Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are hanging out following her split from Alex Rodriguez. ET has learned that the exes have spent time together recently, but only as friends.
On Friday, Page Six reported that 48-year-old Affleck has been spotted multiple times visiting 51-year-old Lopez since she officially announced her breakup from Rodriguez, getting dropped off at her mansion by a while Escalade SUV that allegedly belongs to Lopez.
The outlet published pictures of Affleck exiting a white Escalade on April 29, as well as pictures of Lopez riding in what appears to be the same white Escalade the same day. According to Page Six, Affleck has allegedly visited his ex-fiancee three times since she returned to Los Angeles from shooting her new film, Shotgun Wedding, in the Dominican Republic.
Lopez has remained friendly with a few of her exes, most notably, Marc Anthony. “J. Lo makes it a point to have cordial relationships, especially with Marc, since he is the father of her children,” a source previously told ET.
Lopez is newly single after she and Rodriguez announced their split after four years of dating on April 15 with a joint statement, sharing that they realized they were better off as friends. They were spotted having dinner together at the Hotel Bel Air in Los Angeles following their breakup, a source telling ET that they arrived separately and left separately.
Meanwhile, Affleck and Lopez got engaged in 2002 and split in 2004, but have remained friendly since. Affleck recently praised her to InStyle magazine.
Lopez and Affleck’s much-publicized relationship definitely also left its mark on Lopez. In her 2014 memoir, True Love, Lopez called her failed relationship with Affleck “her first real heartbreak” and talked about quickly moving on with Anthony.
“It felt like my heart had been torn out of my chest,” she shared. “People do lots of things to anesthetize themselves in moments like these. Some people do drugs, some drink and some go out and party.”
“I sought out comfort in another person, tried to find someone who could make me feel loved and wanted in my loneliest hours,” she continued. “And that was the moment when Marc reappeared in my life.”
