Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s kids are still in each other’s lives despite the former couple’s divorce, a source exclusively tells Parade.
“Both of them still love one another’s children, and the children have remained close,” says the insider. “Ben’s middle child [Seraphina, 16] goes to the same school as J.Lo’s twins [Max and Emme, 17], so they all see each other. They were all family, and that mentality has never changed. The divorce was hard for the kids, too.”
Parade has reached out to the exes’ respective teams for comment, but did not immediately hear back.
Affleck, 53, and Lopez, 56, recently reunited on the red carpet at the New York City premiere of Kiss of the Spider Woman, in which Lopez stars. Affleck and longtime pal Matt Damon’s production company, Artists Equity, co-produced the Hustlers alum’s first movie-musical.
After their red carpet run-in, a separate source close to the “Let’s Get Loud” singer told Parade earlier this week that there’s “no bad blood” between the two despite their split.
“They were both bummed it didn’t work out, and Jennifer wanted it to so badly,” the insider said. “The divorce was extremely hard for her. There’s a lot of respect still there.”
Affleck and Lopez first got together in 2002 after meeting on the set of the romantic comedy Gigli, and they got engaged that same year. The duo eventually went their separate ways after calling it quits in early 2004.
Before rekindling his relationship with Lopez, Affleck dated Ana de Armas and was previously married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 to 2018. For her part, Lopez was engaged to Alex Rodriguez before they called it quits in 2021, and she was previously married to Marc Anthony from 2004 to 2014.
Affleck also shares three kids — Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 13 — with Garner. Meanwhile, Lopez shares twins Max and Emme, 17, with ex-husbandAnthony.
The Argo director and Lopez made headlines when they reunited in 2021 after splitting from their respective partners at the time. Lopez and Affleck announced their engagement in April 2022 before secretly tying the knot in a Las Vegas ceremony in July that year. They wed in a larger ceremony in Georgia the following month.
Lopez filed for divorce on Aug. 20, 2024, the exact anniversary of their Georgia nuptials. Their split was finalized in January.
Months after their divorce, Affleck broke his silence about their relationship in a wide-ranging interview with GQ for their April cover story, telling the outlet that his life is “pretty drama-free” post-split, even though divorce is widely considered the opposite.
After his GQ interview, a source exclusively told Parade that Affleck broke his silence on the matter so people could finally move on.
“He’s really tired of people asking about his split with Jennifer, so he addressed it and hopes people will stop asking and move on like he has,” the insider told Parade at the time. “They were a family and he’ll always love her kids. Their kids go to the same school and are still close, so they still see each other from time to time and there’s no bad blood or drama there.”
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