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Ben Affleck took his children out to dinner in Los Angeles on Wednesday, still wearing his wedding ring, as rumors swirl that his marriage to Jennifer Lopez, 54, has been over for months.
The 51-year-old actor took Violet, 18, Fin, 15, and their friends to Kaz The Soba Place for dinner.
Violet, who looks exactly like her mother Jennifer Garner, 52, showed off her close bond with her dad as they hugged each other as they walked to the restaurant.
Ben seemed to put his marital problems aside and seemed to enjoy spending quality time with his children.
The actor was dressed casually in a plaid shirt, grey tee and jeans, while Violet opted for a navy sweater and a white and blue patterned skirt.
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Fin – formerly known as Seraphina Rose – gave an animated demonstration as they spoke to their friend.
Ben and Jennifer’s youngest child, Samuel, 12, did not appear to join them on the outing.
J-Lo, meanwhile, landed in New York on Monday – and still wearing her wedding ring – following a bombshell report claiming her marriage to Ben has been “over for months” now.
The source also told Page Six that the couple, who haven’t been photographed together in a month, “have been separated since March.”
The couple’s romance began in 2002, when they dated while filming the movie Jersey Girl. They got engaged the following year, but broke up in 2004. They then rekindled their romance in spring 2021.
The duo tied the knot in a Las Vegas ceremony in July 2022, followed by a lavish wedding at his Georgia estate in August 2022.
The couple, who have not been pictured together for almost a month, have been at the centre of split rumours for months and are said to be “on the brink of divorce”.
But despite their marital issues, the source added that Ben is “very protective of Jennifer.”
On Monday, it was announced that the couple is selling artwork from inside their $60 million mansion in Bel-Air, California. The home was listed for $65 million last month.
And now it appears some of the expensive stuff inside the white, boxy, two-story, 12-room building – dubbed the “Wallingford Estate” – is also being sold.
Page Six claimed that paintings and “other items” were sold to collectors in early June.
The lovebirds haven’t been seen in public together since June 2, when they awkwardly kissed on the cheek at her son Samuel’s basketball game in Los Angeles.
This comes days after People reported that Affleck collected the last of his belongings from the house while Jennifer was on vacation in Italy last month.
The stars no longer live together; she resides in their $60 million mansion in Bel Air, California, while he stays in his $100,000-a-month rental near his ex-wife Jennifer.
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“Ben continues to live in the Brentwood rental,” a source told the site.
Ben has continued business as usual despite speculation that he is ready to divorce his wife, to whom he has been married for only two years.
“He’s been there for about two months now,” another source added.
“He seems to be doing well. He is in the office every day and seems focused on his work. He is also spending time with his children.”
Jennifer, for her part, seems to want to have a little fun this summer since she was seen in Paris and then in Italy with close friends.
The two men still seem to be in touch. They have professional ties: J-Lo is set to star in two upcoming films for Affleck and Matt Damon’s production company. Those films are Unstoppable and Kiss Of The Spider Woman.
It comes a week after a source told DailyMail.com that Jennifer was “done” trying to make her marriage to Ben work.
Amid rumours over the status of the couple’s marriage, an industry insider has now claimed that the pop star is at the end of her rope and no longer feels she can do “anymore” to save the relationship.
“Jenny has had enough and she has really tried but she can’t take it anymore, it’s not getting better, it’s getting worse,” a music industry source told DailyMail.com.
The insider adds that the main reason JLo left her husband was because he was always “grumpy and negative” like Oscar The Grouch from Sesame Street.
Jennifer is sad about the end of her marriage but is “trying to make the best of it by exercising, spending time with her twins Max and Emme and making new plans for 2025,” they continued.
One of those new plans is to resume her This Is Me… Live tour in the summer of 2025, when she turns 56. She canceled the 2024 tour that was scheduled to begin in July in order to “get her act together.”
“She’s looking forward to touring next year when her personal life is more settled and she can connect with her fans. She’ll take her tribe with her and make the most of it,” the source said.