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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are husband and wife, but not everyone in their family seems to be one hundred percent on board with the marriage. Ben’s oldest daughter, Violet, 16, didn’t travel to Las Vegas because she greatly respects her mom, Jennifer Garner.
“Violet stayed home because she’s extremely loyal to her mom,” an insider told Page Six. According to the publication, the actor informed his ex-wife about the ceremony at the last minute. “Ben did tell Jen about the wedding, but I’m told that it was only Friday at the earliest,” the person said. “It was very, very minimally planned in advance and was largely spur-of-the-moment.”
Ben and JLo, who are planning a big celebration of their marriage with friends and family in Georgia, tied the knot in the most romantic and unexpected way. Taking place at A Little White Chapel in Las Vegas over the weekend, following more than 18 years since calling off their first engagement.
One of the employees at the chapel, Kenosha Portis, went on to reveal that she was thrilled to witness their special day. “It was so exciting. I mean, we were getting ready to close and we had a special guest arrive as a walk-in,” she admitted to Good Morning America.
She continued, “I started shaking a little bit, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, this is Jennifer Lopez we are getting ready to marry!’”And while the ceremony only lasted 10 minutes, Portis said the couple got very emotional as they read their vows. “As they were reading each other vows, they were very sweet, they both were emotional. They cried to each other. Their kids were right there behind them.”
“We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” Jennifer wrote on her On the JLo newsletter. “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.”
“When love is real, the only thing that matters in marriage is one another and the promise we make to love, care, understand, be patient, loving and good to one another,” Lopez wrote. “We had that. And so much more. Best night of our lives.”
The singer signed off “with love, Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck.”