Ben Affleck Reportedly Never Wavered in His Decision to Divorce Jennifer Lopez After This Move
Near the end of Ben Affleck’s marriage to Jennifer Lopez, there were choices to be made and he was reportedly in control of whether they reconciled or not. Sources close to the Oscar winner are now sharing the moment he came to the conclusion that their romance was not working, and it was a final decision.
A source disclosed to People that Affleck “never looked back” after he made a major move — he left their $61 million marital home in Beverly Hills. In May, he rented a property in Brentwood while filming The Accountant 2 and Lopez enjoyed her summer in the Hamptons. By June, their home of less than a year was on the market and Affleck was on the hunt for a new property. Still, Lopez reportedly held out hope for a reunion.
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“It’s just depressing that Ben couldn’t find the time or inclination to be there and support Jennifer,” a source told In Touch Weekly in August. “She would have welcomed it.” The 52-year-old actor missed Lopez’s Bridgerton-themed party for her 55th birthday and skipped celebrating their second wedding anniversary on July 16. Jennifer’s been putting on a brave face through it all,” the insider added. “She never expected to be spending her summer alone. This isn’t where she thought she’d be at this point in her life.”
The Gone Girl star even closed on his new $20 million Pacific Palisades residence on Lopez’s birthday — the marriage was officially over. The “Let’s Get Loud” singer revealed to Nikki Glaser in Interview Magazine that her “whole f**king world exploded” after the release of her This Is Me… Now project — and she never wants to be in this position again.
“When your whole house blows up, you’re standing there in the rubble going, ‘How do I not ever let that happen again?’ And then you start examining it little by little saying, ‘Okay, I did this, this was my part in it, this was what I should have seen early on, this is what I didn’t look at.’ Those things are what really are the lessons,” she admitted.
Lopez and Affleck are reportedly in arbitration with famed celebrity divorce attorney Laura Wasser trying to figure a way through their assets, especially since they did not have a prenuptial agreement. The former Fly Girl sounds like she’s embracing her single era while Affleck is focusing on his work and family. Bennifer 2.0 is done forever.
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