As rumours swirl that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are rekindling their romance after two decades, many might be wondering why the A-list pair ever broke up in the first place.
The early noughties saw a frenzied swirl of interest in the romantic lives of 48-year-old Ben and 51-year-old Jen – with the duo being one of the major Hollywood couples of the time and routinely known as Bennifer, launching the use of portmanteaus for couples in pop-culture.
Despite getting engaged in November 2002, Ben and Jen never made it down the aisle together, and by January 2004, the romance was over after a whirlwind 18 months.
Reports at the time suggested the romance crumbled in part because of the intense media attention – which was blamed for their
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