Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have returned to the public eye amid rumors of marital issues and separation.
The two reunited on Sunday to attend Affleck’s son’s basketball game; the Air director shares 12-year-old Samuel with ex-wife Jennifer Garner. Affleck and Lopez were photographed greeting each other outside the game by exchanging friendly kisses on the cheek.
Lopez looked casual in a navy blue knit long-sleeved top, bell-bottom jeans, and aviator shades. Affleck wore a maroon graphic T-shirt, a red jacket with cream shearling lining, jeans, and gray and white sneakers.
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For the past few weeks, multiple outlets have reported on the alleged marital issues plaguing the pair’s nearly two-year-long marriage, with some even claiming that Affleck and Lopez are currently living under separate roofs. The public speculation reached a fever pitch when Lopez announced this weekend that she would be canceling her This Is Me … Live tour, which had been set to begin this month. She cited the reason for cancellation as her need to take “time off to be with her children, family, and close friends.”
“I am completely heartsick and devastated about letting you down. Please know that I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t feel that it was absolutely necessary,” Lopez wrote in a statement shared in her On the JLo fan newsletter. “I promise I will make it up to you and we will all be together again. I love you all so much. Until next time.”
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