There has been a rumor for days now that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are one step away from divorce. Some American media, as early as last week, claimed that he already had left the family home – a $60 million mansion in Beverly Hills – and moved to a rental property in Brentwood. News that the international press had taken with a pinch of salt, reporting it with many conditions. No wonder: Ben and J.Lo, after being on the verge of getting married in 2003, after surprise breakup in 2004after reunion equally surprisingly in 2021 and after the double wedding celebrated in 2022, for months they appeared on the red carpet, and on social media, more in love than ever.
Is it possible that such a romantic and equally daring story has once again come to an end? There is no official news but the rumors describing a couple in crisis are increasingly numerous. A source, for example, has just explained to Page Six that Ben Affleck has “come to his senses” regarding his marriage to Jennifer Lopez, which he now compares to a kind of “fever dream»: «If there was a way to divorce on the grounds of temporary insanity, he would do it».
The first rumors of a crisis began to circulate at the beginning of May, when Jennifer attended the Met Gala alone. At that point, the couple’s fans pointed out that Ben and J.Lo hadn’t been photographed together for 47 days. This weekend the two reappeared as a couple, smiling and with wedding rings on their fingers. Yet several sources have confirmed a People who are experiencing a period of strong tension caused by «different lifestyles and clashes of different personalities». In particular, a film industry source said that Ben «he hates all the media attention» that surrounds their lives. While J.Lo «with all that attention is perfectly at ease with him»: «He is more introspective and reserved. She likes to open her heart to her fans and the world. And this, in the long run, damaged the relationship.”
Already in 2022, after the double wedding, gossip had recounted tensions caused by the different personalities of the spouses. At the time it was said that Ben was exasperated by his wife’s excessive attachment to work but above all by her temper: «Before the wedding J.Lo gave an Oscar-worthy performance for Ben, pretending to be the perfect, accommodating wife-to-be. Now he points the finger at him and yells at him even in public», an AA source said Radar Online. Adding: “Ben married Jennifer blinded by love, without realizing what trouble he was getting himself into.” And now, if we listen to the new indiscretions, he would like to remedy that “trouble”.
