Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s uncoupling has been one of those slow-motion grinds that just refuses to end. While their breakup was a disappointment to fans around the world who had been invested in their relationship since the early 2000s, the one thing still keeping them tied together — their matrimonial home — is probably causing them more grief now than anything that was ever thrown at them during their relationship.
Considering it’s now been 20 years since Bennifer became a thing, newer fans can be forgiven for not fully grasping just how big of a deal that relationship was in its heyday. They practically invented the whole portmanteau trend later adapted by equally dramatic couples like Brangelina and Kimye. But unlike those couples, you could argue that Bennifer’s initial breakup was actually caused by too much media attention and public intensity.
