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Jennifer Lopez made a reference to her ex-husband Ben Affleck during the opening night of her Las Vegas residency
At the Dec. 30 concert at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, she reflected on what happened in her life in the 10 years since her previous Las Vegas residency
"And in that time, I've only been married twice," she joked to the crowd
Jennifer Lopezhumorously reflected on her romantic life with a nod to ex-husbandBen Affleckat the opening night of her Las Vegas residency.
On Tuesday, Dec. 30, at the first of herUp All Night concerts at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace,the "Let's Get Loud" singer, 56, reflected on how her life had changed in the decade since her previous Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater.
"It's such a huge honor to be asked back. Do you know that it's been 10 years, 10 years since my last residency here. Almost 10 years to the day. It was in January. That went by in a blink, didn't it?" she told the crowd.
"And in that time, I've only been married twice," she said to laughter.
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"That's not true. It was only once. It felt like twice," she added to more laughter from the audience.
"I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. It's over and we just ... It's fine," she said as she kicked the air while a drummer hit a cymbal for comic effect.
"It's all good. The good news is that I'm learning and I'm growing and we're in our happy era. I'm in my happy era," she said.
Lopez originally datedArgostar Affleck, 53, from 2002 to 2004 after meeting on the set of the movieGigli. They reunited in 2021 andeloped at A Little White Wedding Chapelin July 2022. Lopezfiled for divorce in August 2024, on the two-year anniversary of thelarger wedding receptionthey held at the actor's Georgia compound.
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In September, Lopezopened up about the splitonCBS News Sunday Morning, calling the wisdom she gained from the experience "the best thing that ever happened to me."
"Because it changed me. It helped me grow in a way that I needed to grow," she added.
Since their split, Affleck and Lopez have remained amicable.They reunitedat the October premiere of her movieKiss of the Spider Woman, on which Affleck was a producer, and posed together on the red carpet.
They were alsospotted shopping togetherwith Affleck's 13-year-old son Samuel (whom he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner) in L.A. on Dec. 21.
Affleck also shares children Violet, 20, and Seraphina, 16, with Garner, while Lopez shares 17-year-old twins Max and Emme with ex-husband Marc Anthony.
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During the opening night of her residency, Lopez alsoreferenced her splitfrom "My Baby You" singer Anthony, 57.
"I do love to dance. And if you take anything away from this show tonight, I hope it's this. It's a little story I have. It was after my third divorce, that's when I really started getting good at it, by the way," Lopez, who was previously wed to Ojani Noa and Cris Judd.
"Seriously, it was a rough time. It was a rough time. And it was one of those times where I was about to give up on all that. I was a single mom for the first time with two little three-year-old twins. And I had a mentor at the time named Louise Hay, very wise woman," she continued, referencing the late author.
"And she said to me, 'Jennifer, you're a dancer, right?' I said, 'Yes, I am.' She goes, 'When you're learning to dance and you get the steps wrong, what do you do?' I said, 'I just keep going until I get the steps right.' And she said, 'That's right, Jennifer. Always keep dancing.' And I wish the same for you that no matter what life throws at you, that you dance and you dance and you dance again and again."
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