'They like each other so much more when they’re not married': Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck find 'new balance' in relationship since divorce
According to a source close to the former couple, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are said to have found a new balance in their relationship since finalising their divorce earlier this year.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are said to have found a new balance in their relationship since finalising their divorce earlier this year.
The singer, 56, filed for divorce from actor Ben, 53, in August 2024 on what would have been their second wedding anniversary and the pair, who were originally engaged from 2002 to 2004 before reuniting in 2021, finalised their split in January 2025.
A source has now told Page Six that the pair have a better dynamic now that they are no longer married, saying: “They like each other so much more when they’re not married to each other,”
The insider added: “They each have roles to play with each other – she’s the glamorous, gorgeous diva superstar on a pedestal, he’s the roguish cad who keeps her at a distance to maintain sexual tension.
“As long as they are each playing their parts, they’re perfect. The minute they try to be anything more than that – especially something as pedestrian as husband and wife – it’s so doomed.”
The former couple appeared together in New York this week to promote their new film Kiss of the Spider Woman, marking their first joint public appearance since ending their marriage in January.
Produced by Ben through his company Artists Equity, the film features Jennifer in the lead role as Ingrid Luna, also known as Aurora or The Spider Woman.
