The kiss on the cheek, the latest tensions, the fear of repeating the mistakes of the past: inside the crisis between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez

For months, international gossip has been claiming that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are one step away from divorce. The two have just returned to being seen in public together, but the new apparition did not dispel the rumors of crisis. On the contrary. JLo joined her husband in Santa Monica to attend one Samuel’s basketball game, his twelve-year-old son. The atmosphere seemed relaxed – the two were immortalized smiling together with Ben’s mother, Anne Boldt – but the American press did not miss a couple of details. First: when greeting each other, the spouses exchanged only one hasty kiss on the cheek. Second: when they moved away, while walking they did not hold hands as usual. In the morning, among other things, J.Lo had been spotted at a flea market in Los Angeles with her sixteen-year-old daughter Emme. And an eyewitness had reported to Page Six that the singer looked sad and thoughtful.

New elements that seem to confirm the crisis. Furthermore, just a few days ago Lopez made a sensational move which to many seemed closely linked to the (alleged) marital crisis: the pop star canceled his summer tour dates in the United States because «it is taking some free time to be with his family childrenthe family they close friends”. Words that the gossip translated as follows: she must try to save her marriage.

On the other hand, the tabloids have always reported that from the first breakup with Affleck, in 2004, the diva, one of the sexiest women on the planet, with three marriages behind her, left devastated. And that, despite many subsequent loves, she has never stopped hoping for a reunion with the actor. The Bennifers 2.0 became reality in 2021, in 2022 they crowned their dream of love with a double wedding, and now they seem one step away from a new goodbye. An epilogue that according to gossip Lopez wants to avoid at all costs. It seems that the pop star, in order to save her marriage to her Ben, even asked for help from his ex-wife Jennifer Garner (who was also present at her son Samuel’s basketball game).

But putting the pieces back together, if we listen to the usual well-informed people, won’t be easy. Because the two spouses would have too different personalities and lifestyles, which in the long run would have worn out the marriage. In particular, an insider told the American press 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.” According to another source, Affleck now compares his marriage to Jennifer to a kind of «fever dream“, And “if there was a way to divorce on the grounds of temporary insanity, he would do it». True or not, the last public appearance of the couple – who had accustomed us to red carpets full of loving looks and passionate kisses – seems to say that the frost has fallen on the Bennifers.