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Jennifer Lopez reveals reason for divorcing Ben Affleck after two years of marriage
By Stephanie Webber,
8 hours ago
She’s keeping it real.
Jennifer Lopez cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for her split from Ben Affleck after two years of marriage.
The “Marry Me” singer, 55, officially filed for divorce from Affleck, 52, on Aug. 20, which just so happened to be the pair’s second anniversary of their Georgia ceremony.
“Jennifer said she was tired of being humiliated by Ben and she waited until the two-year anniversary because she wanted it to sting,” an insider alleged to the publication.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez on their wedding day in 2022.
Lopez shared a Father’s Day appreciation post for Affleck. Instagram / Jennifer Lopez
“But it did not sting him,” the insider claimed. “He’s been done for a long time and deep down she knows this. He let her have this so that she wouldn’t look like the villain.”
Another source alleged to Us Weekly: “The timing of the divorce was a big f–k you to Ben.”
Affleck and Lopez attend a Los Angeles Lakers game on May 11, 2003. Getty Images
Per TMZ sources, the estranged couple did not have a prenup.
Lopez was in New York the day of the separation, as she was gearing up to co-host the Met Gala. Split rumors initially took off when she attended the annual fashion event and walked the red carpet solo without the Oscar winner on May 6.
The pair first got together in 2002 but ended their first engagement in 2004 . Two decades later, they rekindled their romance and tied the knot at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas in July 2022. They went on to hold a second, more extravagant wedding at Affleck’s home in Riceboro, Georgia, on Aug. 20, 2022.
Affleck and Lopez at the premiere of “This Is Me … Now: A Love Story” in LA on Feb. 13, 2024. REUTERS Lopez and Affleck at the 65th Grammy Awards in LA on Feb. 5, 2023. CBS
“We’re older now, we’re smarter, we have more experience, we’re at different places in our lives, we have kids now, and we have to be very conscious of those things,” Lopez told People magazine about their second shot at love. “It’s a beautiful outcome that this has happened in this way at this time in our lives where we can really appreciate and celebrate each other and respect each other. We always did, but we have even more of an appreciation because we know that life can take you in different directions.”
Per Page Six, Bennifer’s relationship began to crack during their Italy honeymoon.
Affleck has kids Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner, 52, from whom he split in 2015 after 10 years of marriage. Lopez, for her part, is mom to 16-year-old twins Emme and Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony, 55.
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