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| | People: Ben Affleck 'hasn't shown any' interest in making their marriage work' | | Added 163 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In some ways, I?m glad that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck didn?t ?rush? into filing for divorce. They were very clearly separated for the past four months or so, although I think Jennifer?s moves show that she still believed that reconciliation was a possibility. But it was clear back in February that Ben had checked out of the marriage. His side has been clearly briefing about it for months, as has J.Lo?s side. Ben?s side is basically: when he?s done, he?s done, and he?s been done all year; he wants to focus on himself; he thinks this was all an expensive exercise in closure. Jennifer?s side is that she really tried and she hoped that they could make it work but Ben shut down. I also think it?s notable that she filed for divorce. He basically forced her to do it because he was so disengaged from her and their relationship/marriage. Sound familiar? He did the same thing when they broke up the first time, in 2003-04.
Jennifer Lopez approached her decision to divorce from Ben Affleck with great care, a source exclusively tells PEOPLE.
After the singer, 55, filed for divorce from the actor, 52, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, a source tells PEOPLE that she came to the painful conclusion that its time to move on for various reasons.
Shes very disappointed and sad, but Ben hasnt given her any signs that he wants to continue their marriage. He hasnt shown any commitment and interest in making their marriage work. Its gotten to the point that she just needs to look out for herself, says the source.
Multiple insiders confirmed to PEOPLE that the star filed for divorce from Affleck in the Los Angeles County Superior Court on the second anniversary of their wedding celebration in front of family and friends in Georgia.
[From People]
?He hasnt shown any commitment and interest in making their marriage work.? Yep. He was done and he waited for her to understand that he was done. He stopped trying, he stopped making an effort. It basically took Jennifer four months to understand that there was no going back. The big thing was probably the fact that he did nothing for her birthday in July and he closed escrow on his new bachelor pad on that day. Anyway, I?ll always be Team J.Lo. I feel sorry for her, even if she should have listened to all of the advice people gave her. When Jane Fonda is like ?slow your roll, stop being so extra, this marriage might blow up in your face,? you should probably listen.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck on their second anniversary | | Added 164 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. She filed on their second wedding anniversary of their second wedding. In the summer of 2022, J.Lo and Ben first ?eloped? in Las Vegas in July, then they had a second wedding at Ben?s estate in Georgia on August 20, 2022. Two years later, Jennifer pulled the plug after waiting until Ben and Jennifer Garner moved Violet into her freshman dorm at Yale, which happened last weekend.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are calling it quits ? again. On Tuesday, Aug. 20, Lopez, 55, filed for divorce from Affleck, 52, more than two years after the couple married in July 2022, multiple sources confirmed to PEOPLE. TMZ first reported the news.
Lopez filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and listed April 26, 2024 as the date of separation. She filed for divorce herself without using a lawyer and is technically self-represented. Although they married in Las Vegas on July 17, 2022, Aug. 20 marked the second anniversary of the traditional wedding ceremony in Georgia.
The singer did not say if there was a prenuptial agreement, and sources told TMZ there is none.
She tried really hard to make things work, and is heartbroken, a source tells PEOPLE of Lopez. ?The kids are a top priority, as they always have been.?
[From People]
Yeah, TMZ?s reporting says there?s no prenup and J.Lo filed pro per (without a lawyer). She listed the date of separation as April 26, 2024. Which checks out in February, Jennifer did the big rollout for her album (This Is Me? Now), plus the musical film and documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told. Ben supported her through that promotional blitz but you could tell that he was checked out of the marriage, especially given that the documentary revealed that J.Lo shared all of Ben?s love letters to her friends, music producers and songwriters. By May of this year, that?s when In Touch Weekly was the first to report that Jennifer and Ben had separated. Looks like that report was right on the money. Sigh? I wish this had turned out differently. I?m sad about this.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images, Backgrid, OnTheJLo newsletter and Instagram.
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| | Jennifer Lopez is back in LA, but she hasn't seen Ben Affleck in 'weeks' | | Added 177 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Look who?s back in LA! Jennifer Lopez traveled to her home in the Hamptons before the Fourth of July. She was there for well over a month a month full of chaos, divorce rumors and apparently little to no communication with Ben Affleck. Now she?s back in LA and she?s shopping for real estate. That?s what these photos show J.Lo was checking out a property in Bel Air.
