Jennifer Lopez Makes First Onstage Appearance Amid Ben Affleck Divorce

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Jennifer Lopez Turns Wicked Premiere Into Family Outing With 16-Year-Old Emme

Jennifer Lopez knows however to creation the nighttime distant successful style. 

Nearly 3 months aft the "Jenny From the Block" vocalist filed for divorcement from ex Ben Affleck, she dazzled portion performing astatine the 1001 Seasons of Elie Saab lawsuit Nov. 13.

As models made their mode down the catwalk astatine the fashion amusement successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jennifer performed a medley of her astir iconic songs, including "Una Noche Más," "On The Floor" and "Let's Get Loud." 

Her regular wouldn't beryllium implicit without a medley of costumes, either. After all, the 55-year-old began successful a sparkling ensemble that featured a shimmering fringe cape, which she swapped retired for a achromatic feathery cloak that her dancers were definite to amusement disconnected arsenic she posed. However, she opted to implicit the fig without the overlay, tossing the overgarment to the side.

The manner show—which besides included performances from Céline Dion and Camila Cabello—was Jennifer's archetypal clip onstage since filing for divorcement from the Justice League prima successful August. And portion Ben has yet to talk connected their divided aft 2 years of marriage, she precocious reflected connected her beingness since the decision, which includes moving connected herself.

"The enactment is figuring yourself out," she explained to Interview mag past month. "It's looking backmost astatine the feelings underneath and the content systems that we person astir ourselves that marque america marque definite choices and make definite patterns successful our life."

She continued, "When you get to a constituent wherever you deliberation that you've learned the lessons, and past it blows up successful your look again, you realize, 'Okay, I haven't, truthful what is it that I request to look astatine close now?' I would accidental ne'er halt looking inward due to the fact that it's truthful casual to blasted everybody else."

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For Jennifer—who shares 16-year-old twins Max and Emme with ex-husband Marc Anthony—it's important to beryllium comfy with yourself earlier being with idiosyncratic else.

"You person to beryllium healthy," the Hustlers star noted. "You person to beryllium complete, if you privation thing that's much complete. You person to beryllium bully connected your own. I thought I learned that, but I didn't. And then, this summer, I had to beryllium like, 'I request to spell disconnected and beryllium connected my own. I privation to beryllium to myself that I tin bash that.'"

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And conscionable due to the fact that it isn't casual doesn't mean it's not worthy the work.

"It feels lonely, unfamiliar, scary," she reflected. "It feels sad. It feels desperate. But erstwhile you beryllium successful those feelings and go, 'These things are not going to termination me,' it's similar actually, I americium susceptible of joyousness and happiness each by myself." 

"Being successful a narration doesn't specify me," Jennifer added. "I can't beryllium looking for happiness successful different people. I person to person happiness wrong myself. I utilized to accidental I'm a blessed person, but was inactive looking for thing for idiosyncratic other to fill, and it's conscionable like, 'No, I'm really good.'"

Now, support speechmaking for a afloat breakdown of Jennifer and Ben's relationship.

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December 2001: Filming Gigli

The two prepare to movie a country for the movie successful West Hollywood. The mates met on the acceptable of the film.

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October 2002: Spotted successful Beverly Hills

The 2 are spotted successful the city.

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November 2002: Filming Gigli and Engagement

The 2 movie the movie connected Will Rogers State Beach successful Los Angeles. That month, the histrion proposes to the histrion with a 6.1-carat pinkish diamond ring.

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November 2002: Filming Jersey Girl

The 2 movie the movie successful New York City.

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November 2002: Leaving MTV's TRL

Is determination thing much '00s than some Bennifer 1.0 and TRL?

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December 2002: Red Carpet Debut

The 2 marque their reddish carpet debut arsenic a mates astatine the premiere of her film Maid successful Manhattan.

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January 2003: Sundance

The 2 bundle up astatine the Sundance Film Festival successful Utah.

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February 2003: Daredevil Premiere

The 2 look astatine the premiere of Daredevil, starring Ben arsenic the superhero.

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February 2003: Daredevil Premiere

The 2 look astatine the premiere of Daredevil, starring Ben and aboriginal ex-wife Jennifer Garner.

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March 2003: Oscars

The 2 be the Academy Awards together.

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May 2003: Basketball Game

The 2 beryllium courtside astatine a Los Angeles Lakers game.

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July 2003: Canada Trip

The 2 movie a Dateline interrogation for NBC successful Vancouver.

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July 2003: Gigli Premiere

The 2 look astatine the premiere for their movie successful Westwood, Calif.

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August 2003: Gigli Is Released

...it flops astatine the container office.

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September 2003: Wedding Is Off

The 2 postpone their wedding. No aboriginal day is given.

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October 2003: Baseball Date

The 2 are seen astatine a Boston Red Sox game. The squad is Ben's favorite.

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January 2004: It's Over

The 2 extremity their engagement.

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September 2021: Red Carpet Royalty

They're baaaack. On Sept. 10, the mates makes their archetypal reddish carpet quality successful 18 years astatine the Venice Film Festival premiere of The Last Duel

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September 2021: Look of Love

There's nary denying J.Lo makes for a stunning plus-one! 

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September 2021: Back to the Stage

Ben supports J.Lo astatine the 2021 Global Citizen Live lawsuit successful New York City, wherever she performed onstage. It marked her archetypal euphony gig since she performed astatine VAX LIVE successful May, wherever the histrion besides appeared onstage separately, fueling rumors of a rekindled romance.

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September 2021: Met Gala Debut

The 2 be the Met Gala unneurotic for the archetypal time.

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October 2021: PDA astatine Premiere

Jen and Ben enactment connected a sizzling show connected the reddish carpet astatine the premiere of his film The Last Duel successful New York City.

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April 2022: Engaged Again!

Jennifer confirmed her engagement to the Gone Girl histrion with a video posted to her On The JLo site, revealing a glimpse of her beauteous engagement ringing with a greenish stone.

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July 2022: Married!

On July 16, Jennifer and Ben tied the knot successful a astonishment ceremonial astatine A Little White Wedding Chapel successful Las Vegas.

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July 2022: Post-Wedding Trip to Paris

The 2 abrogation with her twins and 2 of his kids successful the French superior soon aft their wedding.

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June 2023: Red Carpet Fabulous

J.Lo steps retired with Ben successful enactment of his movie The Flash.

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February 2024: This Is Them...Now

Jennifer merchandise This Is Me... Now, an medium astir her narration with Ben. The grounds is accompanied by a philharmonic movie titled This Is Me... Now: A Love Story and the documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told.

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March 2024: Jenny connected the Block

The mates enjoys a time retired successful NYC connected March 30, 2024.

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August 2024: Divorce

J.Lo filed for divorcement Aug. 20, listing the day of separation arsenic Apil 26, according to the filing obtained by TMZ.

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