Ben Affleck was not available as Jennifer Lopez celebrated the premiere of her new movie, Atlas.
Lopez, 54, walked the crimson carpet solo on the Monday, Could 20, occasion in Los Angeles. The singer donned a strapless black and white floor-length robe for the night, opting to type her hair in a excessive bun. Along with an array of diamond jewellery, she wore a easy silver band on he ring finger.
Whereas Affleck was not in attendance, Lopez did pose alongside the movie’s director, Brad Peyton, in addition to costars Simu Liu and Sterling Okay. Brown.
Hypothesis concerning the couple’s standing ramped up earlier this month after Lopez attended the 2024 Met Gala — the place she served as one of many occasion’s cochairs — with out Affleck, 51. Her solo outing got here 4 months after she walked the crimson carpet on the 2024 Golden Globe Awards by herself in January earlier than reconnecting with Affleck inside.
Whereas on the Golden Globes crimson carpet, Lopez addressed Affleck’s moods amid viral paparazzi pictures of his facial expressions.
“Ben is doing alright. You don’t want to fret about Ben, let me simply inform you,” she instructed Leisure Tonight on the time. “He’s good. He is glad. He’s right here — he’s nominated. I’m chilling, I don’t perceive what individuals are so pressed for.”
Whereas Lopez was adamant that issues have been alright between her and Affleck earlier this yr, a supply completely instructed Us this month the pair hit a pace bump of their relationship as they’re on “fully totally different pages more often than not.”
“Jen and Ben are having points of their marriage,” the insider defined. “They began having points a couple of months in the past as Jen had began ramping up work commitments and prepping for her tour.”
A second supply instructed Us that the couple don’t have plans to separate however are taking a while aside. Affleck moved out of his and Lopez’s residence and into a brand new Los Angeles rental property “a number of weeks in the past,” per a further insider.
Affleck and Lopez have been noticed collectively on a number of events since rumors swirled about their bother in paradise, together with one among their youngsters’s college occasions on Friday, Mat 17. (Lopez is the mom of twins Max and Emme, 16, whom she welcomed with ex-husband Marc Anthony whereas Affleck shares Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.)
Whereas on the perform, the couple have been seen carrying their marriage ceremony rings. Nevertheless, Affleck was photographed with out his band earlier that day.
Later that weekend, Affleck and Lopez have been photographed driving collectively in Brentwood, California, on Sunday, Could 19.
Lopez and Affleck — who tied the knot in July 2022 — opened up about their totally different views on sharing their relationship with the general public. In her documentary The Best Love Story By no means Advised, the couple defined how her album This Is Me … Now stemmed from love letters Affleck wrote Lopez all through their decades-long romance.
“I don’t assume he’s very comfy with me doing all of this,” she confessed. “However he loves me, he is aware of I’m an artist. He’s going to assist me in each manner he can as a result of he is aware of he can’t cease me from making the music I made and writing the phrases I wrote.”
Whereas Lopez insisted that Affleck “doesn’t need” to cease her from discovering inventive inspiration, “that doesn’t imply he’s form of comfy being the muse.”
Affleck, in the meantime, revealed that he was stunned by Lopez’s inclination to disclose private particulars about their relationship.
“Jen was actually impressed by this expertise, which is how artists do their work,” he stated. “As a author [and] director, I actually do the identical issues. However issues which can be non-public I had all the time felt are sacred and particular as a result of, partly, they’re non-public. So this was one thing of an adjustment for me.”
The truth is, the pair’s privateness was a sticking level after they rekindled their romance in 2021.
“The catalyst for [our breakup] was this large scrutiny for our non-public life,” he recalled. “I had a really agency sense of boundaries initially across the press. Whereas Jen I don’t assume objected to it in the way in which I did, I very a lot did object to it. Getting again collectively, I stated, ‘Pay attention, one of many issues I don’t need is a relationship on social media.’ Then I form of realized it’s not a good factor to ask.”
Of their contradictory stances, Affleck added: “We’re simply two individuals with totally different approaches attempting to study to compromise.”