Jennifer Lopez’s close relationship with Ben Affleck’s son Samuel was revealed as they hugged while shopping
Shortly after spending time with her separated husband at his Los Angeles home, Jennifer Lopez was photographed on a rare excursion with Ben Affleck’s son Samuel on Monday.
The 54-year-old starlet looked happy as she gave the 12-year-old a shopping spree at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills. She hasn’t been spotted with the 51-year-old Batman actor in months.
As they made their way through the posh boutique, the Maid in Manhattan star gave Samuel a hug while sporting a chic white romper and vibrant green high shoes.
She wore her trademark sandy blonde hair loose and arranged it in a way that complemented her effortlessly stylish ensemble, which included gold hoops earrings and expensive sunglasses.
Subsequently, the adorable couple came out with multiple shopping bags, with JLo hugging her stepson tightly as they made their way back to their black SUV.
Jennifer’s act of kindness coincides with Violet, Samuel’s 18-year-old sister, being photographed the day before in the same dress her stepmother famously wore on a Valentine’s Day date with Ben in 2023.
The eighteen-year-old beauty looked effortlessly put together in a two-toned Dolce & Gabbana wrap dress on Sunday during a lunch date in Los Angeles with Jennifer’s twins, Max and Emme, sixteen.
She wore the chiffon outfit, which had a V-shaped neckline, flowing sleeves, and pink contrasting pleats, while flashing her megawatt smile.
The 51-year-old Batman alum’s eldest child accessorized her gorgeous outfit in a more carefree manner by adding white athletic socks and unlaced sneakers.
During her romantic supper with Ben in Beverly Hills in February 2023, JLo, 55, accessorized her frilly dress with a Dolce & Gabbana belt and glittering diamond stud earrings, a far cry from Violet’s carefree approach. This was almost a year before reports of marital problems started to circulate.
The pair has been the subject of separation rumors for some months. According to DailyMail.com, they have already prepared divorce documents, which will be submitted at a later date.
Page Six was also informed by sources that Ben has refrained from divorcing Jennifer in an effort to “protect” her after it was revealed that the two are no longer on good terms.
“He’s humiliated her because she made a big deal that he’s the love of her life,” one insider added. Two years ago, they were just married twice. They’re not little children; this is sort of a record.
It’s also thought that the fact that their respective kids are involved makes Jennifer even more angry over the breakup.
The insider said, “There are five kids involved in this.” She was aware that their families would mix. She still doesn’t quite believe it’s over.Ben lives with Samuel, Violet, and his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s 15-year-old son Fin.
Fans aren’t surprised by Violet and JLo’s similar sense of style, especially considering that the two were spotted together on Fourth of July shopping in the Hamptons. The pair was seen shopping for outfits at LoveShackFancy in Sag Harbor on the same vacation.
Violet’s stunning fashion choice coincides with reports of an imminent breakup, as JLo displayed her wedding band during an outing with Emme in Los Angeles a few days prior.
The hitmaker had taken off her wedding band the previous week, but when she and Emme showed up at the celebrity hangout E. Baldi, the band was back on her finger, raising more questions about her marital situation.
Despite the rumors, Jennifer was totally unaffected. Dressed in a stylish white top and vintage denim, she exuded Hollywood glitz and looked like a movie star.
The outing coincided with rumors that Ben has long been disliked by Jennifer’s inner group.
Some of Jennifer’s closest friends and advisors have reportedly had a falling out with Affleck regarding their previous attempt at romance in the early 2000s, despite the fact that the Hustlers star and the Argo director initially exuded fondness after getting back together for a second chance at love.
According to a source who spoke to Page Six, Benny Medina, Jennifer’s longtime manager, is one of those who doesn’t like Affleck. “They are incompatible with one another.” They said, “They still have a lot of animosity and don’t get along.”
Though they had collaborated on several of Jennifer’s early successes, Benny and Jennifer’s working partnership ended in 2003. According to numerous accounts, Affleck had an influence on Lopez’s choice to cut ties with Medina.
However, only a few years after she and the Armageddon star called off their engagement in 2004, she welcomed Benny back into the fold as her manager.He has been one of her closest advisors ever since, and she has been spotted hanging out in the Hamptons with him while keeping Ben, who stayed in Los Angeles, at bay.
Page Six was informed by another source that Benny attempted to maintain his composure in order to handle Jennifer’s second affair with Ben in a more tactful manner.
He had a “I’m going to say nothing” mentality. They asserted that although there was no “good for you,” “he wasn’t negative either.”
The insider claimed that he was certain that Jennifer would marry Ben regardless of his opinion, so there was no use in protesting.
Though the Gone Girl actor doesn’t seem to have had a direct role in the friendship breaking, Jennifer’s close friend Leah Remini also had her ties to her briefly cut during her engagement with Ben.
According to earlier reports, Jennifer supposedly blocked out Leah and even declined to ask her to her wedding after the King of Queens star pushed her to think about whether Ben’s purportedly problematic traits were still a factor in their breakup.
Nevertheless, the ex-friends were able to put their argument from earlier this year behind them, and Leah was said to have spent time with Jennifer, consoling her in the midst of her purported marital problems with Ben.
“Nobody likes Ben Affleck except [Lopez’s] mother,” said the second source. He’s an absolute a**hole.They cited recent rumors as proof, claiming that Affleck has been putting off filing for divorce in an effort to avoid filing with Jennifer.
However, an insider earlier told the tabloid that Jennifer was already “humiliated” when Ben “initiated getting back together” in a relationship that didn’t last very long and that it was far too late for that.
“This was clearly not what she had planned to do, according to the second person. “If they had said to her that they were divorcing after less than two years together, she would have ripped out someone’s eyes.”
On Thursday, Ben was observed at work in Los Angeles. According to a recent In Touch article, he has reportedly been putting off filing for divorce to spare Jennifer embarrassment because he is producing the movie Unstoppable, in which she is starring.
Reportedly ‘invested’ in the movie’s success, Ben and his lifelong pal Matt Damon (who joins him as a producer) have supposedly postponed their divorce in order to protect the movie’s box office receipts and Jennifer’s reputation.
In the meantime, Violet, Samuel, and Fin (formerly Seraphina) have been spending time with their well-known parents.After meeting on the set of Pearl Harbor, Affleck and Garner got married in June 2005, just six months before Violet was born.
After over ten years of marriage, they declared their separation in 2015, and in 2017 they formally filed for divorce.Since then, Ben and Lopez’s romance has been reignited, while Garner moved on with businessman John Miller in April 2021.
