Jennifer Lopez has seemingly covered up some ink work, which she got done while engaged to former partner Ben Affleck.

The American actress and artist finalised her divorce from filmmaker Affleck in January 2025, over two years after they finally got married in a Las Vegas wedding ceremony.

Lopez, 56, and Affleck, 53, had a relationship that led to an engagement in the early 2000s, but ended up calling off wedding plans.

Both A-Listers would go on to be married, the former several times, while having kids with their ex-partners before finding each other again in 2021.

But 'Bennifer,' as many called the celebrity couple, would not go the distance the second time either, despite fans rooting for them.

It seems that there is no bad blood, as the couple even reunited at the Kiss of the Spider Woman premiere in New York City, back in October.

Despite their split in 2024, the couple remain on good terms. Credit: Variety / Getty

Jennifer Lopez covers tattoo

A recent Instagram post has revealed that her back tattoo, which was in tribute to Affleck, has been tweaked slightly.

One of the snaps she uploaded has shown off her new-look tatt, as she can been seen hugging her son, Maximilian 'Max' David Muniz, 18.

The 'On The Floor' singer's original back ink revealed an infinity symbol featuring an arrow going through it, and the names ‘Jennifer’ and ‘Ben’ written in cursive.

It's now been reported by the likes of Hello! And PEOPLE, that Lopez's tattoo still featured her own name, while Affleck's looks to be blurred out.

On the other hand, it is unknown if Affleck still has his own tattoo, or if he also had a cover-up carried out.

Jennifer Lopez's tattoo has been altered. Credit: Instagram/@jlo

When Lopez first revealed her tattoo in February 2023, the now-deleted Instagram post was captioned: "Commitment. Happy Valentine's Day, my love.”

Affleck also got a tattoo at the time, which consisted of two arrows crossing each other with the letters ‘J’ and ‘B’ written alongside.

This latest move comes after J-Lo made a candid confession about her sex life on stage, during her 2025 European tour.

Her new songs even appeared to feature lyrics aimed at Affleck.

One of them, 'Wreckage of You,' includes digs such as: “Thank you for the scars you left on my heart / For showing me that stars shine brighter in the dark / I won't fall apart because of who you are / And all your broken parts. Because of you, I am stronger, wiser / Better than I've ever been," according to the Daily Mail.

The original tattoo was an ode to her then-partner, Ben Affleck. Credit: Instagram/@jlo

Jennifer Lopez's sex confession

The artist is also known for making candid confessions on stage, some considered NSFW.

Speaking at the Lucca Summer Festival in Italy last year, she delivered a candid monologue about her sexual preferences: “I have to be honest with you, sometimes I get in different moods at night. I don’t know about you but I do, and sometimes I like it hard.

"Other days, I am feeling a little romantic. You put on candles and soft music. On those days, I like it real slow. But there’s other days...maybe because it’s a new kind of time for me, maybe because it’s ­summertime and it’s hot outside, I feel a little more naughty.

"You ever get that feeling? Where you feel like being naughty? On those days, I like it real fast," she added.

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While things appear to be going from strength to strength in their relationship, it turns out that Jennifer Lopez isn't too big a fan of Ben Affleck's giant phoenix back tattoo.

In fact, the 'Ain't Your Mama' chart-topper well and truly slated her beau's colorful artwork in a resurfaced interview.

Appearing on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live in 2016, JLo didn't hold back, telling the host: "It's awful! I mean, I would tell him that. I would tell him, like, 'What are you doing?' It has too many colors. His tattoos always have too many colors."

Lopez added: "They shouldn't be so colorful, you know what I mean? They should be, like, cooler, I don't know."

Affleck's colorful ink first made an appearance back in 2015, with the actor initially telling Extra that it was "fake for a movie", adding: "I actually do have a number of tattoos… but I try to have them in places where you don't have to do a lot of cover-up… they get sort of addictive, tattoos, after a while."

When the tattoo was spotted again some years later, however, he was forced to admit that it was actually a real tattoo.

Appearing on The Ellen Show in 2019, he defended the artwork and described it as "meaningful".

