Nine-year-old Alex Rodriguez, the retired baseball star and former fiancé of Lopez, couldn’t stay silent upon learning about the singer’s divorce from Ben Affleck. In response to the situation, he posted a new update on his social media page.
“We can go through life on one road or another. Which one to take, we choose ourselves…”
Rodriguez noted, not without a touch of schadenfreude, that 55-year-old Jennifer, who had rejected him in favor of Affleck, ended up “with nothing,” meaning alone. Meanwhile, Alex, after Jennifer showed him the door, didn’t dwell on his solitude for long. When Lopez ended their engagement in the spring of 2021, he quickly began dating a series of young beauties. He had flings with Melanie Collins, Kelly Bensimon, and Kat Padgett—models and reality show participants. Currently, Alex is in a long-term relationship with 44-year-old fitness instructor Jeslyn Cordeiro.
For reference, Lopez and Rodriguez’s love story began in 2017. Rodriguez’s attention was flattering for Jennifer, given his long list of former partners included stars like Madonna and Cameron Diaz. In March 2021, Alex proposed to J.Lo with a stunning platinum ring featuring a 15-carat emerald-cut diamond worth $2 million.
Everything seemed to be going well, but then Jennifer reconnected with Affleck, with whom she had dated in the early 2000s, and canceled the wedding—just three days before the scheduled date! She soon announced that she had broken off the engagement with Alex. Notably, she did not return the ring, keeping it in her stunning collection of engagement symbols. Throughout her life, she has experienced five engagements, including two with Affleck.
The singer managed to keep four of these rings. Now, she is likely to keep the fifth one as well—the one Ben gave her, which is the most spectacular, featuring a rare green diamond worth a staggering $5 million.
