After weeks of rumors about meetings in a white SUV, the news broke Monday that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck had rekindled their romance after 17 years.
For those who have forgotten the details or were too young to be aware of them at the time, here’s a brief refresher (thread) latimes.com/entertainment-…
• Affleck and Lopez fell for each other in 2002 on the set of “Gigli.”
• By July, Lopez announced her plans to divorce Cris Judd.
• By November, Lopez and Affleck were engaged and canoodling on a yacht in a music video.
However, days before they were set to wed in September 2003, they postponed their wedding, citing the *overwhelming media frenzy*.
They permanently split a few months later, and within a year and a half, both were married to other people latimes.com/entertainment-…
A Times story from 2004 examined Affleck’s career slump and the particular animosity generated by his relationship with Lopez latimes.com/archives/la-xp…
There were undoubtedly elements of bigotry and chauvinism to much of the original Bennifer backlash.
And part of the exuberance about their reunion is the opportunity it presents for a media do-over latimes.com/entertainment-…
Lately, modern culture has reconsidered the narratives about young female celebrities like Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson, whose personal issues became fodder for tabloid mills latimes.com/entertainment-…
The recent #FreeBritneyMovement has helped pressure the media into reevaluating how to handle celebrity relationships and crises.
(Affleck also complained of the sexist, racist coverage his ex-fiancée was subjected to throughout their relationship) latimes.com/entertainment-…
The media was wrong about almost everything circa 2003-04, writes @MeredithBlake — wrong about Britney Spears, wrong about Justin Timberlake, wrong about weapons of mass destruction.
"Star power ain’t what it used to be. And for Affleck and Lopez, as they apparently try to rekindle a romance that withered in the spotlight, that could be a good thing" latimes.com/entertainment-…
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