Jennifer Lopez married Ben Affleck in a stunning white wedding dress (The Grosby Group)
A month after secretly and intimately wed in Las Vegas, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck celebrated their lavish wedding this weekend at a mansion the actor owns in Georgiaan event attended by family members and Hollywood celebrities.
In photos taken from the air, the happy couple can be seen walking down the white carpet with their children.
The singer chose a beautiful white mermaid dress with a train and an open back designed by Ralph Lauren and covered her head with a very long transparent veil that added a majestic touch to her look.
Affleck wore a tuxedo with a white jacket and shirt and bow tie and black pants.
The couple kissed and posed for photos at the actor’s $8 million Georgia mansion (The Grosby) on Saturday night.
The couple walked down a giant white carpet followed by their respective children: the three that Affleck, 50, had with actress Jennifer Garner (Violet, Seraphina and Sam) and the twins (Emme and Max), who the singer, 53 years old, had. had with Marc Anthony.
They were all dressed in white, as were the guestswho, according to the Chron tabloid, received the bridal couple with the call “Bennifer”, as the couple is popularly known.
All of the couple’s children from their new family have also been spotted posing with their parents (The Grosby)
The ceremony took place at the actor’s estate in Georgia in the southeastern United States in a mansion worth $8.9 million though the food enjoyed by diners was more “casual,” with a menu consisting of grilled and traditional Puerto Rican fare — pork chops, rice, and vegetables — as well as Southern fare, macaroni and cheese, and grilled chicken.
The actor was among the guests who were brought to the house in white buses Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso, as well as director Kevin Smith and actor Jason Mewes. Also in attendance were top Hollywood talent agent Patrick Whitesell and his wife, model and actress Pia Miller.
The long white carpet that led the bride and groom down the aisle (The Grosby Group)
Other actors such as George Clooney, Jane Fonda, Renee Zellweger and presenter Jimmy Kimmel.
Despite the invitation, they were not there, neither Jennifer Garner (Affleck’s ex) nor Ben’s brother, nor actor Casey Affleck. Singer Marc Anthony, JLo’s ex-husband and father of her children, also did not attend the wedding.
The bride and groom pose for photos after saying ‘yes’ for the second time (The Grosby Group)
After missing the wedding with his brother, Casey, 47, wrote the singer a sweet message in an Instagram post on Sunday.. “Good things are worth waiting for,” he wrote alongside a vintage photo of him, Ben, 50, and Lopez, 53, walking through Los Angeles in August 2002. Get ready for a real dysfunctional family! It’s a joke. Jen, you are a jewel. We love you!”.
The couple shared a kiss at the end of the riverfront pier, where they posed for family photos before the ceremony.
After the ceremony, guests went home with gift bags inscribed with the couple’s initials, “JB” (The Grosby Group).
Guests were treated to a private nighttime fireworks display after the ceremony.
Although the ceremony took place on Saturday, the celebration began on Friday and ended with a barbecue on Sunday.
Affleck and Lopez wed in July in a small family ceremony in Las Vegas. The couple reunited in early 2021, nearly two decades after they ditched their wedding plans and went their separate ways after JLo split from former New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez and the Oscar-winning actress split from Cuban Ana de Armas.
Jennifer Lopez married Ben Affleck at a three-day party in Georgia (The Grosby Group)
The two began dating in mid-2002 and got engaged that same year, but postponed the wedding and eventually called it off in 2004, although they assured their friendship would last through the years before giving each other a second chance.
Guests all dressed in white arrive at Ben and Jen’s wedding cocktail reception, held at the actor’s home in Savannah, Georgia (The Grosby Group).
The stars announced their engagement in April, 20 years after their first engagement in 2002.
“We made it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. He has the patience to wait twenty years,” JLo wrote last month, announcing that she was getting married in Las Vegas “Exactly what we wanted. Last night we traveled to Las Vegas and queued for a license with four other couples who all made the same trip to the wedding capital of the world.“.
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