Jennifer Lopez is lucky in love with Ben Affleck. The actress opens up about her rekindled romance with the actor in this week's cover story.«I feel so lucky and happy and proud to be with him,» the 52-year-old says. “It’s a beautiful love story that we got a second chance.” Lopez, and Affleck, 49,rekindled their love last spring.
The A-list couple dated from 2002 until they called off their engagement in 2004.During their split, Lopez welcomed 13-year-old twins Max and Emme with ex-husband Marc Anthony, and Affleck became father to Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and 9-year-old Samuel, whom he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
Today, Lopez credits their time apart and life experiences to making the relationship work. «It's beautiful the way it feels very different than it was years ago...There's more of an appreciation and a celebration for it, which is nice,» the «Love Don’t Cost a Thing» singer says. “When you find somebody and you really, really love them and you get a second chance at that?
That is a really rare, precious, beautiful thing and we don't take it for granted," she adds. Lopez also notes that Affleck has done the work to be the best partner he can be. «I'm so proud of the him, I'm so proud of the man he's become that I've watched from afar,” she says.
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