There is a new claim being made about why Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck split after two years of marriage.
The new issue of People magazine has alleged that the lovebirds grew apart because of ‘distance’ as she traveled so much for work.
Lopez was busy nonstop after the two got back together in 2021.
The Grammy winning beauty was involved with a total of eight movies after she promised to be his faithful wife – she starred in and produced all of them and even made music for the films.
In addition to all that, she shot a Coach campaign, promoted her JLO Beauty line, launched Delola and created new music.
There there is the fashion shows in Paris, the Met Gala events, a trip to Dubai, and collaborations with companies like Revolve.
There is a new claim being made about why Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck split after two years of marriage. The new issue of People has alleged that the lovebirds grew apart because of ‘distance’ as she traveled so much for work; seen in 2021
The two got back together in 2021 after 20 years apart and wed in August 2022 in Georgia after a quickie Las Vegas elopement.
But Jenny From The Block never seemed to slow down to let the love grow. He should have known she would be busy, however, as she has always said she loves to work.
The Bronx native spent plenty of time promoting her 2022 film Marry Me with events in LA and NYC.
She costarred with Owen Wilson in the love story and had music to go with it too.
Next came Shotgun Wedding with Josh Duhamel, also in 2022. She worked hard to drum up interest in that project that she also produced.
In 2023, she worked on The Mother.
But the most work came from pushing This Is Me… Now and the docu The Greatest Love Story Never Told earlier this year.
And there was yet another project for her to plug: Atlas, a scifi film.
She had the 2022 film Marry Me with Owen Wilson. Next came Shotgun Wedding with Josh Duhamel, also in 2022. She worked hard to drum up interest in that project
In 2023, she worked on The Mother
But the most work came from pushing This Is Me… Now and the docu The Greatest Love Story Never Told earlier this year
And there was yet another project for her to plug: Atlas, a scifi film
There is more: Lopez also filmed Unstoppable, Ben’s film with pal Matt Damon; the premiere is in September in Toronto.
And she also filmed his upcoming movie Kiss Of The Spider Woman earlier this year.
She planned a summer tour, but canceled it to focus on her family.
The star’s work took her to New York City about a dozen times in the past few years and there were several trips to Europe as well and a stop in Dubai.
But even with her hectic schedule, ‘she tried really hard to make things work,’ a source told People and now she has ‘sadness’ over the end of the marriage.
His ‘mood swings’ didn’t help either.
Next up for Jennifer: She will promote his film Unstoppable in Toronto.
Jennifer stars in Unstoppable – which was produced by Ben – and it’s set to debut at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 6.
Next up for Jennifer: She will promote his film Unstoppable in Toronto
A new report suggests Ben will be absent from the film’s glitzy red carpet premiere so he can avoid a potentially awkward public encounter with the singer/actress after she filed for divorce.
A source told New York Post column Page Six that Jennifer will attend the screening on September 6 but Ben has decided not to be there.
The Hollywood couple called it quits back in April after almost two years of marriage but they kept their split secret until Jennifer filed court papers on August 20 – the date of their second wedding anniversary – confirming the relationship was over.
In Paris in June for Fashion Week
In Dubai in February, left, and in Mexico in May, right
A previous report published by the Daily Mail suggested that movie bosses were pushing for the pair to appear together at the film festival to give ‘Unstoppable’ a publicity boost.
A source told the publication: ‘[Certain producers are] pushing the two to appear together at the premiere in Toronto to create buzz on the film’.
Unstoppable isn’t the only film project the former couple have in the pipeline – Jennifer recently wrapped filming on Kiss of the Spider Woman, which has also been produced by Ben’s company Artists Equity.
The 55-year-old pop superstar was engaged to Hollywood actor Ben in the early 2000s but the relationship ended shortly before they were due to tie the knot.
She also runs JLo Beauty, left, and Delola, right
They got back together in 2021 before tying the knot in two ceremonies in 2022 – one in Las Vegas and one in Georgia.
The divorce filing came exactly two years after the couple’s extravagant second bash on August 20 2022. The divorce filing lists the official date of their separation as April 26 2024.
A source previously told PEOPLE that Jennifer took the move to file for divorce because she knows it’s time to ‘move on’ but she’s still very ‘sad’ that the marriage is over.
The insider explained: ‘[She knows] it’s time to move on’ for various reasons … She’s very disappointed and sad, but Ben hasn’t given her any signs that he wants to continue their marriage. He hasn’t shown any commitment and interest in making their marriage work. It’s gotten to the point that she just needs to look out for herself.’
