01of 28ON THEIR APRIL 2021 SPLITAlex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic"We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so. We will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses and projects. We wish the best for each other and one another’s children. Out of respect for them, the only other comment we have is to say is thank you to everyone who has sent kind words and support."—in a joint statement to PEOPLE
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ON THEIR APRIL 2021 SPLIT
Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
“We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so. We will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses and projects. We wish the best for each other and one another’s children. Out of respect for them, the only other comment we have is to say is thank you to everyone who has sent kind words and support.”
—in a joint statement to PEOPLE
02of 28ON VALENTINE’S DAYJerod Harris/FilmMagic"February is our special month… our anniversary month… We met again for the first time on February 1st… the first time we went out was two days later and since then there hasn’t been a day we haven’t been together or spoken… you keep me laughing…I love your wickedly funny sense of humor… and how you always try to make every room you enter a more joyful one… I love you and all you do for me and with me….you are my funny valentine."—Jennifer Lopezon Instagram
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ON VALENTINE’S DAY
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“February is our special month… our anniversary month… We met again for the first time on February 1st… the first time we went out was two days later and since then there hasn’t been a day we haven’t been together or spoken… you keep me laughing…I love your wickedly funny sense of humor… and how you always try to make every room you enter a more joyful one… I love you and all you do for me and with me….you are my funny valentine.”
—Jennifer Lopezon Instagram
03of 28ON POSTPONING WEDDING TWICEANGELA WEISS/Getty Images"We postponed the wedding twice. We had planned what we really, really wanted to do, [but] I don’t know if we’ll be able to re-create that. We canceled it, and since then we haven’t really talked about it. There’s no rush. We want to do it right when we can do it. We just have to wait to see where the world lands."—Jennifer LopeztoEllemagazine
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ON POSTPONING WEDDING TWICE
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“We postponed the wedding twice. We had planned what we really, really wanted to do, [but] I don’t know if we’ll be able to re-create that. We canceled it, and since then we haven’t really talked about it. There’s no rush. We want to do it right when we can do it. We just have to wait to see where the world lands.”
—Jennifer LopeztoEllemagazine
04of 28ON TYING THE KNOT AGAINGeorge Pimentel/WireImage"At our age, we’ve both been married before, it’s like, do we get married? Do we not? What does it mean for us? It comes down to personal, what do you want to do? There’s definitely no rush though. It’ll happen when it happens."—Jennifer LopeztoRadio Andy
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ON TYING THE KNOT AGAIN
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“At our age, we’ve both been married before, it’s like, do we get married? Do we not? What does it mean for us? It comes down to personal, what do you want to do? There’s definitely no rush though. It’ll happen when it happens.”
—Jennifer LopeztoRadio Andy
05of 28ON FAMILY TIME AMID PANDEMICJennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez and kids.Alex Rodriguez/Instagram"I think the one good thing that’s come out of this is more family time and get a chance to not travel and kind of be in one place and bring some of your more stability for a family. We have four kids. Three are 12, and one just turned 16, so these are really important years in their lives, and just being even more present has been a gift."— Alex Rodriguez toPEOPLE
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ON FAMILY TIME AMID PANDEMIC
Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez and kids.Alex Rodriguez/Instagram
“I think the one good thing that’s come out of this is more family time and get a chance to not travel and kind of be in one place and bring some of your more stability for a family. We have four kids. Three are 12, and one just turned 16, so these are really important years in their lives, and just being even more present has been a gift.”
— Alex Rodriguez toPEOPLE
06of 28ON THEIR COLLABORATION FOR QUAY EYEWEARShop Their Looks!On Her: Quay x JLo “Reina” sunglasses, $60;quayaustralia.comOn Him: Quay x ARod “Evasive” sunglasses, $60;quayaustralia.com.Quay"Everything that we do, we do together. He knows my dreams and I know his dreams, and together we feel like we’re stronger. We’re constantly supporting each other in our individual endeavors and thinking about all the things that we can build together."—Jennifer Lopez,to PEOPLE
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ON THEIR COLLABORATION FOR QUAY EYEWEAR
Shop Their Looks!On Her: Quay x JLo “Reina” sunglasses, $60;quayaustralia.comOn Him: Quay x ARod “Evasive” sunglasses, $60;quayaustralia.com.Quay
“Everything that we do, we do together. He knows my dreams and I know his dreams, and together we feel like we’re stronger. We’re constantly supporting each other in our individual endeavors and thinking about all the things that we can build together.”
