Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck "Cried To Each Other" While Reading Wedding Vows, Says Chapel Employee

The pair had a small wedding ceremony at Sin City's famous Little White Wedding Chapel.

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By WomenWorking Correspondent

July 20, 2022

Posted July 20, 2022

It was truly an emotional moment for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck who tied the knot on Saturday, July 16 at Sin City's famous Little White Wedding Chapel. Chapel employee Kenosha Booth Portis was working when the pair said their vows at the Las Vegas venue.

Portis recalled the "exciting moment" to Good Morning America and said that as Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49 "were reading each other's vows, they were very sweet," Booth Portis remembered. "They both were emotional. They cried to each other. The kids were right there behind them," she added. Speaking about Lopez's attire she said the Marry Me star "had on a nice, elegant, beige, lacy-type dress. It had a train on it. The veil was beautiful. Everything was very sleek and beautiful. She was stunning," she added.

"She had a beautiful white bouquet, and he had a boutonniere as well, that matched." Portis told PEOPLE that their wedding was "beautiful. It wasn't overly emotional, but some tears were shed by them both. Jennifer looked stunning."

"I started shaking a little bit, like, 'This is Jennifer Lopez we are getting ready to marry!'"

A witness working at The Little White Chapel in Las Vegas reveals new details on the Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s surprise low-key wedding ceremony. https://t.co/6zEoHjXtDW pic.twitter.com/5geqm7LnUT
— Good Morning America (@GMA) July 19, 2022

The couple plan on celebrating their union with a bigger bash sometime later. A source told PEOPLE that the husband and wife "plan on having a bigger party so they can celebrate with family and friends. They don't have a honeymoon planned yet. Jennifer says that every day with Ben is a honeymoon," the insider said. Lopez revealed more details about her wedding in her On the JLo newsletter, "So with the best witnesses you could ever imagine, a dress from an old movie and a jacket from Ben's closet, we read our vows in the little chapel and gave one another the rings we'll wear for the rest of our lives," mentioning that the ceremony was "exactly what we wanted." She added, "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. We had that. And so much more. Best night of our lives."

Ben Affleck and Jlo officially married. pic.twitter.com/JbUeGIDTf3
— best of ben affleck (@BstOfAffleck) July 17, 2022

Their love story is a truly magical tale of second chances at love. The actors were first dating way back in 2002 and sparks flew so fast that they got engaged that November. However, just days after they decided to get married in September 2003, they postponed and eventually called it off in January 2004. Affleck went on to marry Jennifer Garner in 2005; but the pair divorced in 2018. Lopez married her third husband, singer Marc Anthony, in 2004, but called it quits in 2014. Her most recent relationship with fiancé Alex Rodriguez ended in April 2021.

Affleck and Lopez rekindled their romance after JLO's breakup in April 2021 and became Instagram official in July of that year. The couple is holding onto their second chance at love and it looks like they're not letting go this time.