- Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck celebrated their wedding on Saturday in Georgia.
- The couple got legally married in a Las Vegas ceremony in July, Lopez confirmed in her newsletter.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck celebrated their recent nuptials with an extravagant ceremony in Riceboro, Georgia, on Saturday.
Lopez confirmed in her newsletter last month the couple got legally married on July 16 at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. The dancer and actress gushed about her new husband in the letter, writing that love is "twenty years patient."
The pair first got engaged in 2002 before postponing their wedding and ending their relationship in 2004. They rekindled their romance in 2021 and got engaged for a second time in April.
Representatives for Lopez and Affleck did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
The wedding took place at Affleck's estate on an island off the coast of Georgia
Affleck's 87-acre compound sits alongside the North Newport River in Georgia's Hampton Island Preserve, People reports.
The outlet reports that the property contains three separate homes, a dock complex, and a brick path that leads to the river.
According to public records obtained by The Wall Street Journal, the actor bought the property for $7.1 million in 2003 — while he was still dating Lopez. Page Six notes that property records show he put the home on the market for $8.9 million in 2018 before lowering the price and eventually taking it off the market.
The outlet also reports that the venue, which includes equestrian facilities and a 10,000-square-foot guest house, has a controversial history. Architect James Strickland reportedly designed the property in 2002 to resemble a Southern plantation.
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Page Six shared photos of Lopez and Affleck walking around Savannah, Georgia, with Affleck's children on Thursday. Although Lopez's twins Emme and Maximillian — who she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony — were not seen with the couple in Savannah, People reported that both Affleck and Lopez's children were part of their wedding celebration.
Photos show guests in an all-white dress code at the ceremony
A source told Entertainment Tonight that wedding guests congregated at The Perry Lane Hotel in Savannah before attending the wedding. The source added that while most people wore white dresses and suits, some guests went for more daring looks with shorts, sneakers, a fringe leather jacket, and a sparkling cowboy hat.
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One of those guests appeared to be Affleck's friend and director Kevin Smith, best known as one half of the fictional film duo Jay and Silent Bob, who tweeted a picture of his informal wedding look on Saturday. He attended the wedding with his wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, his "Clerks" costar Jason Mewes, and Mewes' wife Jordan Monsanto.
"This is as formal as I've been dressed since maybe my First Communion when I was 7," he wrote.
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Smith and Mewes weren't the only stars to attend the Southern wedding. According to Vanity Fair, Affleck's longtime friend and collaborator Matt Damon, his wife Luciana Bozán Barroso, and Lopez's "Second Act" costar Leah Remini were at the event.
Affleck's ex-wife Jennifer Garner was reportedly not in attendance because she's working on a project in Texas, a source told Hollywood Life on Thursday. Affleck's brother, actor Casey Affleck, was also missing from the nuptials because of "parental obligations at home," another source told People.
E! News writes that author and podcaster Jay Shetty officiated the ceremony.
The bride and groom arrived at their luxurious wedding in style
According to TMZ, the couple appeared to arrive by boat before greeting friends and family on a dock.
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Lopez wore a short-sleeved dress with a long, tulle train and a cathedral-length veil, while Affleck wore a white tuxedo jacket with black pants and a black bow tie. People reports that Lopez's wedding dress was made by Ralph Lauren.
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According to the publication, the lavish, all-white dress code carried over to the decor — the event featured an all-white piano, white flowers, and white chairs. The newlyweds also appeared to have a neon sign that read "Mr. and Mrs. Affleck" and a firework display for guests.
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