Jennifer Lopez’s Dating History: A Look Back at Her Famous Boyfriends, Fiances and Husbands

David Cruz (1984-1994)

The singer started dating her first love when she was just 15 years old, and the couple stayed together for 10 years.

Wesley Snipes (1994-1995)

Jennifer and the Hollywood actor briefly dated after meeting on the set of Money Train, which featured J.Lo's first sex scene!

Ojani Noa (1997-1998)

The Miami waiter and Jennifer were married for just one year before filing for divorce. In 2006, she sued her first husband after he threatened to release a tell-all book about their relationship.

After Jennifer tied the knot with Ben in July 2022, Ojani publicly spoke out about her marriage.

“I wish her and Ben the best, but I’m not convinced it will last,” he told the Daily Mail that month. “Jen loves being in love, but she’s been engaged six times. Ben is husband number four. I was husband number one, and she told me I was the love of her life. When we lay in bed on our wedding night, she said we would be together forever.”

“We fell in love when she was already famous,” he continued. “But during our marriage, she became a megastar. For years, it was too painful to talk about. I wanted to lie low and live my life. But when I saw she got married to Ben, who is a good guy, the feelings came flooding back.’

Tommy Mottola (1998)

After his divorce from Mariah Carey, the music executive had a fling with Jennifer, who had just split from her husband.

Diddy (1999-2001)

The Bad Boy rapper dated Jenny from the Block for two years. However, their relationship could not handle the strain of his court case from a nightclub shooting.

Cris Judd (2001-2003)

Jennifer moved on from Diddy with her back-up dancer, and the couple tied the knot in 2001. Their divorce was finalized in 2003, months after the "Booty" singer went public with Ben Affleck.

Ben Affleck (2002-2004 and 2021-Present)

“Bennifer” was the ultimate Hollywood couple in the early 2000s. After Ben and Jen met on the set of Gigli in 2001, they struck up a friendship and then started dating the following summer amid her divorce from Cris. By the end of 2002, the pair was engaged and had a wedding planned for September 2003.

However, just four days before the nuptials, they called off the wedding amid excessive media attention. Although they tried to make the relationship work, they split in January 2004.

Marc Anthony (2004-2011)

Jennifer fell in love and married the Puerto Rican superstar in 2004, and they welcomed twins Max and Emme in 2008. Sadly, the couple divorced in 2011.

Casper Smart (2011-2016)

J. Lo rebounded with the much-younger dancer after her divorce from Marc Anthony, and the couple dated on-and-off for five years until officially calling it quits in 2016.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy (2014)

The DWTS pro was rumored to be dating the Maid in Manhattan actress during her break from Casper Smart. While the couple was spotted getting intimate at Jen's birthday party and one of her shows, they never confirmed the rumors.

Drake (2016-2017)

Jennifer sparked dating rumors with the Canadian rapper after sharing this intimate photo on social media. However, the couple never confirmed the relationship, which lasted just a few months.

Alex Rodriguez (2017-2021)

The singer and former baseball player were first spotted together back in 2017. After two years of dating, the athlete got down on one knee and proposed to the mom-of-two. They announced their engagement on March 9, 2019, by sharing a photo of her giant diamond ring on Instagram. Sadly, their love didn’t last, and they split by April 2021.

After she married Ben in 2022, Alex broke his silence on his ex’s marriage in a September 2022 episode of CNN, saying, “With Jennifer, look, it was a good experience. I wish her and the children, who are smart and beautiful and wonderful — I wish them the very best.”

Ben Affleck (2021-2024)

After J. Lo split from A-Rod in April 2021, she and Ben rekindled their romance. One year later, the Marry Me actress announced on her “On the JLo” newsletter that she and Ben got engaged again.

The couple got married at a Las Vegas chapel on July 16, 2022, followed by a formal wedding ceremony in front of their families and friends at Ben’s Georgia estate on August 20, 2022.

Jennifer explained during a January 2023 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live why they decided to elope while planning their nuptials.

“We were so happy, and of course it was happening, but I just felt like the wedding was so stressful and one day Ben just says, ​’F–k it, let’s just go to Vegas and get married tonight,'” she revealed.

The couple’s marriage was plagued by differences that were an issue in their initial romance. Ben didn’t like the public attention they received as a couple, and made his discomfort known in Jennifer’s February 2024 Prime Video documentary The Greatest Story Never Told.

“Getting back together, I said, ‘Listen, one of the things I don’t want is a relationship on social media.’ Then I sort of realized it’s not a fair thing to ask. It’s sort of, like, you’re going to marry a boat captain and you go, ‘Well, I don’t want the water.’ We’re trying to learn to compromise,” Ben shared in the doc. Jennifer added, “I don’t think [Ben] is very comfortable with me doing this, [but] he doesn’t want to stop me.”

By May 2024, In Touch had confirmed that Ben and Jen were “headed for a divorce.” At the time, they had not been photographed together in over a month. Although they reunited at events for their children that spring, the A-listers spent most of summer 2024 apart. They did not celebrate their birthdays or two-year Las Vegas wedding anniversary together.

On August 20, 2024, Jennifer filed for divorce from Ben on the two-year anniversary of their Georgia wedding. She revealed that their date of separation was April 26, 2024.