{"id":3718,"date":"2024-07-30T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/?p=3718"},"modified":"2024-07-30T14:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:31:50","slug":"the-sticking-points-causing-ben-affleck-and-jennifer-lopezs-divorce-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/2024\/07\/30\/the-sticking-points-causing-ben-affleck-and-jennifer-lopezs-divorce-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"The sticking points causing Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s ‘divorce delay’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-post-title” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Black Han Sans|700||on|||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”46px” header_letter_spacing=”4px” custom_margin=”25px||5px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]

The sticking points causing Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s ‘divorce delay’<\/strong><\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Words by Jessica Barrett<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2082129253.jpg” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”BAFTA Film Awards 2014 – London Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arriving for the 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”107px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]

\u00a0There were two notable dates in Jennifer Lopez\u2019s calendar for the month of July. First, it was the anniversary of her wedding to Ben Affleck, which fell on July 16th, marking two years since they tied the knot during a surprise ceremony in Las Vegas. Then, it was Lopez\u2019s 55th birthday on the 24th July. To celebrate, the singer hosted a lavish Bridgerton-themed birthday party in the Hamptons where she was surrounded by friends and family, including her mother Guadalupe Rodr\u00edguez. For both of these significant life events, however, there was one notable attendee missing: her husband.<\/p>\n

The couple, who picked their romance back up in 2021 after ending their first engagement in 2004, has been living on opposite sides of the country for some weeks now – and hasn\u2019t been photographed together since June 12th. Whilst Lopez has been regularly photographed in the Hamptons this summer, often seen solemnly riding her bike, Affleck, 51, has been living some 3000 miles away in Los Angeles, indeed on the weekend of Lopez\u2019s birthday party he was photographed without his wedding ring.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”]

\u2018There is a lot of emotion still to unpick\u2019<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||0px||” global_colors_info=”{}”]

The couple, whose marital status has been the subject of much speculation since divorce rumours first broke in May, are now living separate lives. In fact, it was reported last week that Affleck has now bought his own $20.5 million home in the Pacific Palisades area of LA, just weeks after it was reported he had moved all of his belongings out of their marital Beverly Hills mansion which is now being sold. By all accounts, that these two have called it quits has been said to have been a done deal for some time – with notable gossip column Page Six claiming last month that the couple had actually decided to split as far back as March.<\/p>\n

So, if Affleck and Lopez are seemingly living on opposite sides of the country, and choosing not to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries as a couple, why has there been no statement from either of them about divorce proceedings? Grazia\u2019s source says there are many elements at play here, one of the most important being their blended family. Affleck has three children \u2014 Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12 \u2014 with Jennifer Garner, while Lopez is mum to 16-year-old twins Emme and Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony. Lopez is said to be committed to remaining close with Affleck\u2019s children, indeed she was spotted with Violet two weeks ago, as they spent time together in the Hamptons. \u2018Their priority has been keeping things as smooth as possible for the children,\u2019 said the source.<\/p>\n

Also complicating things rather is the matter of their upcoming film project, sports drama Unstoppable, starring Lopez and produced by Affleck and Matt Damon – the film is still set to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival next month, with both Affleck and Lopez listed as attendees. \u2018Ever since they first met in the noughties, Ben and Jen have loved to collaborate professionally,\u2019 said the source. \u2018This project means a lot to them and the timing has been tricky.\u2019<\/p>\n

Much has been made now of the couple\u2019s reluctance to make any official statement about their relationship but, according to Grazia\u2019s source, it has by no means been a straightforward situation, like any normal relationship, and there is a lot of emotion still to unpick. \u2018Jen was initially the one who was reluctant to throw in the towel, but she now seems to have accepted a fresh start,\u2019 said the source. \u2018Ben was never happy with the level of fame and attention they had as a pair, and he\u2019s now laying as low as possible. Their priority is being a stable presence for their blended family. Everything else comes second.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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The sticking points causing Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s ‘divorce delay’Words by Jessica Barrett\u00a0There were two notable dates in Jennifer Lopez\u2019s calendar for the month of July. First, it was the anniversary of her wedding to Ben Affleck, which fell on July 16th, marking two years since they tied the knot during a surprise ceremony […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"guestgrazia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3718"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3737,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3718\/revisions\/3737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}