—Jennifer Lopez,to PEOPLE
07of 28ON THEIR ENGAGEMENTAlex Rodriguez & Jennifer Lopez.Arod Corp"We’re really happy."—Jennifer Lopez,to PEOPLE"We have [an] appreciation for where we are in our lives today, and that’s what we’re enjoying the most."— Alex Rodriguez,to PEOPLE
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ON THEIR ENGAGEMENT
Alex Rodriguez & Jennifer Lopez.Arod Corp
“We’re really happy.”
“We have [an] appreciation for where we are in our lives today, and that’s what we’re enjoying the most.”
— Alex Rodriguez,to PEOPLE
08of 28ON THEIR LUCKJennifer Lopez/Twitter"We love each other and we love our life together. The exciting part of our love is that we’re both very aware of how lucky we are to have found each other."—Jennifer Lopez, toPEOPLE
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ON THEIR LUCK
Jennifer Lopez/Twitter
“We love each other and we love our life together. The exciting part of our love is that we’re both very aware of how lucky we are to have found each other.”
—Jennifer Lopez, toPEOPLE
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ON THEIR TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
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“Like you there is none other. Words will never do justice to what the last two years have meant to me,”
— Alex Rodriguez,on Instagram
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ON THEIR KIDS' STRONG BOND
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“They love each other, they get along so good. We couldn’t have asked for more … that stuff can be tricky sometimes and I think a lot of people understand that. I’ve had other relationships where it’s been tricky but with these four it really works nicely.”
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ON WHAT MAKES THEM A PERFECT FIT
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“I think we’re both in a good place in our lives. And I think maybe if we would have met in our twenties, maybe not so much…. we were both… we’re too crazy. But now at this point in our lives where we both have kids, we both have accomplished certain things in our careers and we’re kinda in that second act of our lives, we really complement each other. It’s like, where I need help, he’s really strong and where he needs help I’m really strong. When two people just fit together really well — he and I are like that.”
12of 28ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY’RE READY TO GET MARRIEDRachel Murray/Getty"We have to take our time. I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my past. We’re mature now. We’re grown ups, and we’re going to take our time and we’re going to do things at our own pace."—Jennifer Lopez, toGood Morning America
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ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY’RE READY TO GET MARRIED
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“We have to take our time. I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my past. We’re mature now. We’re grown ups, and we’re going to take our time and we’re going to do things at our own pace.”
—Jennifer Lopez, toGood Morning America
13of 28ON APPROACHING RODRIGUEZ 12 YEARS AFTER FIRST MEETINGKevin Mazur/Getty"It was just one of those things where you feel compelled to do something you wouldn’t normally do. I almost yelled out ‘Alex,’ but I am the shyest person when it comes to things like that … I could literally just have walked away. But I walk over and tap him on the shoulder and say ‘Hey.’ “—Jennifer Lopez, toVanity Fair
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ON APPROACHING RODRIGUEZ 12 YEARS AFTER FIRST MEETING
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“It was just one of those things where you feel compelled to do something you wouldn’t normally do. I almost yelled out ‘Alex,’ but I am the shyest person when it comes to things like that … I could literally just have walked away. But I walk over and tap him on the shoulder and say ‘Hey.’ "
—Jennifer Lopez, toVanity Fair
14of 28ON WHAT RODRIGUEZ’S DAUGHTERS THINK OF LOPEZKevin Mazur/One Voice: Somos Live!/Getty Images"She is such a great role model. They look at her like she’s the Messiah … When they’re in Las Vegas, I don’t think they leave Jennifer’s side."— Alex Rodriguez, toPEOPLE
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ON WHAT RODRIGUEZ’S DAUGHTERS THINK OF LOPEZ
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“She is such a great role model. They look at her like she’s the Messiah … When they’re in Las Vegas, I don’t think they leave Jennifer’s side.”
