Prepare to get very jealous of all the people who happened to be having a fun Friday night out at a certain bar New York City—because their nights went next level, thanks to the arrival of Jennifer Lawrence and Adele. Cannot. Imagine.
But, according to multiple fan accounts, that’s exactly what happened last night (March 22) at Pieces, a gay bar in Greenwich Village. People are speculating that it might have been a bachelorette party to celebrate Lawrence’s recent engagement to Cooke Maroney. If ever there were a textbook case of FOMO, this is it. One person at the bar had all of our reactions (had, you know, we been there): “I’M AT PIECES AND ADELE AND JENNIFER LAWRENCE ARE HERE LMFAOO.”
Apparently, the duo (who famously hung out a while back with Emma Stone) were at the bar with a group of friends when Adele and Lawrence were called on stage by the evening’s emcee, drag queen Brita Filter. When asked what she does for a living, Adele joked that she’s “currently a stay-at-home mum.”
See for yourself below:
Another video shows Lawrence teasing Adele for losing a drinking game—and then, when the actress is asked to play, Adele teases, “She’s fucking engaged; she’s not even relevant to be here.” Lawrence proceeds to clap back with, “That has nothing to do with my drinking ability.”
“Randomly getting turnt with JeLaw and Adele. NBD,” another Pieces patron tweeted. “JENNIFER LAWRENCE AND ADELE WENT THERE TOGETHER, UGH FRIENDSHIP GOALS,” wrote another.
Even if it wasn’t a bachelorette party, it seems like Adele and Lawrence had a pretty incredible girls’ night out—we’ll just assume our invite got stuck in the spam folder.
These two do it up big, and as it turns out, part of that might spring from some advice A-Rod got as he started out on this journey with J.Lo. According to Page Six, a friend apparently advised that, “Whatever you do, you cannot mess her around.”
As the friend told the tabloid, “I said, ‘This lady is like American royalty. Whatever happens, you cannot treat her badly. If you split up for any reason, she has to be the one to dump your ass!’ It’s a lot of pressure on someone to date Jennifer Lopez! But they both fell in love.”
Yeah, we’re guessing that dating one of pop music’s biggest icons isn’t exactly a low-key deal—even if you are a super-famous former baseball player. But it seems like it’s all worked out for the two of them. As A-Rod told Vanity Fair for their October 2017 cover story, the two share a lot of bonds that make for a solid foundation: “We are very much twins,” he said. “We’re both Leos, we’re both from New York, we’re both Latino…and about 20 other things.”
According to another source from Page Six, the two are super-supportive of each other in their day-to-day relationship, too—which is especially important when both partners are in high-powered careers. “They’re so respectful to each other,” the source told Page Six. “When Alex is working for ESPN [calling baseball games], Jennifer goes … and sits quietly in the booth because she likes to watch him. They have that kind of relationship. Likewise, when she was doing her [concert residency] in Vegas, he would fly in. He was at almost every show. The support level is incredible.”
Bless this happy couple, an inspiration to us all.
When you’ve been mega-famous as long as Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Garner have, I’m guessing you probably learn to ignore most of the ridiculous tabloid headlines you glimpse about yourself. But, seeing as how celebrities are also human beings with feelings, the especially outrageous ones can still make them do a double-take—or just give them a good laugh.
Case in point: A recent cover of OK! features a photo of the two women with the headline “Baby Bombshell! Shock and Joy for Hollywood BFFs.” Of course, Witherspoon had the most perfect response to the coverline. She posted the cover on social media with the caption, “Hey @jennifer.garner! Can we raise our imaginary babies together?”
The post obviously struck a chord with other celebs, who quickly chimed in. Gwyneth Paltrow simply commented, “???” while Sara Foster said, “That’s so amazing! Congrats to both of you! How exciting!” Sarah Michelle Gellar wrote, “Only if I can imaginary babysit!” to which Witherspoon responded, “Will you be the imaginary godmother?” Ali Wentworth even offered to throw the shower.
There were also some amazing responses on Twitter where one person wrote, “I often wondered what actors thought while going thru the checkout ? haha.” Another was surprised the story wasn’t about another Jen, “Well, it’s not Jen Anniston [sic] this time, so that’s genuinely surprising. I mean, she’s been pregnant for like 10 years at least ? #DontBelieveTabloids.”
Another user replied, “Oh come on now Rheese [sic], if magazine says it’s true, than it MUST be so! What do you know anyways? Of course they know your body better than you do!! ??”
There’s obviously lots of sarcasm here, but the headline—and some of the Twitter reactions—also raises a good point about tabloids and their continued scrutiny of female celebrities’ bodies. As Jennifer Aniston’s publicist told the New York Times in January, “Every week I get these emails, ‘We’re working on a story that Jennifer is pregnant. I will say, ‘This is a complete fabrication. There’s no truth to this or this is all ridiculous and completely false.’ And they still go with the story.”
We’re guessing that if tabloids decided to finally switch off the pregnancy rumor story cycle, it wouldn’t exactly be met with disappointment in Hollywood.
Not only is the rock stunning, but it’s massive. (Though, to be honest, we didn’t expect anything less with these two.) Lopez’s diamond is an emerald cut—the same stone shape seen on the engagement rings of celebrities like Amal Clooney, Beyoncé, and Anne Hathaway. The Art Deco style has been cropping up again in recent years, both among the A-list crowd and regular-old shoppers.
