Jennifer Lopez didn’t handle questions on her marriage to Ben Affleck when she appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! — however she did point out her husband’s title.
Lopez, 54, was there Monday, Might 20, to promote her new sci-fi movie, Atlas, and neither she nor host Jimmy Kimmel addressed the marital hypothesis. She introduced up Affleck, nevertheless, whereas telling a narrative about assembly Barbra Streisand earlier in her profession. Streisand, she recalled, was “asking me to have a look at my engagement ring on the time — that Ben had given me — years in the past.” The Hollywood legend had ogled that ring, saying, “In order that’s an enormous diamond,” to which Lopez replied, “Sure, it’s!”
On Kimmel’s present, Lopez wore a easy silver band on her ring finger. She saved it on afterward as she walked the crimson carpet solo at Atlas’ Los Angeles premiere. It was her newest massive occasion with out Affleck, 51, in tow.
The couple, lovingly dubbed Bennifer, raised eyebrows earlier this month after they’d not been photographed collectively in latest weeks. Lopez attended the Met Gala solo whereas Affleck went to the reside taping of Netflix’s roast of Tom Brady by himself.
Rumors started to swirl that Lopez and Affleck had cut up, however a supply completely advised Us Weekly that the twosome hit a tough patch of their relationship.
“Jen and Ben are having points of their marriage,” the insider defined. “They began having points a number of months in the past as Jen had began ramping up work commitments and prepping for her tour.”
The supply shared that Lopez is “very targeted on work” as she is on the brink of kick off her This Is Me … Dwell tour subsequent month in Orlando.
“They’re on two utterly completely different pages more often than not,” the insider advised Us.
A second supply advised Us that Lopez and Affleck don’t have plans to separate however famous the actor has been staying at a spot in Los Angeles away from the couple’s normal dwelling. An extra insider advised Us Affleck moved out of his and Lopez’s home “a number of weeks in the past.”
Because the cut up hypothesis started, Affleck and Lopez have been photographed collectively. On Friday, Might 17, the pair have been noticed at a faculty operate for one in every of their youngsters. (Lopez shares twins Max and Emme, 16, with ex-husband Marc Anthony whereas Affleck is the daddy of Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, whom he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.)
Each Affleck and Lopez wore their marriage ceremony rings. Nonetheless, Affleck was photographed with out his band earlier that day whereas out and about.
Later that weekend, Lopez and Affleck have been snapped driving in Brentwood, California, on Sunday, Might 19. The duo have been all smiles as Affleck drove whereas the singer sat within the passenger seat.
Lopez and Affleck’s relationship initially captured the hearts of followers within the early 2000s. They started relationship after assembly on the set of their movie Gigli. Their whirlwind Hollywood romance bought severe when Affleck popped the query to Lopez in 2002. Nonetheless, the twosome didn’t make it down the aisle. After suspending their deliberate September 2003 marriage ceremony, they referred to as off their nuptials and formally cut up in 2004.
Practically twenty years later, Affleck and Lopez rekindled their romance in Might 2021. In July 2022, they secretly tied the knot in Las Vegas. One month later, Lopez and Affleck held a much bigger ceremony in Georgia for his or her family and friends.