Jennifer Lopez’ First Husband Was a Waiter, She Offered Him a Job as Restaurant Manager Post Divorce

The media has closely tracked the love life of Jennifer Lopez , including her brief union with Ojani Noa. Despite their short relationship, Lopez offered Noa a job managing her restaurant, Madres.

Noa and Lopez met while he was still a server at Gloria Estefan’s restaurant. Lopez was just starting out as an actor. According to PopSugar , despite coming from quite different backgrounds, they fell in love and got married in 1997 before divorcing the following year, in 1998. According to Hollywood Life , Lopez even gave Noa a position managing her restaurant, Madres, in 2002, indicating that their brief romance appeared to have ended amicably. This calm, though, did not continue for very long.

When it became known that Noa intended to write a tell-all book about their romance, a move that would have broken the confidentiality agreements they had made during their marriage, the peace that had followed their divorce was shattered. The rumored book, titled The Unknown Truth: A Passionate Portrait of a Serial Thriller, promised to reveal personal information about Lopez’s life, including alleged affairs during their brief marriage, particularly with salsa singer Marc Anthony, who later became her third husband.

Lopez took legal action to defend her name and privacy by suing her ex-husband to stop him from divulging their personal information.

It eventually paid off for Lopez to be adamant about keeping her private life hidden from the public. According to CBC , Lopez received $200,000 in damages, arbitration costs, and attorney fees as part of the arbitration settlement struck in April. This judicial triumph dealt Noa a severe blow because he was left owing Lopez a substantial quantity of money in addition to failing to make any money from his intended exposé.

However, this settlement did not bring an end to the legal disputes. Years later, according to The Things , Noa and Ed Meyer threatened to make compromising material from their unreleased home video footage of Lopez and Noa available online. As a result, Lopez pursued additional legal action to stop the spread of this information, opening a new chapter in their extended legal dispute.

At present, Noa has changed from being a waiter to becoming an entrepreneur, model, actor, and even a member of OnlyFans, according to Marca . He expressed his opinions in 2022 on Lopez’s fourth marriage to actor Ben Affleck. According to the Daily Mail , Noa expressed his doubt that their relationship would endure, saying that he wished them the best but was not confident it would.

Lopez has moved on and found pleasure in her marriage to Affleck, in contrast to Noa’s concerns. They reconnected and got married in a famous Las Vegas locale after their love affair, which began in 2002, had experienced some ups and downs. The couple’s enduring romance has won over followers all over the world. “Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things, and worth waiting for,” Lopez stated in a blog post following the announcement of her marriage to Affleck.