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Jennifer Lopez on Blended Christmas With Ben Affleck: ‘Doubled the People, Tripled the Chaos’

The actors got married in an intimate Las Vegas ceremony in July 2022.

Ananya Panchal

Jennifer Lopez attends the ’Halftime’ premiere during the Tribeca Festival opening night.

Jennifer Lopez knows that Christmas is all about being together. The 53-year-old opened up about her first “blended” Christmas with Ben Affleck and his family this year. She dished about presents, chaos, cross-country travel and holiday spirit in the latest edition of her newsletter, On the JLo.

“We have blended families,” the Hustlers star wrote, “Doubled the people, doubled the fun, doubled the love, doubled the presents and tripled the chaos!!”

The Marry Me star shares 14-year-old twins Max and Emme with her ex-husband, Marc Anthony. Affleck, 50, has one son, 10-year-old Samuel, and two daughters, Violet, 17, and Seraphina, 13, with his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner.

“The transition is a process that needs to be handled with so much care,” Lopez said about merging the two families, noting that Garner is an “amazing” co-parent and the two women “work really well together.”

Lopez said she was excited to resume some pre-pandemic traditions over the holidays, this time with more loved ones.

“For the past 8 years we’ve been doing a Christmas Edition Taco Tuesday, where we get together and dress up and sing Christmas carols,” she explained. “During the pandemic, that went to the wayside, so this was the first time in a long time we were able to get together with people that we haven’t seen in forever.”

Lopez and Affleck tied the knot in July 2022 in an intimate ceremony in Las Vegas at the Little White Wedding Chapel. They held a larger wedding to celebrate the milestone with their nearest and dearest in August. The two first dated from ’02 to ’04 and rekindled their romance almost two decades later in ’21.

“What I hope to cultivate with our family is that his kids have a new ally in me and my kids have a new ally in him,” the “On The Floor” singer added.

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit, where she covers fashion, beauty, pop culture and the internet’s favorite personalities and trends. She joined the brand in 2022 after roles at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. Panchal loves to write about fashion in all its forms—from standout runway moments and evolving street style to the best accessories to elevate each season’s wardrobe (she rarely goes anywhere without a stack of jewelry and a coffee in hand). A self-proclaimed beauty fanatic, she’s always on the hunt for must-have products and loves breaking down viral trends. Her favorite series at the moment is spotlighting female founders and the stories behind the brands they’ve built—especially those shaping the future of fashion, wellness and tech. She is based between New York City and San Francisco and, when she’s not writing, can be found rewatching One Tree Hill, playing sudoku, trying new restaurants or ranking her favorite Disney Channel Original Movies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism with a minor in criminal justice from Boston University.

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