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She\u2019s bidding goodbye to one ex by recycling another<\/p>\n
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Insiders say J.Lo is looking to start dating<\/p>\n
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She\u2019s been putting a brave face to the world \u2013 hitting red carpets, posting beaming photos to Instagram, and celebrating her 55th birthday in July with a star-studded party. But behind the glitz and glamour, Jennifer Lopez is unsurprisingly devastated as she picks up the pieces of her fourth failed marriage \u2013 one that she fought so hard to hard to save. <\/p>\n
Still, you can\u2019t keep a superstar down for long and, according to insiders, Jen is tentatively ready to start dating again \u2013 especially since her ex, Ben Affleck, seems to be doing the same. We\u2019re told the star is in absolutely no rush to settle down or get serious with anyone else for the foreseeable future, not least because she\u2019s still coming to terms with the fact that Ben wasn\u2019t the ultimate happy ending she truly believed he would be. But, while she\u2019s licking her wounds, there\u2019s no harm in having some fun in the process, especially with an old fling who she knows she can rely on: former flame, Drake. An insider tells Closer that J.Lo and Drake, who first casually dated in 2016, have been back in touch, and the Canadian rapper and singer is giving Jen just the boost she needs. Having held a candle for her for so long, he\u2019s apparently delighted to be back in the game.<\/p>\n
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Drake and J.Lo have been in touch again<\/p>\n
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\u201cJen is in healing mode right now,\u201d says an insider close the On The Floor singer, who filed for divorce from Ben, 52, last month, on the second anniversary of their lavish Georgia wedding ceremony. \u201cShe\u2019s very intentional and wants to totally clear Ben and his energy from her life before she\u2019s intimate with someone else. As angry and bitter as she is, she still has Ben on a pedestal. He really was her dream man and letting go of that dream is going to take time; for now, flirting and getting attention is all she wants. She appreciates that Drake is fine with that; he isn\u2019t trying to pressure her to go at a different pace. For now, they\u2019re calling and texting each other \u2013 she loves hearing from him and even sharing some sexy selfies. He\u2019s very quick to compliment her. But when Jen\u2019s ready to meet up, he\u2019s told her that he\u2019ll drop everything and meet her wherever she wants. It\u2019s just a matter of her being in the right head space.\u201d<\/p>\n
It’s safe to say that the demise of Ben and J.Lo\u2019s second stab at a happy ever after is an embarrassing and upsetting development for all involved. As Closer has reported, Jen has tried for the majority of the year to turn things around \u2013 even cancelling her US Summer tour to focus on her family, and putting on a united front with Ben in front of the cameras, even after they officially split in April. But while she has been focused on spending time with friends, extended family, and her children, Max and Emme, 16 \u2013 Ben has supposedly wasted no time in dipping his toes back into the dating pool.<\/p>\n
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Ben and J.Lo split in April, a few months shy of their second wedding anniversary<\/p>\n
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Last month, it was reported that he\u2019d been \u201changing out\u201d with Kathleen \u2018Kick\u2019 Kennedy \u2013 Robert F. Kennedy Jr\u2019s 36 year old daughter and a prominent member of the Kennedy dynasty, having initially met in late spring. These rumours remain unfounded \u2013 but that doesn\u2019t lessen the sting for Jen, especially as it seems that Ben was checked out of their marriage long before she was. Meanwhile, he\u2019s also been leaning heavily on his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares three children, Violet, 18, Fin, 15, and Samuel, 12. The former couple have been pictured spending time together with their brood, with insiders saying that Jennifer has always been and always will be Ben\u2019s rock \u2013 prompting many to speculate that, while it was said that J.Lo was the love of his life, it\u2019s actually been Jennifer all along. <\/p>\n
All this has come as a heavy blow to Jen, who seemed to be living the ultimate Hollywood fairytale when she reunited with Ben in 2021 after 17 years apart. The former flames had first got engaged in 2002 before they split in 2004. Their reunion, and eventual marriage in 2022, seemed to signal to the world that soulmates really do exist \u2013 and Jen doubled down on that message with her visual album, This Is Me\u2026Now, and its accompanying, making-of documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never told, which she released earlier this year as a tribute to Ben. The fact that their marriage fell apart so soon after is a bitter pill for her to swallow.<\/p>\n
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Drake has been linked to numerous A-listers in the past, including Rihanna<\/p>\n
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Still, we\u2019re told that reaching out to Drake \u2013 who once admitted in an interview to sleeping with \u2018tons of women\u2019 – is giving her the confidence boost she so keenly needs. While the pair never confirmed that they dated in the past, there was little doubt back in 2016 that something was going on, after they posted selfies of themselves cuddling up together to Instagram and were even filmed kissing and dancing at a Winter Wonderland party. Their fling apparently fizzled out amicably \u2013 and Jen went on to date and later get engaged to baseball star Alex Rodriguez soon after, before, of course, reuniting with Ben. Drake himself has been romantically linked to A-listers like Kylie Jenner, Rihanna, and Tyra Banks. But sources say that Drake has always held out hope that, one day, Jen would be single again. Right now, he knows she needs little more than a flirt and a good time, and he\u2019s very happy to oblige.<\/p>\n
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J.Lo showed Ben what he’s missing at a recent premiere<\/p>\n
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\u201cJen has great memories of dating Drake the first time round and she\u2019s so glad it ended on a good note \u2013 there were never any harsh words or games,\u201d our insider reveals. \u201cShe says that Drake is actually a lot more mature than Ben when it comes to his communication style, and he\u2019s straight up and open about talking about his feels, whereas Ben just isn\u2019t that evolved. Drake really does treat her like a prize. He had such a crush on her growing up, and still sees her as this fantasy come true. That\u2019s exactly what she needs right now. Ben shattered her confidence and left her feeling unwanted and desperate, so to have Drake pursuing her now is the perfect antidote.\u201d<\/p>\n
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