Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Were 'in Love with Love' and 'Really' Gave It a Try (Exclusive Source)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in Los Angeles on Feb. 5, 2023.Photo: John Shearer/Getty

Jennifer LopezandBen Affleckentered into a romantic partnership — for the second time — with the best intentions.

After news broke ofLopez’s recent divorce filing, a source who knows both Lopez, 55, and Affleck, 52, tells PEOPLE they “really loved each other — and it happened quickly.”

“They were really going to give it a try, and they did,” adds the source. “These are two people who are in love with love, and who wouldn’t jump into that? And the world wanted it.”

Multiple insiders confirmed to PEOPLE on Aug. 20 that Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck in Los Angeles County Superior Court on the second anniversary of theirGeorgia wedding celebration, which they held one month after their privateLas Vegas nuptialsin July 2022.

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Ben Affleck in Austin, Texas, on March 18, 2023; Jennifer Lopez in New York City on June 8, 2022.Gary Miller/WireImage; Theo Wargo/WireImage

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The source also tells PEOPLE that Affleck and Lopez, who filed for divorce without an attorney present, are “very different people.”

“She’s super public and wants to go out, and he’s more of an introvert and is happy to hang out at home,” the source says.

Lopez and Affleckrekindled their romance in April 2021— years after they firstdated and became engaged, beforepostponing a planned September 2003 weddingand splitting in January 2004.

Lopez spent much of the summer apart from Affleck but sawhim at least as recently as last week, when he celebrated his52nd birthdayon Aug. 15. She was spotted departing Affleck’s rental home that day.

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 7, 2024.Michael Buckner/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty

Michael Buckner/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty

Lopez’s decision to file her divorce paperwork without a lawyer marks a move that’s both unusual and indicates she “just wanted to get this done” and move forward, a legal expert told PEOPLE.

Marilyn Chinitz, matrimonial partner at Blank Rome LLP, said of Lopez filing pro se, “I think that she most likely just wanted to get this done, [that] there was a lot of hesitation and hemming and hawing back and forth, and it’s a statement: ‘I’m moving forward, I’mfiling and I’m doing it on my own.’ "

Affleck did not show “any commitment and interest” in making the marriage with Lopez work, one source told PEOPLE, adding that Lopez is “very disappointed and sad” thatAffleck “hasn’t given her any signsthat he wants to continue their marriage.”

source: people.com