As for all of the gossip? the past 48 hours have been a whirlwind of briefings from ?sources.? Chatty-ass sources are spilling their guts about Bennifer to TMZ, the Mail, Entertainment Tonight, Page Six and People Magazine. The broad strokes: Ben and Jen are not speaking to one another, they?re communicating through their managers, they will eventually file for divorce but they want to work out the details before they announce anything, and there?s a great deal of humiliation and embarrassment for all involved. In case you need some of that repackaged by People Magazine, here you go:
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are considering next steps as their summer winds down. The Atlas actress, 55, hasnt seen Ben for weeks, a source tells PEOPLE. Shes been spending time in New York City and the Hamptons, where she held a large birthday bash with friends and family, sans Affleck, 51. Affleck, meanwhile, has mostly been spending time in Los Angeles, and Lopez recently returned back to L.A.
They?re moving on separately. Jennifer is trying to find a new home to start fresh, adds the source.
Signs that their marriage was in a bad place became evident in May, when sources said Lopez and Affleck were living under separate roofs. They put on a united front at graduation gatherings and other family milestones but later embarked on separate summer plans. They marked their two-year wedding anniversary apart in July.
Considering everything thats going on, Jennifer is having a good summer, the source says. Shes been off and able to focus on whats next. She?s enjoyed spending time with her kids, family and friends.
She always has good attitude even when things are not perfect, adds the source.
[From People]
Some of you are reading the tea leaves and saying that Ben was the one who pulled the ripcord months ago and he decided it was over. Jen spent a few months trying to make him chase her, but something shifted in recent weeks when he skipped her birthday and apparently didn?t even call her. Now she?s on the separation/divorce train too and trying to save face. Here?s the thing? I?m already primed to take her side, honestly. Like, if it went down like that and Ben was suddenly over it and began slow-walking the divorce, I?m absolutely on her side. Anyway? what if they announce everything on Ben?s birthday, the 15th?
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | TMZ: Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez 'are not speaking to one another' these days | | Added 178 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Just a few weeks ago, I was much more hopeful about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. While I thought they were going through a bad patch, I took hope in the fact that J.Lo seemed to want to stay married to Ben, and that she seemed to believe that she could win him back somehow. But nowadays? it looks pretty bad. How did we go from ?J.Lo is trying to make Ben chase her? to ?they hate each other and they aren?t even speaking anymore?? That?s apparently the state of play, at least according to TMZ:
Things are not amicable between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck the lines of communication are closed and its making it difficult to hammer out a divorce agreement. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ? J Lo and Ben are not speaking to one another in person or over the phone and its really slowing down their divorce.
Ben and Jens icy relationship is really the only thing preventing this from being a quickie divorce were told they have a prenup and the only asset they have to divide is their Beverly Hills mansion, which is on the market.
Our sources say J Lo and Ben have NOT hired lawyers and are instead having everything go through their respective business managers, who are trying to figure out the financials behind the divorce but its complicated because the principals are not talking.
TMZ broke the stories the estranged couples Bev Hills estate is on the market for $68 million and Ben just closed on his own $20.5 million mansion in Brentwood, as Jen remains on the hunt for a house of her own. Ben closed escrow on the house the same day Jennifer turned 55 thats just a coincidence, but we do know there is no love lost between the two.
Ben and J Lo will eventually hire divorce lawyers, and were told no documents will be filed until they reach a settlement. They will file legal docs requesting a divorce, the judge will sign it and that will be that. But until Ben and Jen start talking again, things will continue moving at a snails pace.
[From TMZ]
My thing is that I simply don?t believe that any of this was about money, nor do I think the financial part of a seemingly inevitable divorce is the sticking point. The fact that their business managers are apparently doing the negotiating is WILD, but it also points to this whole thing being deeply unserious. Like? if you?re getting a divorce, grow up and hire a fking lawyer. You?re both in your 50s, stop playing telephone games and passing messages through Benny Medina and whoever. I sort of believe that they?re trying to be super-quiet about whatever negotiations are going on behind the scenes, but I also believe that both Ben and Jennifer are incredibly embarrassed. Like, this marriage blew up in both of their faces and they both look like idiots. That?s the biggest reason for the slow-moving divorce they?re both like ?wow, our images are going to take a huge hit when we file for divorce.?
