{"id":143460,"date":"2025-10-24T20:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/143460\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T20:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:55:08","slug":"ben-affleck-wants-to-be-free-of-jennifer-lopez-but-she-hasnt-stopped-calling-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/143460\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck \u2018Wants to Be Free\u2019 of Jennifer Lopez, But \u2018She Hasn\u2019t Stopped Calling\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Ben Affleck<\/strong> is trying to distance himself from <strong>Jennifer Lopez<\/strong>, an insider tells the National Enquirer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their divorce was finalized in January, but \u201cJ. Lo is still finding any <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\/jennifer-lopez-convinced-that-there-is-more-to-her-story-with-ben-affleck-will-not-let-actor-go\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:excuse;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">excuse<\/a> to stay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/ben-affleck-love-jennifer-lopez-151536643.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:connected;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">connected<\/a> to Ben,\u201d says the insider, adding the Kiss of the Spider Woman star, 56, \u201cpushed\u201d for her ex, 53, \u201cto be at the <a href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-put-on-a-united-front-at-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-premiere\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:premiere;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">premiere<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Affleck, who is a producer of the film, obliged \u201cagainst his better judgment,\u201d says the insider. \u201cAnd he\u2019s now saying it was a huge mistake because she hasn\u2019t stopped <a href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/jennifer-lopez-has-stopped-reaching-out-to-ex-ben-affleck-because-he-never-answers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:calling;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">calling<\/a> since.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/c14d8a428268a3f3d7698cf029ca26c5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u201cGreatest Love Story Never Told\u201d singer \u201cseems to have taken his presence as some sort of sign that they might get back together,\u201d continues the source, adding that Lopez even asked to spend time with the Oscar winner over the holidays for the \u201csake of their kids,\u201d who <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-afflecks-kids-were-devastated-by-split-begging-them-to-try-one-more-time\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:got close;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">got close<\/a> during their whirlwind rekindled romance and two-year marriage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe\u2019s even been texting him fan comments about how in love they still looked,\u201d adds the source. \u201cBen just wants to be free of her and she clearly won\u2019t accept that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\/ben-affleck-wants-to-be-free-of-jennifer-lopez-but-she-hasnt-stopped-calling-exclusive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ben Affleck \u2018Wants to Be Free\u2019 of Jennifer Lopez, But \u2018She Hasn\u2019t Stopped Calling\u2019 (Exclusive);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ben Affleck \u2018Wants to Be Free\u2019 of Jennifer Lopez, But \u2018She Hasn\u2019t Stopped Calling\u2019 (Exclusive)<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:National Enquirer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">National Enquirer<\/a>. 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