Celebrity Relationship Deep Dive: Bennifer | Ringer Dish

Jam Session

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Society & Culture

4.2 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In 2002, on the set of the ill-fated movie 'Gigli,' Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez kindled a romance and Bennifer was born (1:55). We go deep on the major moments of their relationship, including the "Jenny From the Block" music video (16:41), the 2003 joint 'Dateline' interview (30:02), and the Santa Barbara wedding that never was (36:58). Plus, how the onset of celebrity tabloids affected their relationship (41:39). Hosts: Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Amelia Wedemeyer Related Reading and Viewing: People introduces Bennifer in the summer of 2002 Ben and Jen sit down with Dateline People chronicles their long break up An important collection of Us Weekly covers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the very first episode on the brand new feed from the Ringer
0:11.6	Podcast Network Ringer Dish.
0:13.8	I'm Juliet Littman.
0:14.8	I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:15.8	And I'm Amelia Wettemire.
0:17.2	You can hear me and Amanda on Wednesdays.
0:19.5	And Amelia on Fridays, me and Amanda, we're on Jam Session. Amelia is on tea time.
0:23.6	Yep.
0:24.6	And this is our new feed for all things celebrity.
0:26.2	And like pop culture, but really celebrity for now.
0:28.9	Celebrity is pop culture, right?
0:30.6	That's the heart of it.
0:31.4	It's the lens through which we will explore the
0:33.4	rest of the world. Yes. Perfectly said, you can expect Jam Session and Tea
0:38.2	Time to continue a pace. Jam session is weekly now on Wednesdays. And then we're also going to be throwing some other things at you.
0:44.8	For example, today we are doing a celebrity deep dive into the phenomenon that was Benifer.
0:52.3	And for those of you who love Jennifer Garner we're not
0:54.9	talking about her we're talking about Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck the first
0:58.8	Benifer the first Benifer perhaps the first Port Man tow certainly of the modern
1:02.4	era that's true yeah it all starts here it all starts perhaps the first portmanteau. Certainly of the modern era.
1:03.0	That's true.
1:04.0	It all starts here.
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