Jennifer Lopez ‘doesn’t feel betrayed’ by the photos of Ben Affleck & J. Garner

Congrats to Ben Affleck, he’s spent the better part of two weeks trying to get a public reaction out of Jennifer Lopez and he just got what he wanted. “Sources close to Jennifer Lopez” spoke to People Magazine about Ben getting handsy with Jennifer Garner at their son Samuel’s birthday party – as soon as those photos came out, Team Affleck went on a briefing spree about how Ben wants to get back with Garner, no he doesn’t want to get back with her but they’re still super-close, close in a way he will never be with J.Lo, and by the way, Garner’s boyfriend is mad about the photos too. Throughout all of Affleck’s melodramatic chaos-briefings, J.Lo has stayed quiet, but she finally gave in:

Jennifer Lopez has no negative feelings about recent photos of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner sharing a hug at their son Samuel’s birthday party. After photos of Affleck and Garner, both 52, surfaced showing the Accountant 2 actor wrapping his arms around her, a source tells PEOPLE that Lopez — who finalized her divorce from Affleck in January after two years of marriage — “isn’t bothered” by the pictures “at all.”

“Jennifer Garner knows what it is and knows what it is not. And people are reading into it in a way to create drama where there is none,” the source says.

According to the source, Lopez, 55, “doesn’t feel betrayed,” adding, “I think the two Jens are great admirers of the other, and I think they’re all co-parenting.”

“There is no animosity. They are friendly,” the source says, adding, “We’re always pitting women against women. In this case, it’s just not the truth.”

Garner and Affleck came together to celebrate their youngest child’s 13th birthday at a paintball party for Samuel on March 2, where they were seen sharing a laugh and hug.

“They have been on good terms for a while now and seem to enjoy chatting and hanging out,” one insider told PEOPLE of the former couple March 5. “Most of the time, the kids are around too.” That insider added that Affleck “usually acts happy around” Garner, who is currently dating John Miller, and said, “She doesn’t seem to mind. She seems to enjoy spending time with Ben,” with whom she shares three kids: Samuel, Violet, 19, and Seraphina, 16.

[From People]

LMAO, this is coming from a SOURCE CLOSE TO J.LO: “Jennifer Garner knows what it is and knows what it is not.” As in, both Jennifers have Ben’s number. Both Jennifers know what’s up. Both Jennifers know what game Ben is playing. It makes me wonder if J.Lo called Garner and the conversation started with “can you believe this f–king guy?” Back when J.Lo was with Ben, they really tried to pit the two Jennifers against one another, but I remember also hearing that Garner was happy for them because she believed that J.Lo would help keep Ben out of her hair, and help keep him clean and sober. I do think that the two Jennifers ended up getting along in the end – remember how Seraphina even went to the Hamptons last summer to spend time with J.Lo? Anyway, I wish J.Lo didn’t even give Ben this much, but these quotes are funny.

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20 Responses to “Jennifer Lopez ‘doesn’t feel betrayed’ by the photos of Ben Affleck & J. Garner”

  1. Hypocrisy says:

    Ben needs to find a woman not named Jennifer and move on, quietly.

    • TikiChica says:

      Or, even better, a new Jennifer.

      • ML says:

        But not if the new Jennifer 3.0 would inherit the same Ben 1.0!

        I feel badly for the guy Jennifer Garner is dating. John Miller has definitely kept a low profile, but winds up pulled into Ben’s love life (or lack thereof) from time to time and that has got to bite. I don’t blame Jennifer Garner for acting like JLo’s source here! I did notice JLo’s love life was left in peace.

        I wonder if the Jen’s had a kind of trauma bonding experience? When JGa’s marriage to Ben wound down, HIS mom was regularly papped with her. We’ve seen his best buddy interact with JLo, and the two ex-wives and their kids seem to get along.

    • Friendly Crow says:

      From everything that we have seen – both Jen’s seem to like and deeply respect each other. They are the ones talking to plan to keep their kids in contact with each other. Not Ben.

      Ben stopped paying attention to JLo’s kids the second he was “over” her. Both women are moms and would have clocked that and the fury over such selfishness would have gone a long way to cementing their friendship.

