Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are ready to get married! The couple – who rekindled their romance last year – got engaged, a Lopez spokesman confirmed to PEOPLE. Lopez shared the news in the JLo newsletter a few days after she was photographed wearing an engagement ring earlier this week. She revealed the exciting update in an email on Friday afternoon in her inner circle. The message to fans included a clip of Lopez admiring a huge, green diamond in her ring, a picture of which was shared by her sister on social media. RELATED GALLERY: See the most favorite photos of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck together Lopez teased the “important announcement” with a video on Twitter that night. “So I have a really exciting and special story to share …” Lopez told her followers. She also added an emoji with a diamond ring to her Twitter handle. Affleck recently showed his support for his future wife, cheering her on along with his son Samuel and daughter Emme, as Lopez received the Icon at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in March. Lopez recently told PEOPLE what makes their relationship different now than it was 18 years ago, saying: “We are older now, we are smarter, we have more experience, we are in different parts of our lives, we have children now. to be very aware of these things “. Actress Marry Me, 52, has 14-year-old twins Emme and Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony and Affleck, 49, has three children with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner: Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13 and Samuel. 10. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez Steve Granitz / FilmMagic Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez Never miss a story – subscribe to PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up to date with the best PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to exciting stories of human interest. “It’s a beautiful result that it happened this way right now in our lives, where we can really appreciate and celebrate each other and respect each other,” Lopez told PEOPLE. “We have always done it, but we appreciate it even more because we know that life can lead you in different directions.” The story goes on He added, “We are in the game in public long enough to know who we are as human beings and what really matters and what does not matter. We have children and we respect each other … We really live in a way that we can we are proud and our children can be proud of you, we just operate from a position of love and respect for everyone in our lives and that’s very important to us, we know what the truth is [and] we consider it sacred “. RELATED VIDEO: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck participate in the 2022 Super Bowl after revealing her Valentine’s gift Lopez and Affleck first started dating in July 2002 and got engaged in November before postponing their wedding to September 2003 a few days before the date. They finally broke off their engagement in January 2004. RELATED: Jennifer Lopez Receives Icon at the iHeartRadio Music Awards as Ben Affleck Beams: “Just Getting Started” Affleck told the WSJ. Magazine in December to feel “lucky” that he was given second chances, both at work and in his personal life. “I had second chances in my career. I had second chances as a person. Life is difficult and we always fail and we hope to learn from these failures,” he said. “The only thing you really need to take advantage of the opportunities provided by this development is a second chance. I definitely tried to take advantage of it. I was not always successful, but in cases where I did, it turned out to be the defining aspects of life. my”.
