Rest in peace, Bennifer (2002-2004, 2022-2024). On August 20, after months of speculation about an imminent split, news broke that Jennifer Lopez had filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, exactly two years after a wedding ceremony at Affleck’s home in Georgia. The memes began immediately. For example, Lopez’s filing listed the separation date as April 26, 2024, which happens to be the day that Challengers was released. Which could mean nothing! Or, as TikTok user @mattfleck.memes theorized, could mean that “ben really walked out of that movie theater, took his phone off airplane mode, and texted jen ‘it’s over.’” Maybe he felt a sudden urge to go play tennis with Matt Damon? That’s right, for better or for worse, you can always count on the internet to find a way to take a serious, likely heart-wrenching event and memorialize it via memes. Everyone grieves differently, we guess? Here, a roundup of all the different ways that the internet is processing the breakup.
The ones in mourning
— Bennifer Updates (@BenniferUpdates) August 20, 2024
flags at half mast at dunkins across the country tomorrow :( https://t.co/2xJ7De4DRB
— khlo (@khlo_alexandria) August 20, 2024
wearing all black to Dunkin tomorrow https://t.co/zATBZnC6Ak
— David Wright (@DavidWright_7) August 21, 2024
The Bennifer 3.0 truthers
they will marry and divorce again in another 20 years
— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) August 20, 2024
The BEFORE trilogy, but it’s about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez reuniting every 20 years to give it another go https://t.co/rFpda6wvuY
— Isaac Feldberg (@isaacfeldberg) August 20, 2024
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck when they get married again in 20 years pic.twitter.com/YN5pDQuct8
— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar) August 21, 2024
The unbothered
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are getting divorced.
— chibi’s world (@chibilia_) August 20, 2024
The public: pic.twitter.com/YPpn2t3tCG
The empaths
Jennifer Lopez filing for divorce after making a whole movie about how she finally found true love is like when I tell everyone about the book I’m reading and then get bored after 75 pages pic.twitter.com/TO7VAQiNug
— Betches (@betchesluvthis) August 20, 2024
The astrology enthusiasts
the Jennifer Lopez filing for divorce from Ben Affleck story coming out on their wedding anniversary, sorry but no one’s doing Leo sun like thempic.twitter.com/5ovi0QrK2A
— T (@teewatterss) August 20, 2024
The ones who think outside the box
Matt Damon should build a granny flat for Ben Affleck and he can live out his days there
— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) August 21, 2024
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez getting a Divorce
— Dylan G (@JDG919) August 20, 2024
Matt Damon be like pic.twitter.com/L8FIn3ULFu
There’s only one person who can sell Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s $68M marital home pic.twitter.com/wyxuXt0Yig
— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) August 20, 2024
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