Affleck said: "It's meaningful to me, I like it. It’s something that I sort of kept private. It wasn’t like I was sort of doing photoshoots or whatever. We didn't know the paparazzi was there so they got a picture of my tattoo and yeah the sentiment ran against."

Needless to say, the sizable tat certainly did not put Lopez off where rekindling her relationship with the Gone Girl star was concerned.

Since May, the pair have sparked rumors that they are taking another shot at romance after calling off their engagement all the way back in September 2003.

It's been a couple of months since the rumors began circulating, and while there's been no official confirmation that they are in a relationship, a recent Instagram post by Lopez does indicate that Bennifer is back on the cards.

On July 24, the Maid In Manhattan actress celebrated her 52nd birthday and took to the platform to share a photo of her and Affleck kissing in the South of France.

You know what means - Bennifer is now Instagram official!

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"Bennifer" is back on, but that doesn't mean that Jennifer Lopez doesn't have hard feelings towards Ben Affleck's massive, infamous, back tattoo.

In a clip from 2016, which has been making the rounds since the pair started dating again, the singer was asked about her then ex's ink, and she didn't hold back. "It's awful! I mean, I would tell him that. I would tell him, like, 'What are you doing?" she said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live.

So, in light of Affleck's phoenix — and J-Lo's disdain for it — we take a look at some of the craziest celebrity tats, starting with the man himself...

Ben Affleck

The Good Will Hunting actor's massive back tattoo certainly has attracted a lot of attention over the years. Despite initially insisting it was temporary, and just for a film, it's definitely real  —  and here to stay.

During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres show back in 2019, Affleck defended his phoenix tattoo, saying that it is a "meaningful sentiment."

"I was about to say it represents something really important to me!" he told the host. "It's meaningful to me. I like it. It's not something I sort of kept private. The sentiment ran against... but I love my tattoo, I'm happy with it."

Kendall Jenner

In July of 2016, Keeping up with The Kardashians star, Kendall Jenner, got the word "Meow" inked on the inside of her bottom lip.

Two years later, on The Ellen DeGeneres show, Jenner told the talk show host that it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, fuelled by alcohol. "It was literally the first thing that came to my mind," she said. "I don’t know, just my drunk thoughts."

Ryan Cabrera

Ryan Cabrera actually has Ryan Gosling's face tattooed on his right calf.

Speaking about the decision to immortalise the actor on his body, he explained to the Las Vegas Review-Journal: "We like to play a game called tattoo roulette. We blindfold each other: 'You get to pick a tattoo for me, and I get to pick a tattoo for you.' And you don’t get to see it till they’re both done. I'm very proud of it. I consider it the Bentley of tattoos."

Jenni 'JWoww' Farley

Jersey Shore alum, J Woww, sports a sleeve of tattoos featuring her favourite Disney Princesses, Belle, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella — but they don't exactly get their fairytale ending.

“[The theme behind the tattoos] is sort of like 'Happily never after,'" she told Inked, per US Weekly. I took my four favorite Disney love stories and flipped them so they are more rooted in reality.

"So with Ariel and Eric, Eric is looking away like he wants nothing to do with her and Ariel is looking at him with desperate puppy eyes,” she explained. "For Beauty and the Beast, he is a real beast. Sleeping Beauty overdosed and is dead. Her prince is crying over her because he knows that he pushed her to that limit. And Cinderella’s prince is beating her. To me, that is the reality of relationships, they are crazy and take hard work — not that happily ever after bullsh*t."

Ed Sheeran

British singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran, actually has a tattoo that says "Galway Grill" on his arm in Saoirse Ronan's handwriting, all because they thought it would be a funny thing to include in the music video.

But now, he has it forever...

Chris Brown

In February of 2020, tattoo artist Joaquin 'Ganga' Lopex posted a photo of a new ink he did for the rapper, Chris Brown, which featured a black and white design of Nike's Air Jordan 3 sneaker — on the right side of Brown's face.

Talk about product placement!

Amanda Seyfried

Actress Amanda Seyfried has the word "minge" tattooed on her foot. It's a bit of an odd one considering that in the UK, we think of "minge" as "vagina".

