Jennifer Lopez Really East a wedding planner.
As well as playing one in his 2001 romantic comedy The wedding plannerthe multi-hyphenate helped his comrade Dance world judge Derek Hough during his real wedding with Hayley Erbert. As Derek shared during the February 13 premiere It’s me… now: a love storya musical film based on J.Lo’s relationship with Ben Affleckhe was in the middle of planning his own wedding when he got the call to play her groom.
“It was great,” said the Dancing with the stars the judge said E! News‘ Will Marfuggi in an exclusive interview, broadcast on February 14. “I also somehow got a free wedding planner from it.”
In fact, Derek said he would show J.Lo his wedding ideas and ask her opinion.
“’What do you think?’” he recalled once asking the Grammy winner. “She says, ‘Oh, that’s nice!'”
Eventually, Derek, 38, tied the knot with Hayley, 29, in a romantic ceremony in the redwood forests of Northern California in August 2023.