"Ben has already moved out." Insiders said Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are on the verge of divorce
Jennifer Lopez, who was spotted viewing a new home yesterday, and Ben Affleck are on the verge of divorce. Sources from In Touch claim that the celebrities are no longer living together and are planning to put their $61 million mansion up for sale.
In recent weeks, the couple have not appeared together in public and live in different parts of the country - Jennifer in New York, and Ben on the set in Los Angeles. The long separation provoked many rumors about problems in the couple’s relationship, which, according to insiders, are being confirmed.
“Ben has already moved out and they will most likely have to sell the dream home they spent two years looking for,” the source said. "Right now he's focused on work and the kids. They'll never stop loving each other, but she can't control him and he can't change her. There's no way this will last."
The main problem in Jen and Ben's relationship is that they approach their publicity differently. Lopez is only too happy to pose for the paparazzi, film a documentary in her home and highlight the details of her personal life in the lyrics of her songs. Affleck, on the contrary, avoids any media attention in his direction. In 2003, according to rumors, this was the reason for the couple’s separation.
In J.Lo's documentary This Is Me Now, Ben Affleck admitted: "When I was getting ready to get back together, I said, 'Look, one of the things I don't want is a relationship on social media.' Then I realized it wasn't fair. It's like if you were going to marry the captain of a ship and you said, "Well, I don't want to be surrounded by water." We're trying to learn how to compromise. Jennifer added that she understands that her husband doesn't like being in the public eye, but he doesn't want to stop her.
During the filming of one of the scenes of the documentary about the singer, Affleck was stunned by the fact that his wife showed his love letters to the project participants. He entered the room as Lopez was showing outsiders a series of letters from Ben, which he called "The Greatest Love Story Never Told." "I really found beauty and poetry and irony in the fact that this is the greatest love story that has never been told. But if you're filming it, it's already been told," the actor said.
"Ben would never try to stop Jennifer's dreams or tell her that she can't do something that furthers her career, although she can be quite overbearing towards him," the insider notes.
Perhaps finding a compromise for the couple turned out to be more difficult than they thought. “They waited almost two decades to get back together, but in the end it didn’t work out,” explains a source close to the couple. "They both said they had matured and learned from their mistakes, but some of the big issues that separated them the first time remained the same."
Recall that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez first met in the early 2000s; they were engaged in 2003, but called off the wedding. During the pandemic, the stars began to communicate again and decided to give their relationship another chance. The couple got married in 2022.