Following their much-publicized reunion during the pandemic, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are engaged once again. Lopez confirmed the rumors via her newsletter, On The JLo, on April 8, sharing a video of her green diamond ring with her followers with tears in her eyes. While emeralds have been growing in popularity among brides-to-be in recent years (see Megan Fox’s moi et toi style, for example), a green-hued diamond is particularly special and considered one of the rarest and most unique types of diamond.
It’s a fitting choice for the “On the Floor” singer, whose taste in jewelry has always veered towards the distinctive and personal. “I always say the color green is my lucky color,” she shared in another On The JLo post. “Maybe you can remember a certain green dress. 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.”
Affleck famously proposed to the Versace poster girl with a pink six-carat Harry Winston diamond ring in 2002, before the pair called off their engagement. “Due to the excessive media attention surrounding our wedding, we have decided to postpone the date,” the pair revealed in a joint statement issued in 2004. “When we found ourselves seriously contemplating hiring three separate ‘decoy brides’ at three different locations, we realized that something was awry.”
However, Lopez reconnected with Affleck in the summer of 2021 after calling off her engagement to Yankees star Alex Rodriguez. Bennifer confirmed their reunion at the Venice Film Festival, before touring the Med together—recreating scenes from the “Jenny from the Block” video along the way. “I don’t think anybody was more surprised than us,” Lopez shared during an interview with Ellen DeGeneres to promote her most recent film—appropriately titled Marry Me. “You never could imagine that something like that could happen. It’s a beautiful thing.”
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