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Jennifer Lopez Stuns successful Revenge Dress astatine Premiere of Her and Ben Affleck’s Film Amid Divorce
Jennifer Lopez and Matt Damon's enslaved is unstoppable amid her divorcement from his champion friend, Ben Affleck.
J.Lo and Matt were photographed holding hands during a backstage speech astatine the afterparty for their caller movie, Unstoppable—which she stars successful and helium and Ben co-produced their institution Artists’ Equity—following its Sept. 6 premiere astatine the Toronto International Film Festival.
The Hustlers star, 55, holds the manus of the Martian actor, 53, arsenic they stock an intimate infinitesimal connected a couch. Matt tin beryllium seen bowing his caput arsenic helium listens to Jennifer—donning the show-stopping mirrorball formal by Tamara Ralph—speak successful 1 of the photos, portion the brace shares affable oculus interaction and look to beryllium smiling astatine each different successful another.
Earlier successful the night, the duo posed connected either broadside of Don Cheadle arsenic the celebrated the movie connected the reddish carpet alongside formed members Bobby Cannavale and Jharrel Jerome.
J.Lo turned heads connected the reddish carpet successful a revealing mirrorball formal by Tamara Ralph, which was tied unneurotic by achromatic bows connected either side.
The quality was the singer's archetypal since filing for divorcement from the Oscar-winning manager 2 weeks earlier connected Aug. 20. However, her estranged hubby was obscurity successful show arsenic E! News antecedently confirmed Ben, 52, was remaining successful Los Angeles for enactment arsenic good arsenic to walk clip with his children Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, whom helium shares with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
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Despite Ben's lack from the star-studded event, Unstoppable manager emphasized astatine the premiere that there's nary awkwardness among the formed and unit owed to Ben and Jen's divorce.
"It's ever been astir the movie," helium said. "and that's their idiosyncratic business. We conscionable kept it astir the movie. We conscionable kept her oculus connected the prize."
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Jennifer's show-stopping nationalist outing came 1 week aft the vocalist shared a telling station connected Instagram seemingly alluding to her caller chapter.
"She's successful bloom and unbothered," a punctuation successful the Aug. 31 station read. "Out of scope and astatine peace."
In different punctuation from the cheeky post, she added that "everything is unfolding successful divine order."
Ben and Jen got joined successful 2022, the twelvemonth aft rekindling their romance from the aboriginal 2000s. When the This Is Me... Now vocalist filed for divorcement successful August, she listed their separation day arsenic April 26 and cited "irreconcilable differences" arsenic the crushed for their split.
Keep speechmaking for each of the signs that they were headed for 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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