Last week, Lopez appeared at the
2024 Met Gala
without Affleck as her date, but it was reported that Ben missed the event due to scheduling conflicts with his upcoming film
The Accountant 2
. That said, filming didn't prevent Affleck from being a surprise guest during the
Netflix roast
of
Tom Brady
earlier this month. The couple were last seen together publicly in March.
On Wednesday (May 15),
In Touch
published speculation that Affleck and Lopez have split, with an anonymous source claiming, "They’re headed for a divorce?and for once, [Ben’s] not to blame! 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. ... He’s focusing on his work and his kids now."
Affleck and Lopez first dated from 2002 to 2004, when they called off their engagement. The pair reconciled in May 2021, marrying the following year, which Lopez chronicled in her 2023 visual album,
This Is Me... Now: A Love Story
, despite Affleck's request of not wanting
"a relationship on social media."