Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s relationship appears to have degenerated even more recently The actor recently appeared without his wedding ring. This is amid rumors of a split between the two.
Insiders have spoken about them “having issues in their marriage.” According to one source, “They started having issues a few months ago as Jen had started ramping up work commitments and prepping for her [This Is Me…Live] tour.”
Meanwhile, Affleck appeared without his wedding ring while going to school for his kid’s recital. The two appeared together the previous day with both Affleck and Lopez wearing wedding ring. They appeared cordial and even left afterward.
One insider said, “Ben already moved out and they’ll likely have to sell the dream house they spent two years searching for. They’ll never stop loving each other, but she can’t control him, and he can’t change her. There’s no way it could have lasted,” the source said. “They waited almost two decades to get back together, but in the end, they just couldn’t make it work…. They both said they’d matured and learned from their mistakes, but some of the bigger issues that tore them apart the first time remained the same.”
Jennifer Lopez Talks Past Issues With Ben Affleck
During her documentary, Affleck asked Lopez if she was angry with him. Previously, the two were engaged in 2002. However, they ended up calling off the big day just days before their wedding and then splitting in 2004.
“I think I was angry at you for a long time,” she told him. “But that heartbreak set both of us on a course to figuring ourselves out to being better people. I think I’ve forgiven you all the way. I think I need to forgive myself [for] some things.”
However, Lopez has also gone on record about her deep love for Affleck.
“I knew in my heart that I wanted to be with him for the rest of my life, I knew that,” she said. “But it didn’t feel like we were going to make it. And so it scared me.”
She also implied that they were ready to be together.
“Even though he was in his late 20s, I was in my early 30s, it still, it wasn’t… we weren’t ready to deal with, and look at each other and go, what we have is real, we need to buckle down, we need to do some work,” she explained. “We just weren’t there yet.”