Jennifer Lopez shared her first social media put up since submitting for divorce from Ben Affleck on Friday, August 23.
Lopez, 55, reshared a photograph that had been posted by a J. Lo fan account. Within the pic, Lopez is within the technique of taking a selfie in a pink pajama set with a Christmas tree within the background.
Each Lopez and Affleck, 52, have remained quiet since Lopez filed to finish their marriage of two years on Tuesday, August 20. Lopez cited irreconcilable variations within the divorce papers and famous that the couple had been residing aside since April.
A supply who spoke to Us Weekly shared that the couple had pre-planned the phrases of their cut up, with Lopez agreeing to be the one who filed for divorce.
“J.Lo lastly pulled the set off as a result of that was their settlement that she would file, and he or she was the one who in the end made the choice,” the insider instructed Us. “They’d already agreed to those phrases earlier than she filed.”
As for why the pair cut up, one other insider shared that the couple steadily realized they have been “incompatible.”
“It was increasingly obvious they weren’t a great match,” the supply shared, including that they tried to “make it work” by way of {couples} remedy. “It boiled right down to [the fact that] they’re two completely different individuals.”
When Lopez started gearing up for her since-canceled world tour, the supply says the pair realized they have been combating a shedding battle.
“She got here to the conclusion issues weren’t going to vary and so they have been incompatible,” they shared. “Spending time aside — it turned apparent it wouldn’t work.”
Affleck “has confided in Jen in loads of methods,” per the insider. “Particularly these days when issues with J.Lo haven’t been so nice in current months.”
Although they have been solely married for 2 years, Affleck and Lopez’s relationship spans greater than 20 years. The pair have been first linked after working collectively on the infamous box-office bomb Gigli in 2002. Shortly after that movie’s launch, Lopez divorced her then-husband Cris Judd and took up with Affleck. They have been engaged to be married, however they in the end referred to as off a deliberate marriage ceremony ceremony in September 2023. The actors formally cut up for the primary time in January 2004.
Lopez went on to marry singer Marc Anthony in 2004. The pair share two youngsters, 16-year-old twins Emme and Max, and divorced in 2014. Affleck married actress Jennifer Garner in 2005. The couple have three youngsters collectively: Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12. They cut up in 2018.
A supply instructed Us that Garner has been a lifeline for Affleck as he navigates his divorce from Lopez.
“There’s a deep degree of belief and respect between them,” the supply defined.
Affleck and Lopez rekindled their relationship within the spring of 2021, lastly heading to the altar in July 2022. Indicators of hassle started in spring of this yr, when insiders famous that there have been cracks of their relationship.