There’s a lot of chatter going on in the world of Bennifer right now.
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In case you’ve missed it, rumors have been circulating that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck might be headed for a separation nearly two years after they tied the knot in 2022.
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After J.Lo went solo to the Met Gala on May 6, fans realized it’d been well over a month since she and Ben had been seen together. And the speculation was made all the more compelling on May 16 when Jen liked a months-old Instagram post about struggling to maintain “a relationship with someone who is disconnected from themselves.”
On May 17, a source told People that Ben and J.Lo aren’t currently living together, noting that he has opted to live away from their shared Beverly Hills home while filming for The Accountant 2 in LA.
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Then, two days later, Entertainment Tonight followed up with another report about the couple’s apparent living situation, with an anonymous source revealing they’re “taking a second to figure out what each of them is going through and wants.”
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“Jen and Ben’s relationship is not over yet, but they have been staying in separate homes, and the tension has been high,” the insider claimed. “Both of them have been very down.”
Ben didn’t attend either the LA or Mexico premieres of J.Lo’s new Netflix movie Atlas on Monday and Tuesday. However, the couple has been spotted together numerous times since the weekend, ending the 47-day drought of Bennifer sightings.
Neither Ben nor J.Lo have commented on reports of their marital woes. Now, another insider has spoken to ET about the couple, alleging that “one of the issues” in their marriage is J.Lo’s inability to feel “satisfied.”
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“Ben feels like Jen has a hard time feeling satisfied, and that’s one of the issues they’re facing,” the report claims. “Ben is one of the only people who feels comfortable enough to be honest and real with Jen. It’s part of why Jen loves him, but also why she’s upset with him.”
They continued: “She tries to play it off like she doesn’t care what the public thinks about her, but she loves her fans so much, so their feedback does impact her.”
With the recent release of her album, This Is Me… Now, a self-financed musical/movie, This Is Me… Now: A Love Story, and a subsequent documentary film, The Greatest Love Story Never Told, 2024 has already been a busy year for J.Lo. However, the public’s reception to her latest career pursuits hasn’t been all that glowing.
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Her musical/movie received middling reviews, the documentary produced several viral clips for which the singer was mercilessly mocked, and her album only debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200 — making it the lowest charting album of her career so far.
As you’ll probably be familiar, this is Ben and Jen’s second go at love after they were previously engaged in the early 2000s. The couple have since attributed their high-profile split in 2004 to “brutal” public criticism, aimed at Jen in particular, which they said “destroyed” their relationship.
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