Ben Affleck’s sudden purchase of a $20.5million ‘bachelor pad’ has been a ‘stab to the heart’ for wife Jennifer Lopez amid split rumors, a new report has claimed.
Affleck, 51, and Lopez, 55, who tied the knot in July 2022, have not been pictured together in months, with the singer marking her birthday without him and the actor buying a new Pacific Palisades mansion after leaving the marital home.
It emerged the Academy Award winner closed escrow on a new $20.5 million estate in the oceanside enclave, just one day after his rumored estranged wife marked her birthday.
The home has five bedrooms and six bathrooms with breakfast and dining areas, as well as a separate family room, den, walk-in closets, media room, powder room, guest house and more amenities typical of a multi-million dollar house.
A source told RadarOnline: ‘Ben’s decision to move into his own home is the final insult.
Ben Affleck’s sudden purchase of a $20.5million ‘bachelor pad’ in Pacific Palisades, California (pictured) has been a ‘stab to the heart’ for wife Jennifer Lopez amid split rumors, a new report has claimed
Affleck, 51, and Lopez, 55, who tied the knot in July 2022, have not been pictured together in months, with the singer marking her birthday without him – pictured 2023
This development is the strongest sign yet that Affleck’s marriage to Jennifer Lopez, 55, may be heading toward divorce.
The This Is Me…Now artist and Affleck listed their Beverly Hills home for $68 million earlier this month, after purchasing the estate for $60 million last May, but they didn’t find any immediate buyers.
They recently spent their 2nd wedding anniversary apart amid reports that they’re living in separate homes.
As Lopez stayed in their marital home, Affleck has been living in a $100,000 monthly rental that’s just a short drive from his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s Brentwood house.
He and Garner, 52, were married from 2005 to 2018, and they share children Violet, 18, Fin, 15, and 12-year-old Samuel.
Reports of the Affleck and Lopez’s marital woes began circulating in May after the pair hadn’t been seen together since late March.
A source told In Touch at the time: ‘Ben already moved out and they’ll likely have to sell the dream house they spent two years searching for.
‘They’ll never stop loving each other, but she can’t control him, and he can’t change her. There’s no way it could have lasted.’
The home has five bedrooms and six bathrooms with breakfast and dining areas, as well as a separate family room, den, walk-in closets, media room, powder room, guest house and more amenities typical of a multi-million dollar house
A source told RadarOnline : ‘Ben’s decision to move into his own home is the final insult’
Jennifer and Ben are pictured in happier times in November
One of Lopez’s LA-based friends told the Daily Mail: ‘If it is only a question of putting the work in then you had better believe that [Jen] will turn it around.
‘She has thrown her heart and soul into her love story with Ben and will not give it up without a fight,’ the source added. ‘From what I hear there is still a lot of love there, so there must be hope.’
Meanwhile, Lopez is currently in New York City, after recently celebrating her 55th birthday in the Hamptons.
After hosting a Bridgerton-themed party, where Affleck was not in attendance, Lopez thanked her fans for their birthday messages in a post.