A.Rod popped the question during a couple’s getaway in the Bahamas, shortly after the pair celebrated their two-year anniversary.
According to Page Six, Rodriguez apparently spent seven months looking for the right ring. “He knew for a long time that he wanted to propose to Jennifer,” a source said. “He wanted to get it right. The proposal has been a long time coming, Alex knew she was the one and has been painstakingly planning everything.” He reportedly sourced the stone outside the U.S.
Neither A.Rod nor J.Lo have revealed the jeweler who created the ring. Speculation as to its value and its weight has been non-stop since Saturday night, with some experts estimating it could be worth anywhere between $1 million to upwards of $5 million.
Speaking to another anonymous source, People reports that the proposal was “very much a surprise to Jennifer,” which was “just how Alex wanted it.”
“Jennifer is ecstatic and so are their families and friends,” the source said. You know who else was “ecstatic”? Most of Twitter.
Jennifer Lopez and her number-one fan and fiancé, Alex Rodriguez, have been engaged for all of four days, but that’s already way too long to go without exact proposal details. Luckily, J.Lo just blessed us all by sharing some ultra-intimate photos of the exact moment A-Rod got down on one knee during their beach vacation in the Bahamas. Spoiler alert: The whole thing was beautiful.
On Instagram Lopez posted a couple of of images that capture her emotional reaction as Rodriguez presented her with a gigantic emerald-cut diamond ring. She didn’t say much else—the post’s caption reads, “3.9.19”—but the gorgeous photos pretty much speak for themselves.
Take a look:
The engagement came after the couple had been dating a little more than two years. They broke the news that they were getting hitched on Saturday by posting identical photos of J.Lo sporting her new massive rock, which her fiancé reportedly picked out himself. He shared the image with a caption that read, “She said yes.”
Earlier today, March 12, Rodriguez offered his own lovey-dovey message to fans on his IG stories. Over a shot of the two of them hugging after the proposal, he wrote, “There aren’t many words to share with you, only feelings. Gratitude. Excitement. And just…joy. We know there is work to do to keep building a family and future we can be proud of, and we can’t do it without all of you. We are thankful for all of your messages of love and congratulations.”
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In the days before Rodriguez popped the question, he and Lopez shared a few photos of themselves lounging on boats and on the sand during their breezy Bahamas getaway. Somewhere in that time, it seems Rodriguez found the perfect spot on the beach to make Lopez his fiancée, and the moment couldn’t have been anymore adorable.
May 2005: The two first meet at a baseball game at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York, in 2005. Lopez is still married to then-husband Marc Anthony, but she stops to shake Rodriguez’s hand before the first pitch.
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March 2017: Fast-forward almost 12 years. “They have been dating for a few weeks,” a source tells People in March. “[Alex] has been around her family, and [Jennifer] really likes that he is a dad. She is aware, though, that he is a ladies’ man too and is being cautious. For now, it’s just fun. She is single and enjoys dating.”
Later on that month, Rodriguez confirms their relationship on The View. “It’s obvious, we’ve been having a great time,” he says. “She’s an amazing girl and one of the smartest human beings I’ve ever met and also an incredible mother.”
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Then, just hours after his interview, Lopez and Rodriguez are spotted in public together for the first time.
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April 2017: Lopez opens up to Ellen Degeneres about the new man in her life, dishing all the details about how the two got re-acquainted more than a decade after they first met. “I was having lunch somewhere and saw him,” she says, “and then, afterwards, I went outside, but for some reason, I just felt like tapping him on the shoulder and saying ‘Hi’.”
Throughout the month of April, Lopez and Rodriguez are spotted hand-in-hand all around town.
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May 2017: The pair make their red carpet debut as a couple the 2017 Met Gala, making it official-official.
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June 2017: Lopez shares the first photo of her and Rodriguez’s kids all hanging out, meaning things have definitely progressed. (She has two children—twins Max and Emme—and he has two daughters, Natasha and Ella.)
The couple also take their first trip to Paris together.
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July 2017: The singer praises A-Rod in a sweet birthday tribute on Instagram: “Happy birthday to the man who makes my heart skip a beat every time he walks in the room.”
October 2017:Us Weekly reports that Lopez and Rodriguez have started looking for a home in New York together.
Later that month, the couple unveil their Vanity Fair cover. In their first-ever interview together, they open up about their relationship and dish about what they love about each other and all the things they have in common. “We are very much twins,” Rodriguez says in the cover story. “We’re both Leos, we’re both from New York, we’re both Latino… and about 20 other things.”
February 2018: The two celebrate their first anniversary, with Lopez giving Rodriguez a shoutout at one of her concerts. “We’ve been together for one year today,” she says. “I don’t want to get all mushy or anything, but baby, this song’s for you. I love you.”
July 2017: It’s Rodriguez’s turn to give Lopez some love on her birthday, writing, “For someone who has been about giving everything she has 365 days a year—to our children, our families, the world—I hope today, we can give you all the happiness you deserve.”
August 2018: The pair walk the 2018 MTV VMAs red carpet together, where Rodriguez proves that he’s the best Instagram boyfriend when he’s caught snapping pics of Lopez.