— Alex Rodriguez, toPEOPLE
15of 28ON THEIR FIRST DATEJason LaVeris/FilmMagic"He was sitting there in his white shirt, very confident and manly, but then he was just so talkative! I think he thought I was going to be this loud person, but I’m not. I just listen. So he’s talking, talking about his plans, about how he had just retired from baseball, about how he saw himself getting married again, all these things you wouldn’t normally talk about on a first date. I don’t know if he thought it was a date. I thought it was a date."—Jennifer Lopez, toVanity Fair
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ON THEIR FIRST DATE
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“He was sitting there in his white shirt, very confident and manly, but then he was just so talkative! I think he thought I was going to be this loud person, but I’m not. I just listen. So he’s talking, talking about his plans, about how he had just retired from baseball, about how he saw himself getting married again, all these things you wouldn’t normally talk about on a first date. I don’t know if he thought it was a date. I thought it was a date.”
16of 28ON ‘NOT FORCING ANYTHING’ WITH HER BEAUMark Sagliocco/Getty"I do believe in marriage, and I would love to grow old with somebody in a committed relationship. But I’m not forcing anything right now."—Jennifer Lopez,toHarper’s Bazaar
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ON ‘NOT FORCING ANYTHING’ WITH HER BEAU
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“I do believe in marriage, and I would love to grow old with somebody in a committed relationship. But I’m not forcing anything right now.”
—Jennifer Lopez,toHarper’s Bazaar
17of 28ON HOW THEY ‘MAKE EACH OTHER BETTER’Jordan Althaus/NBCUniversal/One Voice: Somos Live!/Getty Images"I’m in a good relationship. I feel like I can say that for the first time — I don’t know — maybe ever. And not that I didn’t have great relationships, full of love and adventure, but this is the first relationship I’ve been where I feel like we really make each other better. We complement each other, and there’s really pure, true love. Just wanting to support the other person and make them happy. So there’s a different selflessness in the love that’s beautiful and different. And healthy!"—Jennifer Lopez, toHOLA! USA
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ON HOW THEY ‘MAKE EACH OTHER BETTER’
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“I’m in a good relationship. I feel like I can say that for the first time — I don’t know — maybe ever. And not that I didn’t have great relationships, full of love and adventure, but this is the first relationship I’ve been where I feel like we really make each other better. We complement each other, and there’s really pure, true love. Just wanting to support the other person and make them happy. So there’s a different selflessness in the love that’s beautiful and different. And healthy!”
—Jennifer Lopez, toHOLA! USA
18of 28ON THEIR CHANCE ENCOUNTERRaymond Hall/GC Images"I had just come from a promo for my show,Shades of Blue, so I’m dressed like my character, like a boy — Timberlands, jeans, curly short hair. He looks at me. I say, ‘It’s Jennifer.’ He says, ‘You look so beautiful.’ “—Jennifer Lopez, toVanity Fair
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ON THEIR CHANCE ENCOUNTER
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“I had just come from a promo for my show,Shades of Blue, so I’m dressed like my character, like a boy — Timberlands, jeans, curly short hair. He looks at me. I say, ‘It’s Jennifer.’ He says, ‘You look so beautiful.’ "
19of 28ON NOT KNOWING WHETHER THEIR DINNER TOGETHER WAS A FIRST DATEJames Devaney/GC Images"Maybe we were seeing each other at night because of her work schedule? I went in uneasy, not knowing her situation. I thought it would be a win-win no matter what."— Alex Rodriguez, toVanity Fair
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ON NOT KNOWING WHETHER THEIR DINNER TOGETHER WAS A FIRST DATE
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“Maybe we were seeing each other at night because of her work schedule? I went in uneasy, not knowing her situation. I thought it would be a win-win no matter what.”
— Alex Rodriguez, toVanity Fair
20of 28ON HOW THEY MAKE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WORKSplash News"If you want to be together, you are together … Our kids get along really well, we’re both from New York, we’re both Latin, we’re both in our forties, we’re really enjoying life, but she really is one of the most impressive and smartest human beings I have ever met."— Alex Rodriguez, toExtra
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ON HOW THEY MAKE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WORK
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“If you want to be together, you are together … Our kids get along really well, we’re both from New York, we’re both Latin, we’re both in our forties, we’re really enjoying life, but she really is one of the most impressive and smartest human beings I have ever met.”
