Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck’s Reported Marital Troubles Stem From This Difficult-To-Navigate Issue

Well, that escalated quickly. Jennifer Lopez’s house-hunting adventure the other day wound up unearthing the current state of her marriage to Ben Affleck. People then reminded fans on Thursday that the couple hasn’t been photographed together in 47 days, and now, sources are talking.

An insider close to the couple confirmed to Us Weekly what everyone was whispering about, Lopez and Affleck are indeed “having issues in their marriage,” unfortunately. Their bicoastal romance seems to be suffering as a result of their busy schedules. They added, “They started having issues a few months ago as Jen had started ramping up work commitments and prepping for her tour.” Lopez is back in LA now, but she spent most of the winter and early spring filming her upcoming movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman, in addition to rehearsing for her This Is Me… Live tour, which kicks off in Orlando in June.

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While it’s no secret that Lopez thrives in her successful career, the insider added a very curious note about her marriage to Affleck. “They are on two completely different pages most of the time,” the source divulged. That detail makes it very hard to function day to day and fans have witnessed some of their unhappiness on the red carpet and at the 2023 Grammy Awards. She loves the spotlight, but he would rather have his private life remain private.

Lopez and Affleck struggled with the limelight the first time around when they dated in the early aughts. She revealed in her documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told, that as a couple, they “crumbled under the pressure” ahead of their big wedding that was planned in 2003. Affleck agreed that “the massive amount of scrutiny around our private life” became untenable in the long run. “For all those years, it was really hard because I didn’t just feel like I lost the love of my life, I felt like I lost the best friend that I ever had,” she recalled. “And I couldn’t talk for so many years, and that was the hardest part.”

Those same issues might be creeping into the second chance at love again as Affleck is reportedly staying at a Brentwood home, not their $60 million Beverly Hills estate, per TMZ. However, Lopez’s house-hunting excursion was not related to their time apart, she was just looking at investment properties, per Us Weekly. Yet it’s evident that Lopez and Affleck are adding a bumpy chapter to their love story, which will hopefully have a happy ending.

Before you go, click here to see a complete timeline of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s relationship.

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