Alex Rodriguez reveals his wedding to Jennifer Lopez is ‘paused’

Alex Rodriguez revealed his impending marriage to Jennifer Lopez has been ‘paused’ due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The 44-year-old MLB star appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‘s home edition on Thursday, when he was asked about the wedding.

The future Hall-of-Famer and his 50-year-old fiancee had been planning to tie the knot in Italy this summer, though those plans have since been scrapped.

‘We have to go with the flow now. Everything is fluid, everything is on just a pause,’ Rodriguez said.

‘Obviously this is unprecedented time, and for us, we just want to make sure there is safety first, and just make sure the little ones are in a good place,’ he added.

The former MLB slugger added that he just celebrated his daughter Ella’s 12th birthday with a unique party, joking they’ve been considering the same for their wedding.

‘We had a drive-through party, and some people said maybe we should have a drive-through wedding, it’d be cheaper,’ Rodriguez said with a laugh.

The couple had reportedly already paid for their Italy wedding in full when the COVID-19 outbreak occurred, according to US Weekly sources.

While it seems unlikely that their lavish wedding will be handled in such a fashion, the drive-through birthday party was a hit.

‘We kind of had this thing forecasted to have like maybe 30 cars… there had to be like 300 cars come through,’ Rodriguez said.

‘People were coming out of the woodwork to celebrate Ella’s birthday,’ he said, adding that they all had ‘masks on.’

He also spoke about his wife-to-be’s performance during the One World: Together At Home special, where she performed from the backyard of their Miami home. 

‘I never thought that our backyard would convert into a concert hall,’ he said, adding that Lopez got a text from Barbra Streissand.

During the event, Lopez sang Streissand’s song People, while wearing a Streissand sweatshirt, and Rodriguez said she reached out, either via text or ‘a comment on her Instagram.

‘I felt like Jennifer turned into her daughter Emme as a 12 year old. She was so excited, she got red in the cheeks,’ Rodriguez said.