This week has been a bit quieter for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s marriage drama. J.Lo arrived back in LA last week, and she’s been house-hunting and spending time with Ben’s kids. There still seems to be a general frostiness between Ben and J.Lo, and absolutely no one is saying (at this point) that reconciliation is possible. They are absolutely headed for a divorce, and the gossip consensus is that Ben is done with the marriage and he is the one driving this estrangement and eventual divorce.
In July, Jennifer celebrated her birthday in the Hamptons, surrounded by friends and family. She threw herself a Bridgerton-themed birthday party. Ben did not show up. He did not fly to New York at all. Instead, Ben made a point of closing escrow on his new bachelor pad on Jennifer’s birthday. Well, Thursday was Ben’s birthday (August 15th). Jennifer Lopez did not go to his house or take him out to dinner or see him in any way. Instead, she posted photos of herself on Instagram. LMAO.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Garner visited Ben’s house on his birthday. There were photos of her outside of his house – I assume it was something about their kids because it doesn’t look like she was bringing over a cake or anything.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Instagram.
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- Santa Monica, CA – Ben Affleck enjoyed a 4th of July breakfast with his kids, spending quality time together on the holiday morning. Pictured: Ben Affleck, Fin Affleck BACKGRID USA 4 JULY 2024 BYLINE MUST READ: BlueLoveImages /LAGOSSIPTV / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Beverly Hills, CA – Ben Affleck is seen arriving at his Beverly Hills office on a Sunday afternoon, dressed casually but stylishly. Pictured: Ben Affleck BACKGRID USA 7 JULY 2024 BYLINE MUST READ: BlueLoveImages /LAGOSSIPTV / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York City, NY – Jennifer Lopez, still wearing her ring, was seen at Equinox gym in The Hamptons. She and Benny Medina were spotted stepping out of the gym and getting into a Jeep Wrangler. Pictured: Jennifer Lopez BACKGRID USA 22 JULY 2024 BYLINE MUST READ: The Hollywood JR / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Los Angeles, CA – Jennifer Lopez is spotted house hunting with realtors in the luxurious Bel Air area of Los Angeles. Pictured: Jennifer Lopez BACKGRID USA 6 AUGUST 2024 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
No wonder it didn’t work out, they both act like teenagers. I have second hand embarrassment from reading this.
Same for the secondhand embarrassment. It sounds like a highschool romance where neither knows how to dump the other.
The word that describes vicarious embarrassment is fontrum.
Oooh! Thank you!
Fantastic word!!
Very cringe. lol I’m embarrassed for both of them, but this was 1000% expected from Jlo. She’s still trying to keep face, for what – i’m not sure and still trying to convince us that she’s over it – NOT.
The problem being that there isn’t any face to be kept anymore. She would be keeping face by just announcing the divorce and be done with it.
JLo did briefly stop by his house on his birthday, though. Very short visit, apparently, but it happened.
Another site said Ben decided to divorce JLo bc her fame and lifestyle put his sobriety at risk. Someone captioned that with “that’s nothing new. Why did he circle the block then?” And I couldn’t agree more.
He also blamed Jen Garner for his drinking. Same old/same old with him. He needs to take personal accountability.
At this point, he’s dated vastly different women, and yet he’s never happy.
Very typical of people, men, women and children with mental health issues. Jen garner went to his house to drop off his son so he could spend the birthday with his dad, not party with him. Allegedly.
I really have to give JGarner credit for keeping things so cordial after the way he treated her. No way I’d go over to my ex’s house on his birthday.
I’m wondering what the holdup is with Affleck and JLo making some kind of announcement, it’s not like anyone believes they’re still together.
I do not get the appeal of this man, at all. But I also find Matt Damon tedious, so maybe MA middle aged actors just aren’t my thing.
Their attorneys have each told them not to say a thing to the press as they iron out the divorce settlement. They are working with PR forks for the statement. They obviously had a prenup (one would assume) but maybe not a post nuptial agreement. In this case though, a picture is worth a thousand words.
@Mcmmom, regarding the appeal, he can be charming when he wants to be. Also, he is rumored to be a good lay.
JLo looks fabulous. That’s going to have to be enough for her.
Yeah she does and yeah it will have to be.
J Lo looks great but very thin. I bet the stress is getting to her.
So this is a gossip site – so here goes (please no tomato throwing). I went down the twitter rabbit hole and saw posts that Suge Knight is saying law Enforcment gave videos to Ben – not sure what exactly but it was when JLo was with Sean Combs – and that was the straw that broke the camels back. Now I get it, it’s Suge Knight who is saying this and why would law enforcement show him any evidence. He further alienated me by stating it was the white men looking out for other white men.
Has anyone heard any of this gossip in relation to Bennifer?
That is what some of the gossip vloggers say, that JLo is being drawn into the Diddy mess somehow and Ben wants no part of that. Even if that’s true, whatever happened to “for better or for worse”? “I’m dumping you Jen because some mess from 20 years ago with your ex-bf is bubbling up and I just can’t, sorry!”. Either way, JLo is better off without the toxic toddler.
I have heard the same I don’t have a new source though. Considering that a lot of diddy’s girlfriends have gone through similar things and that he seems to have made a point of documenting things to use for control it’s not unreasonable that there is something that is relating to JLo out there. From what I see they are trying to build an extensive case against him so getting new testimonials is probably something they are working on. JLo holding that gun for him in the club shooting is something that might come back around too.
If reports were true, they were not in aegreement with parenting, lifestyles, & finances. Ben did not want to pay that much for a house, particularly one he didn’t like! I think he was tired of looking at so many houses ( they supposedly toured 80 homes!) They just are not compatible. They don’t seem to share the same interests. JL was at a Bruno Mars concert on Ben’s birthday with one of her many entourage. Ben supposedly just wanted an intimate, family & friends celebration for his birthday this year.
If that is true about the tapes, I can only imagine what was on those tapes. I am thinking it had to be pretty bad! Depending what Ben saw on those tapes,it could very easily change his feelings about JL, even if they are married…
Being JLo 24/7 must be not only exhausting but expensive. She has a large support staff that travel with her as well as enough staff to maintain a large household. He knew this. He knew they both had a history and some baggage. Now there’s a problem?
I’m sure that’s not the only reason they split. I’m also sure we will never know all the reasons and we shouldn’t really. The only people who know what is going on in a relationship are the people in that relationship.
I think I might have some inkling of why he decided to divorce him and I think I might have played a part in it. Not going to divulge because it was really unhealthy and unhinged, but I said something to somebody that was suspected to be a JLo bot on X when I had a fight with them back after they got married in Las Vegas. Remember he was caught crying in Paris? Well, I think what I said on X made that happen. Not just because the fight was on X henceforth public and his people bound to know, but also the content I think can cause emotional breakdown to a stakeholder such as himself in that situation. And because of his crying, I think what I said was probably true, especially shortly after, I read his sources went on tabloids to say that he understood JLo was territorial that resonated to what I theorised in that online fight.
Ben Affleck just went to Japan with Jennifer Garner and they dropped Violet off at Yale…I know they’re “co-parenting” but they’re also looking awfully cozy. I really feel terrible for Lopez if he is just piggybacking to his wife.