It’s True: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Are Engaged (Again!)

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presented Lopez with a diamond of another hue: Green, which Lopez says is her “lucky color. ”The multihyphenate (dancer-actress-singer-mogul) Lopez announced the couple’s engagement Friday night via her newsletter, On the JLo, despite being seen wearing the ring earlier in the week in public and generating substantial buzz.

Prior to sharing the news, Lopez teased that she had a “major announcement” via Twitter, saying “So, I have a really exciting and special story to share…” and adding a diamond ring emoji to her Twitter handle. (Tell me you’re engaged without telling me you’re engaged 101. ) The ring is a green stone set on a silver band—British Vogue reports that, while emeralds have grown in popularity among brides-to-be in recent years, “a green-hued diamond is particularly special—considered one of the rarest types of fancy diamond. ”In a previous edition of her newsletter, Lopez detailed her love for the color green and what it means to her, writing “I always say the color green is my lucky color.

Maybe you can remember a certain green dress,” referencing the iconic jungle-print Versace gown Lopez wore to the 2000 Grammys. “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. ”Even before getting engaged in late 2002, the pair—known then as the infamous portmanteau “Bennifer”—were the “it couple” of the era, with so much pressure put upon their relationship that it ultimately imploded in early 2004, not long after they postponed their September 2003 wedding.