Reports: Ben Affleck and J.Lo’s Marriage Quickly Fell Apart

Sources close to Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck reveal their marriage difficulties began almost as soon as it started. Lopez filed for divorce on Tuesday, apparently without a prenuptial agreement or settlement in place.

The tension between the couple is reportedly nothing new. According to Page Six, their troubles began during their August 2022 honeymoon in Lake Como, Italy, which followed their grand wedding at Affleck’s home in Savannah, Georgia.

“He was unhappy with paparazzi following them. She is an international superstar, and he acted like it came as a surprise that they would be followed around,” a source disclosed.

“They would barely speak to each other during what was supposed to be the happiest time of their life. He sold her on him being a changed man, and that lasted a very short time,” the source added.

If there was a rift early on, Lopez did a good job of hiding it. She gushed about their love to Vogue a few months later: “I never shied away from the fact that for me, I always felt like there was a real love there, a true love there.”

“People in my life know that he was a very, very special person in my life,” Lopez added. “The two of us, we lost each other and found each other.”

Another anonymous source told Page Six that they reevaluated their relationship when Affleck’s sobriety “started to settle in.”

Affleck, who has been open about his past struggles with alcohol, might’ve desired a more secluded life away from the spotlight due to his new sober lifestyle.

“He doesn’t want [the entourage] and all the drama that comes with that in his home,” Page Six’s source said.

In related Bennifer news, People reported Tuesday that this split had been in the making for months, with Lopez beginning to house hunt in the spring.

The new information aligns with their emerging split timeline. Lopez listed their separation date as April 26, 2024, in documents obtained by TMZ.

Affleck has since secured a bachelor pad in the affluent California enclave of Pacific Palisades after the couple publicly listed their marital home for $68 million in July.

Affleck, who fell for the pop star in the early 2000s before they first broke up, had “not.going.anywhere.” engraved on Lopez’s green diamond engagement ring. This detail came to light in a 2022 interview Lopez did with “The Zane Lowe Show.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.