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Mail: Ben Affleck & J.Lo's divorce documents 'are finalized, but not yet turned in' | | Added 184 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For the past two months, the vibes have been horrendous when it comes to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Initially, it seemed like they were having issues and they just needed a break from each other, or maybe they just needed to reconnect and work on their marriage. Then Jennifer flew to the Hamptons and Ben stayed in LA. Rumors abound that their marriage ?has been over for months? and they have ?deeper issues? beyond Ben?s discomfort with J.Lo?s fame. Then on J.Lo?s birthday last week, Ben stayed away. Not only that, but he closed escrow on his new bachelor pad ON her birthday. As I?ve said throughout the week, I truly believe a divorce announcement will happen soon. The Daily Mail believes the same:
Jennifer Lopezs love may not cost a thing, but her divorce to Ben Affleck sure will. Friends have claimed to DailyMail.com the 51-year-old Last Duel actor and the superstar singer, 55, are once again pushing ahead with divorce after a final attempt at reconciliation in recent weeks failed.
The couples divorce documents are finalized, but not yet turned in, multiple sources have claimed.
The news follows Affleck buying a new $20.5 million bachelor pad mansion in the Pacific Palisades on Wednesday, July 24, the day Lopez turned 55. Friends of Lopezs claimed Afflecks sudden bachelor pad purchase on her birthday had been a stab to the heart.
July 24 also marked the day Lopez also finalized the sale of her four-bedroom New York City penthouse for $23 million, People reported.
?They finalized the divorce papers with her a month ago, but are waiting for the right time to drop them, one source close to the duo claimed. At that time, they will release a joint statement that will say how they have much love for each other and how they fought to make it work, but couldnt. Honestly, in the end they could not come to a compromise. What they had before is gone and they have both accepted it, another source claimed.
[From The Daily Mail]
Oh god, what if Ben told Jennifer that she can announce their divorce in her On The JLo newsletter? What if she?s been putting it off because she still believes they can reconcile? I don?t know. I hate to say it, but I actually think the Mail is correct I think Ben and Jen have already worked out everything behind the scenes and they?re just waiting for the right moment to drop the news. I think their marriage really is over. It?s really sad. Jennifer must be devastated, honestly. I hate to do this, but I?m once again using the photos from the This Is Me? Now premiere in February, which is where many of us got our first inkling that Ben had checked out of this marriage big-time.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Jennifer Lopez is spending time with her stepdaughter Violet in the Hamptons | | Added 200 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Jennifer Lopez decamped to her home in the Hamptons before Independence Day. She?s still there, getting pap?d and overtipping for ice cream (she left a $50 tip at a local ice cream parlor, and her PR team is working overtime). I told you what I think is happening she wants Ben Affleck to chase her, she wants him to figure out that they ?belong? together. Well, I don?t know if Ben has run to the Hamptons to see her, but Jennifer wants people to know that Violet Affleck and one of Violet?s friends are in the Hamptons with her right now.
Jennifer Lopez is spending quality time with Violet Affleck! On Saturday, July 13, the 54-year-old Atlas star shared a short video to her Instagram Stories, showing her taking a sunny summertime car ride with Ben Afflecks 18-year-old daughter in New York.
In the footage, Lopez is in the front seat of a car with an open sunroof ? wearing her wedding ring and sunglasses ? as Violet and her friend, actress Cassidey Fralin, look out the window. Lopez decorated the clip with a Summertime sticker and soundtracked it with The Kid LAROIs Girls.
The outing comes as Lopez and Affleck, 51, have reportedly experienced some tension in their marriage in recent months ? most recently spending Independence Day weekend apart, per sources.
A source told PEOPLE that Lopez and Violet were shopping at Roller Rabbit in East Hampton, N.Y., on Saturday and were ?surrounded by people? when they left but looked ?unfazed.? Another source told PEOPLE, ?[Lopez] seemed to be very happy shopping with Ben?s daughter. She had a big smile on her face.?
Lopez shared the family bonding moment to Instagram not long after WWD reported on Friday, July 12, that she and Violet were seen dress shopping at LoveShackFancy in Sag Harbor. The store did not immediately respond to PEOPLEs request to confirm Lopezs shopping trip on Saturday. Boutique Relax in Bridgehampton, which WWD reported the duo had shopped at as well, confirmed to PEOPLE that Lopez was in the store last week and is a repeat customer. According to WWD, a LoveShackFancy salesperson said that Lopez and Violet had an hour of privacy to shop at the store, which temporarily stopped admitting shoppers as they browsed.
