{"id":55638,"date":"2024-08-22T12:18:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T02:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=257303"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:27:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T08:27:35","slug":"why-jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/why-jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Jennifer Lopez Filed For Divorce From Ben Affleck On Their Wedding Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_253400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253400\" style=\"width: 2179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253400\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jennifer-Lopez-Ben-Affleck-Relationship-Issues-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"As speculation about the state of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck\u2019s relationship runs rampant across social media, one unlikely arbiter has weighed in on the rumours: Jennifer Garner. Indeed, a source reportedly close to Affleck\u2019s 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 \u201cwants the best for\u201d him. &quot;She wants him happy and healthy so he can be the best dad possible,&quot; said the insider. Garner didn\u2019t comment on the reputed break up, but the anonymous informant added that the Suddenly 30 star \u201clikes\u201d Lopez for her \u201chealthy lifestyle\u201d and \u201csupport\u201d of Affleck\u2019s sobriety. \u201cJen wants that for Ben,\u201d 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\u2019s 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\u2019s future, with Affleck no longer living at their shared Los Angeles residence. Subsequent public appearances didn\u2019t 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\u2019s greatest reunion story has already closed its latest chapter? It\u2019s too soon to tell. But consider this an entry in the three-part anthology that is \u2018Dear Ben\u2019.\" width=\"2179\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 29: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are seen on March 29, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After news that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were officially over made headlines this week, with the former filing for <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce\/\">divorce<\/a>, fans couldn&#8217;t help but notice the peculiar timing of the split.<\/p>\n<p>Following months of <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-breakup-rumours\/\">rumoured relationship issues<\/a>, which included Affleck moving out of their marital home and the couple spending their respective birthdays apart, the singer finally decided to get the paperwork sorted on August 20\u2014what was supposed to be their second <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-wedding-anniversary\/\">wedding anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a source, Lopez came to the painful conclusion that &#8220;it&#8217;s time to move on&#8221; for various reasons, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ben-affleck-did-not-show-any-interest-fixing-marriage-to-jennifer-lopez-now-ready-to-move-on-exclusive-8699013\" target=\"_blank\"><em>People<\/em><\/a> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s very disappointed and sad, but Ben hasn&#8217;t given her any signs that he wants to continue their marriage,&#8221; they told the outlet. &#8220;He hasn&#8217;t shown any commitment and interest in making their marriage work. It&#8217;s gotten to the point that she just needs to look out for herself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An insider also confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/21\/celebrity-news\/jennifer-lopez-divorce-date-meant-to-take-a-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Page Six<\/em> <\/a>that the star filed for divorce from Affleck in the Los Angeles County Superior Court on their anniversary to &#8220;take a stand&#8221; against Affleck&#8217;s alleged inaction, and show the world that she is \u201ca woman standing up in her own way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237767\" style=\"width: 1440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237767\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jennifer-Lopez-Ben-Affleck-Wedding.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer-Lopez-Ben-Affleck-Wedding\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1128\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck&#8217;s wedding via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jlo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram.com\/JLo\u00a0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The date marks two years since the former couple married in front of family and friends during a ceremony in Georgia. Though they had previously been <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-engraved-engagement-ring\/\">engaged<\/a> when they <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-love-letter\/\">initially dated<\/a> in the early 2000s, Lopez and Affleck finally <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-lopez-three-ralph-lauren-wedding-dress\/\">tied the knot<\/a> in 2022 after they rekindled their romance in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>During a February 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/jennifer-lopez-on-happiness-marry-me-and-her-beautiful-love-story-with-ben-affleck\/\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a>, the 52-year-old expressed that things were different this second time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We both were like, &#8216;Wow, we&#8217;re so happy, and we don&#8217;t want any of that to come into play again.&#8217; We&#8217;re older now, we&#8217;re smarter, we have more experience, we&#8217;re at different places in our lives, we have kids now, and we have to be very conscious of those things,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We&#8217;re so protective because it is such a beautiful time for all of us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But in May 2024,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/posts\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-headed-for-a-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>InTouch<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>reported that the newlyweds were heading for a split, with Affleck already moved out of their home amid high tensions with his wife. According to a source, the duo still faced the same <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-garner-jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-relationship-issues\/\">relationship issues<\/a> that caused them to<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-breakup-2004\/\"> break up<\/a> almost two decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[They] said they\u2019d matured and learned from their mistakes, but some of the bigger issues that tore them apart the first time remained the same,\u201d the source shared. \u201cThey\u2019ll never stop loving each other, but she can\u2019t control him, and he can\u2019t change her. There\u2019s no way it could have lasted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":55639,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[36,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Jennifer Lopez Filed For Ben Affleck Divorce On Anniversary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jennifer Lopez has officially filed for divorce from Ben Affleck after two years of marriage. 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