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    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend the "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' Costume Institute Gala 2018" at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 7, 2018.

  • Jennifer Lopez shows off her abs while on out a...

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    Jennifer Lopez shows off her abs while on out a stroll with a well-dressed Alex Rodriguez in New York City on April 24, 2019.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez enjoy the spring weather in New...

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    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez enjoy the spring weather in New York City with a sweet stroll arm in arm on Wednesday, April 24, 2019.

  • Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez share a kiss while participating...

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    Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez share a kiss while participating in a panel at Project Destined Bronx Bootcamp at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, Mar. 4, 2018, in New York.

  • Jennifer Lopez (L) and Alex Rodriguez look stunning at the 2019...

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    Jennifer Lopez (L) and Alex Rodriguez look stunning at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 24, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California.

  • Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are all smiles as they...

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    Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are all smiles as they arrive at The Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

  • US singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and boyfriend Alex Rodriguez...

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    US singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and boyfriend Alex Rodriguez arrive at the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on Feb. 24, 2019.

  • Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez attend the 61st Annual GRAMMY...

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    Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez attend the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on Feb. 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

  • Alex Rodriguez acts like the perfect Instagram boyfriend as he...

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    Alex Rodriguez acts like the perfect Instagram boyfriend as he takes photos of Jennifer Lopez on the red carpet of the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Aug. 20, 2018 in New York City.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend Jennifer Lopez's MTV VMA's...

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    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend Jennifer Lopez's MTV VMA's Vanguard Award Celebration at Beauty & Essex on Aug. 21, 2018, in New York.

  • J-Rod know how to let loose as they attend the...

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    J-Rod know how to let loose as they attend the after party for the finale of the "JENNIFER LOPEZ: ALL I HAVE" residency at MR CHOW at Caesars Palace on Sept. 30, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez and family smile for the cameras...

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    Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez and family smile for the cameras on the red carpet following the final performance of J-Lo's record-breaking residency on Sept. 30, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez share a laugh on the...

    Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images

    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez share a laugh on the red carpet of the "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination" Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attends the 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion...

    Laura Thompson/New York Daily News

    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attends the 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' Costume Institute Gala 2018 at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 7, 2018.

  • Alex Rodriguez, left, and Jennifer Lopez share a kiss while...

    Scott Roth/Scott Roth/Invision/AP

    Alex Rodriguez, left, and Jennifer Lopez share a kiss while participating in a panel at Project Destined Bronx Bootcamp at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, March 4, 2018, in New York.

  • J-Lo looks lovingly at boyfriend Alex Rodriguez at the "Rei...

    Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images

    J-Lo looks lovingly at boyfriend Alex Rodriguez at the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017, in New York City.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez on the Daily...

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    Jennifer Lopez and Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez on the Daily News front page in March 2017.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend the "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion...

    Laura Thompson/New York Daily News

    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend the "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' Costume Institute Gala 2018" at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 7, 2018.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez on the Daily...

    New York Daily News

    Jennifer Lopez and Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez on the Daily News front page in March 2017.

  • Jennifer Lopez shows off her abs while on out a...

    North Woods / SplashNews.com

    Jennifer Lopez shows off her abs while on out a stroll with a well-dressed Alex Rodriguez in New York City on April 24, 2019.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez enjoy the spring weather in New...

    North Woods / SplashNews.com

    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez enjoy the spring weather in New York City with a sweet stroll arm in arm on Wednesday, April 24, 2019.

  • Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez share a kiss while participating...

    Scott Roth / Scott Roth/Invision/AP

    Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez share a kiss while participating in a panel at Project Destined Bronx Bootcamp at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, Mar. 4, 2018, in New York.

  • Jennifer Lopez (L) and Alex Rodriguez look stunning at the 2019...

    Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images

    Jennifer Lopez (L) and Alex Rodriguez look stunning at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 24, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California.

  • Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are all smiles as they...

    Eric Jamison/Invision/AP

    Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are all smiles as they arrive at The Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

  • US singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and boyfriend Alex Rodriguez...

    MARK RALSTON / AFP/Getty Images

    US singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and boyfriend Alex Rodriguez arrive at the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on Feb. 24, 2019.

  • Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez attend the 61st Annual GRAMMY...

    Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images

    Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez attend the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on Feb. 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

  • Alex Rodriguez acts like the perfect Instagram boyfriend as he...

    Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images

    Alex Rodriguez acts like the perfect Instagram boyfriend as he takes photos of Jennifer Lopez on the red carpet of the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Aug. 20, 2018 in New York City.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend Jennifer Lopez's MTV VMA's...