An employee, who described Lopez to WWD as ?very kind and very friendly, also said that the multi-hyphenate was gifted the brands Norma dress.
[From People]
I still love the fact that J.Lo makes a big effort with her stepkids. I?ve always thought she probably adores having more kids around, especially Violet, who is old enough to enjoy going shopping with her stepmom and doing girly-girl things in the Hamptons. It would be really cool if this was some kind of special treat for Violet too like, she and a friend got invited to the Hamptons for a vacation, possibly before heading off to college.
Beyond that, there are stories about the fakakta mansion that Ben and J.Lo are selling the mansion is officially listed on the open market after they tried and failed to sell it off-market. According to Us Weekly, they?re ?in a rush to sell it. Ben especially wants to be done with the house. He was never happy there.? He was in the house for a matter of months! Were the vibes really that bad?? Is the mansion haunted??
Jennifer Lopez and Violet Affleck ? pic.twitter.com/WM1iPZZg3P
DAY (@withlopez) July 13, 2024
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| | Jennifer Lopez is having a 'live, laugh, love' summer & she's still 'smitten' with Ben | | Added 205 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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On Monday, I wrote a sort of ?placeholder? story about Bennifer, as did People Magazine. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez spent the Independence Day long-weekend on separate coasts, playing games with their wedding rings. Both got pap?d a lot. There are still no announcements of either divorce or reconciliation. People Mag?s big exclusive was ?Jennifer seems fine.? My gut tells me that Jennifer would never ?leave? Ben or be the one to say ?we are getting a divorce.? No matter what, Ben is still the love of her life. So it?s up to Ben to determine what?s next. That?s sort of what Page Six?s sources are saying too J.Lo is spending time at her home in the Hamptons and letting Ben figure out what he wants.
A reconciliation between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez seems slimmer by the day amid ongoing divorce rumors, a source exclusively tells Page Six. An insider close to the couple tells us that, while the singer remains ?smitten? with her husband, she has embarked on a summer of ?health, happiness and joy? for herself and her family.
?Nothing can break her spirit,? the source adds. ?She wants to have a summer full of fun and laughter.?
Earlier this month, Page Six reported that their marriage has been ?over for months? and Lopez seemingly confirmed that as she posted a clip of her 2021 music video for ?Cambia el Paso? on Instagram Sunday. The empowering tune features the lyrics, translated from Spanish to English, ?Her life is better now without him ? She doesn?t need anyone to be well / She does not fail, she does not fail.? Lopez then asserts, ?He doesn?t deserve to have her in his arms.?
The update comes as Lopez, 54, continues to enjoy the summer without Affleck, 51, despite the two still wearing their wedding rings. Over the July 4th weekend, she was spotted looking happy and carefree while enjoying a bike ride with her longtime pal and vocal coach, Stevie Mackey, in the Hamptons, N.Y. She was also seen shopping in Bridgehampton with her manager, Benny Medina, and out and about with her child Emme.
Nonetheless, multiple sources tell us that Lopez who has continuously called the Oscar winner the love of her life still feels the same way. We?re told by another source that, amid the rumored split, Lopez has been spending a lot of time with her twins, Emme and Max, 16.
?When they?re not at their summer activities she?s with them,? the source tells us.
[From Page Six]
My theory has morphed into: she?s trying to make him chase her. She?s showing him what he?s missing. She?s trying to do ?absence makes the heart grow fonder.? He needed space so she?s giving him tons of space and letting him figure it out. Figure out if he wants another marriage to crash and burn, figure out if he?s actually happier without her. We?ll see.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Page Six: Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez's marriage 'has been over for months' | | Added 214 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are probably close to being completely done. What a waste, all of it. Ben really wrote love letters to Jennifer when she was engaged to Alex Rodriguez, then she quickly extracted herself from that engagement and went all-in with Ben soon after. I think they were happy for a year or so, but reality came crashing down on them at some point in the past year. I hesitate to say it was ALL about J.Lo?s This Is Me? Now projects, but I?m sure the album, music film and documentary did not help at all. It wasn?t all about the Beverly Hills mansion either, but that didn?t help. Now Page Six is saying that Bennifer is definitely OVER.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have tried their best to put on a united front ? but the couple?s marriage has allegedly been over for months, we hear. According to sources, they?ve been apart since March, but Affleck is ?very protective of Jennifer.?
