Jennifer Lopez in 2004 at the start of her third marriage
in 2004, friends were invited to a party thrown by Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. As the guests were herded to the lawn they were (happily) shocked to find that they were witnessing their hosts’ wedding. Three days ago, Lopez and Anthony‘s friends were again thunderstruck to hear that the couple had announced the end of their marriage.
But those closest to Lopez, 41, and Anthony, 42, tell Us Weekly that the couple had been struggling for years.
Singer-actress Lopez “tried everything she could to make it work,” one source close to the star tells Us. “They went to marriage counseling. She was patient and loving and did everything he wanted her to…She exhausted all the possibilities.”
“They had a very up and down marriage,” adds a second source of the couple, parents to 3-year-old twins Max and Emme. “They would get into heated, horrible fights. Then, they would also go through times where they were extremely loving and romantic…It was a roller coaster with them from the beginning.”
“She is devastated,” the first source says, “Absolutely beside herself. This is someone she dedicated a long time to, and that she truly loved. ”
Besides being a single mother now, Lopez will have an awful lot to keep her busy, including a new Kohl’s clothing line, a new romantic comedy What To Expect When You’re Expecting (next month) and, likely, a return engagement to American Idol.
For more go to www.usmagazine.com.