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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Even Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are sick
of hearing about their wedding.
So they announced Wednesday that they've decided to
postpone it.
The most overexposed couple in the world decided they
didn't want any added exposure for their nuptials, which were set to take
place this weekend at a mansion in the Santa Barbara area.
"Due to the excessive media attention surrounding our
wedding, we have decided to postpone the date. When we found ourselves
seriously contemplating hiring three separate 'decoy brides' at three
different locations, we realized that something was awry," said a joint
statement released by Dan Klores and Ken Sunshine, Lopez and Affleck's
respective New York-based spokesmen.
Affleck and Lopez have become a romantic phenomenon that
gossip columnists have dubbed "Bennifer" and chronicled relentlessly since
they started dating last year.
"We began to feel that the spirit of what should have been
the happiest day of our lives could be compromised. We felt what should have
been a joyful and sacred day could be spoiled for us, our families and our
friends," the statement said.
Us Weekly magazine had reported that the vows and reception
would occur t Sotto Il Monte, a private $29 million estate in the Montecito
area, near Santa Barbara. Guests including Matt Damon, Bruce Willis, Matthew
Perry and Alec Baldwin were set to be shuttled to the wedding from nearby
resort hotels, the magazine said.
Some celebrity journalists fear the postponement report
could be a fake-out to dupe the press.
"I think it's a good possibility. I think it's at least
50-50 that the wedding will still take place this weekend but perhaps in a
different location," said editor Bonnie Fuller, who oversees 14 magazines
including the Enquirer, the Star and the Globe.
The Star recently reported Lopez had been suffering
premarital jitters.
If or when the wedding happens, it will be the third for
Lopez, 33, and the first for Affleck, 31. The couple met while filming this
summer's infamous bomb "Gigli."
Previous rumors about the wedding have placed it in Kauai,
Hawaii; Atlanta and Scotland. Affleck himself has teased reporters by
saying: "It is in Namibia on Nov. 15. So you go ahead and fly on down, and
we'll see you there."
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