      Look. Being felt up by your ex husband at your son’s bday party – with both sides of the family and tons of friends in attendance – what was she supposed to do?

      Ben wanted a reaction. That’s what he’s always after. She grey rocked through his bs and that’s the best possible reaction to give to someone like him.

      And I’m sure when those photos came out – arranged by Ben to blow up people’s lives – Jen called jlo and the man she loves – who was probably at the party – and was like “bless. His. F-ing. Heart.”

  2. Elle says:

    First grade teacher and kindergarten teacher, despite having very little in common other than the fact that they both teach at the same school, becoming friends because they both taught the same troubled child.

  3. ThatGirlThere says:

    Doesn’t Benjamin have a Kennedy daughter or a nanny he could date? Instead, this middle-aged man with children is trying to stir up drama by using the two Jennifers in public, which is just gross. He’s probably just looking to drum up publicity for his new movie.

  4. Barrett says:

    I feel like all these stories are nothing burgers. I Just keep thinking keep poor Jenn G and especially Jenn L out of the press.

    ladies deserve some tabloid peace and the kiddos too

  5. SIde Eye says:

    I wish she’d just ignored him.

  6. Lizzie says:

    Seen on twitter ‘Does Ben Affleck only know two women?’

  7. Bqm says:

    Jen G had also taken Fin and Emme to the zoo together. I think the Jens get along fine and so do their kids with each of them. Fin and Emme are especially close.

    At a December school play that Fin and Emme were in they had Ben, Jen g, Jen L, plus Matt Damon all present. Quite the gathering.

  8. Lens says:

    Jenn L fans all over instagram blaming it (the hug, which unlike People reported was not “shared” -Ben did all the handsy) on Jenn G because they rather blame another woman than blame a man for hurting their idol. I don’t blame the press for pitting women against women because we do it all the time to ourselves. The same way Angelina was blamed and not Brad over Jenn A although that was a real relationship.

  9. Ohwell says:

    This doesn’t sound like it came from Jlo’s team at all. It came from someone’s team but not hers.

  10. Tuni says:

    I tried to post this in response to the ben’s sources , aka ben , using Miller yesterday…. garner’s eyebrows in the photo of Ben ‘big time laughing ‘is very much a, dude you are weird or said something weird, here.. a smile to placate you. Ben’s big time laugh energy is oblivious and thinks it landed or he is playing to the paps.

    Imo, Ben makes women be un- multifaceted. he plays those sides against a woman or uses other exes to compare them to and cause trauma. The wholesome vs glamorous. Tells them he loves them bc of one aspect and hooks them, plays games with their feelings. Did, still Tries to. But both Jen’s are aware.

    Imo, Ben read previous quotes from garner and jlo about his ” charrm’” and thought oh have a good “charm”. 1 can get ladies to believe l am charming

    No one thinks your too intense burning energy to hook people is a marker of a charming person ben.
    That is not what they said, Ben
    – they are telling any woman who thinks they can be with you, esp if they have children , with subtlety , who you are
    So not the charm takeaway you think it is ben

    They called you a groomer ben
    And soft coded it
    So if vou read it vou’d take it as a compliment ben
    so they could protect themselves from you Ben
    While warning everyone ben

  11. Jack says:

    I think they are just creating drama because he needs headlines for his upcoming movie. This is what all of the celebs do. I’m not reading too much into it.

  12. VilleRose says:

    I’m glad the two Jennifers are such adults about all of this. I bet when Jennifer Garner first became a mom, she never imagined that 1) she would get divorced again 2) that Ben would briefly end up back with J. Lo in the future and her children would end up being friends with J. Lo’s kids, even after Ben and J. Lo diovrced. She has clearly embraced it and accepted the fact her kids like J. Lo and get along with her kids. But a weird reality she never envisioned for herself.

  13. Lilly says:

    I hope they are friendly but I’ve also read things that seem to pit Garner and Affleck against Lopez, so many different publicists and camps and gossip, it’s hard to keep straight. So I hope that this is more the case and everyone is at peace and just friendly with each other.

  14. Carolnr says:

    Both JG & JL have been papped with each other’s children; but, interestingly enough, JG & JL have NEVER been seen & papped together! I think they only talk when it pertains to their children hanging out together. They maintain a friendship because of the children..

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