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Jennifer Lopez. Credit: Instagram / @jlo

The Hills alum Whitney Port says she and husband saw Jennifer Lopez “set up a paparazzi shot” in a faux candid photo shoot in the Hamptons. Speaking to her beau, television producer Tim Rosenman, on her Whit Whit podcast, the 39-year-old former reality star says “J.Lo, the other day, was riding her bike to get a scoop of ice cream for a paparazzi shot.”

Rosenman, 42,–who was also reportedly present at the ice cream store, Candy Kitchen, when Jennifer Lopez rode past– says the singer and actor didn’t even go into the ice cream store and was “just there for the exterior shot.” You can see the pictures here.

The couple agreed with one another that if they had Lopez’s money, they would step away from the spotlight a little, and conceded the singer must be “addicted to attention.”

“[Lopez] is already as famous as you can be. Why does she need to stoke the flames of her own fame? Seems unnecessary,” Port says to Rosenman in the podcast’s episode. “That’s her vibe. She’s papped everywhere. Her continually looking hot in cute settings is what keeps the machine going.”

“[But] Why does she feel the need to keep the machine going?” Rosenman interjected before speculating that “maybe she likes … extra f–king attention.”

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Whitney Port and her husband Tim Rosenman Credit: Instagram / @whitneyeveport

Lopez has recently been photographed without her sizeable wedding ring amid strong speculation she and husband Ben Affleck, 51, are headed for divorce. The couple were initially engaged for two years in 2002 before ending the relationship. In 2021, they got back together and were engaged and married a year later.

More to come.

As speculation about the state of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s relationship runs rampant across social media, one unlikely arbiter has weighed in on the rumours: Jennifer Garner. Indeed, a source reportedly close to Affleck’s ex-wife and mother of his three children, Violet, 18, Fin, 15 and Samuel, 12, confirmed her support for the actor and director, explaining she only “wants the best for” him. "She wants him happy and healthy so he can be the best dad possible," said the insider. Garner didn’t comment on the reputed break up, but the anonymous informant added that the Suddenly 30 star “likes” Lopez for her “healthy lifestyle” and “support” of Affleck’s sobriety. “Jen wants that for Ben,” they continued. Lopez and Affleck reunited in 2021 after ending their long-term relationship and engagement in 2004. The images of the pair kissing on the streets of SoHo were hailed as evidence that love after heartbreak is real. (And undoubtedly served as the catalyst for some of us to reunite with a former flame). The couple were said to be having relationship struggles following the release of Lopez’s panned genre-bending romance musical, This Is Me... Now: A Love Story. Some tabloids had even gone so far as to say divorce was very much in the couple’s future, with Affleck no longer living at their shared Los Angeles residence. Subsequent public appearances didn’t help to quash this line of thought, as the Good Will Hunting star was seen without his wedding band on multiple occasions. Lopez is currently on a press tour for her latest release, a sci-fi Netflix film called Atlas, but is yet to comment on the reports herself. The couple allegedly spent Memorial Day weekend apart. Could it be the case that Hollywood’s greatest reunion story has already closed its latest chapter? It’s too soon to tell. But consider this an entry in the three-part anthology that is ‘Dear Ben’.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 29: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are seen on March 29, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/GC Images)