    Andrew Toth / Getty Images for TAO Group

    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend Jennifer Lopez's MTV VMA's Vanguard Award Celebration at Beauty & Essex on Aug. 21, 2018, in New York.

  • J-Rod know how to let loose as they attend the...

    Ethan Miller / Getty Images for Caesars Enterta

    J-Rod know how to let loose as they attend the after party for the finale of the "JENNIFER LOPEZ: ALL I HAVE" residency at MR CHOW at Caesars Palace on Sept. 30, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez and family smile for the cameras...

    Ethan Miller / Getty Images for Caesars Enterta

    Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez and family smile for the cameras on the red carpet following the final performance of J-Lo's record-breaking residency on Sept. 30, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez share a laugh on the...

    Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images

    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez share a laugh on the red carpet of the "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination" Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City.

  • Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attends the 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion...

    Laura Thompson/New York Daily News

    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attends the 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' Costume Institute Gala 2018 at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 7, 2018.

  • Alex Rodriguez, left, and Jennifer Lopez share a kiss while...

    Scott Roth/Scott Roth/Invision/AP

    Alex Rodriguez, left, and Jennifer Lopez share a kiss while participating in a panel at Project Destined Bronx Bootcamp at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, March 4, 2018, in New York.

  • J-Lo looks lovingly at boyfriend Alex Rodriguez at the "Rei...

    Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images

    J-Lo looks lovingly at boyfriend Alex Rodriguez at the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017, in New York City.

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After four years with Jenny from the Block, the Mighty A-Rod has struck out.

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, the New York power couple dubbed J-Rod, have called it quits and broken off their engagement, an unidentified source told People.com.

“This has been a long time coming,” the source said.

The singer, 51, and former Yankees slugger, 45, first started dating in 2017 and got engaged two years later.

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez attend the “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’ Costume Institute Gala 2018” at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 7, 2018.

“She said yes,” Rodriguez gushed in a March 2019 Instagram post with a heart emoji and photo of J.Lo’s hand wearing a giant ring.

“Locking it down,” he wrote in another post showing him down on one knee, popping the question on a beach in the Bahamas.

The glamorous pair seemed to be a match made in New York heaven — two beautiful people born in the city to families with Latin roots who went on to achieve the greatest heights of fame and fortune.

Speaking to Sports Illustrated in 2019, Lopez said she actually had a memorable first meeting with Rodriguez at Shea Stadium in 2005, when she was still married to singer Marc Anthony and Rodriguez was still married to Cynthia Scurtis.

“We shook hands, and it was this weird electricity for, like, three seconds,” Lopez recalled. “Three to five seconds of looking at somebody right in their eyes, and getting stuck.”

After the two finally had their first date more than a decade later and got serious, they filled their social media feeds with pics of their blended families and appeared more than ready to take the next step.

But then the COVID-19 crisis hit, and they were forced to put their reported plans for a lavish summer wedding in Italy on hold.

“We postponed the wedding twice. We had planned what we really, really wanted to do, (but) I don’t know if we’ll be able to re-create that,” Lopez told Elle magazine in January.

Jennifer Lopez and Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez on the Daily News front page in March 2017.
Jennifer Lopez and Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez on the Daily News front page in March 2017.

“We canceled it, and since then we haven’t really talked about it. There’s no rush. We want to do it right when we can do it,” she said.

Lopez later shared with Allure that she and Rodriguez tried therapy during their pandemic lockdown.

“We got to work on ourselves. We did therapy,” she explained. “I think it was really helpful for us in our relationship.”

During their quarantine times, the two tried to buy the Mets, with Amazin’ allies such as the Rev. Al Sharpton and Mayor de Blasio pulling for their bid to win.

In the end, though, billionaire Steve Cohen’s cash trumped the couple’s star power, and Cohen bought the franchise from the Wilpons.

Rodriguez and Lopez, meanwhile, didn’t share any immediate signs of their shocking split with followers of their social media accounts.

A-Rod posted an Instagram pic Friday showing himself on a yacht off the coast of Miami.

“Don’t mind me, just taking a sail-fie,” he wrote in the lighthearted caption.

It was just two weeks ago that he posted a romantic photo of himself with Lopez along with the line, “Missing this girl.”

Lopez has been in the Dominican Republic recently filming the romantic comedy “Shotgun Wedding” with co-star Josh Duhamel.

Spokespeople for the couple did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily News.

Early last month, A-Rod’s camp batted down speculation he was the “married” MLB player who had an alleged fling with “Southern Charm” cast member Madison LeCroy, 30.

“It’s a B.S. story. Alex has never met her,” a source close to Rodriguez told People.