Ben Affleck glowed with happiness when he was spotted leaving work this Friday amid his ongoing divorce drama with Jennifer Lopez.
The Hollywood couple spent months trailed by feverish speculation that their marriage was on the verge of collapse, culminating in Jennifer finally filing for divorce on their second wedding anniversary, August 20.
The Argo director, 52, has been repeatedly spotted in public since the news broke, often with a radiant smile on his face.
His latest sighting Friday was no exception, as he was seen sharing a laugh with another gentleman as they strode through a parking lot.
Ben was dressed in snappy business attire, including a well-fitted navy suit and a lighter blue dress shirt, worn without a tie in a nod to California chic.
Ben Affleck glowed with happiness when he was spotted leaving work this Friday amid his ongoing divorce drama with Jennifer Lopez
The outing comes as Jennifer returned to the red carpet in a sideboob flashing silver gown for the premiere of her ex’s film Unstoppable.
She wowed in the risque number as she promoted the film Ben produced and she stars in – while Ben remained in LA.
George Lopez claimed Ben looked ‘miserable’ during his marriage and slammed Jennifer for posting risque snaps in the wake of her divorce.
In the days after she filed to dissolve her marriage, Jennifer posted a sizzling Instagram snap in a high-cut swimsuit that hinted at her derriere.
Comedian Lopez, 63, said in Thursday’s episode of iHeartRadio’s Politickin’ podcast: ‘You look at Ben Affleck — you never seen one dude more miserable and being married.
‘And Jennifer Lopez posting a tweet … a selfie with her a**, it’s almost like, next!’
He added that he believes Jennifer ‘can’t survive’ the backlash she received over the selfie while still married to the actor.
He said: ‘The minute their divorce isn’t even final, they’re already taking pictures of their a**. Like, next!’
He also likened Ben and Jen’s marriage to Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos’ romance with fiancee Lauren Sanchez – saying they are both ‘Latinas who have been married twice.’
He said: ‘You can find anything on Amazon. You could probably find a Latina with no kids, you know?
Ben was dressed in snappy business attire, including a well-fitted navy suit and a lighter blue dress shirt, worn without a tie in a nod to California chic
The outing comes as Jennifer returned to the red carpet in a sideboob flashing silver gown for the premiere of her ex’s film Unstoppable
Jennifer, who is pictured with Ben at the Golden Globes this January, filed for divorce last month on the couple’s second wedding anniversary
George Lopez has taken aim at Jennifer for posting risque snaps in the wake of her divorce from ‘miserable’ Ben
J-Lo , 55, filed for divorce from Affleck, 52, on their two year wedding anniversary last month – and set pulses racing with a cheeky swimsuit snap in the days following
‘So the idea that the richest man in the world would go in, I mean, to me, that’s off. The last thing any smart Latina wants to be is a stepfather.’
Jennifer flashed her toned backside in a sexy mirror selfie last week, slipping into stunning white strappy swimwear.
JLo appeared to take a sly dig at Ben within her slew of summer pictures she shared with fans – over a week after she filed for divorce from him.
Within her album of snaps, JLo modelled a string of stylish outfits perfectly fitted to emphasise her knockout physique.
JLo was surrounded by loved ones in the pictures, including her 16-year-old twins Max and Emme and her younger sister Lynda, 53.
But it was the memes sprinkled throughout the album that appeared to deliver a blow at Ben – combined with a mischievous message in her caption.
‘Everything is unfolding in divine order,’ read one meme, while another showed the words: ‘she’s in bloom and unbothered out of reach and at peace’ on a t-shirt.
JLo, who listed her date of separation from Ben at the end of spring on April 26, also suggestively captioned the album: ‘Oh, it was a summer.’
Amid the news of his divorce Ben has reportedly been spotted hanging out with RFK Jr.’s daughter Kick in recent weeks.
He previously enjoyed a brief fling with Kick, before he rekindled his relationship with now-estranged wife Lopez, sources have revealed.
Insiders have revealed to DailyMail.com that Kick and Ben are ‘enjoying spending time’ together but the writer is remaining ‘tight-lipped’ about their connection because she doesn’t want to be seen as a ‘mistress’.
‘Ben and Kick had a fling before he got back together with JLo,’ the source began. ‘They met because Ben is from Boston and when you live in Boston, the Kennedy family is royalty.’
Meanwhile Lopez is ‘doing as well as she can’ even though she ‘didn’t want a divorce’ from the actor, a source told People on Monday.
‘It’s been incredibly difficult for her that Ben chose to pull away from their marriage and move on with his life, leaving her behind,’ the insider shared.
‘She didn’t want a divorce. She wanted to figure things out. They love each other. Jennifer is not the type to just give up. It’s been almost torture for her to wait around.’
Jennifer and Ben were married in an intimate ceremony on July 16, 2022, but they later tied the knot a second time for family and friend at Ben’s estate in South Carolina on August 20, 2022 — two years to the day before she filed for divorce
‘After filing for divorce, she seems relieved,’ the source shared.
‘Her family and friends agree that it was the right decision. She’s surrounded by a lot of love and support. She’ll be fine. She’s strong and always comes out on top.’
Notably, Jennifer filed the divorce paperwork herself, and she did not have an attorney listed as representing her, though she may have an attorney listed in the future.
She cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason for the divorce filing.
Although she was the one to file, and Ben appears to have opted not to do so, Us Weekly reported on Friday that he was allegedly well aware of her plans.
According to an insider, the estranged couple had ‘already agreed to these terms before she filed.’
They said the two had ‘had gone through all the details’ of the filing in advance, describe it as a ‘planned’ event, rather than a filing designed to take Ben by surprise.
‘JLo finally pulled the trigger because that was their agreement that she would file, and she was the one who ultimately made the decision,’ the source added.
The reporting is largely in line with the couple’s decision to fake a healthy marriage for months with occasional public outings together, despite having already split behind the scenes.
The source noted that both parties ‘came in with significant assets of their own,’ so they allegedly don’t plan to fight over their wealth, leaving their massive Beverly Hills mansion as their only significant shared property that needs to be sold off.
Ben and Jennifer first got engaged at the end of 2002 but broke it off a year later before calling quits on their relationship for good in 2004
Accordingly, Jennifer requested no spousal support from her ex, and she asked the court to deny it for Ben.
She listed the date of their separation as April 26.
Jennifer and Ben were married in an intimate ceremony on July 16, 2022, but they later tied the knot a second time for family and friend at Ben’s estate in South Carolina on August 20, 2022 — two years to the day before she filed for divorce.
They first first got engaged at the end of 2002 but broke it off a year later before calling quits on their relationship for good in 2004.
