Lopez and Rodriguez have split, report says
Despite a report this week that Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are “still smitten” and have every intention of still getting married, Page Six and other outlets broke the bombshell news Friday that they have actually have broken up.
Page Six added that they called off their two-year engagement following rumors linking Rodriguez to Madison LeCroy, the star of the reality TV show “Southern Charm.”
Rumors of the former MLB star being linked to other women have been a periodic headache for him and Lopez. People magazine chimed in to say the breakup “has been a long time coming,” offering more confirmation that the celebrity world is seeing the end of one of its most highprofile, Instagrammed superstar couplings in recent history.
After Lopez, 51, and Rodriguez, 45, began dating four years ago, they often shared affectionate photos, looking fit and fabulous together, posing on awardsshow red carpets, swooning in romantic locations or relaxing in the glamorous confines of one of their multiple homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The entertainment diva and the former New York Yankees slugger also liked to share photos of their blended family. Their Instagram feeds often featured images of them with Lopez’s 13-year-old twins, Max and Emme, from her marriage to Marc Anthony, as well as his two daughters, Ella, 12, and Natasha, 16, with ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis.
Representatives for Rodriguez issued a denial about any contact with LeCroy, saying, “He doesn’t know this woman.” LeCroy also told Page Six that she and Rodriguez had “never met up” but that they’d “spoken on the phone.”
She went on to say that Rodriguez has “never physically cheated on his fiancee with me,” claiming that she has spoken with him “randomly, but not consistent.”
Former Oakland A’s player Jose Canseco also launched a Twitter tirade against Rodriguez, his longtime baseball enemy, by claiming that A-Rod had been sleeping with his ex-wife, Jessica Canseco. But Jessica Canseco vehemently denied her ex-husband’s claim about her and Rodriguez a few days later.
British police have charged an officer with the kidnap and murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard, whose disappearance last week has sparked anger and fears among women about their safety.
Constable Wayne Couzens, 48, who guarded diplomatic buildings, will appear in court on Saturday. Everard disappeared while walking home from a friend’s house in south London on March 3.
The Metropolitan Police had confirmed that a body found in a wood outside London was that of the missing woman.
Her case has led to an outpouring of personal accounts by women of their own experiences and fears of walking streets alone at night, and a campaign for action to address this.
“The investigation continues of course,” Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave told reporters. “I would like to use this opportunity to encourage anyone that thinks they might have useful information to give, to get in contact with us.”
He had said earlier in the day that he understood the hurt and anger sparked by the case. “Those are sentiments that I share personally,” Ephgrave said. “I also recognize the wider concerns that are being raised quite rightly about the safety of women in public spaces in London and also elsewhere in the country.”
Home Secretary Priti Patel said she would do all she could to protect women and girls following the outcry that has followed Everard’s disappearance.
“Every woman & girl should be free to walk our streets without the slightest fear of harassment, abuse or violence,” she said on Twitter.