wild West with a Ralph Lauren gown, wide-brimmed hat, faux fur cape and a leather belt. It took 15 embroiderers more than 12 days of work to complete the look, according to the designer.

Just days prior, Lopez and Affleck made their relationship red carpet official at the Venice Film Festival on Friday.

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The new couple, who were previously engaged from 2002 to 2004, made their red carpet debut like it was the early aughts, sealing their newly-minted reconciliation with a kiss.

The couple walked hand-in-hand ahead of the premiere of Affleck's new film "The Last Duel." Lopez wore a daring Georges Hobeika white couture gown with a cascading slit, while Affleck opted for a classic black and white tuxedo with a bow tie.

Earlier in the day, Affleck and Lopez were pictured snuggled up on a water taxi traveling across the Venice basin toward the Cipriani Hotel.

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After rumors milled and paparazzi photos surfaced for months of the two reuniting after her breakup with ex-fiancé Alex Rodriguez, Lopez finally confirmed their relationship status on her 52nd birthday in July by sharing a photo on Instagram of her and Affleck lip-locked.

Rodriguez and Lopez ended their relationship and ultimately their engagement in April after a public flip-flop the month prior on whether they had broken up or not. Lopez and the former MLB star announced they "realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so," according to a statement shared exclusively with the "Today" show and confirmed to USA TODAY by a person familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly.

Lopez and Affleck first took pop culture by storm after they started dating in the early 2000s. The Hollywood power couple – who starred together in 2003's "Gigli" and 2004's "Jersey Girl" – got engaged in November 2002 (remember her pink engagement ring?). But at the time there wasn't a happily ever after – Lopez and Affleck ended their engagement in 2004.

Contributing: Rasha Ali and Cydney Henderson

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Lindsay Lohan returns to acting with new Netflix movie, fans react

Lindsay Lohan is getting back into acting and Twitter thinks that is "so fetch!"

Netflix announced Lohan will be starring in a new romantic comedy, where she plays a "newly engaged and spoiled hotel heiress who finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner." In a Monday tweet, the streaming service posted a photo of Lohan smiling at the camera and rocking her signature strawberry locks, and Lohan retweeted the post with heart emojis.

Though Netflix has not yet revealed a premiere date, the actresses' fans expressed their excitement for her return.

"The Lindsay Lohan renaissance is upon us and I feel seriously blessed," Liv Marks wrote on Twitter.

"Lindsay Lohan comeback to acting, nature is healing," @seanmelia123 wrote.

Other users felt like Lohan starring in a movie again was taking them back in time to the new millennium, also citing rumors of the famous 2000s couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck rekindling their romance.

"JLo and Ben Affleck are back together, Lindsay Lohan is starring in a new movie, and I'm living in my parents house. Hello 2004," one user wrote.

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Another user wrote: "Lindsay Lohan back? Screw getting back to normal we in ‘04 y’all."

Lohan has not appeared in a movie since her 2013 role in the thriller "The Canyons," according to IMDb. Her absence from the industry is a stark comparison to her heyday of 2000s teen dramas like "Mean Girls," "Freaky Friday" and Confessions of a "Teenaged Drama Queen."

She's recently dipped a toe in the reality TV arena with her 2019 MTV show "Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club," which followed the "Parent Trap" star as she expanded her nightclub and managed her staff at her luxury beach club.

Lohan, who has been living abroad over the past few years, told Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen in a New Years Eve 2019 interview that her resolution for 2020 was to return to the states and star in movies again.

"(I want to) come back to America and start filming again, which I'm doing something soon," Lohan said. "And you know, taking back the life that I worked so hard for and sharing it with my family and you guys."

Apparently we're calling Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn 'Liger'

Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports

Sometime in between Monday's relationship announcement/Glamour Shots and now, the media decided that we're going to name the Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn supercoupling "Liger."

Newspapers, golf websites, skiing websites, PTI and SportsCenter have all used the celebrity portmanteau in the past 48 hours, meaning this is happening whether you like it or not. There will be no plural pronouns used to address this coupling, just one inane mishmash of first names.

A liger is an actual thing — a lion crossed with a tiger — made famous by Napoleon Dynamite:

Zoo couplings gone wrong shouldn't inspire a celebrity moniker.

Why do celebrity couples need a name-blend in the first place? Bennifer was sort of funny, but think of how dated it is. The original celebrity name-mash comes from when Ben Affleck was a punch line instead of one of the most respected men in Hollywood and Jennifer Lopez was famous for something other than being Jennifer Lopez. (Brangelina's not bad either, but that's because it flows well and is old enough to be grandfathered into acceptable usage.)

What's wrong with "Tiger and Lindsey?" Or "Tiger and Vonn?" Or "them" or "they" or "soon-to-be exes?"

Granted, of all the possible name combinations, Liger works best. The other options were:

Loods (looks too much like slang for Quaaludes)

Tigsey (too cutesy)

Tonn (too non-cutesy)

Viger

Voods (too Dracula)

VonnderTiger (too Dracula introducing a circus act)

Wonn

Windsey (like a 5-year-old saying Lindsey)

But this presupposes they needed a nickname in the first place. They don't, because it's stupid and because Tiger already has a nickname, TIGER! Now we need to give him a nickname for his nickname? That's like a sportswriter from 1984 trying to figure out what to call Magic Johnson.

So, please. Stop trying to making Liger happen.

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