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Jennifer Lopez Proves She's "Unbothered" Amid Ben Affleck Divorce
Ben Affleck’s relative is attempting to capable immoderate large shoes.
Indeed, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Jennifer Affleck recently paid homage to her cousin’s ex Jennifer Lopez successful a societal media video.
The Sept. 1 TikTok video sees Jennifer visiting her costar Jessi Ngatikaura’s salon to get hairsbreadth extensions, and lip-syncing on to “Jenny From the Block” arsenic she undergoes her quality transition.
And the 25-year-old cheekily adds successful her caption alongside a winking emoji, “The caller Jenny from the block.”
Of course, Jennifer became the pome of a definite Affleck’s oculus backmost successful 2019—when she tied the knot with Ben and Casey Affleck’s 2nd relative Zac Affleck—who is the lad of their archetypal cousin Dave Affleck.
And Jennifer had joked astir her distant relatives successful the past. In a video she shared soon aft Ben—who shares Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with ex Jennifer Garner—tied the knot with J.Lo successful 2022, she added, “Can’t hide that Ben Affleck is my husbands 2nd cousin.”
The world prima besides poked amusive astatine having the aforesaid sanction arsenic J.Lo aft she joined the Armageddon star.
“When you thought you were going to beryllium the adjacent J.Lo,” Jennifer wrote astatine the time. “But alternatively she stole your name.”
However, J.Lo, presently legally known arsenic Jennifer Lynn Affleck, volition nary longer beryllium dubbed with Ben’s moniker, arsenic she noted a petition to reconstruct her archetypal name, Jennifer Lynn Lopez, successful her Aug. 20 divorcement paperwork.
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But portion the Maid successful Manhattan star—who shares 16-year-old twins Max and Emme with ex Marc Anthony—has chopped ties with the Affleck name, she remains unbothered.
In fact, the 55-year-old precocious delivered an update of her ain connected societal media, noting successful a Sept. 1 Instagram post, “Oh, it was a summer.”
And the “Let’s Get Loud” vocalist proved she’s doing conscionable good aft her breakup from Ben, donning a T-shirt successful 1 photograph of her station that declared, “She’s successful bloom and unbothered, retired of scope and astatine peace.”
Keep speechmaking to spot everything that led up to Jennifer and Ben’s divorce.
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Solo Appearance astatine Met Gala
While the formal codification for the 2024 Met Gala was "The Garden of Time," fans started wondering if determination was a thorny concern betwixt Jennifer and Ben aft he didn't travel her to the star-studded soirée (where she served arsenic co-chair) connected May 6.
As for the crushed the Oscar winner—who took portion successful Netflix's Tom Brady roast successful California the time before—didn't articulation the vocalist astatine New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art? Ben's rep told E! helium was filming the Accountant 2 successful L.A.
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Social Media Moves
Even though Bennifer stayed tight-lipped connected the divided rumors, societal media speculation continued to get large aft fans noticed J.Lo had liked an Instagram station astir narration reddish flags a fewer months before.
"You can’t physique a narration with idiosyncratic who is disconnected from themselves," the caption of the March 19 station read. "We can’t expect idiosyncratic to spot america erstwhile we can’t adjacent spot themselves. Getting successful a narration is the casual part. Nurturing & fostering it is simply a antithetic story. After all, emotion is not a feeling, it’s action."
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Different Perspectives connected Relationships successful the Public Eye
Just a fewer months earlier the rumblings of a divided emerged, Ben shared penetration into his and Jennifer’s precise antithetic approaches to privacy.
"I had a precise steadfast consciousness of boundaries initially astir the property portion Jen I don't deliberation objected to it successful the mode I did," the Argo prima explained successful the Grammy nominee's documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told that was released successful February. "I precise overmuch did entity to it."
Expressing however the "massive magnitude of scrutiny" they faced was a "catalyst" for the extremity of their engagement successful the aboriginal aughts, Ben said helium wanted to support details of their backstage beingness more, well, backstage aft they rekindled their romance successful 2021.
"Getting backmost together, I said, 'Listen, 1 of the things I don't privation is simply a narration connected societal media,'" helium added. "And past I benignant of realized it's not a just happening to ask. It's benignant of similar you're gonna wed a vessel skipper and you go, 'Well, I don't similar the water.' We're conscionable 2 radical with benignant of antithetic approaches trying to larn to compromise."
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Living Apart
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No Ben connected Atlas Red Carpets
And arsenic the period progressed, she continued her drawstring of solo reddish carpet appearances—attending some the L.A. premiere and Mexico City instrumentality lawsuit for her movie Atlas without him. However, Jennifer did accessorize her looks with her wedding ring.
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Questions connected Where They Stood
In fact, a subordinate of the assemblage astatine a property league successful Mexico asked astir the breakup rumors. But arsenic seen successful a video shared by El Gordo y la Flaca, the histrion simply responded, "You cognize amended than that."
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Canceled Tour
At the extremity of May, representatives for Live Nation announced the cancelation of Jennifer's U.S. Summer 2024 Tour This Is Me...Live, noting successful her On the J.Lo newsletter, “Jennifer is taking clip disconnected to beryllium with her children, household and adjacent friends.”
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Saying No to Negativity
Not agelong after, the vocalist celebrated the occurrence of her movie Atlas portion besides sending a cryptic connection astir negativity.
"ATLAS is #1 worldwide again this week!!!" she stated successful a June variation of her On the JLo newsletter. "Thank you each truthful much!!! It whitethorn look similar there’s a batch of negativity retired successful the satellite close now…but don’t fto the voices of a fewer drown retired that determination is soooo overmuch emotion retired there."
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Selling Their Home
That aforesaid month, TMZ reported the actors were privately selling the Beverly Hills mansion they had purchased conscionable the twelvemonth before. By July, they had publicly listed the location for $68 million.
Italian Getaway
While fans whitethorn person hoped Bennifer was gonna beryllium alright aft they attended household events together and she sent him a sweet Father's Day tribute, the divided speculation picked backmost up aft J.Lo headed disconnected to Italy successful June portion Ben stayed successful L.A., where helium was spotted without his wedding ring.
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July 4th
And erstwhile it was clip to observe the Fourth of July, the Maid successful Manhattan prima headed to the Hamptons successful New York. While she posted a photograph with 1 of her twins, Emme, Ben was not pictured.
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A Quiet Anniversary
July besides marked the 2nd day of the Gigli costars' Las Vegas wedding. And portion Jennifer shared a celebratory station past year, she didn't upload 1 this clip around.
Bridgerton Birthday
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No Birthday Shout-Out
And erstwhile Ben turned 52 connected Aug. 15th, Jennifer didn't springiness him a day shout-out connected societal media. Although, the "Jenny From the Block" creator did halt by his location connected that day, according to photos obtained by Page Six.
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This Is the End... Now
After months of speculation, Jennifer filed for divorcement from Ben connected Aug. 20 astatine Los Angeles County Superior Court. In the documents, she cited the couple's day of separation arsenic April 26, according to the filing obtained by TMZ.
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