Ben Affleck Wants Jennifer Lopez to Maintain ‘Closeness’ With His Daughter Violet if They Divorce, Source Says

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have allegedly been on the cusp of divorce since May 2024. The couple initially fell in love in the early 2000s, and after 20 years, they found their way back to each other. Despite their beautiful love story, they’re now having marital problems. A source claimed that Affleck wants Lopez to maintain a close relationship with his oldest daughter, Violet Affleck, no matter what happens to their marriage.

Ben Affleck allegedly wants Jennifer Lopez to maintain a close relationship with his daughter, Violet Affleck

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez adore their blended family. Lopez has 16-year-old twins, Max and Emme Muniz, whom she had during her marriage to Marc Anthony. Affleck has three kids with his ex-wife , Jennifer Garner: Violet Anne, 18, Fin Rose, 15, and Samuel, 12 . When Affleck and Lopez tied the knot in 2022, Lopez said that she hoped their kids could see that having additional parents gives them another person to “love and care” for them.

“What I hope to cultivate with our family is that his kids have a new ally in me, and my kids have a new ally in him,” Lopez told Vogue in November 2022. “Someone who really loves and cares about them but can have a different perspective and help me see things that I can’t see with my kids because I’m so emotionally tied up.”

Affleck and Lopez’s kids seem to get along well. And Lopez has a special bond with Violet. A source told Entertainment Tonight that the couple is “trying to make this transition as easy as possible and be gentle on their children. They don’t want to make things more upsetting than they already have been.” As for Violet and Lopez, they “have gotten close throughout Jen and Ben’s relationship, and maintaining that closeness is important to everyone.”

“Ben certainly doesn’t want to cause any strain between Jen and Violet, and he is in support of them spending time together,” the source continued. “It’s a little tricky for him, but both Jen and Ben want all their kids to be happy regardless of the issues they are facing in their marriage.”

Jennifer Lopez spent time with Violet Affleck in July 2024 without Ben Affleck

Jennifer Lopez Allegedly Threw a ‘Huge Fit’ When Ben Affleck Moved His Belongings Out of the House, Source Says

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck haven’t spent much time together in July 2024. Affleck stayed in Los Angeles for the Fourth of July, while Lopez spent time in the Hamptons in New York. The couple also didn’t spend their second wedding anniversary together, prompting further suspicion that they plan to divorce.

While fans haven’t seen Lopez and Affleck together, Lopez and his daughter, Violet, had a wonderful outing on July 15. According to People , the stepmom and stepdaughter had their arms around each other as they entered 75 Main restaurant.

“They both seem so happy to be spending this time together and are just enjoying the moment,” a source told the publication regarding Lopez and Violet.

Before their outing on the 15th, Lopez posted a clip to her Instagram Stories that showed her and Violet in a car together.

“[Lopez] seemed to be very happy shopping with Ben’s daughter,” another source said. “She had a big smile on her face.”

The couple’s kids allegedly don’t want them to get divorced

A source told DailyMail.com that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s five kids don’t want to see them go through a divorce .

“The kids think Jennifer and Ben are really, deeply in love, like soul mates, and they don’t want them to divorce,” the source alleged. “They want them to work it out for better or for worse, like their vows said. And they do feel that the two should continue counseling and talking it out, even if it is painful.”

The insider added that Fin and Emme are “best friends” who “talk every day. “They tell Ben and Jenny, ‘Hey, don’t give up, don’t lose this,'” the source said.

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