— Alex Rodriguez, toExtra
21of 28ON FEELING ‘REALLY LUCKY RIGHT NOW’Gustavo Caballero/GC Images"I feel really lucky right now. He’s a loving father. He’s a generous human being with his family, with his friends, with me. He’s caring and sweet and capable and responsible and just all the beautiful things you would want a man to be."—Jennifer Lopez, to Extra
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ON FEELING ‘REALLY LUCKY RIGHT NOW’
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“I feel really lucky right now. He’s a loving father. He’s a generous human being with his family, with his friends, with me. He’s caring and sweet and capable and responsible and just all the beautiful things you would want a man to be.”
—Jennifer Lopez, to Extra
22of 28ON FINDING OUT LOPEZ WAS SINGLESource: Alex Rodriguez/Instagram"She told me around the third or fourth inning that she was single. I had to get up and go re-adjust my thoughts. I went to the bathroom and got enough courage to send her a text … ‘You look sexy AF’ “— Alex Rodriguez, toVanity Fair
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ON FINDING OUT LOPEZ WAS SINGLE
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“She told me around the third or fourth inning that she was single. I had to get up and go re-adjust my thoughts. I went to the bathroom and got enough courage to send her a text … ‘You look sexy AF’ "
23of 28ON HAVING A LOT IN COMMONSeth Browarnik/startraksphoto.com"We are very much twins. We’re both Leos; we’re both from New York; we’re both Latino and about 20 other things."— Alex Rodriguez, toVanity Fair
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ON HAVING A LOT IN COMMON
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“We are very much twins. We’re both Leos; we’re both from New York; we’re both Latino and about 20 other things.”
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ON BEING KINDRED SPIRITS
Splash News Online
“The most impressive thing to me was how he did pick himself up and take that opportunity to make himself a better person. The hardest times prove who you are. That’s what I love and admire the most about Alex. He doesn’t let anything beat him. He just comes back stronger.”
25of 28ON THEIR BUDDING ROMANCESplash News Online"He’s the best. You would love him. He’s a great guy. He’s fun. He’s awesome. … I am happy."—Jennifer Lopez, onThe Late Late Show
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ON THEIR BUDDING ROMANCE
“He’s the best. You would love him. He’s a great guy. He’s fun. He’s awesome. … I am happy.”
—Jennifer Lopez, onThe Late Late Show
26of 28ON RODRIGUEZ’S ‘AMAZING, AMAZING GIRL’Neilson Barnard/Getty"We’re having a great time, she’s an amazing, amazing girl, and one of the smartest human beings I’ve ever met and also an incredible mother."— Alex Rodriguez, on The View
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ON RODRIGUEZ’S ‘AMAZING, AMAZING GIRL’
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“We’re having a great time, she’s an amazing, amazing girl, and one of the smartest human beings I’ve ever met and also an incredible mother.”
— Alex Rodriguez, on The View
27of 28ON BELIEVING THEY WOULDN’T HAVE LASTED IF THEY MET YEARS AGOElder Ordonez/Splash News Online"We had to grow and discover ourselves first. A lot of people I’ve met in my life, they don’t appreciate what they’re doing and how amazing it is … not the greatness of the house, but the moment of sitting there with someone you love, with a family, with healthy kids."—Jennifer Lopez, toVanity Fair
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ON BELIEVING THEY WOULDN’T HAVE LASTED IF THEY MET YEARS AGO
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“We had to grow and discover ourselves first. A lot of people I’ve met in my life, they don’t appreciate what they’re doing and how amazing it is … not the greatness of the house, but the moment of sitting there with someone you love, with a family, with healthy kids.”
28of 28ON PRACTICING GRATITUDEPatrick McMullan/Getty Images"We’re really good at reminding each other [to appreciate life]."— Alex Rodriguez, toVanity Fair
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ON PRACTICING GRATITUDE
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“We’re really good at reminding each other [to appreciate life].”
source: people.com