Rumors of the couple?s split hit a fever pitch in May after Affleck was noticeably absent from J.Lo?s side at major red carpet events ? like the Met Gala, which she co-chaired this year. He also didn?t accompany her to the premiere of her new Netflix project, ?Atlas.?
Lopez then added fuel to the rumor mill when she liked an Instagram post about unhealthy relationships. ?You can?t build a relationship with someone who is disconnected from themselves,? said the post.
[From Page Six]
The premiere for This Is Me? Now: A Love Story happened in February of this year. I said at the time that the vibe was off and that Ben seemed to be phoning it in/detatching. It would not surprise me at all if that was basically when the beginning of the end. Meanwhile, Ben and Jen are obviously unloading the Beverly Hills mansion, but Page Six also says that they?re unloading some artwork too. Yeah? that says divorce to me. Selling real estate AND artwork, while living separately and barely seeing each other? We?ll probably get a divorce announcement this week or next.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Avalon Red.
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| | Jennifer Lopez stepped out in head-to-toe Dior, a Birkin bag & her wedding ring | | Added 215 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Jennifer Lopez out and about in LA on Saturday. She was with her kids, I can see Emme in the background of some of the photos. J.Lo?s ensemble here is sort of interesting she?s wearing head-to-toe Dior, except for a rare Hermes Birkin bag. I love the crisp white cotton Dior shirt and I even like the Dior D-Joy ballet flats. The Dior trousers are kind of awful though, not that flattering on Jennifer. I don?t imagine that style would be flattering on any body type though. Her Birkin is crocodile skin, in black. Last week, Jennifer seemingly made a last-minute decision to attend the Dior show at Paris Fashion Week. I wonder if she returned home with a suitcase full of Dior for her trouble.
As we discussed on Sunday, when J.Lo was in Italy and France, Ben moved his sh-t out of their Beverly Hills home. This home seems to be one big contention in their marriage they spent months and months looking at homes all over LA, and when they finally settled on this gigantic mansion, they also spent millions renovating it. Ben quietly moved out of the mansion two months ago and he?s now staying at a Brentwood rental. I think J.Lo is possibly still living in the Beverly Hills place, even though they?ve put it on the market already. If J.Lo is concerned about Ben moving his sh-t out while she was on vacation, she?s not letting it show. She wore her wedding ring for this Saturday outing.
All that being said, I really do wonder if we?re going to get a big announcement soon. The paparazzi are obviously trailing Ben and Jen a lot these days, and it?s become clear that they?ve probably only seen each other once in like three or four weeks? And that one meeting was literally at their office. I hate this! I?m still rooting for them, but damn, it really does not look good.
Photos courtesy of BauerGriffin/INSTARimages/Cover Images.
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| | Jennifer Lopez glowed at the PFW Dior show while Ben yelled at paps back in LA | | Added 220 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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You guys sort of convinced me that Jennifer Lopez?s trip to Europe is the precursor to a divorce announcement. I hate that I believe it. Last week, Jennifer was on vacation in Italy without her husband Ben Affleck. This week, she?s attending shows at Paris Fashion Week. Yesterday, she attended the Dior show and then she was seen later on Monday, leaving her hotel and (according to Backgrid) heading for the airport. I love her travel outfit wide-leg grey-silver trousers and an oversized white button-down? I would look horrible in it but she looks so chic and cool. I like her Dior outfit too.
Jennifer?s Italian vacation photos were very exclusive, meaning only the biggest sites and publications could afford to buy them. But these Paris pics? They?ll run everywhere. Jennifer looking happy and glowing, wearing cute outfits and perhaps slowly introducing a new single era? Is that the purpose of the Paris trip? Perhaps.
Meanwhile, Ben was back at home in LA and he got into it with some paparazzi outside of Jennifer?s house on Sunday night. This is the home they are currently selling, and clearly, J.Lo wasn?t home. The paps were using their flashes and they temporarily blinded him as he was behind the wheel. That?s when Ben got out of his car and bitched out one of the paps. This feels so vintage, so ?original Bennifer.?
#BenAffleck went OFF on the paparazzi this weekend after they dangerously flashed the crap out of him with their cameras as he was leaving his and #JLo's house. https://t.co/AeYg1uowBk (: BACKGRID) pic.twitter.com/HKnk2BX3db
TMZ (@TMZ) June 24, 2024
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