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Jennifer Lopez's documentary The Greatest Love Story Ever Told skyrocketed in views within 24 hours of the actress filing for divorce from Ben Affleck. The documentary chronicles the process of JLo making her 2024 album This is Me...Now.
According to a report by Luminate, the viewership of The Greatest Love Story Ever Told saw a 3000% increase in just one day following news of the divorce. Statistics show that the Prime Video viewership went from 10.7k views on Tuesday (August 20) to 354.1k on Wednesday (August 21).
In the documentary, Jennifer Lopez recounts how she got back with Ben Affleck after nearly two decades in 2021. They started dating in 2002 and were supposed to get engaged in 2004. However, the wedding was called off at the last moment.
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In a February 2024 interview with Billboard, Jennifer Lopez gushed about her love for Allfeck.
“I never thought that he and I would get back together. I just just couldn’t give up on idea that there was something amazing out there for me, even when it got really bad — and it did at times. I always believed deep, deep down to not give up completely. It wasn’t until I got to the point where I was really OK on my own and not having to be in a relationship when I feel like universe kind of opened up and said, ‘Well here you go,’” she said.
She described her dynamic with Ben as "crazy, strange, magical, [and] surrealistic" at that time.
Fans have taken to X to react to the exponential growth in the viewership of Jennifer Lopez's documentary. Some popular reactions on X are:
"Maybe this was the plan all along. Jk. But I do hope she get her bath ever after. We all deserve to find love and be loved," commented one person on X.
"Funny because this is about self love. Not about Ben," opined another.
"Guess people are really curious about her life right now," one fan noted.
One fan also commented on the documentary and certified it as a "truly great doc." They wrote:
"Truly great doc, and the film "this is me now" was pure magic a healing journey"
"I’ve been telling people I know to watch it. My sister recommended it to me after she watched it. It’s a must watch for many reasons," agreed another.
"more views than any Jen garner movie," quipped one fan.
Some other comments on X are:
"their love was real...they both have unhealed wounds that unfortunately comes from chasing the past," someone opined on X.
"I’m confused as to why this news of the divorce is having a similar effect as that of a bad CEO leaving a public company. The stock price surges," joked another fan on X.
A quick timeline of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's relationship through the years
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez first crossed paths at the premiere of the film Armageddon in 1998. Their romance began on the sets of Gigli and the two got engaged in 2002.
However, the wedding never happened as the two icons broke up just four days before the wedding date. According to Jennifer Lopez, Ben's aversion to intense media scrutiny of their relationship became their nemesis.
After seventeen long years, the two finally got back together during the pandemic in 2021 and got engaged again in 2022, i.e., exactly two decades after their first engagement.
This time, a private wedding followed it at a wedding chapel in Las Vegas on July 17, 2022. A month later, the two had a grand wedding ceremony at Ben Affleck's house in Georgia.
“We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient….Last night, we flew to Vegas, stood in line for a license with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world,” wrote JLo in her newsletter after the wedding,
According to reports, Jennifer Lopez submitted the divorce papers on the day of the couple's second wedding ceremony. "Irreconcilable differences" was the major reason that caused them to separate for the second time. Jennifer also filed for Ben Affleck's surname to be removed from her last name.