Seyfriend, and her Mama Mia co-stars, Rachel McDowall and Ashley Lilley, all have the tat — which fortunately, does not mean the same thing in the US.

Speaking about her unconventional ink on Late Night With Seth Meyers back in 2018, Seyfriend said: "It’s a term of endearment, and in England, it means 'vagina'. But in the US, which is where I spend most of my time, it just doesn’t mean anything. So we commemorated out friendship with "minge" tattoos. There’s a lot of judgment. [But] It means so much more to me than vagina."

Grimes

In April of 2021, Grimes took to Instagram to show off her new ink: a sprawling full back design in white ink, which she said resembles "beautiful alien scars".

"Don’t have a good pic cuz it hurts too much and I need to sleep," she captioned the post. "It’ll be red for a few weeks, but gna be beautiful alien scars [sic]."

Aaron Carter

The singer actually got a large face tattoo of Medusa, which has proved to be quite the statement!

The giant face ink was inspired by Rihanna's own Medusa tattoo, and was created by Herchell L Carrasco. As you could imagine, it didn't come cheap, and reportedly set Carter back $5,000.

"Medusa is my protector so if you want to come at me with some negativity, my Medusa will stare you in the eye and turn you into stone," he told Entertainment Tonight.

Lena Dunham

Girls actor, Lena Dunham, got a large tattoo on the back of her neck in 2019, which read "SICK".

The ink was a testament to her struggle with endometriosis, as she explained in an Instagram caption: "Sometimes the thing you’re most scared of being called is the best thing you can call yourself. thank you @havenstudiobk for labeling me. And to my sisters in this dizzying but starry slog - i am lasso'd to you! [sic]."

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Following their apparently heated exchange at the Grammys, Jennifer Lopez has now spoken out about her husband Ben Affleck in a new Instagram post.

Now, I'm sure by now we've all seen the viral clip of Bennifer's little back-and-forth during the 65th installment of the Grammy awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles - and yeah, it did appear pretty tense!

And the pair didn't manage to win back any brownie points from fans as the night continued thanks to Affleck's unwavering sad/concerned expression, with many stating that the actor looked like he was grieving the loss of a pet or something.

I mean, at one point, he looked like he was on the verge of shedding a tear.

In the wake of all the drama surrounding the newlywed couple, Lopez, 53, has taken to Instagram to give a little shoutout to her husband in what some have claimed is a "damage control" post.

The 'Jenny from the Block' singer recently posted a montage of moments taken from the big night including photos of her and her husband posing for professional snapshots.

Alongside the video, she wrote: "Always the best time with my love, my husband #Grammys...", but it seems as though fans weren't entirely convinced at the display of affection.

"I don’t know but I get vibes from those two that seem off," wrote one user.

"The epitome of Instagram happiness vs. real life misery. You can't judge someone by their most beautiful and carefully selected photos... The actual videos and images from the night, purposefully left out of this montage, tell a different story. Can't always believe whats on Instagram," added another.

And the comments just kept on coming.

"The fantasy of Jen and Ben does not match the reality," stated someone else while this Instagram user left a pretty blunt comment saying: "Ben is not happy."

Others thought JLo's post was nothing but a "damage control" or "PR post" since the awkward interaction at the Grammys.

"Damage control post and he still don’t seem happy!"

"Great P.R since the whole world saw the energy and its written all over your face darling, your shine has gone, and he looks forced to play along... maybe stay off the cameras and work on yourselves, separately and together. You'll don't look happy. Can't hide energy!" commented another.

Lopez, 53, and Affleck, 50, cemented their relationship with vows last August in what was a beautiful but intimate ceremony and since then, the pair seemed to be loving their new lives together.

But recently moments such as the one at the Grammys, and also the alleged awkward exchange the pair had at the premiere of the singer's new movie, Shotgun Wedding, have led fans to question the strength of their love.

Let's just hope they manage to work things out because they both deserve to be happy and better than that, their re-kindled romance makes for a good story to tell the kids.

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