J-Lo, A-Rod are now just friends
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have called it quits again — and this time they say they mean it.
The celebrity super couple announced in a statement that their reconciliation attempts have failed and they’re splitting up once and for all.
“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,” the couple said in a joint statement to People and other media outlets. “We wish the best for each other and one another’s children.”
The news doesn’t come as a total surprise, in that the 51-year-old Lopez has continued to be spotted without her $1.8 million engagement ring since March when the couple initially called off their two-year engagement. The couple quickly reconciled and said they were “working through things.”
The former New York Yankees slugger, 45, even flew to the Dominican Republican to be with the singer and actress where she was working on the movie, “Shotgun Wedding.” But it’s been reported that the couple’s romance had been “on the rocks” for some time and that they had hit a “rough patch” in their relationship, which began four years ago.
Rodriguez famously proposed marriage to Lopez in March 2019, and presented her with a big diamond ring as they posed for sunset photos on a beach in the Bahamas. They twice called off wedding plans, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. Lopez has been married three times and was famously (or infamously) engaged to Ben Affleck. Rodriguez has been married once before.
News of their initial breakup in March followed rumors linking Rodriguez to Madison LeCroy, a star of the reality TV show “Southern Charm.” Reports said Rodriguez had been FaceTiming with LeCroy. Representatives for Rodriguez issued a denial about any contact with LeCroy, saying, “He doesn’t know this woman.”
LeCroy told Page Six that she had Rodriguez had “never met up” but that they’d “spoken on the phone.”
She said Rodriguez has “never physically cheated on his fiancée with me,” claiming that she has spoken with him “randomly, but not consistent.”