Jennifer Lopez Spotted With Ben Affleck: Report

Jennifer Lopez has made a second public appearance with her estranged husband, Ben Affleck, despite the couple being in the process of divorcing, TMZ reports.

According to TMZ, Lopez, 55, and Affleck, 52, entered the school together on September 17. “They were spotted heading to back-to-school night at their children’s Los Angeles school on Tuesday,” TMZ reported. Harper’s Bazaar called it a “sneak peek.”

Sources told TMZ the estranged couple as “completely chill and very cordial.”

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Still Planning Divorce, Reports Say

Lopez filed for divorce on Aug. 20, TMZ reports, after two years of marriage. She dated the separation to April 26 and did not retain a lawyer to file, TMZ reports. The divorce filing comes after a summer in which the couple spent vacations and milestones apart.

However, according to TMZ, his sources claim that despite his appearance at the school, the divorce is still ongoing.

The school trip marks the second time this month that Lopez and Affleck have been seen together in public. According to Page Six, the pair were spotted “kissing” and holding hands while attending a family brunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Lopez and Affleck famously dated, got engaged and then split 20 years ago. In her documentary “The Greatest Love Story Never Told,” she described Affleck as the love of her life, though they both admitted he likes the public eye less than she does, an area of ​​disagreement in which he said he tried to compromise.

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s display of affection ‘wasn’t planned’

A source told Page Six that Lopez and Affleck kissing and holding hands during brunch “wasn’t planned.”

“Ben and JLo are currently at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel holding hands and kissing. The kids are with them but at a separate table,” a source told Page Six.

Affleck’s two children and Lopez’s children were at the brunch, Page Six reported, adding that Affleck’s ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, was also spotted leaving the brunch. The two were also seen after brunch, sitting together in a car and talking with tense expressions on their faces.

Meanwhile, In Touch Weekly reported that Affleck’s friend Matt Damon is not thrilled with the way he is treating Lopez.

“He was working with her on the movie release, so he was talking to her all the time and she opened up to him and told him how much pain she was in,” the source said, referring to the film “Unstoppable,” which Lopez starred in and which Affleck and Damon’s production company co-produced.

“He was trying to convince Ben to show her a little more compassion, considering the fact that she’s humiliated right now,” a source told In Touch of Damon.

“He can’t help but feel sorry for J. Lo,” a source told In Touch of Damon. “She’s trying to play Switzerland and smooth things over on both sides, but Ben won’t take it. Even suggesting he’s somehow at fault really gets to him. He says if Matt or anyone else were in his shoes, he’d run away from the marriage ten times faster.”

Jessica McBride is a news, sports and entertainment reporter who covers breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and crime for Heavy. She is a former reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Waukesha Freeman newspapers in Wisconsin and is a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. More about Jessica McBride