Shortly after Jennifer Lopez break-up w/ Ben Affleck, J.Lo was seen w/ singer Marc Anthony, a longtime friend w/ whom J.Lo had worked in music videos. Lopez and Anthony had briefly dated in the late 1990s, b/f his 1st marriage and her 2nd. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were recording a duet together in early 2004, for J.Lo's then-upcoming film Shall We Dance?.
In October 2003, Marc Anthony became separated, for the 2nd time, from Anthony' 1st wife, Dayanara Torres former Miss Universe, with whom Anthony has 2 children. Torres filed for divorce 3 months later.
J.Lo and Anthony married in a quiet home wedding on June 5, 2004, 4 days after his divorce from Torres was final. Their ceremony was private and unpublicized. In attendance were an estimated 40 close relatives and friends.
On the morning of the wedding, however, the media was tipped off and circled Lopez' backyard in helicopters. Photographs, alerting the rest of the world, soon followed. Reports fueled rumors that Lopez was pregnant but this was not the case.