Jennifer Lopez turned 55-years-old on Wednesday.
Fans of the beauty from the Bronx – they’re called JLovers – penned emotional tributes on social media that pointed out how amazing the icon is.
There were also several flashback photos of the diva as a child as well as other throwback snaps from the early 2000s.
Lopez has been in the Hamptons for weeks with her pals like manager Benny Medina, stylist Shawn ‘Beezy’ Barton, vocal coach Stevie Mackey and personal photographer Ana Carballosa.
Not seen was Ben Affleck.
The Atlas actress still wears her wedding band from her husband but they have not been photographed together in almost two months.
Jennifer Lopez turned 55-years-old on Wednesday. Fans of the beauty from the Bronx – they’re called JLovers – penned emotional tributes on social media that pointed out how amazing the icon is
Lopez has been enjoying downtime after canceling her Greatest Hits summer tour, which will now take place in 2025.
August 20 will be her two year wedding anniversary with Ben. They have not been picture together in almost two months.
The last time they were seen together was in early June at his son Samuel’s basketball game.
Lopez has, however, been photographed with Ben’s eldest daughter Violet who came to visit the performer in the Hamptons.
The two seemed to have a strong bond as they were seen with their arms around each other while shopping.
There have been claims that neither Jennifer nor Ben have filed for divorce because they are quietly behind the scenes trying to work out their relationship.
A source has told DailyMail.com that their combined children – he has Violet, Fin and Samuel with Jennifer Garner and she has Max and Emme with Marc Anthony – are trying to mend their issues.
Fans posted several flashback photos of the diva as a child as well as other throwback snaps from the early 2000s
Still, their Bel Air mansion is sitting on the market for $68M with no takers yet.
Another source has told DailyMail.com that talks are underway.
They are working to save their union by keeping their love life out of the spotlight.
‘Jen and Ben agreed it is best to take some time apart so they can really figure out what it is that they want,’ an insider told DailyMail.com.
‘They were ready to throw in the towel. Divorce papers are done and ready to be filed.
‘But they wanted to give it one last go before walking away from this and are going back to the beginning by writing each other letters. This is what made them fall in love in the first place.’
Lopez shared an abundance of love notes from Affleck in her film The Greatest Love Story Never Told, with the Gone Girl actor revealing he clung onto his correspondence with Lopez during his 13-year marriage to Jennifer Garner.
He later had the letters and emails bound into a book to gift the Jenny from the Block singer when they reunited in 2021.
‘This book is a book Ben gave me on our first Christmas back together,’ she said in the documentary. ‘It is every letter and every mail that we wrote each other from 20 years ago and today.’
She highlighted one note that read: ‘The Greatest Love Story Never Told by Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck 2001-2010… and counting…’
But her latest love letters to Affleck will not be made public.
August 20 will be her two year wedding anniversary with Ben. They have not been picture together in almost two months. The last time they were seen together was in early June at his son Samuel’s basketball game; seen in November
‘This time JLo will definitely not be showing anyone these letters and they are just to stay between her and Ben,’ the insider said. ‘If they decide that they want to stay together, she will be keeping her love life to herself. Right now, it is looking promising.’
Affleck disclosed in the documentary that when they decided to rekindle their relationship, he initially requested they keep it private.
He said: ‘Getting back together, I said, “Listen, one of the things I don’t want is a relationship on social media.”
‘Then I sort of realized it’s not a fair thing to ask. It’s sort of like, you’re gonna marry a boat captain and you go, “Well, I don’t like the water.”‘
He added: ‘We’re just two people with different kinds of approaches trying to learn to compromise.’
Lopez also recognized her husband’s unease about being in the public eye as a couple, especially given the intense media scrutiny they faced the first time around.
‘I don’t think [Ben] is very comfortable with me doing all of this,’ she said.
‘But he loves me, he knows I’m an artist, and he’s gonna support me in every way he can because he knows you can’t stop me from making the music I made… he doesn’t want to stop me. But that doesn’t mean he’s comfortable being the muse.’
They have been writing each other letters, a source has shared (pictured on her docu this year)
The couple, affectionately known as ‘Bennifer,’ got engaged at the end of 2002 but broke it off a year later before calling quits on their relationship for good in 2004.
They reunited in July 2021, and finally said ‘I do’ the following year, first in Las Vegas and then again in August at Affleck’s Georgia mansion.
A separate source claimed their marriage is ‘strained,’ but added ‘there is also a deep love for each other.’
‘They just have to find what got them back together in the first place and there is definitely a chance that three will be a charm when and if that happens,’ they said.
‘They aren’t throwing in the towel. They are taking it day by day and they don’t want to get divorced.’
Lopez celebrated her 55th birthday early over the weekend where she was joined by her manager Benny Medina and her 16-year-old twins Max and Emme for a lunch in the Hamptons. Affleck was not in attendance.
