“I had five years of an incredible life and partnership.”
Before whispers of a potential romantic reunion between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck began to flow into, she and Alex Rodriguez confirmed they’d ended their relationship after about 4 years collectively.
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J.Lo first met the previous skilled baseball participant in 2005. They started relationship in 2017 and had been engaged two years later.
Jennifer and Alex introduced their resolution to interrupt up this previous April, after beforehand denying rumors printed earlier by a handful of stories retailers that prompt the pair was now not collectively.
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“We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so. We will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses and projects,” they mentioned in a joint assertion initially shared with Today. “We wish the best for each other and one another’s children. Out of respect for them, the only other comment we have to say is thank you to everyone who has sent kind words and support.”
Neither Alex nor Jennifer mentioned rather more about their cut up publicly — until we rely A-Rod’s post-breakup Instagram post that includes images of Jen and “Fix You” by Coldplay — after the assertion was printed.
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But in a brand new interview with Entertainment Tonight, Alex provided some uncommon feedback about how he and his youngsters are doing now, with the connection just a few months in hindsight.
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Alex has two teenage daughters, Natasha and Ella.
Overall, he appears to be doing effectively. “I had five years of an incredible life and partnership and also with my daughters, we learned so much,” Alex mentioned. “And now we have the opportunity to take that and move forward and say, ‘You know what? We’re so grateful for the last five years, how do we make the next five years better because of lessons learned?'”
A-Rod’s newest interview comes a couple of month after Bennifer’s Instagram debut, within the midst of ongoing consideration paid to their rekindled partnership, and on the heels of J.Lo deleting all remaining images of her ex from social media.
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