Many picture-perfect romantic relationships have originated from Hollywood and if a list of the best ones were to be made then Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez would surely make the cut. Two of the biggest Latino superstars in love? It looked too perfect to be true and almost like a match made in heaven. But as we have all come to see, Holywood isn’t the easiest of places to maintain a romantic relationship. Unfortunately, Anthony and J-Lo’s marriage survived just 7 years and when the news of their split went public, hearts were broken within and across America. How? What exactly Went Wrong? We all asked in amazement. Well, here is a look at the real reason one of our favorite Holywood couples of all time did not live happily ever after.
Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez Divorce – The Real Reason Explained
Rewind to 1998, the cosmic forces of the earth brought these two superstars together. They reportedly met while Marc was performing on the Broadway musical, The Capeman, it was love at first sight and why wouldn’t it be, they, after all, share a lot in common; in addition to their shared love for music, both are Puerto Ricans who happened to also be New Yorkers, there must have been a lot to talk about on that first date. Per reports, Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez dated briefly in 1998 though it was casual as they soon went their separate ways.
Fast forward to 2004, these two songbirds met again and this time, they were ready to take things more seriously. At the time, both had previously dated and even married other people. While Anthony married the 1993 Miss Universe, Dayanara Torres with whom he had two sons, Cristian Marcus Muñiz and Ryan Adrian Muñiz, J-Lo dated Sean Combs aka P Diddy; was married to back-up dancer Cris Judd for a year and also was in a highly publicized relationship with Hollywood hunk Ben Affleck – we still remember those Bennifer days like it was yesterday…
J-Lo ended her engagement with Affleck in early 2004 and afterward, Anthony who was also fresh off his divorce from Torres came along. Who best to heal your broken heart than someone who has been heartbroken as well? Everything seemed to be right on time.
Following a brief period of dating, both were ready to say I do and had a private wedding in June 2004 beginning a romance we all thought would last forever. They began their new married life in an apartment in Brooklyn, New York.
Their red carpet moments were electric, to say the least, and when they started making duets upon duets? oh, how our hearts melted. When they performed on stage, they brought the fire along. It was the perfect romantic movie played out in real life.
One year, two years, three years, and then the fourth year, Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez brought their “mini-mes” into the world, precisely on the 28th of February 2008, they welcomed twins (a boy and a girl) in Long Island, New York.
Three years later, tragedy struck when Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez announced their split with Anthony filing for a divorce in April 2012 citing irreconcilable differences. But what exactly were these differences that could not be reconciled and cost the world their favorite celebrity couple? Well, some tabloids have made ambiguous claims about J-Lo’s decision to want their kids to have nose jobs and Anthony disagreeing with J-Lo being uncomfortable with his money problems. But these were mere speculations with no solid facts.
Marc and Jennifer’s Post-Divorce Life
A couple of years after Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez divorced precisely in May 2016, J-Lo spoke in an interview with W about the divorce from Anthony saying that she knew from the onset that marrying him wasn’t right and that she had rushed it, however, she said she had to hang on for 7 years. The songbird revealed that she had to struggle to forgive Marc who filed for divorce as she felt hatred and resentment for him. She added that she had to let the hatred go because he was the father of her children.
Marc Anthony, on the other hand, never made any comments about the split. However, it turns out the couple found a way to remain friends, they even sparked reunion rumors in the 2016 awards season when they shared a kiss on stage at the Latin Grammys but that was just a mere kiss and nothing more.
Since the split, Anthony has had another failed marriage – with model Shannon de Lima while J-Lo who describes herself as a hopeless romantic continues her search for Mr. Right, as of 2019 she is engaged to former New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez.
