Jennifer López is one of the most active celebrities in love. In 35 years of sentimental emotions, eight men have characterized her love life, but only one has given her children: Marc Anthony and only one other got a second chance.
His love affairs date back to 1985 when he was a teenager and he had love affairs with businessman David Cruz, followed twelve years later with model Ojani Noa, rapper Sean Combs, choreographer Cris Judd, actor Ben Affleck, singer Marc Anthony, dancer Casper Smart and baseball player. Alex Rodríguez, with whom the union has just ended.
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez reported on Thursday that they broke off their two-year engagement.
“We have realized that we are best friends and we hope to remain so. We will continue to work together and support each other in our shared businesses and projects, ”the couple said in a joint statement.
“We wish each other the best and their respective children. Out of respect for them, the only other comment we have to say is to thank everyone who has sent kind words and support, ”he added.
Lopez and Rodríguez began dating in early 2017 and got engaged in 2019. In March, they released a statement refuting reports that they had split.
The couple was nicknamed “J-Rod” three years ago after appearing on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.
1. David Cruz, businessman 1985-1995)
It was 1984, and Jennifer Lopez was walking the streets of the Bronx at 15, holding the hand of David Cruz, her 16-year-old boyfriend. They lasted for 10 years until they broke up in 1994, this relationship was the longest the singer and actress has had in your love story.
Cruz died Saturday, March 21, 2019 at Moint Sinai West Hospital in Manhattan at the age of 51 from a heart condition.
David was a reserved man who never spoke to the press or JLO fans about those years of relationship.
In the mid-1990s, the New York star of Puerto Rican descent struggled to get his first chances on the show scene.
With the rising success of “Jenny from the block” and rising popularity, the relationship deteriorated and then it fell apart.
At the time, Jennifer moved to Los Angeles in search of better opportunities, one of the main reasons for ending the love story, and David was left without a girlfriend around whom she saw growing up.
2.- Ojani Noa: ex-mesero, model and actor (February 1997 – January 1998)
Cuban actor Ojani Noa was 21 years old and she was 26. They had met at a bar in Miami in 1996 and on February 22, 1997, they decided that the only possible step in their relationship was to walk down the aisle, as they did. did that day. .
“I didn’t eat anything, I was very nervous, but happy, happy. She was also very happy and excited. There were 300 guests, including some famous people like Oliver Stone and Cristian Castro,” he recalls years later.
It was during this period that Jennifer jumped into theaters with her role as Selena, a 1997 American music drama biographical film written and directed by Gregory Nava about the life and career of Tex-Mex music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, a well-known performer in Mexico and the Latino communities of the United States before she was murdered in 1995, at the age of 23, by Yolanda Saldívar, the president of her fan club.
JLo. and Ojani divorced in 1998. Years later she sued him for wanting to publish a book about their love affair.
In 2007 Ojani Noa defined in an interview on the Spanish channel Antena 3 JLo. with the adjectives “tender, timid and simple” and told how the love between the two began, which would end in January 1998, when the ex-bartender moved to Los Angeles, without reaching the anniversary of his wedding.
3.- Sean Combs: rapper and music producer (August 1998 – January 2001)
The singer had a stormy relationship with rapper Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs or Puff Daddy.
At the turn of the new millennium with their hit “Waiting for Tonight” playing on all radio stations, the couple were arrested for their alleged connection to a shooting at a club in the Big Apple.
Both were arrested in December 1999 when they fled in a vehicle at dawn after a nightclub shooting that injured three people.
Lopez was released almost immediately, and Dad was later cleared of all charges.
In early 2001, the couple confirmed their romantic vacation.
4.- Cris Judd: actor and choreographer (January 2001 – June 2002)
Shortly after finishing Puff Daddy, she began her love affair with the choreographer Cris Judd. They met during the recording of the video ‘Love Don’t Cost a Thing’ in late 2000.
The couple got married in September of the following year, and it lasted just eight months.
The pressure of marrying a star like JLo. affected that ending.
“It is very difficult to marry her because your privacy is being violated. You are no longer a normal person. Our wedding was a circus, they arrested several people for trying to climb a wall to have a look. … “, he came to comment.
5.- Ben Affleck: actor, producer, screenwriter and director (late 2002 – January 2004)
Affleck and López started dating in 2002. They met while filming the romantic comedy “Gigli”.
The romance between the 48-year-old actor and Lopez has long made headlines in the media, referring to the pair as “Bennifer.” Shortly after they got engaged to get married in September 2003, the relationship came to an end.
They both shared roles in the hit movies “Gigli” and “Jersey Girl”.
“He has great talent, but he has also worked hard for his success and I am very happy that it looks like he finally has the credit he deserves,” the actor said 10 days ago of “The Diva of the Bronx”, with whom he maintains a good relationship and also admires his eternal youth.
“Where do you keep the fountain of youth? Why do you look the same as you did in 2003 and it looks like I’m 40 years old … at best?” Joked the actor about the 50-year-old artist.
6.- Marc Anthony: singer and actor (June 2004-July 2014)
JLo started an affair with his friend Marc Anthony with whom he collaborated on the production of the song ‘Sway’ for the movie ‘Shall we dance?’.
Lopez and Anthony secretly married in June 2004, just a few months after she broke up with Ben Affleck.
They separated in 2011 and the divorce came out in June 2014, resulting in the relationship two twin children, Maximilian David and Emme Maribel, born in February 2008.
“He’s the hardest-working person I’ve ever met,” Marc assured InStyle magazine a few days ago.
She also stressed “how hard she works” from her, realizing that she is the first to arrive and the last to leave, and assures she has learned “a lot” from her.
7. – Casper Smart: actor and dancer (October 2011-June 2014).
After more than a year away, after three years of relationship (2011 to 2014), the New York singer returned to the arms of this young dancer, 18 years younger, in mid-2015.
Jennifer Lopez confirmed the relationship on the television show Ellen DeGeneres. Although, yes, the singer insisted they were not going to get married.
It was a reconciliation that came in one of the best moments for JLo, with a new television series and a great show in Las Vegas.
The last break came in the month of August 2016. A year later, he released another hit in love, this time with Dominican-born player Alex Rodríguez.