Ben Affleck Obtained Prepared for J. Lo Marriage ceremony in Vegas Chapel Lavatory

The groom’s inexperienced room! Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez exchanged vows in a no-frills wedding — and so they even stored their preparation informal.

The Argo director, 49, and the Grammy nominee, 52, obtained a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada, on Saturday, July 16, and tied the knot in a small Sin Metropolis ceremony. Whereas describing the special occasion in her “On the JLo” publication, the bride gave followers a glimpse of how she and Affleck got ready to stroll down the aisle.

“We barely made it to the little white marriage ceremony chapel by midnight. They graciously stayed open late a couple of minutes,” Lopez wrote, noting that she wore “a gown from an previous film.” For his half, Affleck donned “a jacket from [his] closet.”

The “Marry Me” songstress known as it the “finest night time of our lives,” giving the venue a shout-out for “letting me use the break room to alter whereas Ben modified within the males’s room.”

Video footage accompanied the publication, displaying Affleck recording along with his cellular phone within the chapel’s lavatory. “And this, was my marriage ceremony altering space,” he narrated as he pointed the digital camera on the mirror.

Lopez and the Gone Woman actor were previously engaged within the early aughts, however they known as off their romance earlier than they ever wed. The twosome rekindled their relationship in April 2021 following Lopez’s break up from fiancé Alex Rodriguez, and Affleck proposed almost one 12 months later.

The pair’s Vegas wedding was very completely different from the nuptials they deliberate 20 years in the past, which might have hosted tons of of company. “They each are so comfy with one another and make one another so completely satisfied, in order that they don’t wish to wait any longer,” a supply completely advised Us Weekly of the intimate ceremony. “They each thought it was a enjoyable and informal option to tie the knot.”

One month earlier than tying the knot, Lopez mirrored on her full circle journey along with her now-husband. “It’s a phenomenal second,” she gushed to Leisure Tonight earlier than the premiere of her documentary, Halftime. “It’s actually surreal to be right here. … It’s halftime! I preserve saying that. It’s so humorous, we had been speaking about this right this moment, ‘Champions are made within the third and 4th quarter. That’s if you win!’ I really feel like there’s rather a lot left for me. So, I’m very enthusiastic about it. I do suppose it’s simply halftime.”

The “Jenny From the Block” artist beforehand admitted that she never expected to reunite with Affleck after their 2004 breakup. “I don’t suppose anyone was extra stunned than us,” she stated on The Ellen DeGeneres Present in February. “You by no means may think about one thing like that might occur. It’s a phenomenal factor.”

Forward of their nuptials, a supply advised Us that Lopez was ready to make things official with the Oscar winner. “Jennifer will inform you she’s not in a rush to get married, however her associates suppose in any other case,” the insider revealed in Could. “The reality is that if Ben needed to push this ahead as early as this summer time, she’d be completely down with that. … [She] desires the formalities out of the best way to allow them to begin their journey as man and spouse sooner moderately than later.”

The Justice League star was beforehand married to Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares Violet, 16, and Seraphina, 13, and son Samuel, 10, from 2005 to 2018. Lopez, for her half, shares twins Emme and Max, 14, with ex-husband Marc Anthony.