It looks like this will be the last weekend when Ben Affleck plays Rhett Butler to Jennifer Lopez’s Scarlett O’Hara.
Even though we are two I am marriedtheir ceremony will officially take place at the actor’s longtime Georgia home.
And my, how did things come full circle.
Affleck, 50, first purchased a sprawling 87-acre Riceboro property for $7.11 million in 2003. Around the same time, he was dating Jennifer Lopez.
It was reported at the time The couple even planned to build a wedding chapel on the property. However, they ended their initial engagement a year later in 2004, which never materialized.
Consisting of three distinct structures, the site overlooks the North Newport River and Hampton Island.
The Big House is a 6,000-square-foot two-story main building with lanai and overlooking the river. Consisting of 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, it features pine floors, vaulted fireplaces, and 15-foot high ceilings.
Along the path behind the veranda is a summer cottage that screens in on hot summer nights. It boasts fireplaces, exposed brick, sloping ceilings and metal roofs.
The final building, known as the Oyster House, sprawls over 10,000 square feet with three main suites and five bedrooms with bunk beds “recovered from ships.” It is a camp style house and receptions may be held here.
Affleck put the house on the market for $8.9 million in 2018, but took it off the list during the 2020 pandemic.
“This magnificent estate offers horseback riding opportunities, incredible ocean access from a private deepwater dock, and near limitless tranquility,” the listing said at the time.
The property was reportedly a “thriving rice plantation” known as Hampton Meadows before the Civil War. world trade center.
This seems like the ideal place for JLo and Ben to say “I do,” but it seems that their chosen location is already plagued with misfortune.
Affleck’s mother Christopher Ann Bolt injured my arm I was at home Friday afternoon when I fell off the dock and was rushed to the hospital. A photo shows an ambulance leaving the “Argo” star’s property with her mother.
Lopez, 53, and Affleck arrived in Georgia earlier this week ahead of their big day. The ceremony will be officiated by celebrity life coach Jay Shetty. Page 6 reported. The “Wedding Planner” actress is expected to walk down the aisle in a custom-made Ralph Lauren gown.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Garner reportedly declined the invitation From a couple, do not attend.