Jennifer Lopez Feels ‘Some Bitterness’ About Split From Ben Affleck

Sources near the pair revealed that they are adopting an optimistic mindset. Affleck is seemingly “doing properly” and “slowly shifting into his new dwelling,” whereas Lopez “nonetheless feels very lucky” about her life.

Nevertheless, Ben Affleck is allegedly conflicted over how Jennifer Lopez treats his youngsters, as she has continued to point out them affection regardless of their divorce.

Based on People Magazine, the Oscar winner and the “Jenny From The Block” singer are selecting to concentrate on the positives as they transfer ahead with their divorce.

A supply near Affleck informed the information outlet that he’s “doing properly” and “slowly shifting into his new dwelling,” which he purchased for $20.5 million final month.

“He is the place he desires to be: near his youngsters and in a neighborhood that he loves,” the supply famous. “He enjoys working too, and may be very centered on the positives.”

A supply near Lopez additionally disclosed that “she nonetheless feels very lucky” together with her life although she feels “some bitterness” concerning the break up, including that the actress “tried so laborious to make issues work and it did not matter to Ben.”

“She’s surrounded by household, buddies, and her youngsters,” the insider shared. “She all the time manages to have a optimistic outlook. The divorce is tough for her, however she all the time finds a method to transfer ahead.”

Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck on the Los Angeles County Superior Court docket practically two weeks in the past, following months of hypothesis that their marriage had ended.

The “Atlas” actress filed for divorce with out utilizing a lawyer, itemizing April 26 because the day of their separation.

This uncommon submitting led authorized skilled Marilyn Chinitz to weigh in on their break up, explaining that the 55-year-old singer “simply needed to get this performed.”

“I believe that she probably simply needed to get this performed, [that] there was a whole lot of hesitation and hemming and hawing forwards and backwards, and it is a assertion, ‘I am shifting ahead, I am submitting and I am doing it alone,'” Chinitz, who’s the matrimonial associate at Clean Rome LLP, informed Folks.

The authorized skilled, who is not related to the case, famous that the pair have been “most likely working with a mediator” amid their troubled marriage.

“I believe it is an actual assertion from her saying, ‘I am shifting ahead. Counsel or no counsel on submitting,'” she famous.

Chinitz additional mentioned the stunning proven fact that Affleck and Lopez didn’t signal a prenuptial settlement earlier than they married in 2022.

She famous that it was “extraordinarily uncommon” however gave an evidence for why they determined to not get one.

“The one time that you just see individuals not having a prenup is once they’ve put most of their belongings in belief for his or her youngsters, and people trusts have been established they usually would not be a part of the group [property],” Chinitz defined.

Responding as to whether their divorce is “amicable,” the authorized skilled mentioned, “I believe the subsequent step is to see how he [Affleck] responds, and I believe that can give us a clue as to what is going on on.”

Based on InTouch Weekly, Affleck, who has not contacted Lopez’s youngsters shortly, is unsettled about how his estranged spouse continues to narrate to his youngsters.

“They’ve all the time had vastly completely different kinds of parenting. Ben spoils them now and again and offers them their favourite treats, however J. Lo actually showers them with presents like no one’s enterprise,” an insider shared.

They added, “She’s very a lot a Disneyland stepmom. She’s all the time choosing up treats for them, she all the time appears to know simply what’s going to make them glad and will get an actual kick out of constructing them smile.”

The insider additional famous, “She’s exhibiting a whole lot of class, and it is gone an extended method to softening him in the direction of her…[But] that is simply not the way in which he desires to boost them long run. It is OK proper now whereas they are going by means of this robust time, however the very last thing he desires is to boost spoiled youngsters so it is just a little robust.”

Amid their divorce proceedings, the 52-year-old actor has been accused of attempting to silence discuss his previous hyperlinks with Kick Kennedy as a result of he worries it can have an effect on his divorce from Lopez.

Rumors beforehand surfaced suggesting that the pair had frolicked a few instances; nevertheless, the actor’s rep slammed the rumors as “unfaithful.”

“Ben ought to have mentioned nothing,” a supply informed the Daily Mail. “He tried to erase Kick from his existence, and it was simply not honest for her or for anybody who is aware of her.”

“He’s attempting to tug the ‘I do not know her’ card however what he failed to understand is that they weren’t the one two individuals on the planet that knew that they used to hook up, or that they had been hanging out once more,” the supply added. “He fears that this may have an effect on his divorce and, although there was no overlap, saying he did not even know her was not the proper transfer.”